Top 11 investors in Eastern Asia with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Healthcare industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 11 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 Seed stage over the last 2 years. They are actively investing in Healthcare industry.

Amount of money raised in Healthcare funding rounds is $125.8M, which is 2.6% of the total amount of money raised in Seed rounds in Eastern Asia over the last 2 years.

Top 11 investors in Eastern Asia with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Healthcare industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The majority of VCs are located either in Japan or China. There are also funds from South Korea. The most common city is Tokyo which is home to 5 funds. There are also funds from Beijing, Seoul and Shanghai. VCs in the sample invest in Japan and China more often than they do in The United States. 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 EdTech, Analytics and Information Technology.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1977 and the newest one in 2016. In 2016 the most amount of funds were founded. 2018 holds the most deals for 6 VCs. 2015, 2019 and 2017 were also fruitful.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 7 – 12 and in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 24 and in 2. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 5, the maximum is 424. Average number of funding rounds is 100.6 while median is 54.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 115. Average amount of lead investments is 33.3 while median is 18.0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -27.25 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 4.11 and the median is 0.43. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 2 – 3 investors. Less often in rounds with 4 – 5, 5 – 6 or 3 – 4 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 100 thousands – 1 million, 5 – 10 million and 10 – 50 million. The most common average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation for funds in the sample is 0.0. 0.33, 0.24 and 0.2 are less common.