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

Amount of money raised in Late funding rounds is $37.5B, which is 41.8% of the total amount of money raised in the Transportation industry over the last 3 years.

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

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The most common region for top VCs is Eastern Asia which hosts 9 funds. There are also funds from North America and Western Europe. The most common countries among top VCs are The United States and Japan. They host 7 VCs each. There are also funds from China and Germany. The most common city is Tokyo which is home to 6 funds. There are also funds from New York, Washington and Shanghai. VCs in the sample usually invest in The United States and Japan. They also invest in Germany 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 Transportation, Manufacturing and Business Development.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1869 and the newest one in 2019. In 1995 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 7 – 12, 24 or in 2. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 2, the maximum is 463. Average number of funding rounds is 97.0 while median is 75.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 226. Average amount of lead investments is 44.1 while median is 12.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 4. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -46.0 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -6.49 and the median is -4.85. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is 4.0.
• Typical Rounds – Funding rounds with these VCs have 4 – 5, 3 – 4 or 2 – 3 investors more often than 6 – 7 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of less than 100 thousands or 10 – 50 million, more often than 500 million – 1 billion or 50 – 100 million. 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 0.41 and median is 0.19. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.