Top 20 investors in South Asia that took part in the most funding rounds in Consumer Goods 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 over the last 2 years. They are actively investing in Consumer Goods industry.
Consumer goods relate to items purchased by individuals and households rather than by manufacturers. It includes clothing and consumer electronics, hard products, like luxury and sporting goods, soft products, like textiles and paper products, and a variety of other goods like toys, musical instruments and tobacco.

Amount of funding rounds in Consumer Goods is 153, which is 13.6% of the total amount of rounds in South Asia over the last 2 years.

Top 20 investors in South Asia that took part in the most funding rounds in Consumer Goods industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The most common country among the top VCs is India which hosts 18 funds. There are also funds from Pakistan and Bangladesh. The most common city is Mumbai which is home to 11 funds. There are also funds from New Delhi, Chennai and Lahore. VCs tend to invest in startups from India, but also invest in startups from The United States, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. 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 Software Engineering.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2000 and the newest one in 2020. In 2011 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2015 to 2021. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2015 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2019 became the year with the most successful exits.
• 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 3, the maximum is 425. Average number of funding rounds is 103.8 while median is 48.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 40. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 127. Average amount of lead investments is 31.4 while median is 16.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 2. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -46.0 and 5.68 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -15.23 and the median is -14.65. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – The most common investment stage for funds in the sample is Early stage. Seed, Late and Venture stages are less common. 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 less than 100 thousands. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 22.67 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 2.68 and median is 0.03. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.