Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia that took part in the most funding rounds in Consumer 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 5 years. They are actively investing in Consumer industry.

Amount of funding rounds in Consumer is 467, which is 4.6% of the total amount of rounds in Eastern Asia over the last 5 years.

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

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography - The majority of VCs are located in China while others are in Japan. There is an equal amount of VCs in Beijing, Tokyo and Shanghai which host 6 funds each. There are also funds from 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 Banking. They also invest in Telecommunications, Enterprise Software and Marketplace.
• Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1977 and the newest one in 2013. In 2005 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2014 to 2020. For some funds, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments - Usually VCs take part in 7 - 12 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2 - 6, 24 or in 13 - 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 38, the maximum is 424. Average number of funding rounds is 140.8 while median is 115.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 116. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 4 and maximum is 203. Average amount of lead investments is 59.2 while median is 46.0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -21.9 and 27.24 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -6.0 and the median is -7.11. 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 2 - 3 investors. Less often in rounds with 4 - 5, 3 - 4 or 1 - 2 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 10 - 50 million. Less common ranges are 50 - 100 million, less than 100 thousands and 5 - 10 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 1.79 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.35 and median is 0.33. The most common multiplicator value is 0.33.