Top 20 investors in Southeast Asia that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in E-Commerce 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 Seed stage over the last 3 years. They are actively investing in E-Commerce industry.
E-Commerce is about buying and selling goods and services over the internet. It includes online auctions and marketplace, price comparison, and consumer reviews.

Amount of Seed funding rounds is 120, which is 37.9% of the total amount of rounds in the E-Commerce industry in Southeast Asia over the last 3 years.

Top 20 investors in Southeast Asia that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in E-Commerce 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 14 funds. There are also funds from Malaysia and Indonesia. The most common city is Central Region which is home to 14 funds. There are also funds from Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta Pusat and Jakarta. VCs tend to invest in startups from Singapore, but also invest in startups from The United States, Malaysia, and India. For 8 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 Enterprise Software.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2003 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 2016 to 2021. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals. 2019 was the peak for successful exits. 2020, 2017, and 2021 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 2, the maximum is 424. Average number of funding rounds is 76.5 while median is 39.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 87. Average amount of lead investments is 19.6 while median is 16.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 2. 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 -10.23 and the median is -0.32. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 2 – 3 investors. Less often in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of less than 100 thousands or 100 thousands – 1 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 7.61 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 1.18 and median is 0.02. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.