Top 7 investors in Southeast Asia with the biggest sum of Private Equity funding rounds over the recent years

Intro

The top 7 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 Private Equity stage over the last 2 years.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in Southeast Asia is $6.4B, which is 3.2% of the total amount of money raised in Private Equity rounds over the last 2 years.

Top 7 investors in Southeast Asia with the biggest sum of Private Equity funding rounds 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 5 funds. There are also funds from Vietnam and Philippines. The most common city is Central Region which is a home to 5 funds. There are also funds from Makati and Hanoi. There is no investment geofocus for VCs in the sample. All of them invest in startups from different countries. For 2 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 EdTech, Social and Real Estate.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1981 and the newest one in 2012. In 2006 the most amount of funds were founded. 2020 holds the most deals for 3 VCs. 2019, 2018 and 2016 were also fruitful.
• 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 4, the maximum is 171. Average number of funding rounds is 35.6 while median is 12.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 49. Average amount of lead investments is 9.3 while median is 2.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 2. 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 -8.23 and the median is 0.01. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – No grouping tendencies in the amount of investors in the funding rounds were found in this sample. Average round size for all funds is different. The most common average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation for funds in the sample is 0.0. 28.24, 0.9 and 0.86 are less common.