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Top 20 investors in North America that took part in the most Private Equity funding rounds in Software Engineering industry over the recent years

Top 20 investors in North America that took part in the most Private Equity funding rounds in Software Engineering 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 2 years. They are actively investing in Software Engineering industry.
Software engineering is application of a systematic, disciplined, quantifiable approach to the development, operation, and maintenance of software. it includes software development applications, web development, and quantum computing, as well as quality assurance, iOS, and Android.

Amount of funding rounds in North America is 30, which is 83.3% of the total amount of Private Equity rounds in the Software Engineering industry over the last 2 years.

Top 20 investors in North America that took part in the most Private Equity funding rounds in Software Engineering industry over the recent years
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Key takeaways

  • Funds Geography – The majority of VCs are located in The United States while others are in Canada. The most common city is Boston which is home to 5 funds. There are also funds from San Francisco, Philadelphia and Austin. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Panama, India, 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, Banking and Enterprise Software.
  • Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1849 and the newest one in 2017. In 1999 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, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2014 and 2020 years. For some funds, 2016 became the year with the most successful exits.
  • 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 1627. Average number of funding rounds is 137.7 while median is 35.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 506. Average amount of lead investments is 46.1 while median is 16.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 2. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -71.0 and 26.5 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -17.56 and the median is -19.33. 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 2 – 3 investors. Less often in rounds with 1 – 2 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common range is 10 – 50 million. 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 30000000.49 and median is 0.04. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.
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