Top Venture Capitalists in India by Investments

Have you ever wondered how much Investment has gone into Early and Growth stage companies by various Venture Capitalists in India.

Here are the list of VCs based on number of Investments, Value of their Investments and total funds raised by them.

Interestingly, Sequoia Capital India tops the charts for all three of them, so it could be safely said that they are the top Venture Capitalists in India. They have made more than double the investments in companies and raised more than 5 times of the funds as compared to 2nd ranked VC !

Number Of Investments

Investor	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	Total
Sequoia Capital India	7	12	13	18	3	53
Ventureast	5	11	4	9	3	32
Intel Capital	3	7	4	8	1	23
Helion Venture Partners	0	4	8	8	2	22
DFJ India	0	3	3	9	2	17
Nexus India Capital	0	1	4	9	2	16
NEA IndoUS Ventures	0	0	5	9	0	14
IDG India Ventures	0	0	6	5	0	11
Kleiner Perkins	1	3	0	6	0	10
Norwest Venture Partners	1	3	1	2	3	10
Canaan Partners	0	1	4	4	1	10
Inventus Capital Partners	-	-	-	-	3	3

Value Of Investments ($ mn)

Investor	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	Total
Sequoia Capital India	42	184	114	138	26	504
Intel Capital	19	37	15	53	7	131
Norwest Venture Partners	13.9	8.1	24.1	17.7	92.8	156.6
Helion Venture Partners	-	30	30	30	10	100
Nexus India Capital	-	7.5	16	45	7	75.5
DFJ India	-	13.75	4	33	10	61
Ventureast	7	19	2	17	9	54
NEA IndoUS Ventures	-	-	24	26	-	50
Canaan Partners	-	4	10	12	4	30
Kleiner Perkins	2	8	-	19	-	29
IDG India Ventures	-	-	14	8	-	22
Inventus Capital Partners	-	-	-	-	-	-

Total Funds Raised ($ mn)

Investor	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	Total
Sequoia Capital India	200	400	300	725	-	1,625
Helion Venture Partners	-	140	-	210	-	350
Nexus India Capital	-	-	100	220	-	320
Ventureast	-	-	136	86	-	222
NEA IndoUS Ventures	-	-	189	-	-	189
IDG India Ventures	-	150	-	-	-	150
Inventus Capital Partners	-	-	-	125	-	125
Norwest Venture Partners	-	-	-	-	-	-
DFJ India	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kleiner Perkins	-	-	-	-	-	-
Intel Capital	-	-	-	-	-	-
Canaan Partners	-	-	-	-	-	-