Top 20 investors that took part in the most 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 over the last 4 years. They are actively investing in Security industry.
Security provides manned and technical services and products for the protection of people, premises or property. It includes penetration testing and intrusion detection, cloud and cyber security, and homeland security, as well as privacy, biometrics, and fraud detection.

Amount of funding rounds in Security is 4610, which is 4.3% of the total amount of rounds over the last 4 years.

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

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – All funds are based in North America. All VCs are located in The United States. California is the most common state for VCs and it hosts 14 funds. There are also funds from New York, New Hampshire and Missouri. The most common city is San Francisco which is home to 4 funds. There are also funds from Palo Alto, Menlo Park and Mountain View. These VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Panama and Israel. 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 Gamification, Security and Business Development.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1869 and the newest one in 2016. In 2000 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, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2006 and 2020 years. For some funds, 2019 became the year with the most successful exits.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 24 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 13, the maximum is 1627. Average number of funding rounds is 469.0 while median is 465.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 6 and maximum is 506. Average amount of lead investments is 112.6 while median is 56.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 11. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -24.85 and 23.78 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 1.0 and the median is 0.43. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – The most common investment stage for funds in the sample is Early stage. Late, Seed and Private Equity stages are less common. VCs usually participate in rounds with 4 – 5 investors. Less often in rounds with 5 – 6 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 10 – 50 million. Less common range is 50 – 100 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 237965833.49 and median is 0.5. The most common multiplicator value is 0.25.