{"id":5645,"date":"2026-03-16T12:42:34","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T12:42:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dealstreetasia.com\/dealsbarometer\/?page_id=5645"},"modified":"2026-03-16T12:57:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T12:57:49","slug":"report-se-asia-feb-2026","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.dealstreetasia.com\/dealsbarometer\/report-se-asia-feb-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"SE Asia Deals Barometer: Startup funding plunges 94% in Feb"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"5645\" class=\"elementor elementor-5645\" 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 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Mosqueda Jr.<\/a><\/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-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>11 March, 2026<\/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>Startup funding in Southeast Asia fell sharply in February 2026, reversing previous month\u2019s surge driven by a single multibillion-dollar data centre investment, even as the number of deals ticked up modestly.<\/p><p>Startups in the region raised about $128.7 million across 27 equity deals in February, up slightly from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dealstreetasia.com\/stories\/se-asia-deal-review-jan-2026-472744\">25 deals in January<\/a> but down 94.1% from the $2.18 billion raised in the previous month, according to data compiled by DealStreetAsia.<\/p><p>The steep decline reflects the absence of outsize transactions following the $2-billion Series C round by Singapore-based <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dealstreetasia.com\/stories\/dayone-data-centers-series-c-468329\">DayOne Data Centers<\/a> that accounted for the vast majority of capital deployed in the prior month.<\/p><p>On a year-on-year basis, too, funding contracted, with February\u2019s total dropping 47.8% from $246.8 million across 30 deals in February 2025. While the deal count rose slightly from January\u2019s level, it remained 10% lower than a year earlier, highlighting a venture market that continues to operate at subdued levels despite occasional spikes in capital flows.<\/p><div class=\"flourish-embed flourish-chart\" data-src=\"visualisation\/27974877\"><script src=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/resources\/embed.js\"><\/script><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/visualisation\/27974877\/thumbnail\" width=\"100%\" alt=\"visualization\" \/><\/noscript><\/div><p>Excluding transactions where the amount was not disclosed, the average deal size in February stood at about $9.19 million. However, 13 deals, or nearly half of the month\u2019s tally, did not disclose funding amounts, suggesting that the true average ticket size could be smaller.<\/p><p>There were no megadeals in February, defined as transactions worth $100 million or more, underscoring how January\u2019s number was skewed due to a single deal.<\/p><p>The largest deal in February was the $60-million Series D round raised by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dealstreetasia.com\/search\/page\/1?s=Deep%20Intelligent%20Pharma&amp;sort_by=recent\">Deep Intelligent Pharma<\/a>, an AI pharmaceutical development unicorn. New investors in the financing included Trustar Capital, Jinyi Capital, and Kaitai Capital, while existing backers CDH Investments and Xinding Capital also increased their stakes.<\/p><p>The transaction helped lift the healthcare and healthtech sector to the top of the month\u2019s funding table by value.<\/p><p>The second-largest deal was much smaller at $13.6 million, raised by Singapore- and US-based biotech startup <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dealstreetasia.com\/stories\/engine-biosciences-funding-472140\/\">Engine Biosciences. <\/a>The round was backed by existing investors Polaris Partners, ClavystBio, SEEDS Capital, Coronet Ventures, and Vantage Bio, illustrating the narrower cheque sizes seen across the rest of the market.<\/p><h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Top 5 deals in February<\/h3><p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<table id=\"tablepress-165\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-165\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1 odd\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">Startup Name<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">Headquarters<\/th><th class=\"column-3\">Amount Raised<\/th><th class=\"column-4\">Funding Stage<\/th><th class=\"column-5\">Lead Investor\/s<\/th><th class=\"column-6\">Other Investor\/s<\/th><th class=\"column-7\">Verticals<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Deep Intelligent Pharma<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Singapore<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">$60,000,000<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Series D<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td><td class=\"column-6\">CDH Investments, Jinyi Capital, Kaitai Capital, Trustar Capital, Xin Ding Capital<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">Health tech<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Engine Biosciences<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Singapore<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">$13,600,000<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Venture &#8211; Series Unknown<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td><td class=\"column-6\"><\/td><td class=\"column-7\">Health tech<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">ICON1C<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Singapore<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">$7,922,587<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Series A<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td><td class=\"column-6\"><\/td><td class=\"column-7\">Hospitality<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Jago Coffee<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Indonesia<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">$12,500,000<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Series B<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">BEENEXT<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">APEX Ventures, BEENEXT, CyberAgent, Intudo Ventures, ORZON Ventures<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">Food &amp; beverage<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Sleek EV<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Singapore<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">$8,470,854<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Series A<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">KYMCO Capital<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">January Capital, Krungsri Finnovate, KYMCO Capital, ORZON Ventures<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">Mobility tech<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-165 from cache --><\/p><h3>Funding remains concentrated in Singapore<\/h3><p>Fundraising remained heavily concentrated in Singapore, where startups secured $111.5 million across 19 deals, accounting for roughly 86.6% of Southeast Asia\u2019s total funding value in February, DealStreetAsia&#8217;s compilation showed.