{"id":3580,"date":"2024-02-19T16:26:32","date_gmt":"2024-02-19T16:26:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dealstreetasia.com\/dealsbarometer\/?page_id=3580"},"modified":"2024-02-21T10:20:06","modified_gmt":"2024-02-21T10:20:06","slug":"report-se-asia-jan-2024","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.dealstreetasia.com\/dealsbarometer\/report-se-asia-jan-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"SE Asia Deals Barometer: In ominous start to the year, startup funding plunges 78% in Jan"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3580\" class=\"elementor elementor-3580\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3b5f848 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3b5f848\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d377be0\" data-id=\"d377be0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-e9804d9 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e9804d9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-2e6c818\" data-id=\"2e6c818\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a5ba58 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2a5ba58\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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Mosqueda Jr.<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43ae895 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"43ae895\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>February 15, 2024<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3312e6a elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"3312e6a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card-footer bg-white div-social-icons d-print-none\">\r\n    <ul class=\"nav\">\r\n        <li>\r\n            <a class=\"nav-link\" href=\"#\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"fa fa-facebook-f\"><\/i><\/a>\r\n        <\/li>\r\n        <li>\r\n            <a class=\"nav-link\" href=\"#\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"fa fa-twitter\"><\/i><\/a>\r\n        <\/li>\r\n\r\n        <li>\r\n            <a class=\"nav-link\" href=\"#\"><i class=\"fa fa-envelope\"><\/i><\/a>\r\n        <\/li>\r\n        <li>\r\n            <div class=\"dropdown-social\">\r\n                <a class=\"nav-link dropdown-toggle\" type=\"button\" id=\"dropdownMenuButton1\" data-bs-toggle=\"dropdown\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><i class=\"fa fa-share-alt\"><\/i><\/a>\r\n                <div class=\"dropdown-menu dropdown-menu-right\" aria-labelledby=\"dropdownMenuButton1\">\r\n                    <a href=\"#\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"fa fa-reddit-alien fa-2x\"><\/i><\/a>\r\n                    <a href=\"#\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"fa fa-linkedin fa-2x\"><\/i><\/a>\r\n                    <a href=\"#\" target=\"_blank\" data-action=\"\/share\/whatsapp\/share\"><i class=\"fa fa-whatsapp fa-2x\"><\/i><\/a>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n        <\/li>\r\n\r\n    <\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-0c1e279 less-content\" data-id=\"0c1e279\" data-element_type=\"column\" id=\"showContent\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a38e8d5 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a38e8d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Southeast Asian startup funding plummeted to a 12-month low in January, marking a cautious start to the new year.<\/p><p>Privately-held companies in the region raised $246 million last month, down 78% from December 2023 when they <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dealstreetasia.com\/stories\/se-asia-deal-review-december-2023-378431\">had amassed $1.16 billion<\/a>\u2014a five-month high, albeit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dealstreetasia.com\/stories\/alibaba-lazada-2-374654\">due to the\u00a0$634 million<\/a> that e-commerce giant Lazada pocketed from parent Alibaba.<\/p><p>On a year-on-year basis, deal value last month plunged 66% from $730 million in January 2023.<\/p><p>The fall in fundraising came despite January&#8217;s deal count rising to 61\u2014the highest since July 2023, according to proprietary data collated by DealStreetAsia. <em>(See chart below.)<\/em><\/p><p>The data includes venture capital deals and debt financing. Twelve transactions did not disclose their funding size.<\/p><p>The average deal size, based on the transactions with disclosed funding sizes, stood at $5 million in January 2024, down from $38.6 million in the previous month.<\/p><div class=\"flourish-embed flourish-chart\" data-src=\"visualisation\/16784775\"><script src=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/resources\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/div><p>The dramatic fall in total funding in January underscores a cooling off in investor sentiment, indicated by an unwillingness to sign large cheques.<\/p><p>There were no mega deals\u2014transactions valued at at least $100 million\u2014in January. In comparison, there were two megadeals in December that cumulatively raised about $773.4 million.<\/p><p>The $40 million raised by Singapore- and Switzerland-based digital asset bank <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dealstreetasia.com\/stories\/sygnum-seals-40m-round-380427\">Sygnum<\/a> topped the fundraising in January. Be Group, the Vietnamese tech company behind multiservice consumer platform Be, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dealstreetasia.com\/stories\/vietnam-be-raises-over-30m-378215\">raised $30.3 million<\/a> from VPBank Securities to become the second-largest deal in January.