Top 17 investors in Southeast Asia that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Education industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 17 investors according to the total amount of funding rounds. These are VC funds and corporate investors in Southeast Asia that have invested in Seed 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 34, which is 4.3% of the total amount of Seed rounds in the Education industry over the last 2 years.

Top 17 investors in Southeast Asia that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Education industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The most common country among top VCs is Singapore which hosts 12 funds. There are also funds from Malaysia, Vietnam and Thailand. The most common city is Central Region which is home to 12 funds. There are also funds from Kuala Lumpur, Krung Thep and Jakarta Pusat. VCs tend to invest in startups from Singapore, but also invest in startups from India, The United States, and Malaysia. For 8 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, Medical Service and Autonomous Vehicles.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1982 and the newest one in 2020. In 2015 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2000 to 2021. For some funds, 2020 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2008 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2019 became the year with the most successful exits.
• 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 3, the maximum is 424. Average number of funding rounds is 82.7 while median is 32.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 3. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 87. Average amount of lead investments is 17.4 while median is 16.0. 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 -1.65 and the median is 4.78. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
• Typical Rounds – Funds participate in rounds with 3 – 4 or 4 – 5 investors The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common range is 10 – 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 7.61 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 1.15 and median is 0.02. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.