Top 19 investors in South Asia with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Gaming industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 19 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 5 years. They are actively investing in Gaming industry.
Gaming is about development, marketing, and monetization of video games. It includes online and offline games for pc and console and eSports.

Amount of money raised in Gaming funding rounds is $215.4M, which is 3.0% of the total amount of money raised in Early rounds in South Asia over the last 5 years.

Top 19 investors in South Asia with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Gaming industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – All VCs are located in India. There is an equal amount of VCs in Mumbai and Bangalore which host 7 funds each. There are also funds from New Delhi and Gurgaon. 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 Enterprise Software, E-Commerce Platforms and Retail.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1999 and the newest one in 2017. In 2011 the most amount of funds were founded. 2019 holds the most deals for 6 VCs. 2020, 2015 and 2018 were also fruitful. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2016 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2017 became the year with the most successful exits.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2 – 6. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 5, the maximum is 502. Average number of funding rounds is 136.8 while median is 84.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 45. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 3 and maximum is 127. Average amount of lead investments is 30.8 while median is 20.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 3. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -46.0 and 22.71 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -5.85 and the median is -1.79. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is -1.0.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 2 – 3 investors. Less often in rounds with 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 2.24 and median is 0.63. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.