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 4 years.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in Southeast Asia is $64.2B, which is 3.6% of the total amount of money raised in Late rounds over the last 4 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 top VCs is Singapore which hosts 14 funds. There are also funds from Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia. The most common city is Central Region which is home to 14 funds. There are also funds from Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta and Krung Thep. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Singapore, India, and Thailand. For 5 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, Analytics and Autonomous Vehicles.
• 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, 2020 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2007 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2016 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 8, the maximum is 424. Average number of funding rounds is 72.2 while median is 37.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 12. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 49. Average amount of lead investments is 11.9 while median is 7.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. 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 10.61 and the median is 11.06. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
• 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 100-500 million. Less common range is 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 2.81 and median is 0.5. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.