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 Industrial field. Industrial field relates to production of supplies, equipment, and machinery that are used to produce other goods rather than sold directly to consumers. It includes manufacturing, mining, and chemical engineering, as well as animal husbandry and geospatial services.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in North America is $157.8B, which is 53.5% of the total amount of money raised in the Industrial field over the last 3 years.

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

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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 12 funds. There are also funds from Toronto, San Francisco and Seattle. 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 Business Development, Banking and Consumer.
  • Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1869 and the newest one in 2018. In 2000 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2000 to 2021. For some funds, 2020 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2007 and 2020 years. For some funds, 2018 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 8, the maximum is 831. Average number of funding rounds is 194.8 while median is 131.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 226. Average amount of lead investments is 47.8 while median is 22.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 15. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -31.14 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 5.11 and the median is 11.92. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
  • Typical Rounds - Late and Private Equity stages are more common for funds in the sample. Early and Debt stages are less common. VCs usually participate in rounds with 5 - 6 investors. Less often in rounds with 4 - 5 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 100-500 million. Less common range is 10 - 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 2000000000.0 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 280784210.94 and median is 1.27.