Intro

The top 12 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 Sales industry. Sales is about finding, contacting, and communicating with potential buyers. It includes lead generation and management, sales automation, and CRM, as well as direct sales.

Amount of funding rounds in Southeast Asia is 17, which is 1.8% of the total amount of Early rounds in the Sales industry over the last 5 years.

Top 12 investors in Southeast Asia that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Sales industry over the recent years
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Key takeaways

  • Funds Geography - The most common country among the top VCs is Singapore which hosts 9 funds. There are also funds from Indonesia and Malaysia. The most common city is Central Region which is home to 9 funds. There are also funds from Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta Pusat and Jakarta. VCs tend to invest in startups from Singapore, but also invest in startups from India, The United States, and Indonesia. For 3 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 Gamification, E-Commerce Platforms and Autonomous Vehicles.
  • Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1991 and the newest one in 2017. In 2015 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2015 to 2020. For some funds, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals. 2019 was the peak for successful exits. 2021, 2020, and 2018 are the runner ups.
  • Investments - Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 - 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 8, the maximum is 126. Average number of funding rounds is 50.0 while median is 54.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 2 and maximum is 21. Average amount of lead investments is 11.6 while median is 10.5. 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 17.52 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 1.56 and the median is 0.55. 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 5 - 6 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of 100-500 million or 10 - 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 3.46 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.84 and median is 0.52. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.