<\/p><h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Top five deals in January 2024<\/strong><\/h3><p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<table id=\"tablepress-100\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-100\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1 odd\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">Startup<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">Headquarters<\/th><th class=\"column-3\">Funds Raised<\/th><th class=\"column-4\">Funding Stage<\/th><th class=\"column-5\">Investors<\/th><th class=\"column-6\">Vertical<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Sygnum<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Singapore<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">$40,000,000<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Venture &#8211; Series Unknown<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">Azimut Holding<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">Fintech<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Be Group<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Vietnam<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">$30,326,893<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Venture &#8211; Series Unknown<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">VPBank Securities<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">Mobility tech<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">GDMC<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Singapore<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">$21,000,000<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Series A<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">Celadon Partners<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">Healthtech<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">SUN Energy<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Indonesia<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">$21,000,000<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Debt Financing<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">DEG<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">Green tech<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">CleanEdge Resources<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Singapore<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">$20,000,000<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Venture &#8211; Series Unknown<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">responsAbility Investments<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">Green tech<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-100 from cache -->\u00a0<\/p><p>The dismal fundraising numbers in January are a sign that there is no let up from the slide witnessed in 2023.<\/p><p>For the entire 2023, startups in Southeast Asia raised about $7.72 billion in funding from 716 equity deals, with Lazada alone raising $1.9 billion last year from its parent Alibaba Group. There were also 41 debt deals in 2023 that raised a combined $836 million.<\/p><p>This compares with $15.82 billion and $1.97 billion raised from equity and debt deals respectively in 2022. The total number of deals that year had reached 1,061.<\/p><h3>Singapore startups top in fundraising<\/h3><p>Singapore continued to lead the country-wise chart in January, with 26 deals that raised $155.1 million, or about 63% of the total amount raised in the month, DealStreetAsia\u2019s compilations showed.<\/p><p>In December, too, Singapore was the top destination for investments in the region, raising $950 million from 20 transactions, and accounting for about 82% of all the capital raised in the month.<\/p><p>Seven deals in Singapore did not disclose their financial details. The average deal size in Singapore was $8.1 million last month, compared with $67.9 million in December 2023.<\/p><p>Sygnum&#8217;s $40-million fundraise was the biggest funding in Singapore last month. The startup secured funding from global asset management firm Azimut Holding and existing and new investors.<\/p><div class=\"flourish-embed flourish-chart\" data-src=\"visualisation\/16784788\"><script src=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/resources\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/div><p>In Indonesia, 16 transactions raised a total of $38.8 million, down from $109.5 million raised in December from 10 deals.<\/p><p>The top deal in the country was the $21-million debt financing in renewable energy company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dealstreetasia.com\/stories\/deg-surya-utama-nuansa-377217\">SUN Energy<\/a>, which secured funding from DEG, the investment arm of German state-owned development bank KfW.<\/p><p>Startups in Vietnam raised $37.1 million from seven deals, led by Be Group&#8217;s $30-million fundraise while Thai startups secured $12.4 million from two transactions.<\/p><p>Malaysia had eight funding deals but startups in the country only managed to secure $877,747. The Philippines witnessed two deals that raised a mere $1.8 million in January.<\/p><h3>Fintech tops industry verticals<\/h3><p>A closer look at the industry verticals shows that fintech, which saw 11 transactions that raised $71.55 million topped the list of sectors attracting investment in January. In December, fintech firms secured $190 million in total funding from four deals.<\/p><div class=\"flourish-embed flourish-chart\" data-src=\"visualisation\/16784840\"><script src=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/resources\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/div><p>The fintech deals were led by Sygnum&#8217;s $40 million funding. The industry&#8217;s average funding size was $7.2 million, per the compilation.<\/p><p>Validus, an SME financing platform, also secured $10 million in debt financing from debt finance provider Lendable to become the second-biggest fundraiser from the industry.