Top 20 investors in North America with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Sales 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 Sales industry.
Sales is about finding, contacting, and communicating with potential buyers. It includes lead generation and management, sales automation, and CRM, as well as direct sales.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in North America is $11.6B, which is 67.9% of the total amount of money raised in the Sales industry in Early rounds over the last 5 years.

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

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – All VCs are located in The United States. VCs are spread equally among California and New York and they host 8 funds each. There are also funds from Massachusetts and Pennsylvania. The most common city is New York which is home to 7 funds. There are also funds from Menlo Park, Boston and San Francisco. There are 2 countries that funds tend to invest in: The United States and Panama with the majority investing in 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 Gamification, Enterprise Software and Business Development.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1961 and the newest one in 2018. In 2006 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2012 to 2021. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2006 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2017 became the year with the most successful exits.
• Investments – Funds equally often participate in 13 – 24 and 7 – 12 funding rounds per year. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 12, the maximum is 737. Average number of funding rounds is 328.3 while median is 305.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 221. Average amount of lead investments is 74.8 while median is 55.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 138. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -37.67 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -1.77 and the median is 2.23. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is -37.67.
• 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 5 – 10 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 574366666.67 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 114543333.48 and median is 0.2. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.