Top 12 investors in South Asia that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Agriculture 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 Early stage over the last 4 years. They are actively investing in Agriculture industry.

Amount of funding rounds in South Asia is 31, which is 6.5% of the total amount of Early rounds in the Agriculture industry over the last 4 years.

Top 12 investors in South Asia that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Agriculture 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 Hyderabad. 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 Marketplace, Enterprise Software and Consumer.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1983 and the newest one in 2015. In 2011 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2007 to 2020. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2 or in 13 – 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 10, the maximum is 169. Average number of funding rounds is 59.8 while median is 31.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 23. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 6 and maximum is 122. Average amount of lead investments is 40.6 while median is 27.0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -42.19 and 7.95 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -19.67 and the median is -23.79. 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 1 – 2, 4 – 5 or 3 – 4 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 1 – 5 million, 5 – 10 million 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 0.46 and median is 0.18. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.