Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Legal 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 Legal industry.
Legal deals with law and provides law-related services. It includes compliance, blockchain, intellectual property, e-signature, and legal tech.

Amount of Early funding rounds is 37, which is 42.0% of the total amount of rounds in the Legal industry in Eastern Asia over the last 2 years.

Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Legal 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 10 funds. There are also funds from Japan and South Korea. The most common city is Hong Kong Island which is home to 6 funds. There are also funds from Tokyo, Shanghai and Seoul. VCs in the sample invest in Japan, China and The United States more often than they do in South Korea. 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 Gamification, Telecommunications and Legal.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1983 and the newest one in 2019. In 1999 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2014 to 2021. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2009 and 2021 years.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 1, the maximum is 620. Average number of funding rounds is 110.0 while median is 55.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 31. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 204. Average amount of lead investments is 21.3 while median is 5.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 1. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -28.14 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 11.95 and the median is 19.78. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 4 – 5 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common range is 100 thousands – 1 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 143000000.0 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 7526315.98 and median is 0.05. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.