Top 20 investors in North America with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Sales 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 Sales industry.
Sales is about finding, contacting, and communicating with potential buyers. It includes lead generation and management, sales automation, and CRM, as well as direct sales.

Amount of money raised in Seed funding rounds is $812.2M, which is 1.4% of the total amount of money raised in the Sales industry in North America over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors in North America with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Sales 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 6 funds. There are also funds from Menlo Park, New York and Mountain View. 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 Finance. They also invest in Business Development, Social and Medical Service.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2000 and the newest one in 2017. In 2013 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2012 to 2020. For some funds, 2020 was the year with the most amount of deals. 2014 was the peak year for successful exits. 2020 and 2017 are the runner ups.
• Investments – Funds equally often participate in 2 and 7 – 12 funding rounds per year. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 41, the maximum is 1627. Average number of funding rounds is 245.6 while median is 75.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 64. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 506. Average amount of lead investments is 41.8 while median is 12.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -37.67 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 10.39 and the median is 17.45. 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 4 – 5 or 5 – 6 investors The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 100 thousands – 1 million. Less common range is 5 – 10 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.06 at minimum and 143000000.0 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 7526316.01 and median is 0.21. The most common multiplicator value is 0.21.