Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia that took part in the most funding rounds in Retail 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 5 years. They are actively investing in Retail industry.

Amount of funding rounds in Retail is 231, which is 2.3% of the total amount of rounds in Eastern Asia over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia that took part in the most funding rounds in Retail 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. There is an equal amount of VCs in Tokyo, Shanghai and Beijing which host 6 funds each. There are also funds from Hong Kong Island. These VCs tend to invest in startups from China, but also invest in startups from Japan and The United States. 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 Telecommunications, Autonomous Vehicles and Manufacturing.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1981 and the newest one in 2017. In 2005 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, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 7 – 12 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 13 – 24, 2 – 6 or in 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 12, the maximum is 424. Average number of funding rounds is 117.4 while median is 105.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 20. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 203. Average amount of lead investments is 45.2 while median is 28.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 4. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -32.9 and 27.24 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -2.07 and the median is -1.87. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is 10.82.
• Typical Rounds – The most common investment stage for funds in the sample is Early stage. Seed, Late and Private Equity stages are less common. VCs usually participate in rounds with 2 – 3 investors. Less often in rounds with 4 – 5, 3 – 4 or 1 – 2 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of less than 100 thousands or 10 – 50 million, more often than 50 – 100 million or 5 – 10 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.01 at minimum and 1.79 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.32 and median is 0.26. The most common multiplicator value is 0.06.