Top 20 investors in South Asia with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Social 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 4 years. They are actively investing in Social industry.
Social is about solving cultural and social issues. It includes public safety, government, politics, religion, and LGBT.

Amount of money raised in Social funding rounds is $1.8B, which is 4.3% of the total amount of money raised in rounds in South Asia over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors in South Asia with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Social 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 8 funds. There are also funds from Bangalore, New Delhi 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 Finance. They also invest in Enterprise Software, Consumer and Content.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1983 and the newest one in 2016. In 2016 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.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2 – 6. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 2, the maximum is 280. Average number of funding rounds is 92.2 while median is 67.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 22. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 122. Average amount of lead investments is 30.9 while median is 16.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 1. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -71.0 and 19.91 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -10.33 and the median is -12.53. 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 Venture 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 less than 100 thousands. Less common range is 10 – 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 1.98 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.4 and median is 0.14. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.