Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Social 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 Social industry.
Social is about solving cultural and social issues. It includes public safety, government, politics, religion, and LGBT.

Amount of Early funding rounds is 113, which is 44.0% of the total amount of rounds in the Social industry in Eastern Asia over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Social 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 14 funds. There are also funds from Japan and South Korea. There is an equal amount of VCs in Beijing and Tokyo which host 6 funds each. There are also funds from Shanghai and Hangzhou. 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 Gamification, Business Development and Telecommunications.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1977 and the newest one in 2015. In 2010 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2014 to 2019. For some funds, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2005 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2018 became the year with the most successful exits.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 7 – 12 and in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 13, the maximum is 687. Average number of funding rounds is 196.8 while median is 123.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 13. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 2 and maximum is 204. Average amount of lead investments is 41.2 while median is 20.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 2. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -21.3 and 25.95 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 6.91 and the median is 9.79. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 13.62.
• 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 less than 100 thousands or 10 – 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 0.7 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.18 and median is 0.14. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.