Top 18 investors in South Asia that took part in the most funding rounds in Marketing industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 18 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 2 years. They are actively investing in Marketing industry.

Amount of funding rounds in Marketing is 30, which is 3.9% of the total amount of rounds in South Asia over the last 2 years.

Top 18 investors in South Asia that took part in the most funding rounds in Marketing 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 9 funds. There are also funds from New Delhi, Bengaluru and Pune. These VCs tend to invest in startups from India, but also invest in startups from The United States and Canada. 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 Telecommunications, Social and Sales.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1946 and the newest one in 2017. In 2005 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2014 to 2021. For some funds, 2019 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 66.9 while median is 32.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 4. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 2 and maximum is 122. Average amount of lead investments is 33.6 while median is 20.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 4. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -71.0 and 22.71 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -19.75 and the median is -19.13. 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 Private Equity stages are less common. Funds participate in rounds with 1 – 2 or 2 – 3 investors more often than in rounds with 3 – 4 or 6 – 7 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 10 – 50 million, 100 thousands – 1 million and 50 – 100 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 0.74 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.24 and median is 0.06. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.