Top 20 investors in South Asia that took part in the most funding rounds in Human Resources 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 over the last 3 years. They are actively investing in Human Resources industry.

Amount of funding rounds in South Asia is 63, which is 3.2% of the total amount of rounds in the Human Resources industry over the last 3 years.

Top 20 investors in South Asia that took part in the most funding rounds in Human Resources 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 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 Banking. They also invest in Enterprise Software, Information Technology and EdTech.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2000 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 2014 to 2020. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12, 13 – 24 or in 2. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 1, the maximum is 169. Average number of funding rounds is 49.4 while median is 26.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 12. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 122. Average amount of lead investments is 30.8 while median is 10.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 3. 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 -14.77 and the median is -16.36. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is -4.33.
• Typical Rounds – Early and Seed stages are more common for funds in the sample. Late and Debt stages are less common. VCs usually participate in rounds with 2 – 3 investors. Less often in rounds with 1 – 2, 3 – 4 or 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 0.25 and median is 0.05. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.