Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia that took part in the most funding rounds in Security 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 4 years. They are actively investing in Security industry.
Security provides manned and technical services and products for the protection of people, premises or property. It includes penetration testing and intrusion detection, cloud and cyber security, and homeland security, as well as privacy, biometrics, and fraud detection.

Amount of funding rounds in Eastern Asia is 246, which is 5.3% of the total amount of rounds in the Security industry over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia that took part in the most funding rounds in Security 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. The most common city is Beijing which is home to 7 funds. There are also funds from Tokyo, Xuhui and Shanghai. 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 Finance. They also invest in Entertainment, Autonomous Vehicles and Manufacturing.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1974 and the newest one in 2016. In 2008 the most amount of funds were founded. 2018 holds the most deals for 10 VCs. 2019, 2020 and 2017 were also fruitful. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2005 and 2020 years. For some funds, 2009 became the year with the most successful exits.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 13 – 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 60, the maximum is 687. Average number of funding rounds is 234.0 while median is 226.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 150. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 113. Average amount of lead investments is 36.7 while median is 25.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 23. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -3.28 and 28.54 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 11.95 and the median is 11.47. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Early and Seed stages are more common for funds in the sample. Late and Private Equity stages are less common. VCs usually participate in rounds with 4 – 5 investors. Less often in rounds with 2 – 3 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of 100 thousands – 1 million and 1 – 5 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 436100000.0 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 52873684.36 and median is 0.15. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.