Top 20 investors in North America with the biggest sum of 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 over the last 4 years. They are actively investing in Sales industry.

Amount of money raised in Sales funding rounds is $16.9B, which is 1.9% of the total amount of money raised in rounds in North America over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors in North America with the biggest sum of 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. California is the most common state for VCs and it hosts 11 funds. There are also funds from New York, Massachusetts and Washington. The most common city is Menlo Park which is home to 6 funds. There are also funds from New York, Palo Alto and Boston. There are 2 countries that funds tend to invest in: The United States and China 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 Banking. They also invest in Enterprise Software, Consumer and Business Development.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1937 and the newest one in 2015. In 1996 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, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 13 – 24 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12 or in 2 – 6. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 48, the maximum is 263. Average number of funding rounds is 160.2 while median is 155.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 12 and maximum is 170. Average amount of lead investments is 81.5 while median is 67.5. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -31.14 and 24.04 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -8.51 and the median is -10.88. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• 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 5 – 6 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 10 – 50 million. Less common ranges are 5 – 10 million, 100-500 million and 1 – 5 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.1 at minimum and 1.36 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.49 and median is 0.34. The most common multiplicator value is 0.15.