Top 14 investors in Eastern Asia that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in GreenTech industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 14 investors according to the total amount of funding rounds. These are VC funds and corporate investors in Eastern Asia that have invested in Seed stage over the last 5 years. They are actively investing in GreenTech industry.
GreenTech relates to products or services that improve operational performance while also reducing costs, energy consumption, waste, or negative effects on the environment. It includes recycling and waste management, CleanTech, and environmental engineering.

Amount of Seed funding rounds is 27, which is 35.5% of the total amount of rounds in the GreenTech industry in Eastern Asia over the last 5 years.

Top 14 investors in Eastern Asia that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in GreenTech industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The majority of VCs are located either in China or Japan. There are also funds from South Korea. The most common city is Tokyo which is home to 4 funds. There are also funds from Beijing, Hong Kong Island and Shenzhen. VCs in the sample invest in China, The United States and Japan more often than they do in 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 Manufacturing, Hardware/Electronics and Telecommunications.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1981 and the newest one in 2016. In 2011 the most amount of funds were founded. 2018 holds the most deals for 7 VCs. 2019, 2017 and 2014 were also fruitful. 2020 was the peak for successful exits. 2019, 2018, and 2017 are the runner ups.
• 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 5, the maximum is 687. Average number of funding rounds is 155.7 while median is 109.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 113. Average amount of lead investments is 25.1 while median is 7.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 1. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -20.18 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 7.52 and the median is 7.89. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 2 – 3 investors. Less often in rounds with 1 – 2 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of less than 100 thousands or 10 – 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 19.05 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 2.5 and median is 0.17. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.