Top 10 investors in South Asia that took part in the most Late funding rounds in FinTech industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 10 investors according to the total amount of funding rounds. These are VC funds and corporate investors in South Asia that have invested in Late stage over the last 3 years. They are actively investing in FinTech industry.
FinTech refers to the integration of technology into financial services in order to improve their use and delivery to consumers. It includes micro lending, payments, personal finance, and financial software.

Amount of funding rounds in South Asia is 25, which is 1.9% of the total amount of Late rounds in the FinTech industry over the last 3 years.

Top 10 investors in South Asia that took part in the most Late funding rounds in FinTech 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 5 funds. There are also funds from Bangalore, New Delhi and Chennai. 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 Finance. They also invest in Retail, Enterprise Software and E-Commerce Platforms.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1983 and the newest one in 2014. In 1983 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2014 to 2020. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2012 and 2020 years. For some funds, 2019 became the year with the most successful exits.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 and in 7 – 12 funding rounds per year. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 2, the maximum is 502. Average number of funding rounds is 183.2 while median is 108.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 127. Average amount of lead investments is 48.2 while median is 25.0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -71.0 and 22.71 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -20.45 and the median is -17.75. 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 3 – 4 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 10 – 50 million. Less common range is 50 – 100 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 22.67 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 5.15 and median is 1.92.