Top 20 investors in South Asia that took part in the most Seed 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 in Seed stage over the last 4 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 South Asia is 141, which is 4.0% of the total amount of Seed rounds in the Consumer Goods industry over the last 4 years.

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

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The majority of VCs are located in India while others are in Pakistan. The most common city is Mumbai which is home to 11 funds. There are also funds from Bengaluru, New Delhi and Bangalore. These VCs tend to invest in startups from India, but also invest in startups from The United States and Pakistan. 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 Business Development, Agriculture and Telecommunications.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2000 and the newest one in 2019. In 2006 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2007 to 2021. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2012 and 2019 years. For some funds, 2018 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 4, the maximum is 502. Average number of funding rounds is 120.8 while median is 84.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 4. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 127. Average amount of lead investments is 29.8 while median is 21.0. 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 22.71 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -9.29 and the median is -11.0. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 2 – 3 investors. Less often in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of 10 – 50 million or less than 100 thousands. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 36.0 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 3.37 and median is 0.24. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.