South Asia’s Electronics industry: top 20 investors that took part in the most Seed funding rounds over the last 5 years

Intro

Although South Asia’s Electronics industry is not the biggest, it is still good to know about it’s investors. Thus we present the top 20 investors according to the total amount of funding rounds. These are VC funds and corporate investors in South Asia that have actively invested in Seed stage of Electronics industry over the last 5 years. Electronics is about manufacturing, design and development, assembly, and servicing of electronic equipment and components. It also includes hardware, semiconductors, and b2c electronics (mobile devices, household appliances, sensors etc.).

Over the last 5 years amount of funding rounds in Electronics is 54, which is 4.2% of the total amount of Seed rounds in South Asia.

South Asia’s Electronics industry: top 20 investors that took part in the most Seed funding rounds over the last 5 years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The most common country among the top VCs is India which hosts 18 funds. There are also funds from Pakistan and Bangladesh. The most common city is Mumbai which is home to 6 funds. There are also funds from Bengaluru, Gurgaon and Bangalore. VCs tend to invest in startups from India, but also invest in startups from The United States, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. 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, but some also invest in Business Development, Enterprise Software and Transportation.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2000 and the newest one in 2020. Most funds were founded in 2016. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2013 to 2021. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals. 2018 was the peak for successful exits. While 2020, 2019, and 2017 are the runner ups.
• Investments – Per year VCs usually take part in 2 funding rounds , sometimes in 3 – 6. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 7, while the maximum is 413. Average number of funding rounds is 74.8 while median is 33.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 19. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is none and maximum is 127. Average amount of lead investments is 19.3 while median is 8.5. The most common amount of lead investments is only 1. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -59.89 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -2.46 and the median is 1.22. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
• Typical Rounds – Funding rounds with these VCs have 1 – 2 or 3 – 4 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of 10 – 50 million or less than 100 thousands. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 66.0 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 4.9 and median is 0.01. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.