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

Amount of money raised in Hardware/Electronics funding rounds is $1.2B, which is 4.5% of the total amount of money raised in Seed rounds over the last 2 years.

Top 20 investors with the biggest sum of Seed 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 9 funds. There are also funds from Western Europe, Eastern Asia, and Latin America. The most common country among top VCs is The United States which hosts 9 funds. There are also funds from Germany, China and The United Kingdom. The most common city is San Francisco which is home to 4 funds. There are also funds from Beijing, Palo Alto and Munich. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Germany, The United Kingdom, and Panama. 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 Enterprise Software, Analytics and Real Estate.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1995 and the newest one in 2017. In 2015 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2006 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, 13 – 24 or in 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 10, the maximum is 1317. Average number of funding rounds is 130.4 while median is 37.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 20. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 2 and maximum is 506. Average amount of lead investments is 45.0 while median is 15.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 7. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -35.0 and 27.47 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -2.6 and the median is -3.86. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 4 – 5, 2 – 3 or 5 – 6 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 5 – 10 million, 100 thousands – 1 million and 10 – 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 1.1 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.23 and median is 0.17. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.