Top 20 investors in North America with the biggest sum of Late funding rounds in EdTech 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 2 years. They are actively investing in EdTech industry.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in North America is $4.0B, which is 57.1% of the total amount of money raised in the EdTech industry in Late rounds over the last 2 years.

Top 20 investors in North America with the biggest sum of Late funding rounds in EdTech 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 Menlo Park which is home to 7 funds. There are also funds from New York, Mountain View and Toronto. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from China, India, and Canada. 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 Transportation.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1976 and the newest one in 2019. In 2006 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2004 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 7 – 12, 13 – 24 or in 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 2, the maximum is 264. Average number of funding rounds is 109.2 while median is 104.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 134. Average amount of lead investments is 54.8 while median is 50.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 69. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -35.29 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -6.34 and the median is -5.29. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is -17.15.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 4 – 5 investors. Less often in rounds with 3 – 4, 2 – 3 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, less than 100 thousands and 50 – 100 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 4.0 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.52 and median is 0.26. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.