Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Telecommunications 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 2 years. They are actively investing in Telecommunications industry.
Telecommunications is about making communication possible. It includes providing cable and internet services, voice and video chatting, internet and communication software and hardware, as well as wireless technologies and NFC.

Amount of funding rounds in Eastern Asia is 148, which is 8.5% of the total amount of Early rounds in the Telecommunications industry over the last 2 years.

Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Telecommunications industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The majority of VCs are located either in Japan or China. There are also funds from South Korea. The most common city is Tokyo which is home to 7 funds. There are also funds from Beijing, Seoul and Hong Kong Island. VCs tend to invest in startups from China, but also invest in startups from Japan, The United States, and South Korea. 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, Business Development and Enterprise Software.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1977 and the newest one in 2018. In 2008 the most amount of funds were founded. The two years with the most amount of deals were 2018 and 2019. 2020 and 2015 were less fruitful. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2015 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2018 became the year with the most successful exits.
• Investments – Funds equally often participate in 7 – 12 and 2 funding rounds per year. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 35, the maximum is 527. Average number of funding rounds is 203.6 while median is 182.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 116. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 3 and maximum is 123. Average amount of lead investments is 44.0 while median is 27.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 23. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -32.54 and 25.22 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 4.57 and the median is 3.67. 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 347.28 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 23.0 and median is 1.02. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.