Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia with the biggest sum of Late funding rounds 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 Late stage over the last 5 years.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in Eastern Asia is $289.0B, which is 15.0% of the total amount of money raised in Late rounds over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia with the biggest sum of Late funding rounds 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 8 funds. There are also funds from Shanghai, Hong Kong Island and Xuhui. There are 2 countries that funds tend to invest in: China and The United States with the majority investing in China. 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, E-Commerce Platforms and Consumer.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1977 and the newest one in 2015. In 2008 the most amount of funds were founded. 2018 holds the most deals for 9 VCs. 2019, 2017 and 2021 were also fruitful. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2008 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2020 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 20, the maximum is 620. Average number of funding rounds is 173.8 while median is 122.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 4 and maximum is 204. Average amount of lead investments is 48.2 while median is 30.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 8. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -13.47 and 19.62 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -1.39 and the median is -2.05. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is -1.77.
• Typical Rounds – 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 more than 1 billion. Less common range is 100-500 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 10.45 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 2.79 and median is 0.94. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.