Top 12 investors in Eastern Asia with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Cloud Computing industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 12 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 4 years. They are actively investing in Cloud Computing industry.

Amount of money raised in Seed funding rounds is $65.6M, which is 0.8% of the total amount of money raised in the Cloud Computing industry in Eastern Asia over the last 4 years.

Top 12 investors in Eastern Asia with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Cloud Computing industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The majority of VCs are located either in Japan or China. There are also funds from South Korea. The most common city is Tokyo which is home to 6 funds. There are also funds from Xuhui, Wangjing and Shanghai. VCs in the sample usually invest in Japan and China. They also invest in The United States and India. 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 Gamification, Telecommunications and Social Network.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1983 and the newest one in 2016. In 2008 the most amount of funds were founded. 2018 holds the most deals for 6 VCs. 2019, 2015 and 2020 were also fruitful.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 13 – 24 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2 – 6, 24 or in 7 – 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 12, the maximum is 424. Average number of funding rounds is 122.8 while median is 100.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 54. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 112. Average amount of lead investments is 42.8 while median is 41.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 42. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -12.45 and 20.67 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 1.74 and the median is -1.11. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Funds usually participate in rounds with 2 – 3 investors, less often in rounds with 3 – 4 or 1 – 2 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 100 thousands – 1 million, 10 – 50 million and 50 – 100 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 0.8 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.18 and median is 0.08. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.