Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia that took part in the most Seed 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 Seed stage over the last 5 years. They are actively investing in Mobile industry.
Mobile industry includes mobile payments, mobile apps, and app discovery.

Amount of funding rounds in Mobile is 240, which is 7.3% of the total amount of Seed rounds in Eastern Asia over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia that took part in the most Seed 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 10 funds. There are also funds from Japan and South Korea. The most common city is Tokyo which is home to 5 funds. There are also funds from Shanghai, Hong Kong Island and Seoul. 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 Autonomous Vehicles, Gamification and Telecommunications.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1981 and the newest one in 2017. In 2016 the most amount of funds were founded. 2018 holds the most deals for 9 VCs. 2019, 2017 and 2016 were also fruitful. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2009 and 2020 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 9, the maximum is 687. Average number of funding rounds is 166.8 while median is 124.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 29. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 113. Average amount of lead investments is 26.2 while median is 3.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 1. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -8.25 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 16.02 and the median is 18.06. 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. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 100 thousands – 1 million. Less common range is 10 – 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 347.28 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 20.41 and median is 0.17. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.