Top 16 investors in Southeast Asia with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Telecommunications industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 16 investors according to the total money raised in the funding rounds. These are VC funds and corporate investors in Southeast Asia that have invested in Early stage over the last 4 years. They are actively investing in Telecommunications industry.
Telecommunications is about making communication possible. It includes providing cable and internet services, voice and video chatting, internet and communication software and hardware, as well as wireless technologies and NFC.

Amount of money raised in Early funding rounds is $786.7M, which is 5.3% of the total amount of money raised in the Telecommunications industry in Southeast Asia over the last 4 years.

Top 16 investors in Southeast Asia with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Telecommunications industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The most common country among top VCs is Indonesia which hosts 10 funds. There are also funds from Thailand, Malaysia and Philippines. The most common city is Jakarta which is home to 6 funds. There are also funds from Jakarta Pusat, Krung Thep and Surabaya. VCs tend to invest in startups from Indonesia, but also invest in startups from The United States, Thailand, and Malaysia. 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 E-Commerce Platforms, Business Development and Autonomous Vehicles.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1962 and the newest one in 2020. In 2017 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2014 to 2020. For some funds, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2 – 6. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 2, the maximum is 60. Average number of funding rounds is 21.1 while median is 13.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 9. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 15. Average amount of lead investments is 4.9 while median is 3.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -26.56 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 5.88 and the median is 1.75. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
• Typical Rounds – Funding rounds with these VCs have 3 – 4 or 4 – 5 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common range is 5 – 10 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 1.15 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.17 and median is 0.02. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.