Top 6 investors in South Asia with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Security industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 6 investors according to the total money raised in the funding rounds. These are VC funds and corporate investors in South Asia that have invested in Early stage over the last 3 years. They are actively investing in Security industry.
Security provides manned and technical services and products for the protection of people, premises or property. It includes penetration testing and intrusion detection, cloud and cyber security, and homeland security, as well as privacy, biometrics, and fraud detection.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in South Asia is $41.6M, which is 0.2% of the total amount of money raised in the Security industry in Early rounds over the last 3 years.

Top 6 investors in South Asia with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Security industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – All VCs are located in India. All funds are based in different cities. No city grouping tendencies were found in this sample. These VCs tend to invest in startups from India, but also invest in startups from The United States and Singapore. 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 Telecommunications.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2000 and the newest one in 2019.
• 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 248. Average number of funding rounds is 91.2 while median is 69.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 117. Average amount of lead investments is 34.8 while median is 16.0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -28.26 and 13.31 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -11.88 and the median is -17.07. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 4 – 5 investors. Average round size for all funds is different. Average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation for all funds is different.