Top 18 investors in Southeast Asia with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Energy industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 18 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 5 years. They are actively investing in Energy industry.
Energy sector is about production, management, and distribution of energy. It includes utilities, power grid, and nuclear and clean energy.

Amount of money raised in Energy funding rounds is $7.2B, which is 5.9% of the total amount of money raised in rounds in Southeast Asia over the last 5 years.

Top 18 investors in Southeast Asia with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Energy 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 11 funds. There are also funds from Indonesia, Philippines and Malaysia. The most common city is Central Region which is home to 11 funds. There are also funds from Jakarta Pusat, Selangor and Makati. VCs in the sample usually invest in The United States and Singapore. They also invest in Malaysia and Indonesia. For 5 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 Enterprise Software, Autonomous Vehicles and Real Estate.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1834 and the newest one in 2017. In 2015 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2000 to 2020. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals. 2019 was the peak for successful exits. 2017, 2016, and 2009 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 3, the maximum is 424. Average number of funding rounds is 82.8 while median is 33.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 87. Average amount of lead investments is 17.4 while median is 10.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 2. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -46.0 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 0.15 and the median is 4.67. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
• Typical Rounds – Early and Seed stages are more common for funds in the sample. Private Equity and Late stages are less common. Funds participate in rounds with 3 – 4 or 4 – 5 investors The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 10 – 50 million. Less common range is 100 thousands – 1 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 2.85 and median is 0.06. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.