Top 20 investors in South Asia that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in FinTech 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 Seed stage over the last 4 years. They are actively investing in FinTech industry.
FinTech refers to the integration of technology into financial services in order to improve their use and delivery to consumers. It includes micro lending, payments, personal finance, and financial software.

Amount of funding rounds in FinTech is 98, which is 9.0% of the total amount of Seed rounds in South Asia over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors in South Asia that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in FinTech 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 7 funds. There are also funds from Bangalore, New Delhi 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 Social, Business Development and Telecommunications.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2000 and the newest one in 2017. In 2017 the most amount of funds were founded. 2019 holds the most deals for 10 VCs. 2020, 2018 and 2016 were also fruitful. 2018 was the peak for successful exits. 2021, 2019, and 2017 are the runner ups.
• 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 4, the maximum is 413. Average number of funding rounds is 81.0 while median is 53.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 127. Average amount of lead investments is 19.8 while median is 9.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 2. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -37.67 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 2.9 and the median is 4.0. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
• Typical Rounds – Funds usually participate in rounds with 2 – 3 or 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 close to zero at minimum and 13.83 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 1.5 and median is close to zero. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.