<\/p><p>Meanwhile, e-commerce startups managed to secure about $16 million from five transactions in January, led by Bangkok-based online beauty retailer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dealstreetasia.com\/stories\/konvy-fresh-funding-377382\">Konvy<\/a>, which raised $11 million in its funding round. Konvy&#8217;s funding round was backed by New Day Ventures, an investment holding company owned by Philippines-listed Robinsons Retail; Alibaba International Digital Commerce (AIDC); and existing investor Insignia Ventures Partners.<\/p><p>Startups in the green tech space secured $52.1 million from five deals, led by CleanEdge Resources Pte Limited, a Singapore-headquartered startup, which secured $20 million from impact asset manager responsAbility Investments AG.<\/p><p>Mobility tech startups were involved in two transactions that secured $32.6 million in total funding.<\/p><h3>Early-stage continues to see traction<\/h3><p>The scarcity of big-ticket transactions in January further underscored investors&#8217; preference for smaller deals in the region. In fact, of the 61 deals last month, 17 were pre-seed rounds and 13 were seed rounds.<\/p><div class=\"flourish-embed flourish-chart\" data-src=\"visualisation\/16784844\"><script src=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/resources\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/div><p>There were nine Series A rounds that raised $56.6 million in total, while 13 seed rounds secured $33.4 million in funding. 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class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dealstreetasia.com\/dealsbarometer\/report-china-jan-2024\/\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2286\" height=\"1510\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dealstreetasia.com\/dealsbarometer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-19-232149.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-3584\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dealstreetasia.com\/dealsbarometer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-19-232149.png 2286w, https:\/\/www.dealstreetasia.com\/dealsbarometer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-19-232149-300x198.png 300w, https:\/\/www.dealstreetasia.com\/dealsbarometer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-19-232149-1024x676.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.dealstreetasia.com\/dealsbarometer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-19-232149-768x507.png 768w, https:\/\/www.dealstreetasia.com\/dealsbarometer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-19-232149-1536x1015.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.dealstreetasia.com\/dealsbarometer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-19-232149-2048x1353.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2286px) 100vw, 2286px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dealstreetasia.com\/dealsbarometer\/report-china-jan-2024\/\">China Deals Barometer Report: Startup funding plunges almost 40% YoY in Jan as investors brace for tough 2024<\/a><\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\"><span style=\"color: rgb(33, 37, 41); font-family: Mate; font-size: 20px; white-space-collapse: collapse; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\">Startup financing in Greater China marked a 38.8% year-over-year (YoY) decline in January as geopolitical risks and macro risks continue to stifle the venture capital market.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-3a38c60\" data-id=\"3a38c60\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f0312bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f0312bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Venture Capital<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7ed5ef elementor-position-left related-box elementor-vertical-align-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"b7ed5ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dealstreetasia.com\/dealsbarometer\/report-india-jan-2024\/\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"978\" height=\"499\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dealstreetasia.com\/dealsbarometer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/India-Dec-.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-3585\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dealstreetasia.com\/dealsbarometer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/India-Dec-.png 978w, https:\/\/www.dealstreetasia.com\/dealsbarometer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/India-Dec--300x153.png 300w, https:\/\/www.dealstreetasia.com\/dealsbarometer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/India-Dec--768x392.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 978px) 100vw, 978px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dealstreetasia.com\/dealsbarometer\/report-india-jan-2024\/\">India Deals Barometer Report: Startup fundraising dips 23% to $853m in Jan but transaction volume rises<\/a><\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">The prolonged funding winter continued to cast its shadow over startups in India as they raised a mere $853 million across 100 private equity and venture capital transactions in January, registering a drop of about 23% in value over the previous month, according to proprietary data compiled by DealStreetAsia.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SE Asia Deals Barometer Report:In ominous start to the year, startup funding plunges 78% in Jan By Mars W. Mosqueda Jr. February 15, 2024 Southeast Asian startup funding plummeted to a 12-month low in January, marking a cautious start to the new year. 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