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 Software Engineering industry. Software engineering is application of a systematic, disciplined, quantifiable approach to the development, operation, and maintenance of software. it includes software development applications, web development, and quantum computing, as well as quality assurance, iOS, and Android.

Amount of funding rounds in Software Engineering is 339, which is 2.4% 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 Software Engineering industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

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Key takeaways

  • Funds Geography - The majority of VCs are located either in China or Japan. There are also funds from South Korea. The most common city is Tokyo which is home to 7 funds. There are also funds from Beijing, Shanghai and Seoul. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Japan, China, 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 Gamification, Telecommunications and Mobile/Apps.
  • Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1981 and the newest one in 2018. In 1999 the most amount of funds were founded. 2018 holds the most deals for 9 VCs. 2019, 2017 and 2021 were also fruitful. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2005 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2019 became the year with the most successful exits.
  • Investments - Usually VCs take part in 7 - 12 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 26, the maximum is 620. Average number of funding rounds is 217.1 while median is 211.0. 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 204. Average amount of lead investments is 42.9 while median is 25.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 4. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -21.3 and 28.54 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 8.1 and the median is 6.9. 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 2 - 3 investors. Less often in rounds with 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 22245000.16 and median is 0.11. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.