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Top 12 investors in Eastern Asia with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Software Engineering industry over the recent years

Top 12 investors in Eastern Asia with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Software Engineering industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 12 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 2 years. They are actively investing in Software Engineering industry.
Software engineering is application of a systematic, disciplined, quantifiable approach to the development, operation, and maintenance of software. it includes software development applications, web development, and quantum computing, as well as quality assurance, iOS, and Android.

Amount of money raised in Software Engineering funding rounds is $93.6M, which is 1.8% of the total amount of money raised in Seed rounds in Eastern Asia over the last 2 years.

Top 12 investors in Eastern Asia with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Software Engineering industry over the recent years
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Key takeaways

  • Funds Geography – The most common country among the top VCs is Japan which hosts 8 funds. There are also funds from China and South Korea. The most common city is Tokyo which is home to 8 funds. There are also funds from Shanghai, Seoul and Hong Kong Island. VCs tend to invest in startups from Japan, but also invest in startups from The United States, Kenya, and India. For half 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 Gamification, Business Development and Bio & Nano Technology.
  • Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1983 and the newest one in 2019. In 2017 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2014 to 2021. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals.
  • 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 5, the maximum is 252. Average number of funding rounds is 85.6 while median is 31.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 57. Average amount of lead investments is 9.5 while median is 3.5. 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 16.16 and the median is 20.5. 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 4 – 5 or 2 – 3 investors The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common range is 100 thousands – 1 million. The most common average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation for funds in the sample is 0.0. 200000000.0, 0.7 and 0.11 are less common.
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