Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia that took part in the most funding rounds in Film/Video/TV 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 3 years. They are actively investing in Film/Video/TV industry.

Amount of funding rounds in Film/Video/TV is 50, which is 0.8% of the total amount of rounds in Eastern Asia over the last 3 years.

Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia that took part in the most funding rounds in Film/Video/TV 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, Shanghai and Hong Kong Island which host 5 funds each. There are also funds from Beijing. VCs tend to invest in startups from China, but also invest in startups from Japan, The United States, and Israel. 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, Information Technology and Social Network.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1978 and the newest one in 2016. In 2015 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2014 to 2021. For some funds, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12, 24 or in 2. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 1, the maximum is 285. Average number of funding rounds is 54.8 while median is 21.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 203. Average amount of lead investments is 25.0 while median is 6.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 3. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -48.78 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -5.06 and the median is -8.42. 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. Late, Seed and Private Equity stages are less common. Funds participate in rounds with 4 – 5 or 3 – 4 investors more often than in rounds with 2 – 3 or 1 – 2 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 50 – 100 million, 100 thousands – 1 million and 100-500 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 4.81 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.45 and median is 0.04. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.