Top 20 investors in North America with the biggest sum of Late funding rounds in Travel and Leisure 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 Travel and Leisure industry.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in North America is $10.9B, which is 54.3% of the total amount of money raised in the Travel and Leisure industry in Late rounds over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors in North America with the biggest sum of Late funding rounds in Travel and Leisure 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 New York which is home to 6 funds. There are also funds from San Francisco, Menlo Park and Toronto. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Canada, Panama, and Germany. 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 Real Estate, Enterprise Software and Gamification.
• Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1946 and the newest one in 2018. In 1995 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2006 to 2020. For some funds, 2018 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 or in 2. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 6, the maximum is 259. Average number of funding rounds is 63.4 while median is 44.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 6. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 109. Average amount of lead investments is 26.4 while median is 8.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 6. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -46.0 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -0.47 and the median is 0.92. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds - VCs usually participate in rounds with 5 - 6 investors. Less often in rounds with 4 - 5, 6 - 7 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, 50 - 100 million and 500 million - 1 billion. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.14 at minimum and 1.81 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.55 and median is 0.39. The most common multiplicator value is 0.24.