Top 7 investors in South Asia that took part in the most Private Equity funding rounds in Financial Services industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 7 investors according to the total amount of funding rounds. These are VC funds and corporate investors in South Asia that have invested in Private Equity stage over the last 5 years. They are actively investing in Financial Services industry.
Financial services are provided to people and companies. It includes accounting, audit, and tax services, as well as asset management, investment and financing advisory, and brokerage.

Amount of funding rounds in South Asia is 14, which is 4.0% of the total amount of Private Equity rounds in the Financial Services industry over the last 5 years.

Top 7 investors in South Asia that took part in the most Private Equity funding rounds in Financial Services 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 3 funds. There are also funds from Ranchi, Bengaluru and Bangalore. Top-1 investment geofocus for all VCs is India. The country of the funds’ establishment and the country of their most frequent investments coincide for all the funds.
• Industry Focus – The funds’ most common field for investments is Finance. They also invest in Business Development, Banking and Retail.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1990 and the newest one in 2015.
• 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 5, the maximum is 413. Average number of funding rounds is 76.3 while median is 16.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 2 and maximum is 127. Average amount of lead investments is 25.3 while median is 8.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 3. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -51.0 and 1.73 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -28.91 and the median is -27.79. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – No grouping tendencies in the amount of investors in the funding rounds were found in this sample. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 10 – 50 million. Less common range is 100-500 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.06 at minimum and 13.83 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 3.93 and median is 2.69.