Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Sales 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 3 years. They are actively investing in Sales industry.

Amount of funding rounds in Sales is 29, which is 1.0% 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 Sales 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. There is an equal amount of VCs in Tokyo and Beijing which host 6 funds each. There are also funds from Shanghai and Hong Kong Island. These VCs tend to invest in startups from China, but also invest in startups from Japan and Israel. 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 Banking. They also invest in Enterprise Software, Telecommunications and Manufacturing.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1977 and the newest one in 2018. 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.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 7 – 12 and in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 24 and in 13 – 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 2, the maximum is 285. Average number of funding rounds is 97.9 while median is 93.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 102. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 203. Average amount of lead investments is 41.3 while median is 31.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 8. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -38.44 and 25.38 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -5.5 and the median is -4.61. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Funds participate in rounds with 2 – 3 or 3 – 4 investors more often than in rounds with 4 – 5 or 1 – 2 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 10 – 50 million, 100 thousands – 1 million and 50 – 100 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 0.42 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.12 and median is 0.05. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.