Top 20 investors in South Asia that took part in the most funding rounds in Location Based Services 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 5 years. They are actively investing in Location Based Services industry.

Amount of funding rounds in South Asia is 39, which is 2.8% of the total amount of rounds in the Location Based Services industry over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors in South Asia that took part in the most funding rounds in Location Based Services 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 Bangalore and Mumbai which host 8 funds each. There are also funds from Bengaluru and Vadodara. These VCs tend to invest in startups from India, but also invest in startups from The United States and Panama. 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 Information Technology, EdTech and Marketplace.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1983 and the newest one in 2017. In 2012 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2006 to 2020. For some funds, 2020 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2, 7 – 12 or 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 46.0 while median is 21.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 1. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 122. Average amount of lead investments is 28.1 while median is 6.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 1. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -49.95 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -12.31 and the median is -21.0. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is -21.0.
• Typical Rounds – Early and Seed stages are more common for funds in the sample. Late and Private Equity stages are less common. Funding rounds with these VCs have 2 – 3, 1 – 2 or 4 – 5 investors more often than 5 – 6 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 10 – 50 million, 50 – 100 million and 5 – 10 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 3.04 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.45 and median is 0.02. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.