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 3 years.

Amount of funding rounds in Southeast Asia is 582, which is 2.2% of the total amount of Early rounds over the last 3 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 16 funds. There are also funds from Jakarta and Jakarta Pusat. VCs in the sample usually invest in Singapore and The United States. They also invest in India and Indonesia. 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 E-Commerce Platforms, Enterprise Software and Gamification.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1981 and the newest one in 2017. In 1991 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 2017 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 12, the maximum is 424. Average number of funding rounds is 86.3 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 0 and maximum is 49. Average amount of lead investments is 16.4 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 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 5.63 and the median is 3.04. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Funding rounds with these VCs have 5 – 6 or 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 2.65 and median is 0.28. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.