Top 11 investors in Southeast Asia with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Information Services industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 11 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 Seed stage over the last 3 years. They are actively investing in Information Services industry.
Information services create, manage, and deliver information. It includes cloud computing, systems and information management, and IT consulting and outsourcing.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in Southeast Asia is $13.5M, which is 0.5% of the total amount of money raised in the Information Services industry in Seed rounds over the last 3 years.

Top 11 investors in Southeast Asia with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Information Services industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The most common country among top VCs is Singapore which hosts 8 funds. There are also funds from Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia. The most common city is Central Region which is home to 8 funds. There are also funds from Pasig, Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta Pusat. VCs in the sample usually invest in The United States and Singapore. They also invest in Malaysia and Indonesia. 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 Autonomous Vehicles, Social and Transportation.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1962 and the newest one in 2019. In 2016 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2000 to 2021. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 1, the maximum is 204. Average number of funding rounds is 59.1 while median is 34.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 4. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 87. Average amount of lead investments is 21.6 while median is 11.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. 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 -8.44 and the median is -14.14. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 2 – 3 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 100 thousands – 1 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 3.39 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 1.0 and median is 0.2. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.