Top 20 investors in North America with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Hospitality 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 Hospitality industry.
Hospitality includes lodging, food and drink service, and tourism. It includes hotels and leisure, resorts, and restaurants.

Amount of money raised in Early funding rounds is $7.2B, which is 22.9% of the total amount of money raised in the Hospitality industry in North America over the last 3 years.

Top 20 investors in North America with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Hospitality 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. There is an equal amount of VCs in New York and San Francisco which host 6 funds each. There are also funds from Washington and Portola Valley. 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 Gamification, Business Development and Analytics.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1983 and the newest one in 2018. In 2014 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, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2006 and 2020 years. For some funds, 2018 became the year with the most successful exits.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 and in 7 – 12 funding rounds per year. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 12, the maximum is 831. Average number of funding rounds is 254.2 while median is 115.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 57. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 221. Average amount of lead investments is 53.7 while median is 25.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. 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 6.77 and the median is 9.39. 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 4 – 5 investors. Less often in rounds with 5 – 6 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 10 – 50 million. Less common range is 50 – 100 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 848950000.0 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 88372500.38 and median is 0.52. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.