Scribd
Upload
40 views

Investment Case Study - Presentation

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.

Uploaded by

Shobhit Mathur
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
Available Formats
Download as PPTX, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
40 views

Investment Case Study - Presentation

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.

Uploaded by

Shobhit Mathur
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
Available Formats
Download as PPTX, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 11

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:

You might also like