Top 20 investors in Southeast Asia that took part in the most funding rounds in Biotechnology 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 over the last 5 years. They are actively investing in Biotechnology industry.
Biotechnology is the use of biology to make or develop products. It includes biopharmaceutical, genetics, and neuroscience.

Amount of funding rounds in Biotechnology is 89, which is 3.2% 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 funding rounds in Biotechnology industry 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. Headquarters of VCs are located in two cities: Central Region and Jakarta Pusat with the majority being in Central Region. VCs in the sample usually invest in Singapore and The United States. They also invest in India and Israel. For 6 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 Medical Service, Autonomous Vehicles and Gamification.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1959 and the newest one in 2018. 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, 2020 was the year with the most amount of deals. 2019 was the peak for successful exits. 2016, 2021, 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 1, the maximum is 424. Average number of funding rounds is 70.6 while median is 32.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 13. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 87. Average amount of lead investments is 16.6 while median is 5.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -41.21 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 4.14 and the median is 7.08. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
• Typical Rounds – The most common investment stage for funds in the sample is Early stage. Seed, Venture and Late stages are less common. 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 less than 100 thousands. 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 2.59 and median is 0.07. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.