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 Digital Media industry.

Amount of funding rounds in Eastern Asia is 227, which is 11.0% of the total amount of rounds in the Digital Media industry over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia that took part in the most funding rounds in Digital Media 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. There is an equal amount of VCs in Tokyo, Beijing and Hong Kong Island which host 5 funds each. There are also funds from Shanghai. VCs tend to invest in startups from China, but also invest in startups from The United States, Japan, and India. 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 E-Commerce Platforms, Telecommunications and Social Network.
  • Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1977 and the newest one in 2015. In 2010 the most amount of funds were founded. 2018 holds the most deals for 10 VCs. 2019, 2017 and 2016 were also fruitful.
  • Investments - Usually VCs take part in 2 - 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 - 12, 24 or in 13 - 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 12, the maximum is 424. Average number of funding rounds is 130.4 while median is 107.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 24. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 203. Average amount of lead investments is 52.6 while median is 34.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 1. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -24.49 and 26.37 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -2.12 and the median is -1.59. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is -16.0.
  • 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, 4 - 5 or 1 - 2 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of less than 100 thousands, 10 - 50 million or 100 thousands - 1 million more often than 100-500 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 2.81 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.39 and median is 0.2. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.