Top 14 investors in Southeast Asia that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Education industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 14 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 2 years. They are actively investing in Education industry.
Education provides instruction and training on a wide variety of subjects. It includes primary, higher and secondary education, language learning, and edutainment, as well as EdTech and educational and training services.

Amount of funding rounds in Southeast Asia is 18, which is 3.5% of the total amount of Early rounds in the Education industry over the last 2 years.

Top 14 investors in Southeast Asia that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Education industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The most common country among the top VCs is Singapore which hosts 11 funds. There are also funds from Indonesia and Thailand. The most common city is Central Region which is a home to 11 funds. There are also funds from Jakarta Pusat and Bangkok. VCs tend to invest in startups from Singapore, but also invest in startups from The United States, Vietnam, and Thailand. For 5 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, Autonomous Vehicles and Telecommunications.
• 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, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals. 2019 was the peak for successful exits. 2020, 2016, and 2015 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 6, the maximum is 193. Average number of funding rounds is 49.9 while median is 36.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 34. Average amount of lead investments is 11.4 while median is 10.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 2. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -24.33 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 3.09 and the median is -0.32. 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 round size for VCs in the sample is 10 – 50 million. Less common range is 100 thousands – 1 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 4.52 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 1.09 and median is 0.42. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.