Top 9 investors in Eastern Asia that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in IT Infrastructure industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 9 investors according to the total amount of 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 IT Infrastructure industry.

Amount of Seed funding rounds is 9, which is 11.8% of the total amount of rounds in the IT Infrastructure industry in Eastern Asia over the last 4 years.

Top 9 investors in Eastern Asia that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in IT Infrastructure 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. The most common city is Tokyo which is home to 4 funds. There are also funds from Beijing, Zhongshan and Hong Kong Island. VCs in the sample invest in Japan and China more often than they do in 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, Social and Manufacturing.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1999 and the newest one in 2018. In 2016 the most amount of funds were founded. 2018 holds the most deals for 6 VCs. 2020, 2019 and 2016 were also fruitful.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 7 – 12 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2 – 6, 24 or in 2. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 1, the maximum is 424. Average number of funding rounds is 101.8 while median is 35.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 112. Average amount of lead investments is 28.0 while median is 4.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -8.35 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 15.21 and the median is 17.68. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
• Typical Rounds – Funds usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors, less often in rounds with 2 – 3 or 4 – 5 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 5 – 10 million, 1 – 5 million and 100 thousands – 1 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 0.33 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.07 and median is 0.04. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.