Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia that took part in the most Late funding rounds in Autonomous Vehicles 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 in Late stage over the last 4 years. They are actively investing in Autonomous Vehicles industry.

Amount of Late funding rounds is 85, which is 11.4% of the total amount of rounds in the Autonomous Vehicles industry in Eastern Asia over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia that took part in the most Late funding rounds in Autonomous Vehicles industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The most common country among the top VCs is China which hosts 17 funds. There are also funds from South Korea and Japan. There is an equal amount of VCs in Hong Kong Island and Beijing which host 4 funds each. There are also funds from Shanghai and Zhongshan. These VCs tend to invest in startups from China, but also invest in startups from The United States and Japan. 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 Transportation, Enterprise Software and Consumer.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1953 and the newest one in 2016. In 2008 the most amount of funds were founded. 2018 holds the most deals for 9 VCs. 2019, 2020 and 2016 were also fruitful.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2, 13 – 24 or in 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 2, the maximum is 424. Average number of funding rounds is 87.4 while median is 31.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 2. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 203. Average amount of lead investments is 37.1 while median is 16.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 2. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -37.67 and 21.31 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -7.07 and the median is -3.36. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is 4.0.
• Typical Rounds – Funds participate in rounds with 4 – 5 or 2 – 3 investors more often than in rounds with 3 – 4 or 6 – 7 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 10 – 50 million. Less common ranges are 100-500 million, less than 100 thousands and 500 million – 1 billion. 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 0.46 and median is 0.3. The most common multiplicator value is 0.3.