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 Manufacturing industry.

Amount of money raised in Manufacturing funding rounds is $572.0M, which is 2.2% 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 Manufacturing industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

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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, North Africa and the Middle East, and Eastern Asia. The most common country among top VCs is The United States which hosts 9 funds. There are also funds from The United Kingdom, Israel and China. The most common city is San Francisco which is home to 4 funds. There are also funds from New York, London and Zug. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from The United Kingdom, China, and Switzerland. 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 EdTech.
  • Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1980 and the newest one in 2016. In 2013 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2008 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 or in 13 - 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 5, the maximum is 255. Average number of funding rounds is 82.8 while median is 47.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 2 and maximum is 105. Average amount of lead investments is 22.7 while median is 13.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 5. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -59.89 and 26.46 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -0.67 and the median is 1.23. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
  • Typical Rounds - Funds participate in rounds with 4 - 5 or 3 - 4 investors more often than in rounds with 5 - 6 or 2 - 3 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 10 - 50 million, 5 - 10 million and 50 - 100 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 0.3 and median is 0.22. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.