Top 20 investors in Southeast Asia that took part in the most funding rounds in Gaming 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 3 years. They are actively investing in Gaming industry.
Gaming is about development, marketing, and monetization of video games. It includes online and offline games for pc and console and eSports.

Amount of funding rounds in Southeast Asia is 47, which is 1.8% of the total amount of rounds in the Gaming industry over the last 3 years.

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

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The most common country among top VCs is Singapore which hosts 16 funds. There are also funds from Indonesia, Philippines and Malaysia. The most common city is Central Region which is home to 16 funds. There are also funds from Jakarta, Manila and Kuala Lumpur. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from India, Singapore, and Malaysia. For 4 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, Autonomous Vehicles and Enterprise Software.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1981 and the newest one in 2019. In 2017 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2014 to 2021. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals. 2019 was the peak for successful exits. 2017, 2020, and 2016 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 6, the maximum is 424. Average number of funding rounds is 74.6 while median is 26.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 11. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 87. Average amount of lead investments is 17.6 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 -71.0 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 4.15 and the median is 12.08. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
• Typical Rounds – Early and Seed stages are more common for funds in the sample. Venture and Private Equity stages are less common. Funds participate in rounds with 4 – 5 or 2 – 3 investors VCs in the sample have an average round size of 100 thousands – 1 million and 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 2.69 and median is 0.55. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.