Top 10 investors in Southeast Asia that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Banking industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 10 investors according to the total amount of funding rounds. These are VC funds and corporate investors in Southeast Asia that have invested in Early stage over the last 5 years. They are actively investing in Banking industry.
Banking handles cash, credit, and other financial transactions. It includes lending and credit, banking institutions, debit cards, and transaction processing.

Amount of funding rounds in Southeast Asia is 18, which is 1.4% of the total amount of Early rounds in the Banking industry over the last 5 years.

Top 10 investors in Southeast Asia that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Banking industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The most common countries among top VCs are Thailand and Indonesia. They host 4 VCs each. There are also funds from Philippines and Malaysia. There is an equal amount of VCs in Jakarta and Bangkok which host 3 funds each. There are also funds from Parañaque and Kuala Lumpur. VCs tend to invest in startups from Indonesia, but also invest in startups from Thailand, The United States, and Singapore. For the majority of the funds, 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 Business Development, Autonomous Vehicles and Analytics.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2000 and the newest one in 2018. In 2017 the most amount of funds were founded. The most amount of deals which is 3 was made in 2020, 2018 and 2017. 2019 was less fruitful.
• 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 7, the maximum is 60. Average number of funding rounds is 24.0 while median is 13.0. 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 15. Average amount of lead investments is 5.8 while median is 4.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 2. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -17.67 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 2.49 and the median is 1.37. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 4 – 5 investors. The most common average round size for these funds is less than 100 thousands. Other common range is 5 – 10 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 0.41 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.1 and median is 0.02. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.