Top 10 investors in South Asia that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Industrial field over the recent years

Intro

The top 10 investors according to the total amount of funding rounds. These are VC funds and corporate investors in South Asia that have invested in Early stage over the last 2 years. They are actively investing in Industrial field.

Amount of funding rounds in South Asia is 14, which is 1.5% of the total amount of Early rounds in the Industrial field over the last 2 years.

Top 10 investors in South Asia that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Industrial field 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 3 funds. There are also funds from Hyderabad, New Delhi and Gurgaon. There are 2 countries that funds tend to invest in: India and The United States with the majority investing in India. 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 Banking. They also invest in Manufacturing, Agriculture and Social.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1997 and the newest one in 2017. In 2000 the most amount of funds were founded. 2020 holds the most deals for 6 VCs. 2008, 2019 and 2007 were also fruitful.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2, 7 – 12 or in 13 – 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 4, the maximum is 169. Average number of funding rounds is 48.6 while median is 32.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 3 and maximum is 122. Average amount of lead investments is 32.3 while median is 21.0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -46.0 and -4.33 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -24.75 and the median is -26.22. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Funds usually participate in rounds with 2 – 3 investors, less often in rounds with 3 – 4 or 1 – 2 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 10 – 50 million, 5 – 10 million and 100 thousands – 1 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 3.04 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.51 and median is 0.16. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.