Top 14 investors in South Asia with the biggest sum of Late funding rounds in Software industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 14 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 2 years. They are actively investing in Software industry.
Software develops, maintains, and publishes software used by people and companies. It includes internet and consumer software, operating systems, and desktop apps, as well as gamification, automation, and SaaS.

Amount of money raised in Software funding rounds is $2.2B, which is 22.6% of the total amount of money raised in Late rounds in South Asia over the last 2 years.

Top 14 investors in South Asia with the biggest sum of Late funding rounds in Software 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, Hyderabad and New Delhi. 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 Entertainment, Enterprise Software and Gamification.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1997 and the newest one in 2017. In 2015 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2013 to 2020. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals. 2018 was the peak for successful exits. 2019, 2020, and 2017 are the runner ups.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 13 – 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 6, the maximum is 425. Average number of funding rounds is 112.3 while median is 47.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 3 and maximum is 127. Average amount of lead investments is 34.8 while median is 20.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 11. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -71.0 and 5.68 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -19.27 and the median is -19.32. 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 and 500 million – 1 billion. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 13.83 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 2.12 and median is 0.08. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.