Top 7 investors in South Asia that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Insurance industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 7 investors according to the total amount of funding rounds. These are VC funds and corporate investors in South Asia that have invested in Early stage over the last 5 years. They are actively investing in Insurance industry.
Insurance develops insurance policies, sells, administrates, and regulates them. It includes life and health insurance, professional and commercial insurance, and property and automotive insurance, as well as re-insurance and insurTech.

Amount of Early funding rounds is 8, which is 16.7% of the total amount of rounds in the Insurance industry in South Asia over the last 5 years.

Top 7 investors in South Asia that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Insurance 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 Bengaluru which is home to 3 funds. There are also funds from Bangalore, 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 Business Development, Enterprise Software and E-Commerce Platforms.
• Important Years – VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2014 to 2021. For some funds, 2015 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 4, the maximum is 425. Average number of funding rounds is 158.0 while median is 48.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 127. Average amount of lead investments is 44.9 while median is 18.0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -28.26 and 19.48 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -8.49 and the median is -12.67. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Funds usually participate in rounds with 2 – 3 or 4 – 5 investors. Average round size for all funds is different. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 13.83 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 3.46 and median is 0.51.