Top 9 investors in Southeast Asia that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Telecommunications 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 Seed stage over the last 4 years. They are actively investing in Telecommunications industry.

Amount of funding rounds in Telecommunications is 18, which is 11.8% of the total amount of Seed rounds in Southeast Asia over the last 4 years.

Top 9 investors in Southeast Asia that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Telecommunications industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The most common country among top VCs is Indonesia which hosts 5 funds. There are also funds from Vietnam, Philippines and Malaysia. All funds are based in different cities. No city grouping tendencies were found in this sample. VCs tend to invest in startups from Indonesia, but also invest in startups from The United States, Philippines, 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 Business Development, Telecommunications and Social.
• Important Years – Funds from the sample were founded in 2016 and 2015 more often. Some other popular years are 2017, and 2008. The two years with the most amount of deals were 2019 and 2018. 2020 and 2017 were less fruitful.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12 or in 2. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 3, the maximum is 30. Average number of funding rounds is 15.8 while median is 16.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 3. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 16. Average amount of lead investments is 6.9 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 -66.0 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -9.35 and the median is -15.44. 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, 1 – 2 or 3 – 4 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 100 thousands – 1 million, 5 – 10 million and 10 – 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 0.42 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.13 and median is 0.05. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.