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The top 18 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 4 years. They are actively investing in Virtual Currency industry. Virtual currency is an electronic representation of value and can be traded or used as payment. It includes cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and etherium.

Amount of funding rounds in Southeast Asia is 54, which is 3.0% of the total amount of rounds in the Virtual Currency industry over the last 4 years.

Top 18 investors in Southeast Asia that took part in the most funding rounds in Virtual Currency industry over the recent years
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Key takeaways

  • Funds Geography - The majority of VCs are located in Singapore while others are in Thailand. The most common city is Central Region which is a home to 16 funds. There are also funds from Krung Thep and Bangkok. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Singapore, India, and Thailand. For 4 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, E-Commerce Platforms and Legal.
  • Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1981 and the newest one in 2020. In 2017 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2014 to 2021. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals. 2019 was the peak for successful exits. 2020, 2016, and 2007 are the runner ups.
  • Investments - Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 5, the maximum is 204. Average number of funding rounds is 67.8 while median is 45.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 87. Average amount of lead investments is 16.1 while median is 9.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -16.45 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 10.02 and the median is 11.36. 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, Venture and Late stages are less common. Funds participate in rounds with 4 - 5 or 5 - 6 investors VCs in the sample have an average round size of less than 100 thousands or 10 - 50 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 1.99 and median is 0.17. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.