Top 15 investors in Eastern Asia with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Retail industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 15 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 Retail industry.
Retail is how producers of goods and services get their products to the consumer. It includes online and offline retail, shopping and vending, and retail technology.

Amount of money raised in Seed funding rounds is $20.0B, which is 44.0% of the total amount of money raised in the Retail industry in Eastern Asia over the last 3 years.

Top 15 investors in Eastern Asia with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Retail 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 Beijing which is home to 4 funds. There are also funds from Shanghai, Hong Kong Island and Tokyo. VCs in the sample usually invest in The United States and China. They also invest in Japan 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 Manufacturing, Telecommunications and Industrial.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2002 and the newest one in 2014. In 2010 the most amount of funds were founded. 2018 holds the most deals for 7 VCs. 2019, 2015 and 2016 were also fruitful. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2011 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2021 became the year with the most successful exits.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 7 – 12 and in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 5, the maximum is 687. Average number of funding rounds is 224.6 while median is 165.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 204. Average amount of lead investments is 43.4 while median is 25.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 1. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -11.97 and 28.58 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 7.68 and the median is 9.0. 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 1 – 2 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. 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 2.26 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.38 and median is 0.08. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.