Top 20 investors in Southeast Asia with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Mobile industry 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 over the last 4 years. They are actively investing in Mobile industry.
Mobile industry includes mobile payments, mobile apps, and app discovery.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in Southeast Asia is $3.8B, which is 0.9% of the total amount of money raised in the Mobile industry over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors in Southeast Asia with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Mobile 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 14 funds. There are also funds from Indonesia, Thailand and Philippines. The most common city is Central Region which is home to 14 funds. There are also funds from Jakarta, Makati and Krung Thep. VCs tend to invest in startups from Singapore, but also invest in startups from The United States, Indonesia, 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 E-Commerce Platforms, Gamification and Telecommunications.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1981 and the newest one in 2020. In 2015 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 2008 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 2 – 6. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 6, the maximum is 424. Average number of funding rounds is 81.7 while median is 57.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 62. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 49. Average amount of lead investments is 14.8 while median is 13.0. 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 21.86 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 2.4 and the median is 2.86. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – The most common investment stage for funds in the sample is Early stage. Seed, Late and Venture stages are less common. 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 or 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 2.52 and median is 0.14. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.