Top 9 investors in South Asia with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Consumer Software 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 in Seed stage over the last 5 years. They are actively investing in Consumer Software industry.

Amount of money raised in Seed funding rounds is $12.2M, which is 1.3% of the total amount of money raised in the Consumer Software industry in South Asia over the last 5 years.

Top 9 investors in South Asia with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Consumer Software 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 home to 5 funds. There are also funds from New Delhi, Chennai and Bangalore. These VCs tend to invest in startups from India, but also invest in startups from The United States and Panama. 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 EdTech, Marketplace and Gamification.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2001 and the newest one in 2019. In 2016 the most amount of funds were founded. The two years with the most amount of deals were 2019 and 2018. 2020 and 2016 were less fruitful.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12 or in 13 – 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 6, the maximum is 145. Average number of funding rounds is 47.0 while median is 28.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 117. Average amount of lead investments is 26.7 while median is 8.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 5. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -46.0 and 13.72 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -12.39 and the median is -12.18. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is 12.33.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 2 – 3 investors. Less often in rounds with 4 – 5, 3 – 4 or 1 – 2 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 1 – 5 million, 50 – 100 million and 5 – 10 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 1.07 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.31 and median is 0.18. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.