Top 18 investors in Southeast Asia with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Consumer Goods industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 18 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 3 years. They are actively investing in Consumer Goods industry.
Consumer goods relate to items purchased by individuals and households rather than by manufacturers. It includes clothing and consumer electronics, hard products, like luxury and sporting goods, soft products, like textiles and paper products, and a variety of other goods like toys, musical instruments and tobacco.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in Southeast Asia is $67.0M, which is 1.0% of the total amount of money raised in the Consumer Goods industry in Seed rounds over the last 3 years.

Top 18 investors in Southeast Asia with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Consumer Goods industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The most common country among the top VCs is Singapore which hosts 16 funds. There are also funds from Malaysia and Indonesia. The most common city is Central Region which is a home to 16 funds. There are also funds from Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta Pusat. VCs tend to invest in startups from Singapore, but also invest in startups from The United States, India, and Malaysia. For 7 funds in the sample, 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 Autonomous Vehicles, Consumer and Enterprise Software.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1997 and the newest one in 2019. In 2016 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2015 to 2021. For some funds, 2020 was the year with the most amount of deals. 2019 was the peak for successful exits. 2021, 2020, and 2017 are the runner ups.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 2, the maximum is 424. Average number of funding rounds is 79.7 while median is 48.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 13. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 87. Average amount of lead investments is 19.5 while median is 14.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. 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 -2.44 and the median is 4.58. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
• Typical Rounds – Funds participate in rounds with 3 – 4 or 2 – 3 investors VCs in the sample have an average round size of less than 100 thousands and 100 thousands – 1 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 7.61 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 1.07 and median is 0.01. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.