Top 20 investors in South Asia with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Consumer Goods industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 20 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 Seed stage 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 money raised in Consumer Goods funding rounds is $47.5M, which is 5.8% of the total amount of money raised in Seed rounds in South Asia over the last 2 years.

Top 20 investors in South Asia with the biggest sum of 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 8 funds. There are also funds from Hyderabad, Bengaluru and New Delhi. 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 Enterprise Software, Agriculture and Business Development.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2000 and the newest one in 2020. In 2016 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. 2019 was the peak for successful exits. 2020, 2018, and 2012 are the runner ups.
• 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 4, the maximum is 413. Average number of funding rounds is 63.4 while median is 32.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 32. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 127. Average amount of lead investments is 18.4 while median is 11.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 13. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -71.0 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -16.23 and the median is -11.0. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is -11.0.
• Typical Rounds – Funds participate in rounds with 2 – 3 or 1 – 2 investors The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common range is 100 thousands – 1 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 1.12 and median is close to zero. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.