Top 9 investors in South Asia with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Energy industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 9 investors according to the total money raised in the funding rounds. These are VC funds and corporate investors in South Asia that have invested over the last 3 years. They are actively investing in Energy industry.
Energy sector is about production, management, and distribution of energy. It includes utilities, power grid, and nuclear and clean energy.

Amount of money raised in Energy funding rounds is $55.2M, which is 0.2% of the total amount of money raised in rounds in South Asia over the last 3 years.

Top 9 investors in South Asia with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Energy industry 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 New Delhi, Hyderabad and Cochin. These VCs tend to invest in startups from India, but also invest in startups from The United States and Canada. 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 Social, Industrial and Medical Service.
• Important Years – The two years with the most amount of deals were 2020 and 2019. 2018 and 2017 were less fruitful.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 11, the maximum is 170. Average number of funding rounds is 60.0 while median is 31.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 31. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 34. Average amount of lead investments is 12.2 while median is 9.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 7. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -23.63 and 23.12 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 0.09 and the median is -0.72. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – The most common investment stage for funds in the sample is Seed stage. Early, Late and Venture stages are less common. VCs usually participate in rounds with 2 – 3 investors. Less often in rounds with 1 – 2 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of less than 100 thousands or 10 – 50 million. Funds in the sample usually have an average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation of 0.0. 3.89 is less common.