INVESTMENT CASE STUDY

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 Abstract
-Spark Funds, an asset management company.
Investment Horizon
1. Spark Funds wants to make investments in a few companies.
2. The CEO of Spark Funds wants to understand the global trends in investments so that she can take the investment decisions effectively.
3. It wants to invest between 5 to 15 million USD per round of investment
4. It wants to invest only in English-speaking countries because of the ease of communication
Business Strategy
• Identify the best sectors, countries, and a suitable investment type for making investments.
• The overall strategy is to invest where others are investing
Data Availability
• Real investment data from crunchbase.com
• Data to be analyzed for investment country and sector
 Methodology

Investment data ( Company,Sector ,Category ,Fund

type ,Funding rounds , Funding amount)

DATA PREPARATION DATA CLEANING DATA ANALYSIS

- There are 3 files containing Company ,

Funding details along with rounds - Investment type analysis:
and Category /Sector mapping Understanding investments in
venture, seed/angel, private equity
- Merge the files to create master file categories, etc.
containing the company details ,funding - Country analysis: Understanding
details and category which countries have had the most
investments in the past and spark
- Remove the duplicates and check for funds favorites
BLANK and NON-AVAILABLE data - Sector analysis: Understanding the
distribution of investments across
- Cross check the records in each files to the eight main sectors.
make sure there is no data omission - Best fit Analysis: Finally conclude on
the best fit in terms of country
,funding type , fund amount keeping
with Spark fund business strategy
 Country Analysis

We have found that USA has the highest level and round of funding followed by Great Britain and India in English speaking countries.

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Country wise (Funding rounds)% Country wise -Overall funding %
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80.00% 100.00%

70.00% 90.00%
80.00%
60.00%
70.00%
50.00%
92.63% 60.00%
40.00%
50.00%
30.00% %
40.00%
20.00%
30.00%
10.00% 20.00%
4.84% 2.53%
0.00% 10.00%
GBR IND USA
0.00%
GBR IND USA
 Investment Type Analysis

Venture funds have the highest amount of investment in 5 to 15 M category and most of the fund houses are targeting there , it is recommended to invest
through venture funds compared to others
Sector Analysis
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Country plots
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Investment type plots

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Sector plots
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