Top 12 investors in South Asia with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Civil Engineering industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 12 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 Civil Engineering industry.
Civil Engineering deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the built environment. It includes architecture and construction, green and smart buildings and cities, and home renovation.

Amount of money raised in Civil Engineering funding rounds is $203.5M, which is 2.8% of the total amount of money raised in Early rounds in South Asia over the last 5 years.

Top 12 investors in South Asia with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Civil Engineering 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 4 funds. There are also funds from Bangalore, New Delhi and Jaipur. 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 Finance. They also invest in Enterprise Software, E-Commerce Platforms and Consumer.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2000 and the newest one in 2015. In 2000 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. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2002 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2019 became the year with the most successful exits.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 9, the maximum is 425. Average number of funding rounds is 132.8 while median is 95.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 3 and maximum is 127. Average amount of lead investments is 45.2 while median is 34.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 7. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -32.76 and 13.31 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -13.48 and the median is -14.25. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Funds participate in rounds with 3 – 4 or 1 – 2 investors Average round size for all funds is different. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 22.67 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 6.31 and median is 5.87. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.