Top 20 investors in North America that took part in the most funding rounds in Travel and Leisure 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 4 years. They are actively investing in Travel and Leisure industry.

Amount of funding rounds in Travel and Leisure is 648, which is 1.8% of the total amount of rounds in North America over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors in North America that took part in the most funding rounds in Travel and Leisure 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, New York and Montréal which host 3 funds each. There are also funds from Washington. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Canada, 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 Business Development, Transportation and Telecommunications.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1975 and the newest one in 2014. In 2007 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2013 to 2020. For some funds, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 13 – 24 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 24, 7 – 12 or in 2 – 6. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 19, the maximum is 1317. Average number of funding rounds is 279.0 while median is 182.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 83. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 3 and maximum is 506. Average amount of lead investments is 82.4 while median is 24.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 5. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -31.14 and 27.57 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 7.6 and the median is 13.08. 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 Venture stages are less common. VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 4 – 5, 2 – 3 or 1 – 2 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of less than 100 thousands, 10 – 50 million or 5 – 10 million more often than 100 thousands – 1 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.07 at minimum and 1.36 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.28 and median is 0.2. The most common multiplicator value is 0.14.