Top 16 investors in South Asia that took part in the most Private Equity funding rounds over the recent years

Intro

The top 16 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.

Amount of funding rounds in South Asia is 31, which is 1.7% of the total amount of Private Equity rounds over the last 5 years.

Top 16 investors in South Asia that took part in the most 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 10 funds. There are also funds from Bangalore, Bengaluru and Agartala. 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 Banking. They also invest in EdTech, Business Development and Information Technology.
• 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 or in 13 – 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 3, the maximum is 169. Average number of funding rounds is 22.1 while median is 10.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 6. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 122. Average amount of lead investments is 15.4 while median is 7.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 3. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -46.0 and 12.33 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -22.66 and the median is -22.32. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is -21.0.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 2 – 3 investors. Less often in rounds with 1 – 2, 4 – 5 or 3 – 4 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 10 – 50 million, 5 – 10 million and 100-500 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 2.0 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.36 and median is 0.11. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.