Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Banking 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 in Early stage over the last 3 years. They are actively investing in Banking industry.
Banking handles cash, credit, and other financial transactions. It includes lending and credit, banking institutions, debit cards, and transaction processing.

Amount of money raised in Banking funding rounds is $1.7B, which is 1.4% of the total amount of money raised in Early rounds in Eastern Asia over the last 3 years.

Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Banking 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 14 funds. There are also funds from Japan and South Korea. The most common city is Hong Kong Island which is home to 4 funds. There are also funds from Tokyo, Beijing and Xuhui. VCs tend to invest in startups from China, but also invest in startups from The United States, The United Kingdom, and South Korea. 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 Finance. They also invest in Enterprise Software, Consumer and Industrial.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1858 and the newest one in 2017. In 2006 the most amount of funds were founded. The two years with the most amount of deals were 2019 and 2018. 2020 and 2016 were less fruitful. 2018 was the peak for successful exits. 2021, 2020, and 2019 are the runner ups.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 7 – 12 and in 2 funding rounds per year. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 2, the maximum is 327. Average number of funding rounds is 118.1 while median is 128.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 2. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 58. Average amount of lead investments is 23.0 while median is 20.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -21.0 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 7.14 and the median is 9.28. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
• Typical Rounds – Funds participate in rounds with 3 – 4 or 4 – 5 investors The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 10 – 50 million. Less common range is 50 – 100 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 225500000.0 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 13264706.39 and median is 0.33. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.