Top 20 investors in North America that took part in the most Late funding rounds in Sales 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 5 years. They are actively investing in Sales industry. Sales is about finding, contacting, and communicating with potential buyers. It includes lead generation and management, sales automation, and CRM, as well as direct sales.

Amount of funding rounds in North America is 423, which is 77.5% of the total amount of Late rounds in the Sales industry over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors in North America that took part in the most Late funding rounds in Sales 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 14 funds. There are also funds from New York, Massachusetts and Washington. The most common city is Menlo Park which is home to 6 funds. There are also funds from Palo Alto, San Francisco and New York. Top-1 investment geofocus for all VCs is The United States. The country of the funds’ establishment and the country of their most frequent investments coincide for all the funds.
• Industry Focus - The funds’ most common field for investments is Finance. They also invest in Gamification, Business Development and Enterprise Software.
• Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1961 and the newest one in 2012. In 1999 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, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2007 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2016 became the year with the most successful exits.
• Investments - Usually VCs take part in 7 - 12 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 13 - 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 62, the maximum is 737. Average number of funding rounds is 331.3 while median is 287.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 200. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 2 and maximum is 221. Average amount of lead investments is 81.6 while median is 64.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 27. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -31.14 and 25.94 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 0.56 and the median is 0.54. 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 3 - 4 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of 10 - 50 million and 100-500 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 872000000.0 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 192477631.95 and median is 1.36.