Top 20 investors in North America that took part in the most funding rounds in Consumer 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 4 years. They are actively investing in Consumer industry.

Amount of funding rounds in North America is 2547, which is 55.5% of the total amount of rounds in the Consumer industry over the last 4 years.

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

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – All VCs are located in The United States. California is the most common state for VCs and it hosts 11 funds. There are also funds from New York, Pennsylvania and New Hampshire. The most common city is New York which is home to 6 funds. There are also funds from San Francisco, Menlo Park and West Hollywood. These VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Panama and China. 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 Business Development, Consumer and Social.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1961 and the newest one in 2015. In 2005 the most amount of funds were founded. 2018 holds the most deals for 8 VCs. 2019, 2015 and 2014 were also fruitful.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 13 – 24 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 24 or in 7 – 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 50, the maximum is 1317. Average number of funding rounds is 285.4 while median is 208.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 506. Average amount of lead investments is 80.8 while median is 28.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 12. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -31.14 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 10.22 and the median is 17.58. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – The most common investment stage for funds in the sample is Early stage. Seed, Late and Venture stages are less common. VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 4 – 5, 2 – 3 or 5 – 6 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 100 thousands – 1 million. Less common ranges are 5 – 10 million, 10 – 50 million and 1 – 5 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.05 at minimum and 1.48 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.36 and median is 0.22. The most common multiplicator value is 0.2.