Top 20 investors in North America that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Social Network 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 Social Network industry.
Social network is for people with similar interests to come together and share information. It includes social shopping and recruiting, social media, and online forums, as well as social network services.

Amount of funding rounds in Social Network is 212, which is 2.1% 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 Social Network 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 6 funds. There are also funds from Palo Alto, Mountain View and Toronto. These VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Panama 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, Autonomous Vehicles and Medical Service.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1995 and the newest one in 2018. In 2010 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2013 to 2021. For some funds, 2020 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 24 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 13 – 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 1, the maximum is 1627. Average number of funding rounds is 350.8 while median is 152.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 506. Average amount of lead investments is 55.8 while median is 8.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -17.6 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 16.95 and the median is 20.08. 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 3 – 4 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of less than 100 thousands or 100 thousands – 1 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 848950000.0 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 61177500.25 and median is 0.21. The most common multiplicator value is 0.08.