Hot or not: What SEA investors are betting on and what they’re ignoring

There’s a bit of a herd mentality with VCs – insert the many memes about investors abandoning crypto in droves in favor of AI.

On a more serious note, VC funding can be a leading indicator of where in the tech industry we’re going to see more spending and jobs. After all, before money is spent, it needs to hit the bank account.

The charts in this article show where VC money in Southeast Asia is being channeled toward, comparing deals in the past six months against the same period in the previous year.

We’ve excluded M&As and IPOs from the charts.