Top 20 investors in South Asia that took part in the most funding rounds in Software Engineering 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 4 years. They are actively investing in Software Engineering industry.
Software engineering is application of a systematic, disciplined, quantifiable approach to the development, operation, and maintenance of software. it includes software development applications, web development, and quantum computing, as well as quality assurance, iOS, and Android.

Amount of funding rounds in Software Engineering is 77, which is 3.1% of the total amount of rounds in South Asia over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors in South Asia that took part in the most funding rounds in Software Engineering 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 9 funds. There are also funds from New Delhi, Hyderabad and Chennai. 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 Enterprise Software, Consumer and EdTech.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1983 and the newest one in 2017. In 2016 the most amount of funds were founded. The two years with the most amount of deals were 2020 and 2019. 2017 and 2016 were less fruitful.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 2, the maximum is 280. Average number of funding rounds is 75.0 while median is 31.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 7. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 122. Average amount of lead investments is 29.0 while median is 12.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 3. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -39.42 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -12.9 and the median is -14.83. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is -13.86.
• Typical Rounds – The most common investment stage for funds in the sample is Early stage. Seed, Late and Venture stages are less common. VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 1 – 2 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common range is 10 – 50 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 0.49 and median is 0.16. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.