Top 20 investors in North America that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Delivery 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 3 years. They are actively investing in Delivery industry.
Delivery covers moving goods or packages to customers. Besides the delivery services themselves it includes packaging and courier services and shipping.

Amount of funding rounds in Delivery is 290, which is 1.7% of the total amount of Seed rounds in North America over the last 3 years.

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

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – All VCs are located in The United States. The majority of VCs are based in Silicon Valley. California is the most common state for VCs and it hosts 12 funds. There are also funds from New York, Texas and Pennsylvania. The most common city is San Francisco which is home to 9 funds. There are also funds from New York, Santa Monica and Princeton. There are 2 countries that funds tend to invest in: The United States and Egypt with the majority investing in The United States. 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 Consumer, Business Development and Medical Service.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1994 and the newest one in 2017. In 2015 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2014 to 2021. For some funds, 2020 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2014 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2019 became the year with the most successful exits.
• Investments – Funds equally often participate in 24 and 2 funding rounds per year. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 19, the maximum is 1627. Average number of funding rounds is 426.8 while median is 199.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 503. Average amount of lead investments is 70.2 while median is 9.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -37.67 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 16.77 and the median is 22.33. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 4 – 5 investors. Less often in rounds with 1 – 2 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of 1 – 5 million and 100 thousands – 1 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 11.17 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 2.3 and median is 1.85. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.