Top 20 investors in Southeast Asia with the biggest sum of Late funding rounds in Software 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 5 years. They are actively investing in Software industry.
Software develops, maintains, and publishes software used by people and companies. It includes internet and consumer software, operating systems, and desktop apps, as well as gamification, automation, and SaaS.

Amount of money raised in Late funding rounds is $9.1B, which is 54.5% of the total amount of money raised in the Software industry in Southeast Asia over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors in Southeast Asia with the biggest sum of Late funding rounds in Software 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 16 funds. There are also funds from Thailand, Philippines and Malaysia. The most common city is Central Region which is home to 16 funds. There are also funds from Makati, Kuala Lumpur and Krung Thep. VCs in the sample usually invest in The United States and Singapore. They also invest in India and China. For 4 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 Medical Service, Software Engineering and Analytics.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1981 and the newest one in 2020. In 2005 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, 2020 was the year with the most amount of deals. 2019 was the peak for successful exits. 2016, 2020, and 2018 are the runner ups.
• 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 5, the maximum is 424. Average number of funding rounds is 72.6 while median is 47.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 62. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 49. Average amount of lead investments is 12.4 while median is 12.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 13. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -17.67 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 8.01 and the median is 6.89. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 9.0.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 4 – 5 investors. Less often in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 10 – 50 million. Less common range is 100-500 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 2.71 and median is 0.28. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.