Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia that took part in the most Late funding rounds in Manufacturing 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 Manufacturing industry.

Amount of funding rounds in Eastern Asia is 35, which is 18.1% of the total amount of Late rounds in the Manufacturing industry over the last 3 years.

Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia that took part in the most Late funding rounds in Manufacturing 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 15 funds. There are also funds from Japan and South Korea. The most common city is Beijing which is home to 6 funds. There are also funds from Tokyo, Shanghai and Hong Kong Island. VCs tend to invest in startups from China, but also invest in startups from Japan, The United States, and Panama. 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, Enterprise Software and Real Estate.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1953 and the newest one in 2017. In 2016 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, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12, 2 or in 13 – 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 3, the maximum is 285. Average number of funding rounds is 61.3 while median is 25.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 203. Average amount of lead investments is 28.9 while median is 7.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 2. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -51.0 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -3.67 and the median is 0.27. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is 4.0.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 2 – 3 investors. Less often in rounds with 3 – 4, 4 – 5 or 5 – 6 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 50 – 100 million, 10 – 50 million and 5 – 10 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 0.63 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.17 and median is 0.06. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.