Top 10 investors in South Asia with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Hospitality industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 10 investors according to the total money raised in the funding rounds. These are VC funds and corporate investors in South Asia that have invested in Early stage over the last 5 years. They are actively investing in Hospitality industry.
Hospitality includes lodging, food and drink service, and tourism. It includes hotels and leisure, resorts, and restaurants.

Amount of money raised in Early funding rounds is $224.7M, which is 8.5% of the total amount of money raised in the Hospitality industry in South Asia over the last 5 years.

Top 10 investors in South Asia with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Hospitality industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – All VCs are located in India. The most common city is Mumbai which is home to 4 funds. There are also funds from Bengaluru, Bangalore and Delhi. There are 2 countries that funds tend to invest in: India and The United States with the majority investing in India. 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 Finance. They also invest in Enterprise Software, E-Commerce Platforms and Consumer.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2000 and the newest one in 2017. In 2001 the most amount of funds were founded. 2019 holds the most deals for 4 VCs. 2020, 2018 and 2014 were also fruitful.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 7 – 12 and in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 3, the maximum is 280. Average number of funding rounds is 100.3 while median is 67.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 122. Average amount of lead investments is 45.4 while median is 31.0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -32.76 and -1.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -16.44 and the median is -15.96. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is -4.33.
• Typical Rounds – Funds usually participate in rounds with 2 – 3 or 1 – 2 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common range is 10 – 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 3.04 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.53 and median is 0.11. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.