Top 20 investors in Southeast Asia that took part in the most Seed 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 Seed stage over the last 4 years.

Amount of Seed funding rounds is 152, which is 43.9% of the total amount of rounds in Southeast Asia over the last 4 years.

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

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – There are a couple of leading countries in the result. They are Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam. They host 6 VCs each. The most common city is Kuala Lumpur which is home to 6 funds. There are also funds from Jakarta, Jakarta Pusat and Hanoi. VCs in the sample invest in Malaysia, The United States and Indonesia more often than they do in Philippines. For the majority of the funds, 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 Banking. They also invest in Business Development, Manufacturing and Information Technology.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2008 and the newest one in 2020. In 2016 the most amount of funds were founded. The two years with the most amount of deals were 2019 and 2020. 2018 and 2017 were less fruitful.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2, 7 – 12 or in 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 2, the maximum is 30. Average number of funding rounds is 11.9 while median is 8.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 4. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 21. Average amount of lead investments is 6.0 while median is 4.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 7. 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 -19.17 and the median is -21.0. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is -21.0.
• Typical Rounds – Funds participate in rounds with 1 – 2 or 2 – 3 investors more often than in rounds with 4 – 5 or 3 – 4 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 100 thousands – 1 million, 5 – 10 million and 10 – 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 0.43 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.1 and median is 0.0. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.