Top 10 investors in Eastern Asia with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Sharing Economy 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 over the last 2 years. They are actively investing in Sharing Economy industry.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in Eastern Asia is $2.7B, which is 23.6% of the total amount of money raised in the Sharing Economy industry over the last 2 years.

Top 10 investors in Eastern Asia with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Sharing Economy 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 7 funds. There are also funds from China and South Korea. The most common city is Tokyo which is home to 6 funds. There are also funds from Seongnam, Osaka and Changyang. These VCs tend to invest in startups from Japan, but also invest in startups from The United States and China. 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 Banking. They also invest in Telecommunications, Real Estate and Information Technology.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1970 and the newest one in 2018. 2019 holds the most deals for 6 VCs. 2020 and 2018 were fruitful for other funds.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12 or in 13 – 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 6, the maximum is 146. Average number of funding rounds is 53.9 while median is 38.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 6. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 75. Average amount of lead investments is 20.5 while median is 13.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 1. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -16.0 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 4.91 and the median is 5.07. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – The most common investment stage for funds in the sample is Early stage. Late, Seed and Private Equity stages are less common. VCs usually participate in rounds with 4 – 5 investors. Less often in rounds with 3 – 4, 2 – 3 or 6 – 7 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 50 – 100 million, 100-500 million and 100 thousands – 1 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 9.81 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 1.1 and median is 0.08. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.