Top 20 investors in Southeast Asia with the biggest sum of Seed 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 Seed stage over the last 5 years.

Amount of money raised in Seed funding rounds is $137.5M, which is 3.8% of the total amount of money raised in Southeast Asia over the last 5 years.

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

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The most common country among top VCs is Indonesia which hosts 8 funds. There are also funds from Malaysia, Vietnam and Philippines. There is an equal amount of VCs in Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta which host 5 funds each. There are also funds from Jakarta Pusat and Cho Lon. VCs tend to invest in startups from Indonesia, but also invest in startups from The United States, Malaysia, and Philippines. For the majority of the funds, 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 Banking. They also invest in EdTech, E-Commerce Platforms and Manufacturing.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2000 and the newest one in 2020. In 2016 the most amount of funds were founded. The two years with the most amount of deals were 2020 and 2018. 2019 and 2017 were less fruitful.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2 or in 7 – 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 1, the maximum is 30. Average number of funding rounds is 10.2 while median is 7.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 2. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 15. Average amount of lead investments is 4.0 while median is 2.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. 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 -5.64 and the median is -13.22. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 2 – 3 investors. Less often in rounds with 4 – 5, 3 – 4 or 1 – 2 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 100 thousands – 1 million, 10 – 50 million and 5 – 10 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 0.48 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.13 and median is 0.03. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.