Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia that took part in the most Late funding rounds in Education 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 Education industry.
Education provides instruction and training on a wide variety of subjects. It includes primary, higher and secondary education, language learning, and edutainment, as well as EdTech and educational and training services.

Amount of funding rounds in Eastern Asia is 64, which is 18.2% of the total amount of Late rounds in the Education industry over the last 3 years.

Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia that took part in the most Late funding rounds in Education 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 South Korea. There is an equal amount of VCs in Hong Kong Island and Beijing which host 7 funds each. There are also funds from Shanghai and Seoul. These VCs tend to invest in startups from China, but also invest in startups from The United States 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 Medical Service, Gamification and E-Commerce Platforms.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1977 and the newest one in 2017. In 2005 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2015 to 2021. For some funds, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2008 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2018 became the year with the most successful exits.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2 – 6. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 7, the maximum is 620. Average number of funding rounds is 167.4 while median is 113.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 2 and maximum is 204. Average amount of lead investments is 41.4 while median is 30.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 2. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -15.83 and 19.62 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 2.38 and the median is 2.03. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 4 – 5 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of 100-500 million and 10 – 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 10.45 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 2.96 and median is 0.96. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.