Top 20 investors that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Transportation 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 4 years. They are actively investing in Transportation industry.
Transportation is about moving people and goods. It includes all modes of transportation, electric and autonomous vehicles, and transportation infrastructure, as well as space travel.

Amount of Early funding rounds is 2349, which is 34.8% of the total amount of rounds in the Transportation industry over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Transportation 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 13 funds. There are also funds from Eastern Asia, Western Europe, and North Africa and the Middle East. The most common country among top VCs is The United States which hosts 13 funds. There are also funds from China, The United Kingdom and Israel. The most common city is Menlo Park which is home to 4 funds. There are also funds from New York, Beijing and Palo Alto. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from China, The United Kingdom, and France. 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 Transportation, Business Development and Manufacturing.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1977 and the newest one in 2015. In 2015 the most amount of funds were founded. 2018 holds the most deals for 10 VCs. 2019, 2017 and 2013 were also fruitful. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2006 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2020 became the year with the most successful exits.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 24 and in 2 funding rounds per year. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 32, the maximum is 951. Average number of funding rounds is 322.6 while median is 273.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 276. Average amount of lead investments is 64.2 while median is 20.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 18. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -18.14 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 9.43 and the median is 7.83. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 5 – 6 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of 5 – 10 million or 10 – 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 1186000000.0 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 91833333.48 and median is 0.18. The most common multiplicator value is 0.2.