Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Lifestyle 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 Lifestyle industry.
Lifestyle seeks to inspire, guide, and motivate people. It includes wellness and sports, travel and outdoors, and fashion and beauty, as well as nightclub, clothing, art, and family.

Amount of Early funding rounds is 693, which is 44.1% of the total amount of rounds in the Lifestyle industry in Eastern Asia over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Lifestyle 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 11 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 The United States 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 Telecommunications, Mobile/Apps and Medical Service.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1977 and the newest one in 2018. In 2013 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, 2014 became the year with the most successful exits.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 18, the maximum is 687. Average number of funding rounds is 258.4 while median is 239.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 4 and maximum is 204. Average amount of lead investments is 62.4 while median is 50.5. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -21.3 and 25.22 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 2.11 and the median is 2.41. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 2 – 3 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of 10 – 50 million or 100-500 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 9.0 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 2.89 and median is 2.29.