Top 12 investors in Eastern Asia with the biggest sum of Late funding rounds in Retail industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 12 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 Late stage over the last 2 years. They are actively investing in Retail industry.

Amount of money raised in Retail funding rounds is $1.3B, which is 2.1% of the total amount of money raised in Late rounds in Eastern Asia over the last 2 years.

Top 12 investors in Eastern Asia with the biggest sum of Late funding rounds in Retail industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The majority of VCs are located in China while others are in Japan. The most common city is Tokyo which is home to 4 funds. There are also funds from Hong Kong Island, Beijing and Shanghai. VCs tend to invest in startups from China, but also invest in startups from The United States, Japan, and India. For 5 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, Manufacturing and Consumer.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1858 and the newest one in 2015. In 2006 the most amount of funds were founded. 2019 holds the most deals for 7 VCs. 2018, 2020 and 2017 were also fruitful.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12, 24 or in 2. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 3, the maximum is 285. Average number of funding rounds is 81.5 while median is 56.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 203. Average amount of lead investments is 34.2 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 -21.9 and 27.24 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -2.75 and the median is -4.17. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is -16.0.
• Typical Rounds – Funds usually participate in rounds with 4 – 5 investors, less often in rounds with 3 – 4 or 2 – 3 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 10 – 50 million. Less common ranges are 100-500 million, less than 100 thousands and 50 – 100 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 4.85 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 1.04 and median is 0.44.