Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in E-Commerce 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 in Early stage over the last 5 years. They are actively investing in E-Commerce industry.
E-Commerce is about buying and selling goods and services over the internet. It includes online auctions and marketplace, price comparison, and consumer reviews.

Amount of money raised in E-Commerce funding rounds is $22.1B, which is 12.1% of the total amount of money raised in Early rounds in Eastern Asia over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in E-Commerce 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 15 funds. There are also funds from Japan and South Korea. The most common city is Beijing which is home to 7 funds. There are also funds from Tokyo, Hong Kong Island and Shanghai. VCs tend to invest in startups from China, but also invest in startups from Japan, The United States, 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 Business Development, Medical Service and Bio & Nano Technology.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1974 and the newest one in 2015. In 2005 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2008 to 2021. For some funds, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2014 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2017 became the year with the most successful exits.
• Investments – Funds equally often participate in 2 and 7 – 12 funding rounds per year. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 16, the maximum is 687. Average number of funding rounds is 211.8 while median is 162.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 4 and maximum is 204. Average amount of lead investments is 46.0 while median is 27.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 4. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -11.97 and 27.41 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 5.25 and the median is 3.73. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 4 – 5 investors. Less often in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of 100-500 million and 10 – 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 11.0 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 2.92 and median is 1.5. The most common multiplicator value is 0.17.