Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia that took part in the most Late funding rounds in Mobile 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 Late stage over the last 3 years. They are actively investing in Mobile industry.
Mobile industry includes mobile payments, mobile apps, and app discovery.

Amount of funding rounds in Eastern Asia is 162, which is 11.7% of the total amount of Late rounds in the Mobile industry over the last 3 years.

Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia that took part in the most Late funding rounds in Mobile 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 13 funds. There are also funds from Japan and South Korea. The most common city is Tokyo which is home to 6 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, Business Development and Gamification.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1977 and the newest one in 2014. In 2008 the most amount of funds were founded. 2019 holds the most deals for 9 VCs. 2018, 2020 and 2021 were also fruitful. 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 7 – 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 20, the maximum is 527. Average number of funding rounds is 188.9 while median is 179.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 3 and maximum is 123. Average amount of lead investments is 35.8 while median is 28.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 4. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -13.11 and 27.41 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 7.29 and the median is 5.19. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Funds participate in rounds with 4 – 5 or 3 – 4 investors The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 10 – 50 million. Less common range is more than 1 billion. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 8.68 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 2.31 and median is 0.8. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.