Top 20 investors in Southeast Asia that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Software 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 Software industry.
Software develops, maintains, and publishes software used by people and companies. It includes internet and consumer software, operating systems, and desktop apps, as well as gamification, automation, and SaaS.

Amount of Early funding rounds is 258, which is 30.6% of the total amount of rounds in the Software 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 Software 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 Indonesia and Thailand. The most common city is Central Region which is home to 17 funds. There are also funds from Jakarta Pusat, Jakarta and Bangkok. VCs in the sample usually invest in Singapore and The United States. They also invest in India and Thailand. 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 Gamification, Autonomous Vehicles and E-Commerce Platforms.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1981 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. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2008 and 2020 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 13, the maximum is 424. Average number of funding rounds is 88.5 while median is 60.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 49. Average amount of lead investments is 16.1 while median is 13.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 13. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -9.46 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 4.83 and the median is 1.37. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 4 – 5 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 10 – 50 million. Less common range is more than 1 billion. 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 2.66 and median is 0.28. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.