Top 6 investors in Southeast Asia with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Software Engineering industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 6 investors according to the total money raised in the funding rounds. These are VC funds and corporate investors in Southeast Asia that have invested over the last 2 years. They are actively investing in Software Engineering industry.
Software engineering is application of a systematic, disciplined, quantifiable approach to the development, operation, and maintenance of software. it includes software development applications, web development, and quantum computing, as well as quality assurance, iOS, and Android.

Amount of money raised in Software Engineering funding rounds is $309.3M, which is 5.5% of the total amount of money raised in rounds in Southeast Asia over the last 2 years.

Top 6 investors in Southeast Asia with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Software Engineering industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The most common country among the top VCs is Indonesia which hosts 3 funds. There are also funds from Thailand and Philippines. All funds are based in different cities. No city grouping tendencies were found in this sample. There is no investment geofocus for VCs in the sample. All of them invest in startups from different countries. 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 Finance. They also invest in E-Commerce Platforms, Autonomous Vehicles and Analytics.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2006 and the newest one in 2020.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 6, the maximum is 37. Average number of funding rounds is 22.5 while median is 23.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 15. Average amount of lead investments is 7.8 while median is 8.0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -21.0 and 14.71 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -7.31 and the median is -15.85. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Funds in the sample usually invest in Early, Late and Seed stages. Venture stage is less common. Funds usually participate in rounds with 4 – 5 or 2 – 3 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common range is 50 – 100 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 0.55 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.2 and median is 0.12.