Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia that took part in the most funding rounds in Civil Engineering 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 over the last 4 years. They are actively investing in Civil Engineering industry.
Civil Engineering deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the built environment. It includes architecture and construction, green and smart buildings and cities, and home renovation.

Amount of funding rounds in Civil Engineering is 332, which is 2.8% of the total amount of rounds in Eastern Asia over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia that took part in the most funding rounds in Civil Engineering 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 13 funds. There are also funds from Japan and South Korea. There is an equal amount of VCs in Tokyo and Beijing which host 6 funds each. There are also funds from Shanghai and Hong Kong Island. 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 Manufacturing, Telecommunications and Gamification.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1977 and the newest one in 2016. In 2005 the most amount of funds were founded. 2018 holds the most deals for 11 VCs. 2019, 2020 and 2015 were also fruitful. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2009 and 2020 years. For some funds, 2020 became the year with the most successful exits.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 13 – 24 and in 7 – 12 funding rounds per year. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 91, the maximum is 687. Average number of funding rounds is 286.0 while median is 240.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 240. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 2 and maximum is 204. Average amount of lead investments is 49.6 while median is 34.0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -11.97 and 28.58 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 9.81 and the median is 7.44. It means that these funds act as lead investors more 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 2 – 3 investors. Less often in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of 100-500 million or 10 – 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 19.05 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 2.22 and median is 0.54. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.