Top 20 investors in Southeast Asia with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds over the recent years

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 5 years.

Amount of money raised in Early funding rounds is $2.0B, which is 55.0% of the total amount of money raised in Southeast Asia over the last 5 years.

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

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The most common country among the top VCs is Indonesia which hosts 12 funds. There are also funds from Thailand and Malaysia. The most common city is Jakarta which is home to 9 funds. There are also funds from Bangkok, Jakarta Pusat and Kuala Lumpur. VCs tend to invest in startups from Indonesia, but also invest in startups from Thailand, The United States, and Malaysia. 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 Autonomous Vehicles, Analytics and Business Development.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1962 and the newest one in 2020. 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.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2 or in 7 – 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 2, the maximum is 30. Average number of funding rounds is 10.0 while median is 8.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 15. Average amount of lead investments is 4.4 while median is 3.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 1. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -37.67 and 14.71 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -10.5 and the median is -13.22. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is -21.0.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 4 – 5 investors. Less often in rounds with 3 – 4, 2 – 3 or 6 – 7 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 50 – 100 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 1.15 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.16 and median is 0.01. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.