Top 15 investors in Southeast Asia that took part in the most funding rounds in Telecommunications industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 15 investors according to the total amount of funding rounds. These are VC funds and corporate investors in Southeast Asia that have invested over the last 2 years. They are actively investing in Telecommunications industry.
Telecommunications is about making communication possible. It includes providing cable and internet services, voice and video chatting, internet and communication software and hardware, as well as wireless technologies and NFC.

Amount of funding rounds in Telecommunications is 27, which is 10.1% of the total amount of rounds in Southeast Asia over the last 2 years.

Top 15 investors in Southeast Asia that took part in the most funding rounds in Telecommunications industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The most common country among top VCs is Indonesia which hosts 8 funds. There are also funds from Thailand, Vietnam and Philippines. The most common city is Jakarta which is home to 5 funds. There are also funds from Krung Thep, Jakarta Pusat and Hanoi. VCs tend to invest in startups from Indonesia, but also invest in startups from The United States, Thailand, and Vietnam. 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 Finance. They also invest in Business Development, E-Commerce Platforms and Autonomous Vehicles.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1962 and the newest one in 2020. In 2017 the most amount of funds were founded. 2020 holds the most deals for 6 VCs. 2018, 2019 and 2017 were also fruitful.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2 – 6. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 2, the maximum is 60. Average number of funding rounds is 22.7 while median is 13.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 10. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 15. Average amount of lead investments is 4.9 while median is 3.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -41.0 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 6.98 and the median is 2.08. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
• Rounds – There are different rounds to raise investment in a startup, such as: pree – seed round, seed round, stage A, stage B, stage C and stage D.Each stage of financing is aimed at solving some task within the project.
  The most common investment stage for funds in the sample is the early stage. In this stage, the founders invest their own money. They use funds from FFF (family, friends, fools).
  Seed stage, late stage and venture stage are less common. These stages involve from $100K to $10M.
  The seed stage helps to complete the product development process, or to bring a prototype to market requirements. The later and venture capital stages help the business “get on its feet” and start making money.
  In each round, investments increase and the invested companies have new goals for which the given round of investment is used. The funds participate in rounds with 4 – 5 or 5 – 6 investors. The average multiplier of funds for portfolio companies according to the last known estimation is 0.0 at the minimum value and 1.15 at the maximum value. The average value of this multiplier is 0.18 and the median value is 0.07. The most common value of the multiplier is 0.0.