Top 12 investors in South Asia that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Civil Engineering industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 12 investors according to the total amount of funding rounds. These are VC funds and corporate investors in South Asia that have invested in Seed stage over the last 4 years. They are actively investing in Civil Engineering industry.
Civil Engineering deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the built environment. It includes architecture and construction, green and smart buildings and cities, and home renovation.

Amount of funding rounds in South Asia is 14, which is 1.0% of the total amount of Seed rounds in the Civil Engineering industry over the last 4 years.

Top 12 investors in South Asia that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Civil Engineering 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 Bangalore, Gurgaon and New Delhi. Top-1 investment geofocus for all VCs is 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 Gamification, Business Development and Art (Auctions).
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2004 and the newest one in 2017. In 2017 the most amount of funds were founded. The two years with the most amount of deals were 2019 and 2020. 2018 and 2017 were less fruitful. 2019 was the peak year for successful exits. 2018 and 2016 are the runner ups.
• 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 3, the maximum is 170. Average number of funding rounds is 57.2 while median is 45.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 2 and maximum is 52. Average amount of lead investments is 17.9 while median is 12.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 2. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -71.0 and 8.37 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -23.74 and the median is -20.45. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Funds participate in rounds with 1 – 2 or 2 – 3 investors The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common range is 100-500 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 3.89 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.88 and median is 0.02. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.