Top 20 investors in North America with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Virtual Currency 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 5 years. They are actively investing in Virtual Currency industry.
Virtual currency is an electronic representation of value and can be traded or used as payment. It includes cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and etherium.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in North America is $1.5B, which is 67.5% of the total amount of money raised in the Virtual Currency industry in Seed rounds over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors in North America with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Virtual Currency industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – All VCs are located in The United States. The majority of VCs are based in Silicon Valley. California is the most common state for VCs and it hosts 13 funds. There are also funds from New York, Washington and North Carolina. The most common city is San Francisco which is home to 7 funds. There are also funds from New York, Palo Alto and Menlo Park. Top-1 investment geofocus for all VCs is 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 Legal, Gamification and Telecommunications.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2000 and the newest one in 2018. In 2017 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2012 to 2021. For some funds, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2014 and 2020 years. For some funds, 2020 became the year with the most successful exits.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 15, the maximum is 951. Average number of funding rounds is 238.7 while median is 126.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 276. Average amount of lead investments is 38.7 while median is 11.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 1. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -14.78 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 13.15 and the median is 15.47. 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 6 – 7 investors. Less often in rounds with 5 – 6 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 100-500 million. Less common range is 10 – 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 14.53 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 4.01 and median is 3.04. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.