Top 10 investors in South Asia with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Media and Entertainment 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 Seed stage over the last 2 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 $21.9M, which is 3.0% of the total amount of money raised in the Media and Entertainment industry in Seed rounds over the last 2 years.

Top 10 investors in South Asia with the biggest sum of Seed 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 Mumbai which is home to 3 funds. There are also funds from New Delhi, Karachi and Hyderabad. There are 2 countries that funds tend to invest in: India and Pakistan with the majority investing in India. The country of the funds’ establishment and the country of their most frequent investments coincide for all the funds.
• Industry Focus – The funds’ most common field for investments is Finance. They also invest in Telecommunications, Gamification and Business Development.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1983 and the newest one in 2018. In 2015 the most amount of funds were founded. Years with the most deals are 2020 and 2019. 2017 was less fruitful. 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 413. Average number of funding rounds is 118.0 while median is 57.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 127. Average amount of lead investments is 33.2 while median is 18.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 23. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -27.79 and 13.31 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -9.25 and the median is -13.45. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Funds participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors more often than in rounds with 1 – 2 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 10 – 50 million. Less common range is 5 – 10 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 6.84 and median is 2.68.