Intro

The top 16 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 3 years. They are actively investing in Retail industry. Retail is how producers of goods and services get their products to the consumer. It includes online and offline retail, shopping and vending, and retail technology.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in South Asia is $337.1M, which is 1.6% of the total amount of money raised in the Retail industry in Early rounds over the last 3 years.

Top 16 investors in South Asia with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Retail industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

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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 6 funds. There are also funds from New Delhi, Bengaluru and Lahore. These VCs tend to invest in startups from India, but also invest in startups from The United States and Pakistan. 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, Consumer and Banking.
  • Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1984 and the newest one in 2018. In 2011 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2013 to 2020. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals. 2020, 2019 and 2018 hold the biggest amount of successful exits. 2021 is the runner up.
  • 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 5, the maximum is 425. Average number of funding rounds is 129.8 while median is 92.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 127. Average amount of lead investments is 34.3 while median is 26.5. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -28.26 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -5.6 and the median is -11.59. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
  • Typical Rounds - Funds 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 less than 100 thousands. 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 2.42 and median is 0.46. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.