Top 20 investors in North America that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Genetics/Diagnostics 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 Genetics/Diagnostics industry.

Amount of funding rounds in Genetics/Diagnostics is 82, which is 1.4% of the total amount of Seed rounds in North America over the last 2 years.

Top 20 investors in North America that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Genetics/Diagnostics 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 4 funds. There are also funds from Palo Alto, New York and Menlo Park. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Canada, Panama, and The United Kingdom. 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, Autonomous Vehicles and Enterprise Software.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1995 and the newest one in 2020. In 2001 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2005 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 7 – 12, 24 or in 2. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 6, the maximum is 1317. Average number of funding rounds is 167.1 while median is 31.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 16. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 506. Average amount of lead investments is 52.6 while median is 7.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 1. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -56.71 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 1.59 and the median is 6.6. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Funding rounds with these VCs have 1 – 2, 4 – 5 or 3 – 4 investors more often than 2 – 3 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 100 thousands – 1 million, 5 – 10 million and 1 – 5 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 0.74 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.23 and median is 0.14. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.