Top 20 investors in North America with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Fashion 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 over the last 3 years. They are actively investing in Fashion industry.

Amount of money raised in Fashion funding rounds is $4.0B, which is 0.5% of the total amount of money raised in rounds in North America over the last 3 years.

Top 20 investors in North America with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Fashion 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. The most common city is New York which is home to 9 funds. There are also funds from San Francisco, Toronto and San Mateo. These VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from The United Kingdom and Panama. 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 Banking. They also invest in Business Development, Social and Marketing.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1852 and the newest one in 2018. In 2018 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 2, 13 – 24 or in 7 – 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 5, the maximum is 347. Average number of funding rounds is 83.4 while median is 50.5. 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 205. Average amount of lead investments is 44.6 while median is 17.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -41.18 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -7.05 and the median is -6.92. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
• Typical Rounds – Early and Late stages are more common for funds in the sample. Seed and Private Equity stages are less common. VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 4 – 5, 7 – 8 or 2 – 3 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 100-500 million. Less common ranges are less than 100 thousands, 50 – 100 million and 10 – 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 1.36 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.57 and median is 0.48.