Top 20 investors in Southeast Asia with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Mobile industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 20 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 Mobile industry.
Mobile industry includes mobile payments, mobile apps, and app discovery.

Amount of money raised in Early funding rounds is $824.5M, which is 21.9% of the total amount of money raised in the Mobile industry in Southeast Asia over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors in Southeast Asia with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Mobile industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The most common country among top VCs is Singapore which hosts 12 funds. There are also funds from Indonesia, Philippines and Malaysia. The most common city is Central Region which is home to 12 funds. There are also funds from Jakarta, Makati and Kuala Lumpur. VCs tend to invest in startups from Singapore, but also invest in startups from Indonesia, The United States, and India. For 8 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 Telecommunications, Enterprise Software and E-Commerce Platforms.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1991 and the newest one in 2020. In 2015 the most amount of funds were founded. 2020 holds the most deals for 8 VCs. 2018, 2019 and 2017 were also fruitful. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2016 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2019 became the year with the most successful exits.
• 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 6, the maximum is 424. Average number of funding rounds is 56.6 while median is 21.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 11. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 34. Average amount of lead investments is 9.0 while median is 6.0. 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 1.27 and the median is 1.73. 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 4 – 5 or 3 – 4 investors The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common range is 10 – 50 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 0.96 and median is close to zero. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.