Top 9 investors in Southeast Asia that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Mobile/Apps industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 9 investors according to the total amount of funding rounds. These are VC funds and corporate investors in Southeast Asia that have invested in Early stage over the last 2 years. They are actively investing in Mobile/Apps industry.

Amount of Early funding rounds is 9, which is 56.2% of the total amount of rounds in the Mobile/Apps industry in Southeast Asia over the last 2 years.

Top 9 investors in Southeast Asia that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Mobile/Apps 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 6 funds. There are also funds from Thailand and Malaysia. The most common city is Jakarta which is a home to 6 funds. There are also funds from Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur. VCs tend to invest in startups from Indonesia, but also invest in startups from Thailand, The United States, and Malaysia. 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 Autonomous Vehicles, Information Technology and Enterprise Software.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2006 and the newest one in 2020. In 2018 the most amount of funds were founded. 2020 holds the most deals for 4 VCs. 2018, 2019 and 2000 were also fruitful.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 4, the maximum is 17. Average number of funding rounds is 8.9 while median is 8.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 4. 3 funds in the sample have 4 lead investments which is the most common amount. 8, 1 and 3 are found less often. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -71.0 and 14.71 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -13.57 and the median is -4.33. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is -37.67.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 4 – 5 investors. Less often in rounds with 2 – 3, 6 – 7 or 3 – 4 investors. The most common average round size for these funds is less than 100 thousands. Other common ranges are 50 – 100 million and 10 – 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 2.08 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.48 and median is 0.2. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.