Top 19 investors in Eastern Asia that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Retail industry over the recent years

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 3 years. They are actively investing in Retail industry.

Amount of funding rounds in Retail is 20, which is 1.7% of the total amount of Seed rounds in Eastern Asia over the last 3 years.

Top 19 investors in Eastern Asia that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Retail 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 16 funds. There are also funds from Japan and South Korea. There is an equal amount of VCs in Hong Kong Island and Beijing which host 5 funds each. There are also funds from Shanghai and Tokyo. VCs tend to invest in startups from China, but also invest in startups from The United States, Japan, and The United Kingdom. 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 Banking. They also invest in Manufacturing, Transportation and Telecommunications.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2002 and the newest one in 2017. In 2011 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2000 to 2019. For some funds, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12, 24 or in 2. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 4, the maximum is 424. Average number of funding rounds is 73.6 while median is 26.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 20. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 112. Average amount of lead investments is 24.7 while median is 9.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 1. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -32.9 and 24.83 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 1.93 and the median is 4.0. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 16.5.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 2 – 3 investors. Less often in rounds with 1 – 2, 4 – 5 or 6 – 7 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 50 – 100 million, 100-500 million and 100 thousands – 1 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 4.85 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.64 and median is 0.22. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.