Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Marketing 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 Seed stage over the last 3 years. They are actively investing in Marketing industry.
The purpose of Marketing is to communicate companies’ products to consumers. It includes everything advertising and branding, as well as digital marketing and market research.

Amount of money raised in Seed funding rounds is $330.9M, which is 2.4% of the total amount of money raised in the Marketing industry in Eastern Asia over the last 3 years.

Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Marketing industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The most common country among the top VCs is Japan which hosts 14 funds. There are also funds from China and South Korea. The most common city is Tokyo which is home to 11 funds. There are also funds from Fukuoka, Beijing and Yuexiu District. VCs tend to invest in startups from Japan, but also invest in startups from The United States, China, and Indonesia. 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 Entertainment, Autonomous Vehicles and Business Development.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1983 and the newest one in 2018. In 2017 the most amount of funds were founded. 2018 holds the most deals for 8 VCs. 2020, 2019 and 2015 were also fruitful.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 1, the maximum is 687. Average number of funding rounds is 109.2 while median is 45.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 76. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 113. Average amount of lead investments is 18.8 while median is 5.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 3. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -71.0 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 6.13 and the median is 10.81. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 2 – 3 investors. Less often in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common range is 5 – 10 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 200000000.0 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 16772222.31 and median is 0.02. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.