Top 20 investors in North America with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Retail 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 Retail industry.
Retail is how producers of goods and services get their products to the consumer. It includes online and offline retail, shopping and vending, and retail technology.

Amount of money raised in Seed funding rounds is $2.0B, which is 1.6% of the total amount of money raised in the Retail industry in North America over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors in North America with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Retail 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, New Hampshire and Massachusetts. The most common city is San Francisco which is home to 6 funds. There are also funds from New York, Menlo Park and Washington. There are 2 countries that funds tend to invest in: The United States and Panama 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 Finance. They also invest in E-Commerce Platforms, Consumer and Retail.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1982 and the newest one in 2018. In 1998 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, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2002 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2014 became the year with the most successful exits.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 7 – 12 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 13 – 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 8, the maximum is 1627. Average number of funding rounds is 297.4 while median is 163.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 154. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 506. Average amount of lead investments is 65.9 while median is 25.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -8.35 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 11.84 and the median is 11.5. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
• Typical Rounds – Funds participate in rounds with 3 – 4 or 4 – 5 investors The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 1 – 5 million. Less common range is 10 – 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 550000000.0 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 27500000.21 and median is 0.21. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.