Top 9 investors in South Asia with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Security industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 9 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 2 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 $484.2M, which is 0.6% of the total amount of money raised in the Security industry over the last 2 years.

Top 9 investors in South Asia with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Security 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 4 funds. There are also funds from Mumbai, New Delhi and Chennai. 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, Gamification and Consumer.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2000 and the newest one in 2019. In 2015 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, 2016 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 2, the maximum is 248. Average number of funding rounds is 83.4 while median is 82.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 117. Average amount of lead investments is 30.0 while median is 11.0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -28.26 and 15.59 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -8.69 and the median is -13.14. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Early and Seed stages are more common for funds in the sample. Late and Venture stages are less common. 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. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 2.0 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.51 and median is 0.19.