<\/p><p>The largest deals in the city-state were sealed by Deep Intelligent Pharma and Engine Biosciences, underscoring Singapore\u2019s continued dominance as the region\u2019s primary hub for venture-backed startups.<\/p><div class=\"flourish-embed flourish-chart\" data-src=\"visualisation\/27974901\"><script src=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/resources\/embed.js\"><\/script><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/visualisation\/27974901\/thumbnail\" width=\"100%\" alt=\"visualization\" \/><\/noscript><\/div><p>Indonesia ranked a distant second with $12.5 million across two deals, accounting for about 9.7% of regional funding. The disclosed capital came from mobile cafe startup <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dealstreetasia.com\/stories\/jago-coffee-beenext-intudo-471683\/\">Jago Coffee<\/a>, which was backed by new and existing investors.<\/p><p>Based on DealStreetAsia DATA <em>VANTAGE<\/em> calculations, Jago Coffee secured a post-money valuation of approximately $46.7 million in the round, a sharp increase from its earlier valuation of around $16 million. The other Indonesian funding deal in February did not disclose the amount raised.<\/p><p>Vietnam followed with one deal worth $4.2 million, or about 3.3% of the total regional funding. The country\u2019s lone transaction in February was signed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dealstreetasia.com\/stories\/vietnam-digest-vingroup-ekko-471677\">Ekko<\/a>, a Hanoi-based earned-wage access (EWA) startup which raised a $4.2-million seed round.<\/p><p>The financing was led by South Korea-based Impact Square, an initiative that supports and invests in impact startups across Southeast Asia; and Switzerland-based Foundation Botnar, a philanthropy-focused venture capital firm.<\/p><p>The Philippines logged one deal worth $500,000, while Malaysia and Thailand each recorded deals without disclosed amounts, underscoring the uneven distribution of capital across the region.<\/p><h3>Health dominates funding landscape<\/h3><p>By value, healthcare and healthtech dominated February\u2019s funding landscape, attracting $73.6 million across three deals, or roughly 57.2% of the month\u2019s total capital raised.<\/p><p>The sector was followed by food and beverages, which raised $12.5 million; and fintech, which remained the most active vertical by deal count with seven transactions totalling about $9.1 million.<\/p><p>Other sectors that saw funding included mobility technology ($8.47 million), hospitality ($7.92 million), marketing technology ($5.5 million), e-commerce ($5 million), and agritech ($4.3 million).<\/p><div class=\"flourish-embed flourish-chart\" data-src=\"visualisation\/27974940\"><script src=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/resources\/embed.js\"><\/script><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/visualisation\/27974940\/thumbnail\" width=\"100%\" alt=\"visualization\" \/><\/noscript><\/div><p>Smaller rounds were recorded across manufacturing, data analytics and AI, and business process automation, while sectors such as regtech, cybersecurity, and green tech saw deals without disclosed values.<\/p><h3>Seed rounds top funding stage<\/h3><p>By funding stage, seed rounds were the busiest, accounting for 10 deals totalling about $9.7 million, signalling continued early-stage activity even as investors remained cautious on larger cheques.<\/p><p>Later-stage funding was comparatively limited but still accounted for the biggest cheques of the month. Besides Deep Intelligent Pharma\u2019s $60-million Series D round, the region saw a Series B deal worth $12.5 million.<\/p><div class=\"flourish-embed flourish-chart\" data-src=\"visualisation\/27974945\"><script src=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/resources\/embed.js\"><\/script><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/visualisation\/27974945\/thumbnail\" width=\"100%\" alt=\"visualization\" \/><\/noscript><\/div><p>Besides, there were three Series A rounds totalling $21.9 million, four venture rounds with undisclosed series raising $13.6 million, and smaller investments across pre-seed, pre-Series A, pre-Series B, private equity, and corporate rounds.<\/p><p>DealStreetAsia\u2019s February dataset includes venture capital, private equity, and corporate equity rounds, and excludes debt transactions in line with its monthly scorecard methodology.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-5653\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dealstreetasia.com\/dealsbarometer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-16-194156.png 1173w, https:\/\/www.dealstreetasia.com\/dealsbarometer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-16-194156-300x186.png 300w, https:\/\/www.dealstreetasia.com\/dealsbarometer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-16-194156-1024x636.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.dealstreetasia.com\/dealsbarometer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-16-194156-768x477.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1173px) 100vw, 1173px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dealstreetasia.com\/dealsbarometer\/report-china-feb-2026\/\">Greater China Deals Barometer Report: Fundraising dips 23% in Feb as investors take a seasonal breather<\/a><\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Startup financing in Greater China took a seasonal breather in February, as the week-long Chinese New Year holiday paused market activity. After a strong January, both deal value and volume slowed down last month as anticipated.<\/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-feb-2026\/\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1222\" height=\"745\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dealstreetasia.com\/dealsbarometer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-16-194913.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-5667\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dealstreetasia.com\/dealsbarometer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-16-194913.png 1222w, https:\/\/www.dealstreetasia.com\/dealsbarometer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-16-194913-300x183.png 300w, https:\/\/www.dealstreetasia.com\/dealsbarometer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-16-194913-1024x624.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.dealstreetasia.com\/dealsbarometer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-16-194913-768x468.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1222px) 100vw, 1222px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dealstreetasia.com\/dealsbarometer\/report-india-feb-2026\/\">India Deals Barometer Report: Startup funding doubles to $2.2b in Feb on Neysa\u2019s megadeal<\/a><\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Indian startup funding surged in February, driven by the billion-dollar raise of AI infrastructure startup Neysa, which accounted for half of the month\u2019s total.<\/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: Startup funding plunges 94% in Feb By Mars W. Mosqueda Jr. 11 March, 2026 Startup funding in Southeast Asia fell sharply in February 2026, reversing previous month\u2019s surge driven by a single multibillion-dollar data centre investment, even as the number of deals ticked up modestly. 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