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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 Transportation industry. Transportation is about moving people and goods. It includes all modes of transportation, electric and autonomous vehicles, and transportation infrastructure, as well as space travel.

Amount of money raised in Transportation funding rounds is $25.8B, which is 6.1% of the total amount of money raised in Early rounds in North America over the last 3 years.

Top 20 investors in North America with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Transportation industry over the recent years
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Key takeaways

  • Funds Geography - All VCs are located in The United States. California is the most common state for VCs and it hosts 10 funds. There are also funds from New York, Illinois and New Hampshire. The most common city is San Francisco which is home to 6 funds. There are also funds from New York, Menlo Park and Chicago. 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 Transportation, Manufacturing and Enterprise Software.
  • Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1869 and the newest one in 2017. In 2000 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, 2020 was the year with the most amount of deals. 2020 was the peak for successful exits. 2021, 2018, and 2019 are the runner ups.
  • Investments - Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2 - 6. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 11, the maximum is 951. Average number of funding rounds is 219.6 while median is 55.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 11. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 276. Average amount of lead investments is 50.2 while median is 10.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -14.62 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 12.81 and the median is 15.41. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
  • 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 100-500 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 1186000000.0 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 94000000.25 and median is 0.26. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.