Top 20 investors in South Asia that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Health Care industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 20 investors according to the total amount of funding rounds. These are VC funds and corporate investors in South Asia that have invested in Early stage over the last 5 years. They are actively investing in Health Care industry.
Health care provides medical services, manufactures medical equipment or drugs, and facilitates the provision of healthcare to patients. It includes pharmaceutical and first aid, nursing and residential care, and health diagnostics and medical devices, as well as funeral, rehabilitation, and cannabis.

Amount of funding rounds in Health Care is 81, which is 11.4% of the total amount of Early rounds in South Asia over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors in South Asia that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Health Care 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 New Delhi, Bangalore and Hyderabad. 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 Banking, Art (Auctions) and Mobile/Apps.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1997 and the newest one in 2017. In 2011 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. 2020 was the peak for successful exits. 2021, 2019, and 2018 are the runner ups.
• 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 3, the maximum is 425. Average number of funding rounds is 112.2 while median is 62.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 127. Average amount of lead investments is 30.8 while median is 19.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 19. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -37.67 and 23.12 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -9.69 and the median is -13.94. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Funds participate in rounds with 3 – 4 or 2 – 3 investors The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 10 – 50 million. Less common range is 100-500 million. 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 2.04 and median is 0.09. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.