Top 20 investors in North America with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Civil Engineering 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 4 years. They are actively investing in Civil Engineering industry.
Civil Engineering deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the built environment. It includes architecture and construction, green and smart buildings and cities, and home renovation.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in North America is $12.7B, which is 70.5% of the total amount of money raised in the Civil Engineering industry in Early rounds over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors in North America with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Civil Engineering industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – All VCs are located in The United States. The majority of VCs are based in Silicon Valley. California is the most common state for VCs and it hosts 11 funds. There are also funds from New York, Maryland and Illinois. There is an equal amount of VCs in San Francisco and New York which host 6 funds each. There are also funds from Palo Alto and Mountain View. Top-1 investment geofocus for all VCs is The United States. 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, Industrial and Gamification.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1961 and the newest one in 2017. In 2015 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2014 to 2021. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2011 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2018 became the year with the most successful exits.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 13 – 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 4, the maximum is 1627. Average number of funding rounds is 333.8 while median is 220.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 47. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 503. Average amount of lead investments is 63.5 while median is 13.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 1. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -13.01 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 11.18 and the median is 8.96. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 7.72.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 5 – 6 investors. Less often in rounds with 4 – 5 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 100-500 million. Less common range is 500 million – 1 billion. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 4.92 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 1.96 and median is 1.87. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.