Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Industrial field 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 5 years. They are actively investing in Industrial field.
Industrial field relates to production of supplies, equipment, and machinery that are used to produce other goods rather than sold directly to consumers. It includes manufacturing, mining, and chemical engineering, as well as animal husbandry and geospatial services.

Amount of money raised in Early funding rounds is $26.4B, which is 28.9% of the total amount of money raised in the Industrial field in Eastern Asia over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Industrial field over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The majority of VCs are located in China while others are in Japan. The most common city is Tokyo which is home to 8 funds. There are also funds from Beijing, Hong Kong Island and Xuhui. 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 Finance. They also invest in Telecommunications, Gamification and Enterprise Software.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1858 and the newest one in 2017. In 2017 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2013 to 2020. For some funds, 2020 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2006 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2019 became the year with the most successful exits.
• 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 3, the maximum is 358. Average number of funding rounds is 120.0 while median is 91.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 98. Average amount of lead investments is 28.2 while median is 13.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 4. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -20.18 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 1.73 and the median is 1.45. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is -4.33.
• Typical Rounds – Funds participate in rounds with 4 – 5 or 3 – 4 investors The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common range is 10 – 50 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 22394737.06 and median is 0.16. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.