Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Insurance industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 20 investors according to the total money raised in the 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 Insurance industry.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in Eastern Asia is $3.1B, which is 10.5% of the total amount of money raised in the Insurance industry over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Insurance 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 12 funds. There are also funds from Japan and South Korea. The most common city is Tokyo which is home to 6 funds. There are also funds from Shanghai, Beijing and 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, Gamification and Social Network.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1858 and the newest one in 2016. In 2013 the most amount of funds were founded. The two years with the most amount of deals were 2019 and 2018. 2020 and 2015 were less fruitful.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 13 – 24, 7 – 12 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 101.8 while median is 87.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 111. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 115. Average amount of lead investments is 35.6 while median is 24.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 25. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -21.3 and 25.38 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -1.93 and the median is -2.17. 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. Late, Seed and Private Equity stages are less common. Funding rounds with these VCs have 4 – 5, 3 – 4 or 2 – 3 investors more often than 7 – 8 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 10 – 50 million. Less common ranges are 50 – 100 million, less than 100 thousands and 100 thousands – 1 million. 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 0.31 and median is 0.22. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.