Top 15 investors in South Asia that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Marketing industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 15 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 5 years. They are actively investing in Marketing industry.

Amount of Early funding rounds is 24, which is 24.5% of the total amount of rounds in the Marketing industry in South Asia over the last 5 years.

Top 15 investors in South Asia that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Marketing industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The majority of VCs are located in India while others are in Pakistan. The most common city is Mumbai which is home to 4 funds. There are also funds from New Delhi, Bangalore and Bengaluru. These VCs tend to invest in startups from India, but also invest in startups from The United States and China. 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, EdTech and Consumer.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1997 and the newest one in 2017. In 2000 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2006 to 2020. For some funds, 2016 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12, 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 71.7 while median is 42.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 122. Average amount of lead investments is 33.7 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 -33.75 and 26.83 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -11.0 and the median is -17.27. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is -21.0.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 2 – 3 investors. Less often in rounds with 3 – 4, 1 – 2 or 4 – 5 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 100 thousands – 1 million, 10 – 50 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 0.38 and median is 0.06. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.