Top 8 investors in South Asia with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Social industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 8 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 5 years. They are actively investing in Social industry.

Amount of money raised in Early funding rounds is $67.0M, which is 12.7% of the total amount of money raised in the Social industry in South Asia over the last 5 years.

Top 8 investors in South Asia with the biggest sum of Early 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 Bangalore which is home to 3 funds. There are also funds from Mumbai, Hyderabad 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 Banking. They also invest in Enterprise Software, Consumer and Telecommunications.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1997 and the newest one in 2016. In 2000 the most amount of funds were founded. 2019 holds the most deals for 4 VCs. 2018, 2016 and 2008 were also fruitful.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 or 13 – 24 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 26, the maximum is 169. Average number of funding rounds is 82.9 while median is 72.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 14 and maximum is 122. Average amount of lead investments is 52.9 while median is 35.0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -33.75 and -2.37 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -16.29 and the median is -15.21. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 2 – 3 investors. Less often in rounds with 3 – 4, 4 – 5 or 1 – 2 investors. Average round size for all funds is different. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 0.74 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.25 and median is 0.14. The most common multiplicator value is 0.18.