Top 20 investors in Southeast Asia that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Media and Entertainment industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 20 investors according to the total amount of funding rounds. These are VC funds and corporate investors in Southeast Asia that have invested in Early stage over the last 5 years. They are actively investing in Media and Entertainment industry.
Media and entertainment is a large sector that includes music, movies, theatre, dating and sex industry, gambling, event management, photofraphy, publishing, cirtual reality, and graphic design.

Amount of Early funding rounds is 36, which is 31.6% of the total amount of rounds in the Media and Entertainment industry in Southeast Asia over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors in Southeast Asia that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Media and Entertainment 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 Indonesia, Thailand and Philippines. The most common city is Central Region which is home to 12 funds. There are also funds from Jakarta Pusat, Bangkok and Manila. VCs tend to invest in startups from Singapore, but also invest in startups from The United States, Thailand, and Indonesia. 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 Entertainment, Digital Media and E-Commerce Platforms.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1984 and the newest one in 2018. In 2011 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. 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 7, the maximum is 424. Average number of funding rounds is 59.8 while median is 36.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 15. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 28. Average amount of lead investments is 10.4 while median is 7.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 1. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -24.33 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 5.72 and the median is 4.47. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Funds participate in rounds with 4 – 5 or 3 – 4 investors The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 10 – 50 million. Less common range is less than 100 thousands. 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 0.86 and median is close to zero. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.