Top 20 investors in North America that took part in the most funding rounds in Agriculture industry 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 over the last 5 years. They are actively investing in Agriculture industry.

Amount of funding rounds in North America is 910, which is 54.6% of the total amount of rounds in the Agriculture industry over the last 5 years.

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

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The majority of VCs are located in The United States while others are in Canada. The most common city is Washington which is home to 4 funds. There are also funds from San Francisco, St Louis and Wyoming. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Panama, Canada, and India. 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 Banking. They also invest in Agriculture, Social and Manufacturing.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1862 and the newest one in 2016. In 2005 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2012 to 2020. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 and in 24 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12 and in 13 – 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 9, the maximum is 1317. Average number of funding rounds is 222.8 while median is 93.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 23. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 2 and maximum is 506. Average amount of lead investments is 64.8 while median is 19.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 2. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -43.14 and 27.57 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 2.03 and the median is 7.17. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Seed and Early stages are more common for funds in the sample. Late and Debt stages are less common. Funding rounds with these VCs have 4 – 5, 1 – 2 or 3 – 4 investors more often than 2 – 3 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of less than 100 thousands or 100 thousands – 1 million, more often than 1 – 5 million or 10 – 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 1.8 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.34 and median is 0.18. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.