Top 13 investors in Eastern Asia with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Hospitality industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 13 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 3 years. They are actively investing in Hospitality industry.
Hospitality includes lodging, food and drink service, and tourism. It includes hotels and leisure, resorts, and restaurants.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in Eastern Asia is $57.1M, which is 7.1% of the total amount of money raised in the Hospitality industry in Seed rounds over the last 3 years.

Top 13 investors in Eastern Asia with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Hospitality industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The majority of VCs are located in Japan while others are in China. The most common city is Tokyo which is home to 7 funds. There are also funds from Hong Kong Island, Shenzhen and Futian District. VCs tend to invest in startups from Japan, but also invest in startups from The United States, China, and India. 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 Telecommunications, Art (Auctions) and Social Network.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1981 and the newest one in 2018. In 2010 the most amount of funds were founded. 2019 holds the most deals for 7 VCs. 2018, 2016 and 2015 were also fruitful.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2 – 6. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 4, the maximum is 433. Average number of funding rounds is 150.2 while median is 90.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 101. Average amount of lead investments is 26.5 while median is 8.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -6.83 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 13.14 and the median is 12.33. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
• Typical Rounds – Funds usually participate in rounds with 2 – 3 or 3 – 4 investors. The most common average round size for these funds is less than 100 thousands. Other common range is 100 thousands – 1 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 0.35 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.07 and median is 0.01. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.