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 Late stage over the last 2 years. They are actively investing in Lifestyle industry. Lifestyle seeks to inspire, guide, and motivate people. It includes wellness and sports, travel and outdoors, and fashion and beauty, as well as nightclub, clothing, art, and family.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in South Asia is $1.3B, which is 1.0% of the total amount of money raised in the Lifestyle industry in Late rounds over the last 2 years.

Top 12 investors in South Asia with the biggest sum of Late funding rounds in Lifestyle industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

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Key takeaways

  • Funds Geography - All VCs are located in India. There is an equal amount of VCs in Mumbai and Bangalore which host 5 funds each. There are also funds from Chennai and Bengaluru. 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 Consumer, Software Engineering and Mobile/Apps.
  • Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1983 and the newest one in 2014. 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. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2010 and 2020 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 13 - 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 22, the maximum is 425. Average number of funding rounds is 146.4 while median is 108.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 8 and maximum is 127. Average amount of lead investments is 43.8 while median is 30.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 52. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -40.57 and 19.48 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -14.17 and the median is -13.9. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
  • Typical Rounds - Funds usually participate in rounds with 2 - 3 or 3 - 4 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 10 - 50 million. Less common range is 50 - 100 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 13.83 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 3.23 and median is 1.82. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.