Top 20 investors in North America that took part in the most Late funding rounds in Electronics 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 in Late stage over the last 2 years. They are actively investing in Electronics industry.
Electronics is about manufacturing, design and development, assembly, and servicing of electronic equipment and components. It includes hardware, semiconductor, and b2c electronics (mobile devices, household appliances, sensors etc.).

Amount of Late funding rounds is 361, which is 17.3% of the total amount of rounds in the Electronics industry in North America over the last 2 years.

Top 20 investors in North America that took part in the most Late funding rounds in Electronics industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – All VCs are located in The United States. The majority of VCs are based in Silicon Valley. California is the most common state for VCs and it hosts 13 funds. There are also funds from New York, New Hampshire and Massachusetts. There is an equal amount of VCs in Palo Alto and New York which host 4 funds each. There are also funds from San Francisco and Menlo Park. Top-1 investment geofocus for all VCs is The United States. 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 Finance. They also invest in Business Development, Hardware/Electronics and Enterprise Software.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1869 and the newest one in 2019. In 1995 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2000 to 2021. For some funds, 2020 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2004 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2020 became the year with the most successful exits.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 24 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 13 – 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 80, the maximum is 1394. Average number of funding rounds is 566.8 while median is 594.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 594. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 17 and maximum is 276. Average amount of lead investments is 103.2 while median is 63.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 19. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -46.22 and 23.24 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 0.21 and the median is 4.31. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 4 – 5 investors. Less often in rounds with 5 – 6 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 100-500 million. Less common range is 10 – 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.54 at minimum and 37.21 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 7.1 and median is 4.31.