Five of the top 12 IoT investors are now corporate venture arms, including Intel Capital, GE Ventures, and Cisco Investments.

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The Internet of Things (IoT) industry is on track to see nearly $3.7B in funding this year as connectivity and software are injected into sensor-laden objects and appliances. An increasing proportion of these dollars are being allocated to startups working specifically on the industrial IoT.

Related categories like 3D printing are also starting to see a resurgence as a host of corporate players like telecoms become involved in the industry.

Which firms are the most active players in the IoT? We used CB Insights data to rank VCs by their unique IoT investments over the past 5 years.

Our earlier 2015 analysis of most active IoT investors is appended at the bottom of this post. Click here to read it.

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