Top 20 investors in North America with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Industrial field 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 Industrial field.
Industrial field relates to production of supplies, equipment, and machinery that are used to produce other goods rather than sold directly to consumers. It includes manufacturing, mining, and chemical engineering, as well as animal husbandry and geospatial services.

Amount of money raised in Early funding rounds is $40.4B, which is 20.2% of the total amount of money raised in the Industrial field in North America over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors in North America with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Industrial field 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, Illinois and New Hampshire. The most common city is Palo Alto which is home to 6 funds. There are also funds from San Francisco, New York and Menlo Park. These VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Japan and China. 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, Medical Service and Business Development.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1869 and the newest one in 2019. In 2004 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. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2011 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2019 became the year with the most successful exits.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 13 – 24 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 34, the maximum is 880. Average number of funding rounds is 356.8 while median is 358.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 407. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 6 and maximum is 226. Average amount of lead investments is 74.8 while median is 47.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 18. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -17.77 and 24.14 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 5.76 and the median is 4.77. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Funds participate in rounds with 5 – 6 or 4 – 5 investors The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 10 – 50 million. Less common range is 1 – 5 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.11 at minimum and 848950000.0 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 105772500.27 and median is 0.38. The most common multiplicator value is 0.25.