Top 20 investors in Southeast Asia that took part in the most Early funding rounds 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.

Amount of Early funding rounds is 869, which is 31.0% of the total amount of rounds in Southeast Asia over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors in Southeast Asia that took part in the most Early funding rounds over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The majority of VCs are located in Singapore while others are in Indonesia. The most common city is Central Region which is a home to 18 funds. There are also funds from Jakarta Pusat and Jakarta. VCs tend to invest in startups from Singapore, but also invest in startups from The United States, India, and Israel. 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, Entertainment and E-Commerce Platforms.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1981 and the newest one in 2017. In 2014 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2015 to 2020. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals. 2019 was the peak for successful exits. 2020, 2016, and 2018 are the runner ups.
• 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 26, the maximum is 424. Average number of funding rounds is 88.6 while median is 61.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 62. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 2 and maximum is 49. Average amount of lead investments is 17.0 while median is 14.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 13. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -16.07 and 22.18 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 3.74 and the median is 0.55. 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 100-500 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 2.64 and median is 0.28. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.