Top 19 investors in Eastern Asia that took part in the most funding rounds in Art (Auctions) industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 19 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 2 years. They are actively investing in Art (Auctions) industry.

Amount of funding rounds in Eastern Asia is 25, which is 9.6% of the total amount of rounds in the Art (Auctions) industry over the last 2 years.

Top 19 investors in Eastern Asia that took part in the most funding rounds in Art (Auctions) 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 11 funds. There are also funds from Japan and South Korea. There is an equal amount of VCs in Tokyo and Beijing which host 6 funds each. There are also funds from Shanghai and Hong Kong Island. VCs tend to invest in startups from China, but also invest in startups from Japan, The United States, and India. For 9 funds in the sample, 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 E-Commerce Platforms, Content and Manufacturing.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1858 and the newest one in 2018. In 2016 the most amount of funds were founded. The two years with the most amount of deals were 2019 and 2018. 2017 and 2020 were less fruitful.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12, 13 – 24 or in 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 5, the maximum is 212. Average number of funding rounds is 75.0 while median is 65.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 90. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 4 and maximum is 99. Average amount of lead investments is 30.9 while median is 24.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 4. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -51.0 and 14.42 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -5.14 and the median is -2.33. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – The most common investment stage for funds in the sample is Early stage. Seed, Late and Private Equity stages are less common. Funds usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors, less often in rounds with 4 – 5 or 2 – 3 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 100 thousands – 1 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 2.81 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.29 and median is 0.08. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.