Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Sales 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 2 years. They are actively investing in Sales industry.
Sales is about finding, contacting, and communicating with potential buyers. It includes lead generation and management, sales automation, and CRM, as well as direct sales.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in Eastern Asia is $4.8B, which is 8.2% of the total amount of money raised in the Sales industry over the last 2 years.

Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Sales 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. The most common city is Beijing which is home to 6 funds. There are also funds from Shanghai, Hong Kong Island and Tokyo. VCs tend to invest in startups from China, but also invest in startups from Japan, The United States, and Israel. 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 Business Development, Banking and Telecommunications.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1918 and the newest one in 2017. In 2005 the most amount of funds were founded. 2018 holds the most deals for 8 VCs. 2019, 2020 and 2017 were also fruitful. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2014 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 2, the maximum is 620. Average number of funding rounds is 147.8 while median is 62.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 238. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 204. Average amount of lead investments is 34.8 while median is 15.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 2. 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 2.28 and the median is 0.41. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – The most common investment stage for funds in the sample is Early stage. Late, 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. VCs in the sample have an average round size of 50 – 100 million and 10 – 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 14.63 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 2.44 and median is 0.5. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.