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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 3 years. They are actively investing in Gaming industry. Gaming is about development, marketing, and monetization of video games. It includes online and offline games for pc and console and eSports.

Amount of funding rounds in Gaming is 108, which is 3.2% of the total amount of Early rounds in Eastern Asia over the last 3 years.

Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Gaming industry over the recent years
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Key takeaways

  • Funds Geography - The most common country among the top VCs is China which hosts 12 funds. There are also funds from South Korea and Japan. The most common city is Beijing which is home to 7 funds. There are also funds from Tokyo, Xuhui and Seoul. VCs tend to invest in startups from China, but also invest in startups from The United States, South Korea, and Japan. 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 Entertainment, Autonomous Vehicles and Gamification.
  • Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1977 and the newest one in 2016. In 2008 the most amount of funds were founded. 2018 holds the most deals for 11 VCs. 2019, 2017 and 2020 were also fruitful. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2009 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2018 became the year with the most successful exits.
  • Investments - Funds equally often participate in 2 and 7 - 12 funding rounds per year. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 35, the maximum is 527. Average number of funding rounds is 171.8 while median is 140.5. 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 123. Average amount of lead investments is 32.0 while median is 24.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 4. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -21.3 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 8.43 and the median is 7.84. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
  • Typical Rounds - Funds participate in rounds with 4 - 5 or 3 - 4 investors The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 10 - 50 million. Less common range is 100-500 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 21.57 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 2.8 and median is 0.94. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.