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

Amount of funding rounds in North America is 2524, which is 56.2% of the total amount of rounds in the Marketing industry over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors in North America that took part in the most funding rounds in Marketing 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 12 funds. There are also funds from New York, Indiana and Washington. The most common city is San Francisco which is home to 4 funds. There are also funds from New York, Menlo Park and Indianapolis. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from The United Kingdom, Panama, and Japan. For 9 funds in the sample, 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, Enterprise Software and Gamification.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1961 and the newest one in 2015. In 1983 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 13 – 24 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12, 24 or in 2 – 6. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 32, the maximum is 1317. Average number of funding rounds is 290.0 while median is 208.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 9 and maximum is 506. Average amount of lead investments is 94.0 while median is 53.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 44. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -31.14 and 24.04 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 1.72 and the median is 2.33. 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 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 2 – 3, 1 – 2 or 4 – 5 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of 100 thousands – 1 million, 10 – 50 million or 1 – 5 million more often than less than 100 thousands. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.1 at minimum and 1.48 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.43 and median is 0.3. The most common multiplicator value is 0.13.