Top 14 investors in Southeast Asia with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in E-Commerce Platforms 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 Seed stage over the last 5 years. They are actively investing in E-Commerce Platforms industry.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in Southeast Asia is $38.0M, which is 1.0% of the total amount of money raised in the E-Commerce Platforms industry in Seed rounds over the last 5 years.

Top 14 investors in Southeast Asia with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in E-Commerce Platforms industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The most common countries among top VCs are Indonesia and Malaysia. They host 6 VCs each. There are also funds from Philippines and Thailand. The most common city is Kuala Lumpur which is home to 5 funds. There are also funds from Jakarta, Jakarta Pusat and Surabaya. VCs in the sample usually invest in Indonesia and Malaysia. They also invest in Philippines and Thailand. The country of the funds’ establishment and the country of their most frequent investments coincide for all the funds.
• Industry Focus – The funds’ most common field for investments is Banking. They also invest in Information Technology, E-Commerce Platforms and Business Development.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2008 and the newest one in 2020. In 2013 the most amount of funds were founded. 2020 holds the most deals for 6 VCs. 2019, 2018 and 2017 were also fruitful.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 24 or in 2. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 2, the maximum is 30. Average number of funding rounds is 11.8 while median is 10.5. 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 21. Average amount of lead investments is 6.2 while median is 4.5. 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 -13.93 and the median is -17.31. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
• Typical Rounds – Funding rounds with these VCs have 4 – 5, 2 – 3 or 1 – 2 investors more often than 3 – 4 investors. The most common average round size for these funds is less than 100 thousands. Other common ranges are 100 thousands – 1 million and 5 – 10 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 0.43 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.06 and median is 0.0. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.