Top 20 investors with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Manufacturing 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 3 years. They are actively investing in Manufacturing industry.

Amount of money raised in Manufacturing funding rounds is $40.4B, which is 2.9% of the total amount of money raised over the last 3 years.

Top 20 investors with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Manufacturing industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The funds are based in 2 regions: North America and Eastern Asia with the majority being in North America. The most common country among top VCs is The United States which hosts 9 funds. There are also funds from Japan, China and Canada. There is an equal amount of VCs in Tokyo and New York which host 6 funds each. There are also funds from Beijing and Toronto. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Japan, China, and Canada. 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 Business Development, Social and Telecommunications.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1852 and the newest one in 2014. In 1988 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2000 to 2020. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2, 7 – 12 or in 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 3, the maximum is 463. Average number of funding rounds is 90.4 while median is 56.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 3. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 226. Average amount of lead investments is 42.6 while median is 19.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 20. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -37.67 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -5.96 and the median is -4.6. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is 4.0.
• Typical Rounds – The most common investment stage for funds in the sample is Early stage. Late, Private Equity and Debt stages are less common. Funds participate in rounds with 2 – 3 or 3 – 4 investors more often than in rounds with 4 – 5 or 7 – 8 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of less than 100 thousands or 10 – 50 million, more often than 50 – 100 million or 100-500 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 1.09 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.27 and median is 0.18. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.