Top 12 investors in South Asia with the biggest sum of Late funding rounds in Banking industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 12 investors according to the total money raised in the funding rounds. These are VC funds and corporate investors in South Asia that have invested in Late stage over the last 4 years. They are actively investing in Banking industry.

Amount of money raised in Banking funding rounds is $1.3B, which is 11.7% of the total amount of money raised in Late rounds in South Asia over the last 4 years.

Top 12 investors in South Asia with the biggest sum of Late funding rounds in Banking 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 6 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 Banking. They also invest in Enterprise Software, Marketplace and Information Technology.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1983 and the newest one in 2012. In 2000 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2015 to 2020. For some funds, 2020 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 13 – 24, 2 or in 7 – 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 1, the maximum is 169. Average number of funding rounds is 44.7 while median is 21.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 23. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 122. Average amount of lead investments is 33.2 while median is 15.5. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -71.0 and -1.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -28.41 and the median is -27.17. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Funds usually participate in rounds with 2 – 3 investors, less often in rounds with 4 – 5 or 1 – 2 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 100-500 million. Less common ranges are 5 – 10 million, 10 – 50 million and 1 – 5 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.01 at minimum and 3.04 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.78 and median is 0.47.