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Who are the most voracious among the active investors in India this year? Not surprisingly, the top three are Sequoia Capital, Tiger Global, and Accel Partners.
We went by the number of deals made by an investor, rather than the total dollars invested, because we were more interested in deal activity than the quantum of funding – which can shoot through the roof with a few mega deals. That explains the conspicuous absence here of SoftBank and Alibaba, who pumped big money into Snapdeal and Paytm.
Sequoia Capital – 41 deals
Practo, Grofers, MobiKwik, Peppertap, Voonik, UrbanLadder, Zomato, Ola – Sequoia has been in the thick of start-ups bringing India online.
Tiger Global – 29 deals
Flipkart, Ola, Quikr, Shopclues and Delhivery have been its biggest deals this year, but it also had interesting forays into News in Shorts, CultureAlley, and Ather Energy.
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Accel Partners – 28 deals
Flipkart-Myntra, CommonFloor, and Freshdesk are among the stars in its portfolio. This year Accel Partners has led investments in Portea, Bluestone, MySmartPrice, Coverfox Insurance, and Scripbox.
SAIF Partners – 21 deals
SAIF Partners raised a $350 million fund in March this year. Tracxn, Zoomo, Toppr, and NoBroker feature in its portfolio.
Helion Venture Partners – 16 deals
Grocery delivery start-up BigBasket to dating app TrulyMadly are the sort of consumer-facing, internet-driven businesses that Helion likes. Mobile marketing firm MoEngage and payments facilitator Ezetap were other significant bets this year.
Significant investments this year by IDG Ventures India have included mobile commerce platform for farmers Agrostar, mobile payments enabler Momoe, Aasanjobs for entry level jobs, and eyecare store Lenskart.
Kalaari Capital – 15 deals
Kalaari, which derives its name from a martial arts tradition in South India, made bets this year on mobile games developer Robosoft, media site YourStory, and lingerie etailer Zivame.
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This is an excerpt from Tech in Asia. You can read the full article here.