Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Enterprise 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 2 years. They are actively investing in Enterprise industry.
Enterprise industry supports every aspect of running a large-scale business. It includes project and product management, enterprise software, and data mining, as well as supply chain management, customer relations, and billing.

Amount of funding rounds in Enterprise is 198, which is 10.9% of the total amount of Early rounds in Eastern Asia over the last 2 years.

Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Enterprise industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The majority of VCs are located in China while others are in Japan. The most common city is Beijing which is home to 10 funds. There are also funds from Xuhui, Tokyo and Shanghai. There are 2 countries that funds tend to invest in: China and Japan with the majority investing in China. The country of the funds’ establishment and the country of their most frequent investments coincide for all the funds.
• Industry Focus – The funds’ most common field for investments is Finance. They also invest in Enterprise Software, Gamification and Consumer.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1977 and the newest one in 2017. In 2006 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2014 to 2020. For some funds, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2009 and 2020 years. For some funds, 2018 became the year with the most successful exits.
• Investments – Funds equally often participate in 7 – 12 and 13 – 24 funding rounds per year. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 29, the maximum is 687. Average number of funding rounds is 243.2 while median is 184.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 204. Average amount of lead investments is 54.8 while median is 44.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 23. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -11.97 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 5.93 and the median is 3.65. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Funds usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 or 2 – 3 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 100-500 million. Less common range is 10 – 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 20.11 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 3.06 and median is 1.95. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.