Top 20 investors in North America that took part in the most funding rounds in Information Services 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 Information Services industry.

Amount of funding rounds in Information Services is 467, which is 2.7% 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 Information Services 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. There is an equal amount of VCs in San Francisco, Palo Alto and New York which host 3 funds each. There are also funds from Toronto. These VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Panama and Canada. 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 Real Estate, Manufacturing and Enterprise Software.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1869 and the newest one in 2016. In 2009 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2000 to 2020. For some funds, 2020 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Funds equally often participate in 13 – 24, 24, 2 – 6, and in 7 – 12 funding rounds per year. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 21, the maximum is 1317. Average number of funding rounds is 246.9 while median is 99.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 506. Average amount of lead investments is 76.6 while median is 27.5. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -56.14 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 0.62 and the median is 0.19. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Early and Seed stages are more common for funds in the sample. Late and Private Equity stages are less common. Funds participate in rounds with 3 – 4 or 2 – 3 investors more often than in rounds with 4 – 5 or 1 – 2 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 100 thousands – 1 million. Less common ranges are less than 100 thousands, 10 – 50 million and 50 – 100 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.08 at minimum and 0.97 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.34 and median is 0.26. The most common multiplicator value is 0.13.