Top 20 investors that took part in the most funding rounds in Bio & Nano Technology 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 Bio & Nano Technology industry.

Amount of funding rounds in Bio & Nano Technology is 7224, which is 8.9% of the total amount of rounds over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors that took part in the most funding rounds in Bio & Nano Technology 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 14 funds. There are also funds from Western Europe and Eastern Asia. The most common country among top VCs is The United States which hosts 14 funds. There are also funds from France, The United Kingdom and Switzerland. The most common city is New York which is home to 3 funds. There are also funds from San Francisco, Palo Alto and Mountain View. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from The United Kingdom, France, 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 Banking. They also invest in Enterprise Software, Business Development and Autonomous Vehicles.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1972 and the newest one in 2016. In 2007 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2013 to 2020. For some funds, 2020 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 7 – 12 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 24, 2 – 6 or in 13 – 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 37, the maximum is 1317. Average number of funding rounds is 214.2 while median is 118.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 6 and maximum is 506. Average amount of lead investments is 94.5 while median is 53.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 19. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -34.3 and 14.71 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -3.97 and the median is -0.03. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Early and Late stages are more common for funds in the sample. Private Equity and Seed stages are less common. Funds participate in rounds with 5 – 6 or 2 – 3 investors more often than in rounds with 6 – 7 or 4 – 5 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 10 – 50 million. Less common ranges are 100 thousands – 1 million, less than 100 thousands and 1 – 5 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 0.7 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.15 and median is 0.09. The most common multiplicator value is 0.01.