Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Software 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 Software industry.
Software develops, maintains, and publishes software used by people and companies. It includes internet and consumer software, operating systems, and desktop apps, as well as gamification, automation, and SaaS.

Amount of funding rounds in Software is 1381, which is 21.8% of the total amount of Early rounds in Eastern Asia over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Software 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. The most common city is Beijing which is home to 8 funds. There are also funds from Tokyo, Shanghai and Wangjing. These VCs tend to invest in startups from China, but also invest in startups from Japan and The United States. 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 Autonomous Vehicles, Gamification and Entertainment.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1977 and the newest one in 2016. In 1999 the most amount of funds were founded. 2018 holds the most deals for 11 VCs. 2019, 2017 and 2014 were also fruitful. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2009 and 2020 years. For some funds, 2018 became the year with the most successful exits.
• Investments – Funds equally often participate in 2 and 7 – 12 funding rounds per year. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 35, the maximum is 687. Average number of funding rounds is 270.4 while median is 242.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 4 and maximum is 204. Average amount of lead investments is 58.6 while median is 43.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 4. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -21.3 and 27.41 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 5.95 and the median is 5.19. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Funds usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 or 4 – 5 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 10 – 50 million. Less common range is 100-500 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 6.35 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 1.92 and median is 0.94. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.