Top 16 investors in Eastern Asia that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Insurance industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 16 investors according to the total amount of 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 Insurance industry.
Insurance develops insurance policies, sells, administrates, and regulates them. It includes life and health insurance, professional and commercial insurance, and property and automotive insurance, as well as re-insurance and insurTech.

Amount of funding rounds in Eastern Asia is 20, which is 3.7% of the total amount of Seed rounds in the Insurance industry over the last 3 years.

Top 16 investors in Eastern Asia that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Insurance industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – All VCs are located either in Japan or China. The most common city is Tokyo which is home to 8 funds. There are also funds from Hong Kong Island, Beijing and Shanghai. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Japan, China, and Kenya. For 7 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 Finance. They also invest in Manufacturing, Autonomous Vehicles and Telecommunications.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1981 and the newest one in 2019. In 2010 the most amount of funds were founded. 2019 holds the most deals for 11 VCs. 2018, 2020 and 2017 were also fruitful.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 and in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 2, the maximum is 433. Average number of funding rounds is 97.5 while median is 47.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 35. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 83. Average amount of lead investments is 12.1 while median is 4.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -71.0 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 9.37 and the median is 17.71. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 2 – 3 investors. Less often in rounds with 5 – 6 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common range is 50 – 100 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 2.26 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.19 and median is 0.0. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.