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Top 20 investors in North America that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Software Engineering industry over the recent years

Top 20 investors in North America that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Software Engineering 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 4 years. They are actively investing in Software Engineering industry.
Software engineering is application of a systematic, disciplined, quantifiable approach to the development, operation, and maintenance of software. it includes software development applications, web development, and quantum computing, as well as quality assurance, iOS, and Android.

Amount of funding rounds in North America is 1169, which is 65.6% of the total amount of Seed rounds in the Software Engineering industry over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors in North America that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Software Engineering industry over the recent years
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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 8 funds. There are also funds from New York, Toronto and Palo Alto. 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 Business Development, Gamification and Medical Service.
  • Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2000 and the newest one in 2016. In 2012 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2013 to 2020. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals. 2020 was the peak for successful exits. 2019, 2014, and 2021 are the runner ups.
  • Investments – Funds equally often participate in 24 and 7 – 12 funding rounds per year. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 40, the maximum is 1627. Average number of funding rounds is 356.6 while median is 228.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 229. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 506. Average amount of lead investments is 44.2 while median is 4.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 1. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -12.27 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 20.78 and the median is 24.43. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
  • Typical Rounds – Funding rounds with these VCs have 4 – 5 or 2 – 3 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 100 thousands – 1 million. Less common range is less than 100 thousands. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 0.59 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.19 and median is 0.18. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.
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