Top 20 investors that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Security industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 20 investors according to the total amount of funding rounds. These are VC funds and corporate investors that have invested in Early stage over the last 3 years. They are actively investing in Security industry.

Amount of Early funding rounds is 871, which is 37.0% of the total amount of rounds in the Security industry over the last 3 years.

Top 20 investors that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Security industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The most common region for top VCs is North America which hosts 17 funds. There are also funds from Western Europe and Eastern Asia. The most common country among top VCs is The United States which hosts 17 funds. There are also funds from The United Kingdom, Japan and Germany. There is an equal amount of VCs in San Francisco and Menlo Park which host 5 funds each. There are also funds from Palo Alto and Tokyo. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Panama, Japan, and Germany. For half 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 Security, Business Development and Enterprise Software.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1869 and the newest one in 2014. In 1996 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2000 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 18, the maximum is 1317. Average number of funding rounds is 270.4 while median is 214.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 11 and maximum is 506. Average amount of lead investments is 109.5 while median is 77.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 16. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -47.19 and 16.92 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -6.3 and the median is -5.82. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Funds participate in rounds with 3 – 4 or 4 – 5 investors more often than in rounds with 2 – 3 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 10 – 50 million. Less common ranges are 100 thousands – 1 million, 50 – 100 million and 5 – 10 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.09 at minimum and 0.89 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.38 and median is 0.32. The most common multiplicator value is 0.43.