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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 4 years. They are actively investing in Mobile industry. Mobile industry includes mobile payments, mobile apps, and app discovery.

Amount of funding rounds in Southeast Asia is 83, which is 2.5% of the total amount of Early rounds in the Mobile industry over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors in Southeast Asia that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Mobile industry over the recent years
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Key takeaways

  • Funds Geography - The most common country among top VCs is Singapore which hosts 13 funds. There are also funds from Indonesia, Malaysia and Cambodia. The most common city is Central Region which is home to 13 funds. There are also funds from Jakarta, Phnom Penh and Kuala Lumpur. VCs tend to invest in startups from Singapore, but also invest in startups from The United States, Indonesia, and India. For 7 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 Telecommunications, Enterprise Software and E-Commerce Platforms.
  • Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1991 and the newest one in 2018. In 2015 the most amount of funds were founded. 2018 holds the most deals for 8 VCs. 2020, 2019 and 2017 were also fruitful. 2019 was the peak for successful exits. 2021, 2018, and 2017 are the runner ups.
  • Investments - Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2 - 6. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 4, the maximum is 424. Average number of funding rounds is 57.1 while median is 21.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 6. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 34. Average amount of lead investments is 9.0 while median is 6.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 1. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -71.0 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 3.15 and the median is 4.0. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 4.0.
  • Typical Rounds - Funds participate in rounds with 3 - 4 or 4 - 5 investors The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common range is 100-500 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 0.9 and median is close to zero. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.