Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Artificial Intelligence industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 20 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 4 years. They are actively investing in Artificial Intelligence industry.

Amount of funding rounds in Eastern Asia is 231, which is 12.7% of the total amount of Early rounds in the Artificial Intelligence industry over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Artificial Intelligence 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 13 funds. There are also funds from Japan and South Korea. The most common city is Beijing which is home to 8 funds. There are also funds from Tokyo, Shanghai and Seoul. These VCs tend to invest in startups from China, but also invest in startups from The United States and Japan. For 8 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, Location Based Services and Enterprise Software.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1977 and the newest one in 2017. In 1999 the most amount of funds were founded. 2018 holds the most deals for 14 VCs. 2019, 2017 and 2014 were also fruitful.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 7 – 12 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 13 – 24, 24 or in 2 – 6. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 21, the maximum is 424. Average number of funding rounds is 133.8 while median is 105.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 4 and maximum is 203. Average amount of lead investments is 51.8 while median is 38.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 42. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -38.44 and 27.24 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -4.72 and the median is -1.86. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 2 – 3 investors. Less often in rounds with 4 – 5, 3 – 4 or 1 – 2 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 10 – 50 million. Less common ranges are less than 100 thousands, 100 thousands – 1 million and 50 – 100 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 1.28 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.27 and median is 0.18. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.