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    Venture capital is the most suitable funding type for Spark Funds given its $5-15M budget. Analysis of 66,368 companies found that the US, Great Britain, and India received the most venture capital funding. The top performing sectors in these countries are social, finance, analytics, and advertising.

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    Venture capital is the most suitable funding type for Spark Funds given its $5-15M budget. Analysis of 66,368 companies found that the US, Great Britain, and India received the most venture capital funding. The top performing sectors in these countries are social, finance, analytics, and advertising.

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    Venture capital is the most suitable funding type for Spark Funds given its $5-15M budget. Analysis of 66,368 companies found that the US, Great Britain, and India received the most venture capital funding. The top performing sectors in these countries are social, finance, analytics, and advertising.

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    Venture capital is the most suitable funding type for Spark Funds given its $5-15M budget. Analysis of 66,368 companies found that the US, Great Britain, and India received the most venture capital funding. The top performing sectors in these countries are social, finance, analytics, and advertising.

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    Investment Case Study

    Spark Funds
    Strategy and Business Objectives
    Business Objective

    o Identify the most suitable funding type, countries and sectors for investments for Spark Funds

    Strategy

    o Spark Funds wants to invest where most other investors are investing

    Constraints

    o Spark funds wants to invest between 5 and 15 million USD per round of investment

    o It wants to invest only in English-speaking countries because of ease of communication


    Data - Investments in 66,368 Companies (1960 – 2015)

    Data

    o 66,368 companies across 137 countries

    o Approx. 1,15,000 funding rounds

    o 8 unique sectors such as social, finance, analytics, advertising, cleaning/semiconductor, etc.


    Funding Types, Countries and Sectors

    The analysis is divided into three parts:

    o Given the constraints, which funding type is the most suitable?

    o In the chosen funding type, which countries have witnessed the most funding?

    o In the chosen funding type and top countries, which sectors have performed the best?
    Funding Types

    o Given the budget constraint, which funding type is the most suitable?

    o In the chosen funding type, which countries have witnessed the most funding?

    o In the chosen funding type and top countries, which sectors have performed the best?
    Finding
    Average DataAmount in Venture is ~ 10M USD
    Funding

    Venture is the most suitable type for investment


    between 5M – 15M USD
    o Average investment is approx. 10M USD
    Top Countries for Venture Capital Investments

    o Given the budget constraint, which funding type is the most suitable?

    o In the chosen funding type, which countries have witnessed the most funding?

    o In the chosen funding type and top countries, which sectors have performed the best?
    TopFinding
    Venture Countries – USA, GBR and India
    Data

    The USA has seen the highest total


    investments in venture capital, followed by
    the Great Britain and India*

    *
    o China is not an English speaking country
    o Missing represents unavailable country information
    Top Venture Sectors in USA, GBR, IND

    o Given the budget constraint, which funding type is the most suitable?

    o In the chosen funding type, which countries have witnessed the most funding?

    o In the chosen funding type and top countries, which sectors have performed the best?
    Best Sector
    Finding – Social, Finance, Analytics, Advertising
    Data

    o USA o GBR o IND


    o Social, Finance, Analytics o Social, Finance, Analytics o Social, Finance, Analytics
    and Advertising and Advertising and Advertising
    o Cleaning & Semiconductor o Cleaning & Semiconductor o News, Search and Messaging
    Conclusion

    o Venture capital is the most suited funding type

    o The USA, the Great Britain and India are the most heavily (venture capital)
    funded countries

    o The top two (venture capital) sectors in the respective countries are:

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