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 over the last 2 years. They are actively investing in Open Source industry.

Amount of money raised in Open Source funding rounds is $1.5B, which is 0.7% of the total amount of money raised in rounds in Eastern Asia over the last 2 years.

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

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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 3 funds. There are also funds from Tokyo, Shanghai and Xuhui. These VCs tend to invest in startups from China, but also invest in startups from The United States and Japan. For 4 funds in the sample, 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 Banking. They also invest in Telecommunications, Gamification and Information Technology.
  • Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1977 and the newest one in 2018. In 2008 the most amount of funds were founded. 2018 holds the most deals for 5 VCs. 2020, 2015 and 2019 were also fruitful.
  • Investments - Usually VCs take part in 13 - 24 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2 - 6, 7 - 12 or in 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 6, the maximum is 276. Average number of funding rounds is 95.4 while median is 80.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 115. Average amount of lead investments is 41.1 while median is 35.5. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -21.0 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -0.49 and the median is -2.13. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
  • Typical Rounds - Funds in the sample usually invest in Early, Seed and Late stages. Private Equity stage is less common. Funds participate in rounds with 3 - 4 or 2 - 3 investors more often than in rounds with 4 - 5 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 10 - 50 million. Less common ranges are 50 - 100 million, less than 100 thousands and 5 - 10 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 1.55 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.38 and median is 0.24.