Top 20 investors in South Asia that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Telecommunications industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 20 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 3 years. They are actively investing in Telecommunications industry.
Telecommunications is about making communication possible. It includes providing cable and internet services, voice and video chatting, internet and communication software and hardware, as well as wireless technologies and NFC.

Amount of funding rounds in Telecommunications is 73, which is 14.8% of the total amount of Early rounds in South Asia over the last 3 years.

Top 20 investors in South Asia that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Telecommunications 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 Bangalore, New Delhi and Mumbai which host 6 funds each. There are also funds from Bengaluru. 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, Social and E-Commerce Platforms.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1983 and the newest one in 2016. In 2000 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2007 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 12, the maximum is 280. Average number of funding rounds is 97.5 while median is 75.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 5 and maximum is 122. Average amount of lead investments is 32.7 while median is 22.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 7. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -29.33 and 19.48 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -9.3 and the median is -13.5. 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 VCs in the sample have an average round size of less than 100 thousands or 10 – 50 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 0.39 and median is 0.18. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.