Top 20 investors with the biggest sum of Late 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 in Late stage over the last 4 years. They are actively investing in Manufacturing industry.

Amount of money raised in Manufacturing funding rounds is $11.7B, which is 2.4% of the total amount of money raised in Late rounds over the last 4 years.

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

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – VCs in the sample tend to reside in North America and Eastern Asia which host 10 funds each. There are also funds from Western Europe. The most common countries among top VCs are The United States and China. They host 9 VCs each. There are also funds from The United Kingdom and Japan. There is an equal amount of VCs in Shanghai and Beijing which host 3 funds each. There are also funds from Baltimore and Toronto. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from China, Japan, 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 Enterprise Software, Telecommunications and Social.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1908 and the newest one in 2014. In 2013 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2007 to 2020. For some funds, 2020 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12, 13 – 24 or in 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 5, the maximum is 285. Average number of funding rounds is 89.1 while median is 48.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 45. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 203. Average amount of lead investments is 43.8 while median is 20.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 1. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -24.82 and 25.15 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -2.42 and the median is -5.23. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 2 – 3 investors. Less often in rounds with 4 – 5, 3 – 4 or 7 – 8 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 10 – 50 million. Less common ranges are less than 100 thousands, 50 – 100 million and 500 million – 1 billion. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 2.67 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.29 and median is 0.14. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.