Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia that took part in the most Late funding rounds in Digital Media 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 5 years. They are actively investing in Digital Media industry.

Amount of funding rounds in Eastern Asia is 51, which is 24.8% of the total amount of Late rounds in the Digital Media industry over the last 5 years.

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

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography - The majority of VCs are located in China while others are in Japan. There is an equal amount of VCs in Tokyo, Shanghai and Hong Kong Island which host 6 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 Indonesia. For half 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, Manufacturing and E-Commerce Platforms.
• Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1858 and the newest one in 2016. In 2010 the most amount of funds were founded. The most amount of deals which is 6 was made in 2019, 2017 and 2018. 2016 was less fruitful.
• Investments - Usually VCs take part in 2 - 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2, 24 or in 7 - 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 4, the maximum is 285. Average number of funding rounds is 82.8 while median is 52.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 38. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 203. Average amount of lead investments is 37.5 while median is 21.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 7. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -27.25 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -4.22 and the median is -4.28. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is -16.0.
• Typical Rounds - VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 - 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 2 - 3, 4 - 5 or 5 - 6 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of less than 100 thousands, 100-500 million or 10 - 50 million more often than 50 - 100 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 2.81 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.45 and median is 0.25. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.