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 E-Commerce industry. E-Commerce is about buying and selling goods and services over the internet. It includes online auctions and marketplace, price comparison, and consumer reviews.

Amount of funding rounds in E-Commerce is 1336, which is 9.3% 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 E-Commerce 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 16 funds. There are also funds from Japan and South Korea. There is an equal amount of VCs in Beijing and Shanghai which host 6 funds each. There are also funds from Tokyo and Hong Kong Island. VCs tend to invest in startups from China, but also invest in startups from The United States, Japan, and South Korea. 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 Telecommunications, Gamification and Mobile/Apps.
  • Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1977 and the newest one in 2016. In 2010 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2015 to 2020. For some funds, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals. 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 - Funds equally often participate in 2 and 7 - 12 funding rounds per year. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 51, the maximum is 687. Average number of funding rounds is 280.4 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 3 and maximum is 204. Average amount of lead investments is 64.0 while median is 54.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 54. 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 4.41 and the median is 2.41. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 5.47.
  • Typical Rounds - Funds in the sample usually invest in Early, Seed and Late stages. Private Equity stage is less common. Funds participate in rounds with 3 - 4 or 2 - 3 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 347.28 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 19.51 and median is 1.44. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.