Top 20 investors in North America with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Sharing Economy 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 4 years. They are actively investing in Sharing Economy industry.

Amount of money raised in Sharing Economy funding rounds is $6.6B, which is 2.6% of the total amount of money raised in Early rounds in North America over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors in North America with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Sharing Economy 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 Palo Alto and Menlo Park which host 4 funds each. There are also funds from New York and San Francisco. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Panama, Israel, and China. For 9 funds in the sample, 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 Business Development, Social and Enterprise Software.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1869 and the newest one in 2018. 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 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12, 13 – 24 or in 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 5, the maximum is 1317. Average number of funding rounds is 173.6 while median is 79.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 34. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 506. Average amount of lead investments is 75.8 while median is 21.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 5. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -71.0 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -5.69 and the median is -3.37. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Funding rounds with these VCs have 3 – 4, 4 – 5 or 5 – 6 investors more often than 7 – 8 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 10 – 50 million. Less common ranges are 100 thousands – 1 million, 100-500 million and 50 – 100 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 0.93 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.35 and median is 0.24. The most common multiplicator value is 0.17.