Top 20 investors in North America with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Manufacturing 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 Seed stage over the last 4 years. They are actively investing in Manufacturing industry.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in North America is $758.3M, which is 57.0% of the total amount of money raised in the Manufacturing industry in Seed rounds over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors in North America with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Manufacturing 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 San Francisco which is home to 4 funds. There are also funds from Palo Alto, New York and Austin. These VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Panama 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 Gamification, EdTech and Business Development.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1995 and the newest one in 2018. In 2011 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2013 to 2020. For some funds, 2020 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 11, the maximum is 1317. Average number of funding rounds is 132.0 while median is 41.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 506. Average amount of lead investments is 37.9 while median is 4.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 1. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -12.07 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 14.13 and the median is 17.87. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 4 – 5 investors. Less often in rounds with 5 – 6, 3 – 4 or 2 – 3 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 100 thousands – 1 million, 10 – 50 million and 5 – 10 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 1.1 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.28 and median is 0.21. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.