Top 20 investors in South Asia that took part in the most funding rounds in Industrial field 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 4 years. They are actively investing in Industrial field.

Amount of funding rounds in South Asia is 83, which is 1.4% of the total amount of rounds in the Industrial field over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors in South Asia that took part in the most funding rounds in Industrial field 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 6 funds. There are also funds from Hyderabad, New Delhi and Bangalore. 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 Banking. They also invest in EdTech, Manufacturing and Agriculture.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1997 and the newest one in 2016. In 2006 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 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12, 2 or in 13 – 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 7, the maximum is 145. Average number of funding rounds is 51.3 while median is 37.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 10. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 5 and maximum is 117. Average amount of lead investments is 32.2 while median is 23.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 11. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -58.5 and 13.72 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -22.95 and the median is -25.44. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is -23.63.
• Typical Rounds – Seed and Early stages are more common for funds in the sample. Late and Venture stages are less common. Funds participate in rounds with 2 – 3 or 1 – 2 investors more often than in rounds with 3 – 4 or 4 – 5 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 100 thousands – 1 million, 50 – 100 million and 5 – 10 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 0.35 and median is 0.07. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.