Top 20 investors with the biggest sum of Late funding rounds in Hardware/Electronics 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 in Late stage over the last 2 years. They are actively investing in Hardware/Electronics industry.

Amount of money raised in Hardware/Electronics funding rounds is $18.5B, which is 6.2% of the total amount of money raised in Late rounds over the last 2 years.

Top 20 investors with the biggest sum of Late 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 15 funds. There are also funds from Western Europe and Eastern Asia. The most common country among top VCs is The United States which hosts 15 funds. There are also funds from The United Kingdom, France and China. The most common city is New York which is home to 4 funds. There are also funds from San Francisco, Palo Alto and Menlo Park. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from The United Kingdom, France, and China. 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, Gamification and Security.
• Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1869 and the newest one in 2017. In 2005 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, 2020 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments - Funds equally often participate in 7 - 12, 2 - 6, and 13 - 24 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 18, the maximum is 463. Average number of funding rounds is 131.6 while median is 99.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 8 and maximum is 226. Average amount of lead investments is 65.8 while median is 42.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 22. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -45.19 and 5.92 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -10.47 and the median is -9.74. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is 4.0.
• Typical Rounds - VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 - 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 4 - 5, 6 - 7 or 2 - 3 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of 10 - 50 million or 100-500 million, more often than 50 - 100 million or 5 - 10 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.12 at minimum and 2.67 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.62 and median is 0.36. The most common multiplicator value is 0.25.