Top 20 investors in North America that took part in the most Early funding rounds over the recent years

Intro

The top 20 investors according to the total amount of funding rounds. These are VC funds and corporate investors in North America that have invested in Early stage over the last 3 years.

Amount of funding rounds in North America is 15876, which is 60.8% of the total amount of Early rounds over the last 3 years.

Top 20 investors in North America that took part in the most Early funding rounds over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – All VCs are located in The United States. The majority of VCs are based in Silicon Valley. California is the most common state for VCs and it hosts 13 funds. There are also funds from New York, New Hampshire and Massachusetts. There is an equal amount of VCs in New York, Menlo Park and San Francisco which host 5 funds each. There are also funds from Mountain View. Top-1 investment geofocus for all VCs is The United States. For the majority of the funds, the country of the funds’ establishment and the country of their most frequent investments coincide.
• Industry Focus – The funds’ most common field for investments is Finance. They also invest in Business Development, Mobile/Apps and Medical Service.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1911 and the newest one in 2015. In 2000 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2013 to 2021. For some funds, 2020 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2006 and 2020 years. For some funds, 2018 became the year with the most successful exits.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 24 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 13 – 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 193, the maximum is 1627. Average number of funding rounds is 774.3 while median is 762.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 594. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 503. Average amount of lead investments is 135.6 while median is 136.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 1. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -46.22 and 28.56 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 1.78 and the median is 1.84. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 4 – 5 investors. Less often in rounds with 5 – 6 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 100-500 million. Less common range is 10 – 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 20.0 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 4.96 and median is 4.04.