Top 9 investors in South Asia that took part in the most funding rounds in Genetics/Diagnostics industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 9 investors according to the total amount of 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 Genetics/Diagnostics industry.

Amount of funding rounds in Genetics/Diagnostics is 17, which is 0.8% of the total amount of rounds in South Asia over the last 5 years.

Top 9 investors in South Asia that took part in the most funding rounds in Genetics/Diagnostics 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 a home to 6 funds. There are also funds from Bangalore 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 Banking. They also invest in Retail, Information Technology and Enterprise Software.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2000 and the newest one in 2014. In 2011 the most amount of funds were founded. 2019 holds the most deals for 5 VCs. 2015, 2013 and 2008 were also fruitful.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 13 – 24 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12, 2 – 6 or in 2. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 6, the maximum is 288. Average number of funding rounds is 104.1 while median is 105.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 122. Average amount of lead investments is 41.9 while median is 18.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 18. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -49.95 and 28.07 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -14.39 and the median is -21.0. 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. Late, Seed and Private Equity stages are less common. Funds participate in rounds with 2 – 3 investors more often than in rounds with 1 – 2 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 5 – 10 million, 100 thousands – 1 million and 10 – 50 million. 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 0.27 and median is 0.18. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.