Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Security 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 4 years. They are actively investing in Security industry.

Amount of funding rounds in Eastern Asia is 82, which is 7.2% of the total amount of Early rounds in the Security industry over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Security 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 Zhongshan. These VCs tend to invest in startups from China, but also invest in startups from The United States and Japan. For half 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 Manufacturing, Enterprise Software and Autonomous Vehicles.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1977 and the newest one in 2016. In 2006 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2007 to 2020. For some funds, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12, 24 or in 13 – 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 3, the maximum is 424. Average number of funding rounds is 113.8 while median is 90.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 3. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 203. Average amount of lead investments is 45.6 while median is 27.0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -21.9 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 1.12 and the median is 1.77. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Funds usually participate in rounds with 2 – 3 investors, less often in rounds with 3 – 4 or 4 – 5 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 10 – 50 million, 5 – 10 million and 100 thousands – 1 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 1.39 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.25 and median is 0.15. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.