Top 19 investors in Southeast Asia that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Banking industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 19 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 5 years. They are actively investing in Banking industry.
Banking handles cash, credit, and other financial transactions. It includes lending and credit, banking institutions, debit cards, and transaction processing.

Amount of Seed funding rounds is 33, which is 21.0% of the total amount of rounds in the Banking industry in Southeast Asia over the last 5 years.

Top 19 investors in Southeast Asia that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Banking industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The most common country among the top VCs is Singapore which hosts 17 funds. There are also funds from Philippines and Indonesia. The most common city is Central Region which is a home to 17 funds. There are also funds from Pasig and Jakarta. VCs in the sample usually invest in The United States and Singapore. They also invest in Indonesia and India. 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 Autonomous Vehicles, Legal and Enterprise Software.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1997 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 2016 to 2021. For some funds, 2020 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• 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 4, the maximum is 424. Average number of funding rounds is 70.9 while median is 36.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 11. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 87. Average amount of lead investments is 16.1 while median is 8.0. 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 7.92 and the median is 9.75. 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 4 – 5 or 1 – 2 investors VCs in the sample have an average round size of less than 100 thousands and 5 – 10 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 1.35 and median is 0.28. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.