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 Transportation industry. Transportation is about moving people and goods. It includes all modes of transportation, electric and autonomous vehicles, and transportation infrastructure, as well as space travel.

Amount of money raised in Transportation funding rounds is $164.8B, which is 7.2% of the total amount of money raised over the last 2 years.

Top 20 investors with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Transportation industry over the recent years
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Key takeaways

  • Funds Geography - The most common region for top VCs is North America which hosts 15 funds. There are also funds from Eastern Asia and Western Europe. The most common country among top VCs is The United States which hosts 15 funds. There are also funds from China, The United Kingdom and Japan. The most common city is New York which is home to 7 funds. There are also funds from San Francisco, Menlo Park and Beijing. There are 2 countries that funds tend to invest in: The United States and China with the majority investing in The United States. 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 Banking, Gamification and Consumer.
  • Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1869 and the newest one in 2018. In 1999 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2000 to 2021. For some funds, 2020 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2007 and 2020 years. For some funds, 2020 became the year with the most successful exits.
  • Investments - Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 13 - 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 8, the maximum is 951. Average number of funding rounds is 179.3 while median is 114.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 9. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 276. Average amount of lead investments is 46.9 while median is 15.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 2. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -17.77 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 5.22 and the median is 2.99. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
  • Typical Rounds - Funds in the sample usually invest in Late, Private Equity and Early stages. Seed stage is less common. Funding rounds with these VCs have 4 - 5 or 3 - 4 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 100-500 million. Less common range is 50 - 100 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 5627800000.0 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 476665000.46 and median is 0.6. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.