Top 20 investors in North America with the biggest sum of Late funding rounds in Finance 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 5 years. They are actively investing in Finance industry.

Amount of money raised in Late funding rounds is $36.3B, which is 25.7% of the total amount of money raised in the Finance industry in North America over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors in North America with the biggest sum of Late funding rounds in Finance 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 12 funds. There are also funds from New York, Maryland and Connecticut. There is an equal amount of VCs in San Francisco and New York which host 6 funds each. There are also funds from Menlo Park and Palo Alto. These VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Panama 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, Telecommunications and Gamification.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1869 and the newest one in 2016. In 2009 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, 2020 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Funds equally often participate in 7 – 12, 13 – 24, and 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 7, the maximum is 463. Average number of funding rounds is 130.5 while median is 94.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 37. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 226. Average amount of lead investments is 63.3 while median is 34.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 5. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -37.67 and 28.05 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -10.18 and the median is -10.36. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 4 – 5 investors. Less often in rounds with 3 – 4, 7 – 8 or 5 – 6 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 100-500 million. Less common ranges are 50 – 100 million, 10 – 50 million and more than 1 billion. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.1 at minimum and 8.56 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 1.32 and median is 0.79.