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

Top 20 investors in South Asia with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Mobile 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 Mobile industry.
Mobile industry includes mobile payments, mobile apps, and app discovery.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in South Asia is $5.5B, which is 1.2% of the total amount of money raised in the Mobile industry over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors in South Asia with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Mobile industry over the recent years
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Key takeaways

  • Funds Geography – All VCs are located in India. There is an equal amount of VCs in Mumbai and Bangalore which host 7 funds each. There are also funds from New Delhi and Bengaluru. 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, Consumer and Mobile/Apps.
  • Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1983 and the newest one in 2016. In 2011 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 2010 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 12, the maximum is 502. Average number of funding rounds is 135.3 while median is 71.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 6 and maximum is 127. Average amount of lead investments is 35.0 while median is 21.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 6. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -46.0 and 22.71 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -11.56 and the median is -13.14. 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. VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 2 – 3 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 10 – 50 million. Less common range is 100-500 million. 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 3.81 and median is 1.82. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.
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