Top 20 investors in North America that took part in the most funding rounds in Human Resources 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 2 years. They are actively investing in Human Resources industry.

Amount of funding rounds in Human Resources is 744, which is 4.3% of the total amount of rounds in North America over the last 2 years.

Top 20 investors in North America that took part in the most funding rounds in Human Resources 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 13 funds. There are also funds from New York, Virginia and Missouri. The most common city is San Francisco which is home to 6 funds. There are also funds from New York, Palo Alto and Menlo Park. There are 2 countries that funds tend to invest in: The United States and Panama with the majority investing in The United States. For half 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 EdTech, Enterprise Software and Business Development.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1980 and the newest one in 2017. In 2009 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 – Funds equally often participate in 7 – 12, 2 – 6, 13 – 24, and in 24 funding rounds per year. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 11, the maximum is 1317. Average number of funding rounds is 233.4 while median is 123.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 192. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 506. Average amount of lead investments is 79.4 while median is 30.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 2. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -42.17 and 26.8 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 1.54 and the median is 2.45. 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 Private Equity stages are less common. VCs usually participate in rounds with 4 – 5 investors. Less often in rounds with 3 – 4, 2 – 3 or 1 – 2 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of less than 100 thousands, 10 – 50 million or 100 thousands – 1 million more often than 50 – 100 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 1.36 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.33 and median is 0.23. The most common multiplicator value is 0.04.