Top 20 investors that took part in the most funding rounds in Industrial field 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 3 years. They are actively investing in Industrial field.

Amount of funding rounds in Industrial is 4253, which is 8.5% of the total amount of rounds over the last 3 years.

Top 20 investors that took part in the most funding rounds in Industrial field 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 Western Europe and . The most common country among top VCs is The United States which hosts 12 funds. There are also funds from The United Kingdom, Netherlands and France. The most common city is San Francisco which is home to 3 funds. There are also funds from Zuid-Holland, Menlo Park and Boston. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from The United Kingdom, Germany, 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 Banking. They also invest in Manufacturing, Enterprise Software and Information Technology.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1977 and the newest one in 2017. In 2005 the most amount of funds were founded. The most amount of deals which is 7 was made in 2018, 2020 and 2019. 2015 was less fruitful.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 24 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12, 2 – 6 or in 13 – 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 8, the maximum is 1317. Average number of funding rounds is 300.4 while median is 222.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 46. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 3 and maximum is 506. Average amount of lead investments is 89.0 while median is 46.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 27. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -64.75 and 27.57 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -2.78 and the median is 1.8. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Seed and Early stages are more common for funds in the sample. Grant and Debt stages are less common. VCs usually participate in rounds with 2 – 3 investors. Less often in rounds with 1 – 2, 3 – 4 or 4 – 5 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 100 thousands – 1 million, 10 – 50 million and 1 – 5 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 1.48 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.2 and median is 0.11. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.