Top 20 investors in Southeast Asia with the biggest sum of Late funding rounds in Financial Services 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 in Late 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 Late funding rounds is $34.7B, which is 81.6% 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 Late funding rounds in Financial Services 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 12 funds. There are also funds from Thailand, Indonesia and Philippines. The most common city is Central Region which is home to 12 funds. There are also funds from Jakarta, Bangkok and Makati. VCs in the sample invest in The United States, Singapore and India more often than they do in Thailand. For 6 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 Autonomous Vehicles, Analytics and Legal.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1981 and the newest one in 2020. In 1991 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2015 to 2020. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals. 2019 was the peak for successful exits. 2020, 2016, and 2007 are the runner ups.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 6, the maximum is 193. Average number of funding rounds is 51.2 while median is 32.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 10. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 49. Average amount of lead investments is 11.2 while median is 7.0. 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 -0.23 and the median is 1.04. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is -17.67.
• 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 100-500 million and 10 – 50 million. 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 2.11 and median is 0.2. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.