Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia that took part in the most funding rounds in Social Network 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 Social Network industry.
Social network is for people with similar interests to come together and share information. It includes social shopping and recruiting, social media, and online forums, as well as social network services.

Amount of funding rounds in Eastern Asia is 139, which is 10.8% of the total amount of rounds in the Social Network industry over the last 3 years.

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

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The most common country among the top VCs is Japan which hosts 13 funds. There are also funds from China and South Korea. The most common city is Tokyo which is home to 12 funds. There are also funds from Beijing, Shanghai and Seoul. These VCs tend to invest in startups from Japan, but also invest in startups from China 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 Telecommunications, Gamification and Social Network.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1973 and the newest one in 2017. In 2010 the most amount of funds were founded. 2019 holds the most deals for 10 VCs. 2018, 2014 and 2020 were also fruitful. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2009 and 2020 years. For some funds, 2015 became the year with the most successful exits.
• Investments – Funds equally often participate in 7 – 12 and 24 funding rounds per year. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 15, the maximum is 620. Average number of funding rounds is 215.9 while median is 213.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 204. Average amount of lead investments is 43.2 while median is 28.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 4. 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 8.47 and the median is 5.19. 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. Funds participate in rounds with 2 – 3 or 3 – 4 investors The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common range is 100 thousands – 1 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 200000000.0 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 17150000.05 and median is 0.02. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.