Top 20 investors in North America with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Telecommunications 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 Telecommunications industry.

Amount of money raised in Telecommunications funding rounds is $67.9B, which is 9.2% 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 Telecommunications industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – All VCs are located in The United States. New York is the most common state for VCs and it hosts 10 funds. There are also funds from California, Washington and Massachusetts. The most common city is New York which is home to 10 funds. There are also funds from San Francisco, Washington and San Mateo. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Japan, India, and China. 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, Gamification and Consumer.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1864 and the newest one in 2015. In 2000 the most amount of funds were founded. The two years with the most amount of deals were 2020 and 2019. 2018 and 2000 were less fruitful.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 13 – 24, 7 – 12 or in 2. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 7, the maximum is 463. Average number of funding rounds is 130.6 while median is 91.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 226. Average amount of lead investments is 60.2 while median is 38.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 46. 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 -8.06 and the median is -11.61. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is -11.91.
• Typical Rounds – Funds in the sample usually invest in Late, Early and Private Equity stages. Seed stage is less common. VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 4 – 5, 5 – 6 or 2 – 3 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 100-500 million. Less common ranges are 10 – 50 million, 1 – 5 million and 50 – 100 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 8.56 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.9 and median is 0.34. The most common multiplicator value is 0.25.