Top 9 investors in Southeast Asia with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Retail industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 9 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 Early stage over the last 3 years. They are actively investing in Retail industry.
Retail is how producers of goods and services get their products to the consumer. It includes online and offline retail, shopping and vending, and retail technology.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in Southeast Asia is $353.5M, which is 2.0% of the total amount of money raised in the Retail industry in Early rounds over the last 3 years.

Top 9 investors in Southeast Asia with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Retail 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 home to 6 funds. There are also funds from Kuala Lumpur, Krung Thep and Bangkok. VCs tend to invest in startups from Indonesia, but also invest in startups from Thailand, Malaysia, and Australia. 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 Business Development and EdTech.
• Important Years – 2017 is the year when the most amount of the funds from the sample were founded. Some other popular years are 2018, 2016, and 2015. 2018 holds the most deals for 4 VCs. 2020, 2019 and 2017 were also fruitful.
• 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 6, the maximum is 53. Average number of funding rounds is 17.8 while median is 12.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 13. Average amount of lead investments is 4.0 while median is 3.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 1. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -37.67 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 4.96 and the median is 4.0. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Funds usually participate in rounds with 5 – 6 or 4 – 5 investors. The most common average round size for these funds is less than 100 thousands. Other common range is 50 – 100 million. The most common average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation for funds in the sample is 0.0. 1.15, 0.55 and 0.41 are less common.