Top 20 investors in South Asia that took part in the most funding rounds 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.

Amount of funding rounds in South Asia is 2011, which is 2.4% of the total amount of rounds over the last 3 years.

Top 20 investors in South Asia that took part in the most funding rounds 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, Bangalore and Gurgaon. 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, Social and Consumer.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1999 and the newest one in 2017. In 2006 the most amount of funds were founded. 2019 holds the most deals for 9 VCs. 2020, 2016 and 2018 were also fruitful. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2015 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2019 became the year with the most successful exits.
• 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 34, the maximum is 425. Average number of funding rounds is 134.2 while median is 92.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 7 and maximum is 127. Average amount of lead investments is 40.1 while median is 26.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 7. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -28.26 and 19.48 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -6.41 and the median is -4.33. 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 Venture stages are less common. Funds participate in rounds with 2 – 3 or 3 – 4 investors The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 10 – 50 million. Less common range is less than 100 thousands. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 36.0 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 5.01 and median is 0.78. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.