Top 20 investors in North America with the biggest sum of Late funding rounds in E-Commerce Platforms 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 in Late stage over the last 4 years. They are actively investing in E-Commerce Platforms industry.

Amount of money raised in E-Commerce Platforms funding rounds is $26.1B, which is 9.5% of the total amount of money raised in Late rounds in North America over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors in North America with the biggest sum of Late funding rounds in E-Commerce Platforms industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – All VCs are located in The United States. VCs are spread equally among California and New York and they host 6 funds each. There are also funds from Maryland and Connecticut. The most common city is New York which is home to 5 funds. There are also funds from San Francisco, Menlo Park and Greenwich. 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 Business Development, Enterprise Software and Consumer.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1869 and the newest one in 2012. 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, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 and in 13 – 24 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12 and in 2. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 1, the maximum is 463. Average number of funding rounds is 126.2 while median is 98.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 226. Average amount of lead investments is 68.8 while median is 42.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 5. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -37.47 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -10.69 and the median is -11.63. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 4 – 5, 2 – 3 or 6 – 7 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 100-500 million. Less common ranges are 10 – 50 million, 50 – 100 million and more than 1 billion. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.15 at minimum and 3.31 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.86 and median is 0.51.