Intro

This article features the five most active investors in the Content industry of Southeast Asia according to the sum of money they invested over the last two years. All five funds listed participated equally, in one round each. The industry of creating and managing content, including discovery and delivery networks and management systems, is predicted to grow further. As Globe Newswire reports, with reference to insightSLICE, this market will reach $38B US dollars worldwide by 2030. Hence, the industry is promising for investors. Five funding rounds, performed by the most active investors on the Southeast Asian market, make up 0.3% of all rounds over the last two years.

Five Most Active Content Industry Investors in Southeast Asia
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Key takeaways

  • Funds Geography - Two out of five funds are located in Jakarta (Indonesia), other two - in Manila (Philippines). There is also one fund from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. All of the funds are most commonly investing in different countries, such as Singapore, China, India, and others. However, in most cases, VCs from the list put money into the projects from their country of origin. Noticeably, the investments in the content industry do not have any geofocus.
  • Industry Focus - They also invest in Retail, Medical Service and Insurance. Such startups as PrimeKeeper Malaysia (Malaysia) and PasarPolis (Indonesia) suggest that Finance is the most popular field for investments. Retail, Medical Service, and Insurance are other spheres that attract the VCs from the list.
  • Investments - Usually, VCs invest two times per year. However, for some firms from the list, this figure may rise up to 6 funding rounds per year.
  • Typical Rounds - Most often, the funds listed take part in Early and Late stages of investments, with Seed and Private Equity stages following. Three out of five funds usually have 3-4 partakers per round; others (such as Kairous Capital and Core Capital) have either 1-2 or 4-5 investors participating. The majority of funds have an average round size of less than 100 thousand. The average fund size is less than 100 thousand. However, there are VCs with a round size in the range of 50-100 million US dollars. According to the last known valuation, funds from the top five also have an average multiplicator of 0.55 points.