Top 18 investors in Eastern Asia that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Energy industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 18 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 Energy industry.
Energy sector is about production, management, and distribution of energy. It includes utilities, power grid, and nuclear and clean energy.

Amount of funding rounds in Eastern Asia is 30, which is 5.7% of the total amount of Seed rounds in the Energy industry over the last 3 years.

Top 18 investors in Eastern Asia that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Energy 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 11 funds. There are also funds from Japan and South Korea. The most common city is Beijing which is home to 4 funds. There are also funds from Tokyo, Shenzhen and Seoul. VCs tend to invest in startups from China, but also invest in startups from Japan, The United States, and South Korea. 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 Gamification, Manufacturing and Hardware/Electronics.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2004 and the newest one in 2016. In 2011 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2015 to 2020. For some funds, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2011 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2020 became the year with the most successful exits.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 5, the maximum is 687. Average number of funding rounds is 125.7 while median is 53.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 32. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 113. Average amount of lead investments is 16.7 while median is 8.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 3. 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 8.71 and the median is 7.57. 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 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of 100 thousands – 1 million and less than 100 thousands. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 19.05 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 1.32 and median is close to zero. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.