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The top 8 investors according to the total amount of funding rounds. These are VC funds and corporate investors in South Asia that have invested in Early stage over the last 2 years. They are actively investing in Hardware/Electronics industry.

Amount of funding rounds in South Asia is 11, which is 1.6% of the total amount of Early rounds in the Hardware/Electronics industry over the last 2 years.

Top 8 investors in South Asia that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Hardware/Electronics industry over the recent years
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Key takeaways

  • Funds Geography - All VCs are located in India. The most common city is Bangalore which is home to 3 funds. There are also funds from Mumbai, Hyderabad and Gurgaon. 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 Enterprise Software, Consumer and Telecommunications.
  • Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1984 and the newest one in 2016. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2007 to 2020. For some funds, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals.
  • Investments - Usually VCs take part in 7 - 12 and in 2 - 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2 and in 13 - 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 3, the maximum is 145. Average number of funding rounds is 52.8 while median is 45.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 117. Average amount of lead investments is 35.2 while median is 25.0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -38.16 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -14.82 and the median is -20.45. 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, 4 - 5 or 1 - 2 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 50 - 100 million, 100 thousands - 1 million and 10 - 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 0.69 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.14 and median is 0.07. The most common multiplicator value is 0.08.