Top 20 investors in South Asia that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Mobile 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 in Seed stage over the last 2 years. They are actively investing in Mobile industry.
Mobile industry includes mobile payments, mobile apps, and app discovery.

Amount of funding rounds in Mobile is 49, which is 9.1% of the total amount of Seed rounds in South Asia over the last 2 years.

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

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The majority of VCs are located in India while others are in Pakistan. The most common city is Mumbai which is home to 7 funds. There are also funds from Gurgaon, Bangalore and New Delhi. These VCs tend to invest in startups from India, but also invest in startups from The United States and Pakistan. 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, Agriculture and Social.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2000 and the newest one in 2018. In 2017 the most amount of funds were founded. 2019 holds the most deals for 8 VCs. 2020, 2018 and 2016 were also fruitful. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2012 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2018 became the year with the most successful exits.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 8, the maximum is 413. Average number of funding rounds is 82.6 while median is 58.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 127. Average amount of lead investments is 23.9 while median is 12.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 2. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -47.19 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -4.78 and the median is -1.0. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 2 – 3 investors. Less often in rounds with 1 – 2 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common range is 100-500 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 36.0 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 3.29 and median is close to zero. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.