Top 14 investors in South Asia with the biggest sum of Private Equity funding rounds 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 Private Equity stage over the last 5 years.

Amount of money raised in Private Equity funding rounds is $2.2B, which is 6.3% of the total amount of money raised in South Asia over the last 5 years.

Top 14 investors in South Asia with the biggest sum of Private Equity funding rounds 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 8 funds. There are also funds from Bangalore, Ranchi and Chennai. 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 Business Development, Banking and Gamification.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1990 and the newest one in 2015. In 2006 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2012 to 2020. For some funds, 2016 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• 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 4, the maximum is 425. Average number of funding rounds is 76.0 while median is 16.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 16. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 127. Average amount of lead investments is 23.9 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 4.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -18.97 and the median is -18.22. 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. 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 close to zero at minimum and 47.73 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 6.53 and median is 1.54. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.