Top 20 investors in North America that took part in the most Private Equity funding rounds in Social 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 5 years. They are actively investing in Social industry.

Amount of funding rounds in North America is 30, which is 73.2% of the total amount of Private Equity rounds in the Social industry over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors in North America that took part in the most Private Equity funding rounds in Social industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – All VCs are located in The United States. California is the most common state for VCs and it hosts 6 funds. There are also funds from Texas, Massachusetts and Illinois. The most common city is Austin which is home to 3 funds. There are also funds from San Francisco, Menlo Park and Chicago. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from The United Kingdom, Kenya, and India. 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 Social, Marketing and Business Development.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1961 and the newest one in 2018. In 1988 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, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 and in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 13 – 24 and in 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 3, the maximum is 247. Average number of funding rounds is 48.8 while median is 17.0. 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 143. Average amount of lead investments is 24.8 while median is 8.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 5. 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 -19.51 and the median is -14.41. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is -46.0.
• Typical Rounds – Funds participate in rounds with 1 – 2 or 3 – 4 investors more often than in rounds with 2 – 3 or 4 – 5 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 100-500 million, 10 – 50 million and 1 – 5 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 1.81 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.42 and median is 0.07. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.