Top 11 investors in South Asia with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Digital Media industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 11 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 Early stage over the last 5 years. They are actively investing in Digital Media industry.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in South Asia is $272.5M, which is 3.0% of the total amount of money raised in the Digital Media industry in Early rounds over the last 5 years.

Top 11 investors in South Asia with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Digital Media 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 5 funds. There are also funds from Bangalore, New Delhi and Chennai. 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 Enterprise Software, Consumer and Telecommunications.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2000 and the newest one in 2016. In 2015 the most amount of funds were founded. The two years with the most amount of deals were 2020 and 2019. 2018 and 2016 were less fruitful.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 7 – 12 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2 – 6, 13 – 24 or in 2. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 4, the maximum is 288. Average number of funding rounds is 80.3 while median is 49.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 3 and maximum is 122. Average amount of lead investments is 40.6 while median is 22.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 22. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -59.89 and 22.71 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -21.67 and the median is -27.79. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 2 – 3 investors. Less often in rounds with 3 – 4, 4 – 5 or 1 – 2 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 10 – 50 million. Less common ranges are 100 thousands – 1 million, less than 100 thousands and 50 – 100 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 0.53 and median is 0.11.