Top 20 investors that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Sales 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 2 years. They are actively investing in Sales industry.

Amount of Seed funding rounds is 174, which is 31.4% of the total amount of rounds in the Sales industry over the last 2 years.

Top 20 investors that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Sales 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 13 funds. There are also funds from North Africa and the Middle East, , and Western Europe. The most common country among top VCs is The United States which hosts 13 funds. There are also funds from Russia, Israel and The United Kingdom. The most common city is San Francisco which is home to 5 funds. There are also funds from Mountain View, Moscow and Zagreb. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Panama, The United Kingdom, and Israel. For half 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 Gamification, Enterprise Software and Information Technology.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2005 and the newest one in 2017. In 2017 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, 2020 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 7 – 12 and in 13 – 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 17, the maximum is 1317. Average number of funding rounds is 232.2 while median is 43.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 22. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 506. Average amount of lead investments is 52.2 while median is 13.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 1. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -28.38 and 28.68 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 4.6 and the median is 9.14. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Funds participate in rounds with 3 – 4 or 2 – 3 investors more often than in rounds with 1 – 2 or 4 – 5 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of less than 100 thousands, 100 thousands – 1 million or 1 – 5 million more often than 5 – 10 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 0.99 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.32 and median is 0.24. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.