Top 9 investors in Southeast Asia with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Transportation 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 4 years. They are actively investing in Transportation industry.
Transportation is about moving people and goods. It includes all modes of transportation, electric and autonomous vehicles, and transportation infrastructure, as well as space travel.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in Southeast Asia is $139.7M, which is 0.2% of the total amount of money raised in the Transportation industry in Early rounds over the last 4 years.

Top 9 investors in Southeast Asia with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Transportation 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 Malaysia and Philippines. The most common city is Jakarta which is home to 5 funds. There are also funds from Selangor, Parañaque and Jakarta Pusat. VCs tend to invest in startups from Indonesia, but also invest in startups from The United States, Thailand, 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 Finance. They also invest in Gamification, Transportation and Telecommunications.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1962 and the newest one in 2017. In 2009 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2014 to 2020. For some funds, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• 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 2, the maximum is 52. Average number of funding rounds is 17.7 while median is 15.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 11. Average amount of lead investments is 5.1 while median is 5.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 3. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -71.0 and 11.35 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -13.15 and the median is -1.0. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 5 – 6 investors. Less often in rounds with 4 – 5 investors. The most common average round size for these funds is less than 100 thousands. Other common range is 100 thousands – 1 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 0.36 and median is 0.2. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.