Bennett Coleman and Co Ltd

Total investments

23

Average round size

49M

Portfolio companies

21

Rounds per year

0.17

Lead investments

11

Follow on index

0.09

Exits

3

Areas of investment
LogisticsE-CommerceInternetRetailAnalyticsInformation TechnologyFitnessAppsConsumer ElectronicsHospitality

Summary

Bennett Coleman and Co Ltd is the famous Corporate Investor, which was founded in 1892. The leading representative office of defined Corporate Investor is situated in the Mumbai. The venture was found in Asia in India.

Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Uber, Square Yards, Timesaverz.com. The fund has exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 4 or 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to be financed is low. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - India. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Big Data, Health Care. Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 4-5 years to receive the investment from the fund.

We also calculated 5 valuable employees in our database.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 2-3 partakers. Despite the Bennett Coleman and Co Ltd, startups are often financed by Trifecta Capital Advisors, Click Ventures, Times Internet. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are GVFL, White Capital, Times Internet. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Tribe Accelerator, Toyota Tsusho, Tata Opportunities Fund (TOF).

The important activity for fund was in 2016. The top amount of exits for fund were in 2019. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 investment rounds annually. Opposing the other organizations, this Bennett Coleman and Co Ltd works on 22 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments. The average startup value when the investment from Bennett Coleman and Co Ltd is more than 1 billion dollars. Considering the real fund results, this Corporate Investor is 33 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 50 - 100 millions dollars.

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
23
Lead investments
11
Exits
3
Rounds per year
0.17
Follow on index
0.09
Investments by industry
  • E-Commerce (5)
  • Internet (4)
  • Logistics (3)
  • Analytics (3)
  • Information Technology (2)
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Investments by region
  • United States (2)
  • India (20)
  • China (1)
Peak activity year
2019
Number of Unicorns
1
Number of Decacorns
2
Number of Minotaurs
2

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
10
Avg. valuation at time of investment
3B
Group Appearance index
0.52
Avg. company exit year
10
Avg. multiplicator
3.22
Strategy success index
0.30

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