Top 20 investors in North America that took part in the most funding rounds in Social 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 3 years. They are actively investing in Social industry.

Amount of funding rounds in North America is 591, which is 60.7% of the total amount of rounds in the Social industry over the last 3 years.

Top 20 investors in North America that took part in the most funding rounds in Social 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, Tennessee and Pennsylvania. The most common city is San Francisco which is home to 5 funds. There are also funds from Palo Alto, New York and Menlo Park. 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 EdTech, Telecommunications and Social.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1869 and the newest one in 2016. In 2000 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, 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 37, the maximum is 1317. Average number of funding rounds is 280.8 while median is 190.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 506. Average amount of lead investments is 95.6 while median is 48.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 4. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -17.67 and 28.05 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 5.95 and the median is 3.51. 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 4 – 5 investors more often than in rounds with 2 – 3 or 1 – 2 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 10 – 50 million. Less common ranges are less than 100 thousands, 100 thousands – 1 million and 1 – 5 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.04 at minimum and 0.64 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.24 and median is 0.2. The most common multiplicator value is 0.15.