Intro

The top 12 investors according to the total amount of funding rounds. These are VC funds and corporate investors in South Asia that have invested in Early stage over the last 4 years. They are actively investing in Software Engineering industry. Software engineering is application of a systematic, disciplined, quantifiable approach to the development, operation, and maintenance of software. it includes software development applications, web development, and quantum computing, as well as quality assurance, iOS, and Android.

Amount of funding rounds in Software Engineering is 21, which is 3.3% of the total amount of Early rounds in South Asia over the last 4 years.

Top 12 investors in South Asia that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Software Engineering industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

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Key takeaways

  • Funds Geography - All VCs are located in India. The most common city is Mumbai which is home to 4 funds. There are also funds from New Delhi, Bangalore and Hyderabad. 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 Enterprise Software, Consumer and Transportation.
  • Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1983 and the newest one in 2016. In 2015 the most amount of funds were founded. 2020 holds the most deals for 4 VCs. 2019, 2017 and 2016 were also fruitful.
  • 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 7, the maximum is 280. Average number of funding rounds is 91.3 while median is 50.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 3 and maximum is 122. Average amount of lead investments is 32.8 while median is 16.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 7. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -28.26 and 13.31 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -12.97 and the median is -14.43. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
  • Typical Rounds - VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 - 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 2 - 3 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of less than 100 thousands or 10 - 50 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 0.32 and median is 0.18.