Top 9 investors in Southeast Asia with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Banking 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 over the last 2 years. They are actively investing in Banking industry.

Amount of money raised in Banking funding rounds is $405.0M, which is 15.6% of the total amount of money raised in rounds in Southeast Asia over the last 2 years.

Top 9 investors in Southeast Asia with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Banking 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 4 funds. There are also funds from Thailand, Vietnam and Malaysia. There is an equal amount of VCs in Jakarta and Bangkok which host 3 funds each. There are also funds from Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta Pusat. VCs in the sample usually invest in Thailand and Indonesia. They also invest in 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, E-Commerce Platforms and Analytics.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2011 and the newest one in 2020. In 2016 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2000 to 2020. For some funds, 2020 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2, 7 – 12 or in 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 5, the maximum is 29. Average number of funding rounds is 14.7 while median is 13.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 10. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 21. Average amount of lead investments is 5.9 while median is 4.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 4. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -71.0 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -6.17 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 14.71.
• Typical Rounds – The most common investment stage for funds in the sample is Early stage. Seed, Late and Venture stages are less common. Funds participate in rounds with 4 – 5 or 2 – 3 investors more often than in rounds with 3 – 4 or 1 – 2 investors. The majority of funds have an average round size of less than 100 thousands. Others have 10 – 50 million. The most common average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation for funds in the sample is 0.0. 0.42, 0.41 and 0.36 are less common.