Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Transportation 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 over the last 5 years. They are actively investing in Transportation industry.
Transportation is about moving people and goods. It includes all modes of transportation, electric and autonomous vehicles, and transportation infrastructure, as well as space travel.

Amount of money raised in Transportation funding rounds is $102.1B, which is 13.3% of the total amount of money raised in rounds in Eastern Asia over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Transportation industry 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. There is an equal amount of VCs in Beijing and Tokyo which host 6 funds each. There are also funds from Hong Kong Island and Shanghai. 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, Transportation and Banking.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1953 and the newest one in 2017. In 2005 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2013 to 2021. For some funds, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2008 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2018 became the year with the most successful exits.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2 – 6. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 3, the maximum is 620. Average number of funding rounds is 169.8 while median is 108.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 204. Average amount of lead investments is 42.6 while median is 20.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 7. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -37.67 and 25.22 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -1.52 and the median is -1.14. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is -4.33.
• Typical Rounds – Early and Late stages are more common for funds in the sample. Seed and Private Equity stages are less common. VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 4 – 5 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 225500000.0 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 11868421.34 and median is 0.17. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.