Top 17 investors in South Asia that took part in the most funding rounds in Security industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 17 investors according to the total amount of funding rounds. These are VC funds and corporate investors in South Asia that have invested over the last 3 years. They are actively investing in Security industry.

Amount of funding rounds in Security is 21, which is 1.6% of the total amount of rounds in South Asia over the last 3 years.

Top 17 investors in South Asia that took part in the most funding rounds in Security industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – All VCs are located in India. There is an equal amount of VCs in Mumbai and Bangalore which host 5 funds each. There are also funds from New Delhi and Gurgaon. These VCs tend to invest in startups from India, but also invest in startups from The United States and Indonesia. 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, Real Estate and Consumer.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2000 and the newest one in 2019. In 2000 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2007 to 2020. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Funds equally often participate in 2, 7 – 12, and 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 13 – 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 1, the maximum is 169. Average number of funding rounds is 54.7 while median is 31.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 122. Average amount of lead investments is 34.9 while median is 11.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 6. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -71.0 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -22.6 and the median is -23.63. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – The most common investment stage for funds in the sample is Early stage. Seed, Late and Private Equity stages are less common. Funding rounds with these VCs have 2 – 3, 1 – 2 or 3 – 4 investors more often than 4 – 5 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 10 – 50 million, 100 thousands – 1 million and 50 – 100 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 1.07 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.3 and median is 0.19. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.