Top 20 investors in Southeast Asia with the biggest sum of Late 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 Late stage over the last 2 years.

Amount of money raised in Late funding rounds is $16.4B, which is 32.5% of the total amount of money raised in Southeast Asia over the last 2 years.

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

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The most common country among the top VCs is Singapore which hosts 15 funds. There are also funds from Indonesia and Thailand. The most common city is Central Region which is home to 15 funds. There are also funds from Jakarta, Krung Thep and Bangkok. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Singapore, India, and Thailand. 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 Analytics, Autonomous Vehicles and Telecommunications.
• 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. 2020 holds the most deals for 9 VCs. 2019, 2018 and 2017 were also fruitful. 2019 was the peak for successful exits. 2016, 2017, and 2007 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 68.0 while median is 32.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 49. Average amount of lead investments is 11.2 while median is 5.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 1. 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 10.13 and the median is 9.0. 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 5 – 6 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of 100-500 million or 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 2.86 and median is 0.35. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.