Top 17 investors in Southeast Asia with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Biotechnology industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 17 investors according to the total money raised in the funding rounds. These are VC funds and corporate investors in Southeast Asia that have invested over the last 3 years. They are actively investing in Biotechnology industry.
Biotechnology is the use of biology to make or develop products. It includes biopharmaceutical, genetics, and neuroscience.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in Southeast Asia is $6.2B, which is 1.5% of the total amount of money raised in the Biotechnology industry over the last 3 years.

Top 17 investors in Southeast Asia with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Biotechnology industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The majority of VCs are located in Singapore while others are in Indonesia. The most common city is Central Region which is a home to 15 funds. There are also funds from Jakarta Pusat and Jakarta. VCs in the sample usually invest in The United States and Singapore. They also invest in Israel and Indonesia. For 6 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 Medical Service, Social and Autonomous Vehicles.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1981 and the newest one in 2018. In 2016 the most amount of funds were founded. The two years with the most amount of deals were 2020 and 2019. 2018 and 2015 were less fruitful. 2019 was the peak for successful exits. 2016, 2021, and 2018 are the runner ups.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 13 – 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 3, the maximum is 171. Average number of funding rounds is 46.6 while median is 33.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 13. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 66. Average amount of lead investments is 12.9 while median is 5.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -41.21 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 2.9 and the median is 4.56. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
• Typical Rounds – The most common investment stage for funds in the sample is Early stage. Seed, Late and Venture stages are less common. Funds participate in rounds with 3 – 4 or 4 – 5 investors VCs in the sample have an average round size of less than 100 thousands or 100-500 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 28.24 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 2.32 and median is close to zero. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.