Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Digital Media 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 Digital Media industry.

Amount of funding rounds in Eastern Asia is 75, which is 15.2% of the total amount of Early rounds in the Digital Media industry over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Digital Media 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 14 funds. There are also funds from South Korea and Japan. There is an equal amount of VCs in Shanghai and Hong Kong Island which host 5 funds each. There are also funds from Tokyo and Seongnam. VCs tend to invest in startups from China, but also invest in startups from The United States, Japan, and India. 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 Information Technology, Enterprise Software and E-Commerce Platforms.
• 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 8 VCs. 2017, 2019 and 2014 were also fruitful.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12, 24 or in 13 – 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 9, the maximum is 285. Average number of funding rounds is 99.9 while median is 82.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 38. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 203. Average amount of lead investments is 46.7 while median is 31.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 4. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -32.9 and 23.44 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -6.55 and the median is -6.5. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Funds participate in rounds with 3 – 4 or 2 – 3 investors more often than in rounds with 4 – 5 or 1 – 2 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of less than 100 thousands or 10 – 50 million, more often than 50 – 100 million or 100-500 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 0.45 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.18 and median is 0.14. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.