Top 20 investors in North America that took part in the most Late funding rounds 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.

Amount of funding rounds in North America is 5382, which is 68.1% of the total amount of Late rounds over the last 2 years.

Top 20 investors in North America that took part in the most Late funding rounds 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 11 funds. There are also funds from New York, Massachusetts and Maryland. The most common city is New York which is home to 6 funds. There are also funds from Menlo Park, San Francisco and Palo Alto. 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 Business Development, Enterprise Software and Consumer.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1869 and the newest one in 2012. In 2000 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 2020 years. For some funds, 2016 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 106, the maximum is 1394. Average number of funding rounds is 618.0 while median is 644.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 594. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 9 and maximum is 276. Average amount of lead investments is 123.2 while median is 123.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 59. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -46.22 and 19.57 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -3.03 and the median is -0.39. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 4 – 5 investors. Less often in rounds with 7 – 8 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 100-500 million. Less common range is more than 1 billion. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.08 at minimum and 20.0 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 5.44 and median is 4.2.