Top 9 investors in North America with the biggest sum of Private Equity funding rounds in Business Development industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 9 investors according to the total money raised in the funding rounds. These are VC funds and corporate investors in North America that have invested in Private Equity stage over the last 4 years. They are actively investing in Business Development industry.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in North America is $5.7B, which is 52.3% of the total amount of money raised in the Business Development industry in Private Equity rounds over the last 4 years.

Top 9 investors in North America with the biggest sum of Private Equity funding rounds in Business Development industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – All VCs are located in The United States. New York is the most common state for VCs and it hosts 6 funds. There are also funds from California and Massachusetts. The most common city is New York which is home to 6 funds. There are also funds from San Mateo, San Francisco and Boston. There are 2 countries that funds tend to invest in: The United States and Japan with the majority investing in The United States. 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, Telecommunications and Software Engineering.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1869 and the newest one in 2011. In 1985 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2000 to 2021. 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, 2 or in 13 – 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 3, the maximum is 463. Average number of funding rounds is 131.7 while median is 89.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 3. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 2 and maximum is 226. Average amount of lead investments is 58.2 while median is 31.0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -71.0 and 5.62 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -19.83 and the median is -14.62. 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 2 – 3, 1 – 2 or 6 – 7 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 10 – 50 million. Less common ranges are 50 – 100 million, 100-500 million and less than 100 thousands. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 3.17 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.58 and median is 0.23. The most common multiplicator value is 0.08.