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 2 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 Eastern Asia is 114, which is 6.5% of the total amount of rounds in the Civil Engineering industry over the last 2 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 majority of VCs are located either in China or Japan. There are also funds from South Korea. The most common city is Tokyo which is home to 6 funds. There are also funds from Shenzhen, Shanghai and Hong Kong Island. VCs in the sample invest in China and Japan more often than they do in 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, Banking and Telecommunications.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1858 and the newest one in 2017. In 2008 the most amount of funds were founded. 2019 holds the most deals for 8 VCs. 2020, 2018 and 2016 were also fruitful. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2009 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2018 became the year with the most successful exits.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 8, the maximum is 620. Average number of funding rounds is 184.8 while median is 122.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 16. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 204. Average amount of lead investments is 32.6 while median is 10.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 2. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -11.97 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 14.65 and the median is 17.1. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 17.89.
• Typical Rounds – The most common investment stage for funds in the sample is Early stage. Seed, Late and Private Equity stages are less common. Funding rounds with these VCs have 4 – 5 or 2 – 3 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 10 – 50 million. Less common range is less than 100 thousands. 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 2.15 and median is 0.62. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.