Top 9 investors with the biggest sum of Private Equity funding rounds in Genetics/Diagnostics 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 that have invested in Private Equity stage over the last 3 years. They are actively investing in Genetics/Diagnostics industry.

Amount of money raised in Genetics/Diagnostics funding rounds is $824.0M, which is 0.6% of the total amount of money raised in Private Equity rounds over the last 3 years.

Top 9 investors with the biggest sum of Private Equity funding rounds in Genetics/Diagnostics industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The funds are based in 2 regions: North America and Western Europe with the majority being in North America. The majority of VCs are located in The United States while others are in Ireland. The most common city is New York which is home to 5 funds. There are also funds from San Francisco, Rosamond and Dublin. There are 2 countries that funds tend to invest in: The United States and Ireland 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 –
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1994 and the newest one in 2015. In 2007 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2014 to 2020. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2 – 6 or in 7 – 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 3, the maximum is 101. Average number of funding rounds is 24.6 while median is 15.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 3. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 45. Average amount of lead investments is 11.0 while median is 7.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -37.67 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -1.27 and the median is -0.41. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
• Typical Rounds – No grouping tendencies in the amount of investors in the funding rounds were found in this sample. The most common average round size for these funds is less than 100 thousands. Other common ranges are 100-500 million and 100 thousands – 1 million. The most common average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation for funds in the sample is 0.0. 1.13, 0.76 and 0.01 are less common.