Top 14 investors in Southeast Asia with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Enterprise Software industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 14 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 Early stage over the last 5 years. They are actively investing in Enterprise Software industry.

Amount of money raised in Early funding rounds is $291.4M, which is 46.1% of the total amount of money raised in the Enterprise Software industry in Southeast Asia over the last 5 years.

Top 14 investors in Southeast Asia with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Enterprise Software industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The most common country among the top VCs is Indonesia which hosts 11 funds. There are also funds from Malaysia and Thailand. The most common city is Jakarta which is home to 8 funds. There are also funds from Jakarta Pusat, Surabaya and Selangor. VCs tend to invest in startups from Indonesia, but also invest in startups from The United States, Thailand, and Bangladesh. 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 Banking. They also invest in Transportation, Telecommunications and Information Technology.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1962 and the newest one in 2020. In 2000 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2000 to 2020. For some funds, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2 or in 7 – 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 2, the maximum is 30. Average number of funding rounds is 10.1 while median is 6.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 2. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 15. Average amount of lead investments is 4.6 while median is 3.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 1. 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 -12.26 and the median is -13.22. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is -21.0.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 4 – 5 investors. Less often in rounds with 3 – 4, 2 – 3 or 6 – 7 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 10 – 50 million, 50 – 100 million and 5 – 10 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 2.08 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.36 and median is 0.1. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.