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

Amount of funding rounds in Manufacturing is 529, which is 3.0% 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 Manufacturing 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 San Francisco which is home to 4 funds. There are also funds from Toronto, New York and West Hollywood. These VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Canada and Panama. 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 Manufacturing, Social and Business Development.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1937 and the newest one in 2020. In 2012 the most amount of funds were founded. The two years with the most amount of deals were 2020 and 2019. 2018 and 2017 were less fruitful.
• Investments – Funds equally often participate in 24, 7 – 12, 2 – 6, and in 13 – 24 funding rounds per year. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 7, the maximum is 1317. Average number of funding rounds is 208.8 while median is 166.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 506. Average amount of lead investments is 67.8 while median is 26.5. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -56.14 and 27.57 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -1.99 and the median is 5.55. 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 1 – 2 investors. Less often in rounds with 4 – 5, 3 – 4 or 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 50 – 100 million or 100-500 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 1.48 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.41 and median is 0.2. The most common multiplicator value is 0.03.