Top 20 investors in South Asia with the biggest sum of funding rounds in EdTech 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 2 years. They are actively investing in EdTech industry.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in South Asia is $1.5B, which is 5.1% of the total amount of money raised in the EdTech industry over the last 2 years.

Top 20 investors in South Asia with the biggest sum of funding rounds in EdTech 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 New Delhi, Bangalore and Bengaluru. These VCs tend to invest in startups from India, but also invest in startups from The United States and The United Kingdom. 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 Banking. They also invest in EdTech, Enterprise Software and Social.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2000 and the newest one in 2017. In 2000 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2007 to 2021. For some funds, 2020 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12, 2 or in 13 – 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 1, the maximum is 169. Average number of funding rounds is 38.6 while median is 24.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 1. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 122. Average amount of lead investments is 22.7 while median is 11.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -59.89 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -15.01 and the median is -19.13. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is -21.0.
• Typical Rounds – The most common investment stage for funds in the sample is Early stage. Seed, Late and Private Equity stages are less common. VCs usually participate in rounds with 2 – 3 investors. Less often in rounds with 3 – 4, 4 – 5 or 1 – 2 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 10 – 50 million, 100 thousands – 1 million and 1 – 5 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 0.28 and median is 0.02. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.