Top 20 investors that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Genetics/Diagnostics 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 in Seed stage over the last 4 years. They are actively investing in Genetics/Diagnostics industry.

Amount of Seed funding rounds is 405, which is 21.8% of the total amount of rounds in the Genetics/Diagnostics industry over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Genetics/Diagnostics 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 12 funds. There are also funds from Western Europe, Latin America, and Eastern Asia. The most common country among top VCs is The United States which hosts 10 funds. There are also funds from Canada, The United Kingdom and Sweden. The most common city is San Francisco which is home to 3 funds. There are also funds from Palo Alto, Vancouver and Mexico City. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Panama, Canada, and The United Kingdom. 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 Agriculture.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1999 and the newest one in 2017. In 2014 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2005 to 2020. For some funds, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 24 and in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 13 – 24 and in 7 – 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 18, the maximum is 1317. Average number of funding rounds is 245.0 while median is 100.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 20. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 506. Average amount of lead investments is 67.8 while median is 18.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 17. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -61.91 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 3.07 and the median is 7.71. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Funds participate in rounds with 2 – 3 or 1 – 2 investors more often than in rounds with 4 – 5 or 3 – 4 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 100 thousands – 1 million. Less common ranges are less than 100 thousands, 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 1.8 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.38 and median is 0.27. The most common multiplicator value is 0.06.