Top 20 investors that took part in the most Late 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 in Late stage over the last 3 years. They are actively investing in Industrial field.

Amount of funding rounds in Industrial is 414, which is 7.9% of the total amount of Late rounds over the last 3 years.

Top 20 investors that took part in the most Late 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, Eastern Asia, and . The most common country among top VCs is The United States which hosts 13 funds. There are also funds from The United Kingdom, Russia and Germany. The most common city is London which is home to 3 funds. There are also funds from San Francisco, Zhongshan and Menlo Park. There are 2 countries that funds tend to invest in: The United States and China with the majority investing in The United States. For 9 funds in the sample, 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 Telecommunications, Manufacturing and IT Infrastructure.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1937 and the newest one in 2017. In 1999 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2015 to 2020. For some funds, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 13 – 24, 7 – 12 or in 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 8, the maximum is 302. Average number of funding rounds is 89.7 while median is 47.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 6 and maximum is 179. Average amount of lead investments is 41.2 while median is 19.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 6. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -45.19 and 18.83 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -8.02 and the median is -6.16. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 4 – 5 investors. Less often in rounds with 3 – 4, 6 – 7 or 5 – 6 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of 50 – 100 million or 1 – 5 million, more often than less than 100 thousands or 100-500 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 1.05 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.35 and median is 0.3. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.