Top 20 investors in South Asia with the biggest sum of funding rounds in E-Commerce industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 20 investors according to the total money raised in the 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 E-Commerce industry.
E-Commerce is about buying and selling goods and services over the internet. It includes online auctions and marketplace, price comparison, and consumer reviews.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in South Asia is $6.7B, which is 1.1% of the total amount of money raised in the E-Commerce industry over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors in South Asia with the biggest sum of funding rounds in E-Commerce 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 Mumbai and Bangalore which host 8 funds each. There are also funds from New Delhi 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 Entertainment, Enterprise Software and Consumer.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1983 and the newest one in 2016. In 2000 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2007 to 2020. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2002 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2018 became the year with the most successful exits.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 13 – 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 6, the maximum is 502. Average number of funding rounds is 133.0 while median is 67.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 3 and maximum is 127. Average amount of lead investments is 34.8 while median is 20.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 7. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -31.0 and 22.71 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -9.0 and the median is -12.9. 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 Private Equity stages are less common. Funds participate in rounds with 3 – 4 or 2 – 3 investors The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 10 – 50 million. Less common range is 500 million – 1 billion. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 22.67 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 4.13 and median is 2.16. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.