Top 20 investors in North America that took part in the most Private Equity funding rounds in Retail 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 3 years. They are actively investing in Retail industry.
Retail is how producers of goods and services get their products to the consumer. It includes online and offline retail, shopping and vending, and retail technology.

Amount of funding rounds in Retail is 32, which is 2.7% of the total amount of Private Equity rounds in North America over the last 3 years.

Top 20 investors in North America that took part in the most Private Equity funding rounds in Retail 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 7 funds. There are also funds from Menlo Park, Washington and San Francisco. These VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Germany and Canada. 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 Gamification, Enterprise Software and Business Development.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1937 and the newest one in 2016. In 2011 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2004 to 2021. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2 – 6. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 2, the maximum is 222. Average number of funding rounds is 60.7 while median is 28.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 3. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 103. Average amount of lead investments is 21.8 while median is 8.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 3. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -71.0 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -20.0 and the median is -16.3. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is -71.0.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 2 – 3 investors. Less often in rounds with 1 – 2 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of 50 – 100 million and less than 100 thousands. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 600000000.0 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 64352941.46 and median is 0.29. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.