Top 20 investors in North America that took part in the most Private Equity funding rounds in Telecommunications 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 Telecommunications industry.

Amount of Private Equity funding rounds is 34, which is 1.3% of the total amount of rounds in the Telecommunications industry 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 Telecommunications 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. There is an equal amount of VCs in New York and Boston which host 3 funds each. There are also funds from Washington and Menlo Park. These VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from 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 Banking. They also invest in Business Development, Telecommunications and Transportation.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1956 and the newest one in 2014. In 2000 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 3, the maximum is 204. Average number of funding rounds is 62.1 while median is 32.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 22. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 3 and maximum is 103. Average amount of lead investments is 35.0 while median is 21.5. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -71.0 and 4.78 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -30.57 and the median is -28.04. 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 2 – 3 investors more often than in rounds with 3 – 4 or 4 – 5 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 50 – 100 million, 10 – 50 million and 5 – 10 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 1.51 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.26 and median is 0.15. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.