Top 14 investors in South Asia with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Analytics industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 14 investors according to the total money raised in the 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 Analytics industry.

Amount of money raised in Early funding rounds is $158.0M, which is 41.2% of the total amount of money raised in the Analytics industry in South Asia over the last 2 years.

Top 14 investors in South Asia with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Analytics 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 8 funds. There are also funds from Bengaluru, Bangalore and New Delhi. These VCs tend to invest in startups from India, but also invest in startups from The United States and The United Kingdom. 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, Telecommunications and Retail.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1997 and the newest one in 2019. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2008 to 2021. For some funds, 2019 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 1, the maximum is 288. Average number of funding rounds is 56.9 while median is 35.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 1. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 122. Average amount of lead investments is 23.3 while median is 19.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -71.0 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -9.34 and the median is -5.09. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
• Typical Rounds – Funds participate in rounds with 2 – 3 or 3 – 4 investors more often than in rounds with 1 – 2 or 4 – 5 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 10 – 50 million, 100 thousands – 1 million and 1 – 5 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 0.74 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.13 and median is 0.02. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.