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 5 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 729, which is 11.5% of the total amount of Early rounds in Eastern Asia over the last 5 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 most common country among the top VCs is China which hosts 17 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 Shanghai, Tokyo and Wangjing. These VCs tend to invest in startups from China, but also invest in startups from Japan and The United States. 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 Enterprise Software, Gamification and E-Commerce Platforms.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1977 and the newest one in 2014. In 2006 the most amount of funds were founded. 2018 holds the most deals for 14 VCs. 2019, 2020 and 2014 were also fruitful. 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 – Usually VCs take part in 13 – 24 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 98, the maximum is 687. Average number of funding rounds is 277.6 while median is 240.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 240. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 204. Average amount of lead investments is 59.8 while median is 46.5. 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 7.93 and the median is 6.64. 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 63.55 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 5.1 and median is 2.11. The most common multiplicator value is 2.28.