Top 10 investors in Eastern Asia with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Energy industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 10 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 2 years. They are actively investing in Energy industry.
Energy sector is about production, management, and distribution of energy. It includes utilities, power grid, and nuclear and clean energy.

Amount of money raised in Early funding rounds is $192.4M, which is 5.0% of the total amount of money raised in the Energy industry in Eastern Asia over the last 2 years.

Top 10 investors in Eastern Asia with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Energy industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The most common country among the top VCs is Japan which hosts 6 funds. There are also funds from South Korea and China. The most common city is Tokyo which is home to 5 funds. There are also funds from Hong Kong Island, Shinagawa and Seongnam. VCs tend to invest in startups from Japan, but also invest in startups from The United States, South Korea, and Indonesia. 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 Industrial, Consumer and Business Development.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1858 and the newest one in 2015. In 1858 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2015 to 2020. For some funds, 2020 was the year with the most amount of deals. 2018 was the peak year for successful exits. 2016 and 2020 are the runner ups.
• 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 3, the maximum is 327. Average number of funding rounds is 106.0 while median is 48.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 73. Average amount of lead investments is 15.7 while median is 5.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 5. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -21.3 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 10.37 and the median is 17.22. 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 4 – 5 investors. Less often in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common range is 100-500 million. The most common average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation for funds in the sample is 0.0. 6.35, 0.77 and 0.53 are less common.