Top 8 investors in Southeast Asia with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Business Development industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 8 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 Seed stage over the last 4 years. They are actively investing in Business Development industry.
Business Development is all about helping a business to grow. It includes consulting, business processes outsourcing, subscription services, and so on.

Amount of money raised in Seed funding rounds is $18.9M, which is 1.0% of the total amount of money raised in the Business Development industry in Southeast Asia over the last 4 years.

Top 8 investors in Southeast Asia with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Business Development industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The most common countries among top VCs are Malaysia and Indonesia. They host 3 VCs each. There are also funds from Thailand and Philippines. The most common city is Kuala Lumpur which is home to 3 funds. There are also funds from Jakarta Pusat, Surabaya and Makati. VCs in the sample usually invest in Malaysia and Indonesia. They also invest in The United States and Philippines. 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 Gamification, Medical Service and Autonomous Vehicles.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2008 and the newest one in 2020. In 2015 the most amount of funds were founded. 2020 holds the most deals for 4 VCs. 2019 and 2018 were fruitful for other funds.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 and in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 2, the maximum is 60. Average number of funding rounds is 21.9 while median is 20.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 21. Average amount of lead investments is 8.2 while median is 5.5. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -71.0 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -12.56 and the median is 3.9. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Funds participate in rounds with 4 – 5 or 1 – 2 investors The most common average round size for these funds is less than 100 thousands. Other common range is 5 – 10 million. The most common average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation for funds in the sample is 0.0. 0.05 and 0.04 are less common.