Top 20 investors in North America with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Cloud Computing 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 5 years. They are actively investing in Cloud Computing industry.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in North America is $8.7B, which is 63.1% of the total amount of money raised in the Cloud Computing industry in Early rounds over the last 5 years.

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

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – All VCs are located in The United States. California is the most common state for VCs and it hosts 14 funds. There are also funds from New York, Washington and Massachusetts. The most common city is Menlo Park which is home to 6 funds. There are also funds from San Francisco, New York and Palo Alto. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Japan, China, and Brazil. For half 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 Banking. They also invest in Enterprise Software, Consumer and Business Development.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1961 and the newest one in 2019. In 1999 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2000 to 2020. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 and in 13 – 24 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12 and in 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 18, the maximum is 302. Average number of funding rounds is 143.8 while median is 150.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 179. Average amount of lead investments is 73.8 while median is 60.0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -37.67 and 25.3 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -4.72 and the median is -6.9. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 4 – 5, 6 – 7 or 1 – 2 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 10 – 50 million. Less common ranges are 50 – 100 million, 5 – 10 million and 100-500 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.05 at minimum and 7.74 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.69 and median is 0.32. The most common multiplicator value is 0.15.