Top 20 investors in North America with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Banking industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 20 investors according to the total money raised in the funding rounds. These are VC funds and corporate investors in North America that have invested in Early stage over the last 3 years. They are actively investing in Banking industry.
Banking handles cash, credit, and other financial transactions. It includes lending and credit, banking institutions, debit cards, and transaction processing.

Amount of money raised in Early funding rounds is $13.8B, which is 16.5% of the total amount of money raised in the Banking industry in North America over the last 3 years.

Top 20 investors in North America with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Banking 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 New York which is home to 8 funds. There are also funds from San Francisco, Boston and Toronto. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Panama, Canada, and Brazil. 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, Enterprise Software and Mobile/Apps.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1983 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 2012 to 2021. For some funds, 2020 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2013 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2013 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 7, the maximum is 1627. Average number of funding rounds is 324.0 while median is 104.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 506. Average amount of lead investments is 89.8 while median is 22.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 1. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -31.14 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 2.83 and the median is 0.84. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 4 – 5 investors. Less often in rounds with 5 – 6 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of 50 – 100 million and 100-500 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 1500000000.0 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 210250000.37 and median is 0.42. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.