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 Nanotechnology industry. Nanotechnology is the use of matter on a molecular and atomic scale for industrial purposes, often for developing and manufacturing advanced materials.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in North America is $3.2B, which is 74.4% of the total amount of money raised in the Nanotechnology industry in Early rounds over the last 3 years.

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

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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, Wyoming and New Jersey. The most common city is San Francisco which is home to 6 funds. There are also funds from New York, Menlo Park and St Louis. 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 Medical Service, Bio & Nano Technology and Art (Auctions).
  • Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1986 and the newest one in 2018. In 2013 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2015 to 2021. For some funds, 2020 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2015 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2020 became the year with the most successful exits.
  • Investments - Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 - 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 7, the maximum is 1549. Average number of funding rounds is 197.9 while median is 90.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 375. Average amount of lead investments is 31.6 while median is 8.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -17.77 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 14.27 and the median is 16.5. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
  • Typical Rounds - Funding rounds with these VCs have 6 - 7 or 5 - 6 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 1 - 5 million. Less common range is 100-500 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 14.53 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 3.58 and median is 2.33. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.