Top 10 investors in Southeast Asia that took part in the most funding rounds in Artificial Intelligence 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 over the last 3 years. They are actively investing in Artificial Intelligence industry.
Artificial intelligence is a frontier research discipline to build computerized systems that perform tasks requiring human intelligence. It includes facial, speech and image recognition, machine learning, and natural language processing, as well as computer vision, visual search, and internet of things.

Amount of funding rounds in Southeast Asia is 25, which is 0.2% of the total amount of rounds in the Artificial Intelligence industry over the last 3 years.

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

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The most common country among top VCs is Indonesia which hosts 6 funds. There are also funds from Thailand, Philippines and Malaysia. The most common city is Jakarta which is home to 4 funds. There are also funds from Jakarta Pusat, Parañaque and Kuala Lumpur. VCs tend to invest in startups from Indonesia, but also invest in startups from The United States, Thailand, and Australia. 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 Autonomous Vehicles, Analytics and Security.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1993 and the newest one in 2020. In 2017 the most amount of funds were founded. 2020 holds the most deals for 4 VCs. 2019, 2018 and 2017 were also 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 5, the maximum is 60. Average number of funding rounds is 27.5 while median is 20.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 15. Average amount of lead investments is 5.9 while median is 4.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 1. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -3.08 and 20.67 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 8.23 and the median is 8.06. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 9.0.
• Typical Rounds – The most common investment stage for funds in the sample is Early stage. Late, Seed and Venture 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 less than 100 thousands. Less common range is more than 1 billion. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 1.15 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.34 and median is 0.12. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.