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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 over the last 2 years. They are actively investing in Artificial Intelligence industry.

Amount of funding rounds in Artificial Intelligence is 162, which is 5.1% of the total amount of rounds in Eastern Asia over the last 2 years.

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

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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 Tokyo which is home to 4 funds. There are also funds from Shanghai, Hong Kong Island and Beijing. VCs tend to invest in startups from China, but also invest in startups from The United States, Japan, and Panama. 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 E-Commerce Platforms.
  • Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1998 and the newest one in 2017. In 1999 the most amount of funds were founded. 2018 holds the most deals for 10 VCs. 2019, 2017 and 2020 were also fruitful.
  • Investments - Usually VCs take part in 2 - 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 13 - 24 or in 7 - 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 11, the maximum is 195. Average number of funding rounds is 75.2 while median is 68.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 11. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 90. Average amount of lead investments is 29.7 while median is 23.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 6. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -24.85 and 21.31 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -1.68 and the median is -1.86. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
  • Typical Rounds - The most common investment stage for funds in the sample is Early stage. Seed, Late and Private Equity stages are less common. VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 - 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 4 - 5, 2 - 3 or 1 - 2 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of 10 - 50 million, less than 100 thousands or 50 - 100 million more often than 100 thousands - 1 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 2.26 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.38 and median is 0.23. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.