Top 20 investors in South Asia that took part in the most funding rounds in Legal industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 20 investors according to the total amount of funding rounds. These are VC funds and corporate investors in South Asia that have invested over the last 4 years. They are actively investing in Legal industry.
Legal deals with law and provides law-related services. It includes compliance, blockchain, intellectual property, e-signature, and legal tech.

Amount of funding rounds in South Asia is 37, which is 1.0% of the total amount of rounds in the Legal industry over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors in South Asia that took part in the most funding rounds in Legal industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – All VCs are located in India. There is an equal amount of VCs in Mumbai, Gurgaon and Bangalore which host 5 funds each. There are also funds from New Delhi. There are 2 countries that funds tend to invest in: India and The United States with the majority investing in India. 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 Business Development, Social and Retail.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1983 and the newest one in 2017. In 2011 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2013 to 2020. For some funds, 2020 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2 – 6. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 12, the maximum is 302. Average number of funding rounds is 86.3 while median is 37.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 22. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 122. Average amount of lead investments is 28.0 while median is 12.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 1. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -28.26 and 25.15 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -6.48 and the median is -12.42. 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 Early stage. Seed, Late and Private Equity stages are less common. VCs usually participate in rounds with 2 – 3 investors. Less often in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common range is 10 – 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 3.04 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.37 and median is 0.12. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.