Top 15 investors in Southeast Asia with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Virtual Currency industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 15 investors according to the total money raised in the funding rounds. These are VC funds and corporate investors in Southeast Asia that have invested over the last 4 years. They are actively investing in Virtual Currency industry.
Virtual currency is an electronic representation of value and can be traded or used as payment. It includes cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and etherium.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in Southeast Asia is $729.8M, which is 1.1% of the total amount of money raised in the Virtual Currency industry over the last 4 years.

Top 15 investors in Southeast Asia with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Virtual Currency industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The majority of VCs are located in Singapore while others are in Thailand. Headquarters of VCs are located in two cities: Central Region and Krung Thep with the majority being in Central Region. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Singapore, Thailand, and India. For 4 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 E-Commerce Platforms, Legal and Telecommunications.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1981 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 2015 to 2021. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 16, the maximum is 204. Average number of funding rounds is 76.1 while median is 52.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 87. Average amount of lead investments is 18.9 while median is 13.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -16.45 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 6.99 and the median is 4.78. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
• Typical Rounds – The most common investment stage for funds in the sample is Early stage. Seed, Venture and Late stages are less common. VCs usually participate in rounds with 4 – 5 investors. Less often in rounds with 5 – 6 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 10 – 50 million. Less common range is less than 100 thousands. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 28.24 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 2.38 and median is 0.28. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.