Intro

The top 20 investors according to the total money raised in the funding rounds. These are VC funds and corporate investors in Southeast Asia that have invested in Early stage over the last 4 years. They are actively investing in Financial Services industry. Financial services are provided to people and companies. It includes accounting, audit, and tax services, as well as asset management, investment and financing advisory, and brokerage.

Amount of money raised in Early funding rounds is $3.7B, which is 8.8% of the total amount of money raised in the Financial Services industry in Southeast Asia over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors in Southeast Asia with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Financial Services industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

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Key takeaways

  • Funds Geography - The most common country among the top VCs is Singapore which hosts 12 funds. There are also funds from Indonesia and Thailand. The most common city is Central Region which is home to 12 funds. There are also funds from Jakarta, Krung Thep and Jakarta Pusat. VCs tend to invest in startups from Singapore, but also invest in startups from The United States, Indonesia, and India. 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 Business Development, E-Commerce Platforms and Gamification.
  • Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1981 and the newest one in 2018. In 2017 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2000 to 2020. For some funds, 2020 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2007 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2019 became the year with the most successful exits.
  • 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 10, the maximum is 424. Average number of funding rounds is 82.0 while median is 56.5. 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 49. Average amount of lead investments is 15.0 while median is 14.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 3. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -4.87 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 6.52 and the median is 1.9. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
  • Typical Rounds - VCs usually participate in rounds with 4 - 5 investors. Less often in rounds with 5 - 6 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of 10 - 50 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 2.87 and median is 0.55. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.