Top 20 investors in North America that took part in the most Private Equity funding rounds in Information Technology 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 Private Equity stage over the last 4 years. They are actively investing in Information Technology industry.

Amount of funding rounds in North America is 126, which is 72.0% of the total amount of Private Equity rounds in the Information Technology industry over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors in North America that took part in the most Private Equity funding rounds in Information Technology 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. The most common city is New York which is home to 4 funds. There are also funds from San Francisco, Boston and Philadelphia. 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 Banking. They also invest in Business Development, Information Technology and Social.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1869 and the newest one in 2009. In 1999 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 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2, 7 – 12 or in 13 – 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 5, the maximum is 463. Average number of funding rounds is 86.4 while median is 53.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 22. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 2 and maximum is 226. Average amount of lead investments is 44.6 while median is 32.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 20. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -53.98 and 10.2 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -25.65 and the median is -26.55. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Funds usually participate in rounds with 1 – 2 investors, less often in rounds with 2 – 3 or 3 – 4 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of 10 – 50 million or less than 100 thousands, more often than 50 – 100 million or 100-500 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 7.74 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.57 and median is 0.1. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.