Top 20 investors in North America that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Artificial Intelligence 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 Seed stage over the last 2 years. They are actively investing in Artificial Intelligence industry.

Amount of funding rounds in North America is 485, which is 57.4% of the total amount of Seed rounds in the Artificial Intelligence industry over the last 2 years.

Top 20 investors in North America that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Artificial Intelligence 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 5 funds. There are also funds from Washington, Mountain View and Menlo Park. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Spain, Panama, 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 Business Development, Enterprise Software and Real Estate.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1956 and the newest one in 2017. In 2017 the most amount of funds were founded. 2020 holds the most deals for 9 VCs. 2018, 2019 and 2016 were also fruitful.
• Investments – Funds equally often participate in 13 – 24, 7 – 12, and 24 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2 – 6. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 29, the maximum is 1317. Average number of funding rounds is 210.8 while median is 120.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 152. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 506. Average amount of lead investments is 60.4 while median is 19.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 2. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -35.0 and 28.68 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 7.19 and the median is 16.21. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 1 – 2, 4 – 5 or 5 – 6 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 100 thousands – 1 million. Less common ranges are less than 100 thousands, 10 – 50 million and 1 – 5 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.07 at minimum and 0.88 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.34 and median is 0.25. The most common multiplicator value is 0.07.