Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Social Network industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 20 investors according to the total amount of funding rounds. These are VC funds and corporate investors in Eastern Asia that have invested in Early stage over the last 4 years. They are actively investing in Social Network industry.
Social network is for people with similar interests to come together and share information. It includes social shopping and recruiting, social media, and online forums, as well as social network services.

Amount of Early funding rounds is 71, which is 31.1% of the total amount of rounds in the Social Network industry in Eastern Asia over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Social Network 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 11 funds. There are also funds from Japan and South Korea. The most common city is Beijing which is home to 6 funds. There are also funds from Tokyo, Seoul and Shanghai. VCs tend to invest in startups from China, but also invest in startups from The United States, 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 Enterprise Software, E-Commerce Platforms and Gamification.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1858 and the newest one in 2018. In 1983 the most amount of funds were founded. 2018 holds the most deals for 11 VCs. 2020, 2019 and 2017 were also fruitful. 2018 was the peak for successful exits. 2021, 2015, and 2009 are the runner ups.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 7 – 12 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 7, the maximum is 687. Average number of funding rounds is 174.4 while median is 122.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 12. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 116. Average amount of lead investments is 32.4 while median is 13.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 4. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -28.14 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 6.38 and the median is 9.25. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 4 – 5 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of 10 – 50 million or less than 100 thousands. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 143000000.0 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 7526315.95 and median is 0.13. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.