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

Amount of Late funding rounds is 245, which is 12.5% of the total amount of rounds in the Security industry in North America over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors in North America that took part in the most Late funding rounds in Security 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 New York and San Francisco which host 5 funds each. There are also funds from Menlo Park and Palo Alto. 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 Gamification, Telecommunications and Security.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1869 and the newest one in 2014. 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, 2 – 6 or in 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 17, the maximum is 463. Average number of funding rounds is 175.8 while median is 186.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 4 and maximum is 226. Average amount of lead investments is 86.7 while median is 85.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 84. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -37.47 and 23.87 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -9.61 and the median is -11.34. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 4 – 5, 5 – 6 or 2 – 3 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 10 – 50 million. Less common ranges are 100-500 million, 5 – 10 million and 50 – 100 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.08 at minimum and 1.43 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.56 and median is 0.42. The most common multiplicator value is 0.29.