Top 20 investors in North America that took part in the most Private Equity 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 Private Equity stage over the last 4 years. They are actively investing in Security industry.
Security provides manned and technical services and products for the protection of people, premises or property. It includes penetration testing and intrusion detection, cloud and cyber security, and homeland security, as well as privacy, biometrics, and fraud detection.

Amount of Private Equity funding rounds is 63, which is 2.0% 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 Private Equity 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. The most common city is San Francisco which is home to 6 funds. There are also funds from Washington, Boston and Santa Monica. These VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Panama 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 Business Development, Security and Real Estate.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1937 and the newest one in 2015. In 1989 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2008 to 2020. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals. 2019 was the peak year for successful exits. 2017 and 2016 are the runner ups.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 4, the maximum is 358. Average number of funding rounds is 86.6 while median is 58.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 2 and maximum is 103. Average amount of lead investments is 27.7 while median is 19.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 4. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -71.0 and 21.31 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -17.37 and the median is -10.54. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is -37.67.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 1 – 2 investors. Less often in rounds with 2 – 3 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 56095000.59 and median is 0.22. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.