Intro

The top 14 investors according to the total amount of funding rounds. These are VC funds and corporate investors in South Asia that have invested over the last 4 years. They are actively investing in GreenTech industry. GreenTech relates to products or services that improve operational performance while also reducing costs, energy consumption, waste, or negative effects on the environment. It includes recycling and waste management, CleanTech, and environmental engineering.

Amount of funding rounds in GreenTech is 29, which is 1.1% of the total amount of rounds in South Asia over the last 4 years.

Top 14 investors in South Asia that took part in the most funding rounds in GreenTech industry over the recent years
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Key takeaways

  • Funds Geography - All VCs are located in India. The most common city is Mumbai which is home to 7 funds. There are also funds from New Delhi, Hyderabad and Ahmedabad. 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 Social, Industrial and Agriculture.
  • Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1997 and the newest one in 2017. In 2016 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2008 to 2020. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals.
  • 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 11, the maximum is 170. Average number of funding rounds is 68.0 while median is 68.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 15. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 4 and maximum is 91. Average amount of lead investments is 21.2 while median is 12.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 7. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -43.73 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -9.34 and the median is -11.0. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
  • Typical Rounds - Seed and Early stages are more common for funds in the sample. Late and Venture stages are less common. Funds usually participate in rounds with 1 - 2 or 2 - 3 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common range is 100 thousands - 1 million. 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 3.44 and median is 0.08. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.