Top 15 investors in Eastern Asia that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Consumer Software industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 15 investors according to the total amount of funding rounds. These are VC funds and corporate investors in Eastern Asia that have invested in Early stage over the last 5 years. They are actively investing in Consumer Software industry.

Amount of funding rounds in Consumer Software is 20, which is 0.4% of the total amount of Early rounds in Eastern Asia over the last 5 years.

Top 15 investors in Eastern Asia that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Consumer Software industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The most common country among the top VCs is China which hosts 7 funds. There are also funds from Japan and South Korea. There is an equal amount of VCs in Tokyo and Beijing which host 4 funds each. There are also funds from Seoul and Hong Kong Island. These VCs tend to invest in startups from China, but also invest in startups from Japan and 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 Information Technology, Autonomous Vehicles and Retail.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1977 and the newest one in 2015. In 1999 the most amount of funds were founded. 2018 holds the most deals for 8 VCs. 2019, 2017 and 2015 were also fruitful.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 7 – 12 and in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 24 and in 13 – 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 4, the maximum is 424. Average number of funding rounds is 121.7 while median is 99.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 115. Average amount of lead investments is 39.9 while median is 25.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 39. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -21.3 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 4.12 and the median is 4.68. 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 3 – 4, 4 – 5 or 1 – 2 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 10 – 50 million, 1 – 5 million and 50 – 100 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 0.42 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.13 and median is 0.06. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.