Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Mobile/Apps industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 20 investors according to the total money raised in the funding rounds. These are VC funds and corporate investors in Eastern Asia that have invested in Seed stage over the last 3 years. They are actively investing in Mobile/Apps industry.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in Eastern Asia is $122.1M, which is 3.8% of the total amount of money raised in the Mobile/Apps industry in Seed rounds over the last 3 years.

Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Mobile/Apps industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The majority of VCs are located in China while others are in Japan. The most common city is Tokyo which is home to 8 funds. There are also funds from Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong Island. VCs in the sample usually invest in China and Japan. They also invest in The United States and Egypt. 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 Information Technology, Enterprise Software and Digital Media.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1991 and the newest one in 2018. In 2010 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, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 13 – 24, 24 or in 7 – 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 3, the maximum is 424. Average number of funding rounds is 93.8 while median is 36.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 3. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 203. Average amount of lead investments is 36.5 while median is 14.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 4. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -28.14 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 3.05 and the median is 6.12. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 10.82.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 2 – 3 investors. Less often in rounds with 4 – 5, 3 – 4 or 6 – 7 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 10 – 50 million, 5 – 10 million and 100 thousands – 1 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 1.79 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.25 and median is 0.1. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.