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 4 years. They are actively investing in Industrial field. Industrial field relates to production of supplies, equipment, and machinery that are used to produce other goods rather than sold directly to consumers. It includes manufacturing, mining, and chemical engineering, as well as animal husbandry and geospatial services.

Amount of money raised in Seed funding rounds is $48.7M, which is 3.6% of the total amount of money raised in the Industrial field in South Asia over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors in South Asia with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Industrial field over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

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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 New Delhi, Bangalore and Bengaluru. Top-1 investment geofocus for all VCs is 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 EdTech, Social and Medical Service.
  • Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1983 and the newest one in 2017. 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 2 - 6. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 12, the maximum is 280. Average number of funding rounds is 70.7 while median is 38.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 19. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 122. Average amount of lead investments is 22.3 while median is 10.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 5. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -29.33 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -6.67 and the median is -9.31. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is -23.63.
  • Typical Rounds - 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 less than 100 thousands. Less common range is 1 - 5 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 1.07 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.17 and median is 0.07. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.