Intro

The top 19 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 2 years. They are actively investing in Civil Engineering industry. Civil Engineering deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the built environment. It includes architecture and construction, green and smart buildings and cities, and home renovation.

Amount of funding rounds in Civil Engineering is 20, which is 2.3% of the total amount of Seed rounds in Eastern Asia over the last 2 years.

Top 19 investors in Eastern Asia that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Civil Engineering industry over the recent years
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Key takeaways

  • Funds Geography - The most common country among the top VCs is China which hosts 10 funds. There are also funds from Japan and South Korea. There is an equal amount of VCs in Tokyo, Shenzhen, Seoul and Beijing which host 3 funds each. VCs tend to invest in startups from China, but also invest in startups from The United States, South Korea, and Japan. 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 Manufacturing, Industrial and Hardware/Electronics.
  • Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1986 and the newest one in 2019. In 2014 the most amount of funds were founded. 2018 holds the most deals for 6 VCs. 2020, 2019 and 2015 were also fruitful. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2011 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2018 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 8, the maximum is 687. Average number of funding rounds is 131.5 while median is 61.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 18. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 113. Average amount of lead investments is 15.7 while median is 3.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 2. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -10.8 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 15.31 and the median is 17.89. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 17.89.
  • Typical Rounds - VCs usually participate in rounds with 2 - 3 investors. Less often in rounds with 3 - 4 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 100 thousands - 1 million. Less common range is 1 - 5 million. 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 2.52 and median is 0.17. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.