Top 20 investors with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Agriculture industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 20 investors according to the total money raised in the funding rounds. These are VC funds and corporate investors that have invested over the last 2 years. They are actively investing in Agriculture industry.
Agriculture covers everything that is grown for human use. It includes farming and cultivation, hydroponics and agtech, and forestry.

Amount of money raised in Agriculture funding rounds is $21.7B, which is 0.9% of the total amount of money raised over the last 2 years.

Top 20 investors with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Agriculture 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 17 funds. There are also funds from Western Europe and . The most common country among top VCs is The United States which hosts 13 funds. There are also funds from Canada, The United Kingdom and Russia. The most common city is San Francisco which is home to 3 funds. There are also funds from Santa Monica, Montréal and Washington. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Canada, The United Kingdom, and India. 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 Agriculture, Banking and Medical Service.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1900 and the newest one in 2017. In 1996 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2004 to 2020. For some funds, 2020 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2011 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2019 became the year with the most successful exits.
• Investments – Funds equally often participate in 2 – 6 and 2 funding rounds per year. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 11, the maximum is 831. Average number of funding rounds is 137.5 while median is 85.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 128. Average amount of lead investments is 27.0 while median is 18.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 2. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -13.31 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 6.14 and the median is 5.43. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Early and Late stages are more common for funds in the sample. Private Equity and Debt stages are less common. Funding rounds with these VCs have 4 – 5 or 6 – 7 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common range is 100-500 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 848950000.0 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 103572500.17 and median is 0.2. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.