Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia that took part in the most funding rounds in Location Based Services industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 20 investors according to the total amount of funding rounds. These are VC funds and corporate investors in Eastern Asia that have invested over the last 4 years. They are actively investing in Location Based Services industry.

Amount of funding rounds in Location Based Services is 76, which is 0.9% of the total amount of rounds in Eastern Asia over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia that took part in the most funding rounds in Location Based Services industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The majority of VCs are located either in China or Japan. There are also funds from South Korea. The most common city is Tokyo which is home to 9 funds. There are also funds from Shanghai, Beijing and Hong Kong Island. VCs tend to invest in startups from China, but also invest in startups from The United States, Japan, and Panama. For half 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 Consumer, EdTech and Social Network.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1858 and the newest one in 2016. In 2015 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2013 to 2020. For some funds, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Funds equally often participate in 7 – 12, 2 – 6, and 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 13 – 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 2, the maximum is 195. Average number of funding rounds is 78.7 while median is 82.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 2. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 75. Average amount of lead investments is 25.0 while median is 16.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 1. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -17.99 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 2.06 and the median is -1.17. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 13.62.
• Typical Rounds – The most common investment stage for funds in the sample is Early stage. Late, Seed and Private Equity stages are less common. Funding rounds with these VCs have 4 – 5, 3 – 4 or 2 – 3 investors more often than 5 – 6 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 10 – 50 million, 50 – 100 million and 5 – 10 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 1.6 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.21 and median is 0.06. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.