Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia that took part in the most Late funding rounds in Delivery 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 in Late stage over the last 3 years. They are actively investing in Delivery industry.
Delivery covers moving goods or packages to customers. Besides the delivery services themselves it includes packaging and courier services and shipping.

Amount of Late funding rounds is 49, which is 37.4% of the total amount of rounds in the Delivery industry in Eastern Asia over the last 3 years.

Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia that took part in the most Late funding rounds in Delivery 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 South Korea and Japan. There is an equal amount of VCs in Hong Kong Island and Beijing which host 4 funds each. There are also funds from Tokyo and Seoul. VCs tend to invest in startups from China, but also invest in startups from The United States, South Korea, and Japan. 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, Medical Service and Mobile/Apps.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1953 and the newest one in 2019. In 2013 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2014 to 2020. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2009 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2021 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 5, the maximum is 327. Average number of funding rounds is 136.2 while median is 116.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 13. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 90. Average amount of lead investments is 28.4 while median is 20.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 4. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -71.0 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 1.36 and the median is 3.2. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 4.0.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 4 – 5 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 100-500 million. Less common range is more than 1 billion. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 21.57 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 3.46 and median is 0.77. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.