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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 5 years. They are actively investing in Transportation industry. Transportation is about moving people and goods. It includes all modes of transportation, electric and autonomous vehicles, and transportation infrastructure, as well as space travel.

Amount of Seed funding rounds is 1616, which is 34.7% of the total amount of rounds in the Transportation industry in North America over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors in North America that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Transportation 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 6 funds. There are also funds from Toronto, San Mateo and Detroit. These VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Canada and Panama. 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 Industrial, Transportation and Gamification.
  • Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1987 and the newest one in 2016. In 2015 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2012 to 2020. 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, 2020 became the year with the most successful exits.
  • Investments - Usually VCs take part in 24 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 20, the maximum is 1627. Average number of funding rounds is 387.8 while median is 261.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 506. Average amount of lead investments is 49.0 while median is 13.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -3.39 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 19.25 and the median is 20.48. 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 2 - 3 investors. Less often in rounds with 4 - 5 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common range is 100 thousands - 1 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 0.37 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.17 and median is 0.17. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.