Top 20 investors that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Hardware/Electronics 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 3 years. They are actively investing in Hardware/Electronics industry.

Amount of Seed funding rounds is 1095, which is 33.1% of the total amount of rounds in the Hardware/Electronics industry over the last 3 years.

Top 20 investors that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Hardware/Electronics 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, Eastern Asia, and Latin America. The most common country among top VCs is The United States which hosts 10 funds. There are also funds from The United Kingdom, China and Canada. The most common city is San Francisco which is home to 4 funds. There are also funds from Toronto, Montréal and Belfast. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Canada, The United Kingdom, 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 Manufacturing, Enterprise Software and Gamification.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1999 and the newest one in 2018. In 2012 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2012 to 2020. For some funds, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 24 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 13 – 24, 7 – 12 or in 2 – 6. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 34, the maximum is 1317. Average number of funding rounds is 321.8 while median is 182.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 4 and maximum is 506. Average amount of lead investments is 72.6 while median is 37.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 6. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -43.14 and 27.57 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 6.08 and the median is 14.53. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 1 – 2 investors. Less often in rounds with 2 – 3, 4 – 5 or 3 – 4 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 100 thousands – 1 million, 1 – 5 million and 5 – 10 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.03 at minimum and 2.26 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.37 and median is 0.2. The most common multiplicator value is 0.03.