Top 20 investors in South Asia that took part in the most Seed 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 in Seed stage over the last 4 years.

Amount of Seed funding rounds is 1086, which is 43.0% 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 Seed 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 Business Development, Telecommunications and Social.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2000 and the newest one in 2017. In 2016 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2013 to 2020. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals. 2019 and 2018 hold the biggest amount of successful exits. 2021 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 22, the maximum is 413. Average number of funding rounds is 96.2 while median is 72.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 23. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 2 and maximum is 127. Average amount of lead investments is 27.2 while median is 18.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 2. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -47.19 and 25.15 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -2.28 and the median is 2.71. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Funds usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 or 2 – 3 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common range is 100 thousands – 1 million. 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 3.4 and median is 0.05. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.