Top 20 investors that took part in the most funding rounds in Agriculture 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 over the last 5 years. They are actively investing in Agriculture industry.
Agriculture covers everything that is grown for human use. It includes farming and cultivation, hydroponics and agtech, and forestry.

Amount of funding rounds in Agriculture is 2467, which is 1.9% of the total amount of rounds over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors that took part in the most funding rounds in Agriculture 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, South Asia, and Eastern Asia. The most common country among top VCs is The United States which hosts 15 funds. There are also funds from Canada, The United Kingdom and India. The most common city is San Francisco which is home to 4 funds. There are also funds from St Louis, San Diego and Chicago. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Canada, The United Kingdom, and Panama. 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 Agriculture, Bio & Nano Technology and Consumer.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2000 and the newest one in 2016. In 2014 the most amount of funds were founded. 2020 holds the most deals for 8 VCs. 2019, 2018 and 2015 were also fruitful. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2006 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2006 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 10, the maximum is 1627. Average number of funding rounds is 311.6 while median is 76.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 2 and maximum is 506. Average amount of lead investments is 62.9 while median is 6.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 2. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -40.38 and 28.54 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 7.66 and the median is 12.57. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Early and Seed stages are more common for funds in the sample. Late and Venture stages are less common. VCs usually participate in rounds with 2 – 3 investors. Less often in rounds with 5 – 6 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common range is 100 thousands – 1 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 327000000.0 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 17210526.56 and median is 0.09. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.