Top 20 investors in South Asia with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Media and Entertainment industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 20 investors according to the total money raised in the funding rounds. These are VC funds and corporate investors in South Asia that have invested over the last 3 years. They are actively investing in Media and Entertainment industry.
Media and entertainment is a large sector that includes music, movies, theatre, dating and sex industry, gambling, event management, photofraphy, publishing, cirtual reality, and graphic design.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in South Asia is $1.8B, which is 2.6% of the total amount of money raised in the Media and Entertainment industry over the last 3 years.

Top 20 investors in South Asia with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Media and Entertainment industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The majority of VCs are located in India while others are in Pakistan. The most common city is Bangalore which is home to 7 funds. There are also funds from Mumbai, New Delhi and Hyderabad. These VCs tend to invest in startups from India, but also invest in startups from The United States and Pakistan. 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 Gamification, Enterprise Software and Telecommunications.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1983 and the newest one in 2018. In 2016 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2015 to 2020. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2003 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2018 became the year with the most successful exits.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 7, the maximum is 425. Average number of funding rounds is 112.8 while median is 57.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 127. Average amount of lead investments is 34.0 while median is 20.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 1. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -28.26 and 23.12 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -6.0 and the median is -6.45. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – The most common investment stage for funds in the sample is Early stage. Seed, Late and Venture stages are less common. VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 2 – 3 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 10 – 50 million. Less common range is 50 – 100 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 36.0 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 5.09 and median is 1.07. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.