Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia that took part in the most Late funding rounds in Security 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 Security industry.
Security provides manned and technical services and products for the protection of people, premises or property. It includes penetration testing and intrusion detection, cloud and cyber security, and homeland security, as well as privacy, biometrics, and fraud detection.

Amount of Late funding rounds is 65, which is 21.8% of the total amount of rounds in the Security industry in Eastern Asia over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia that took part in the most Late funding rounds in Security 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 7 funds. There are also funds from Tokyo, Xuhui and Shanghai. These VCs tend to invest in startups from China, but also invest in startups from The United States 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, Entertainment and Mobile/Apps.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1918 and the newest one in 2016. In 2008 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2008 to 2020. For some funds, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals. 2020 was the peak for successful exits. 2018, 2015, and 2014 are the runner ups.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 1, the maximum is 323. Average number of funding rounds is 129.0 while median is 121.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 90. Average amount of lead investments is 31.2 while median is 24.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 23. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -37.67 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 4.02 and the median is 6.52. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 4 – 5 investors. Less often in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 10 – 50 million. Less common range is 1 – 5 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 225500000.0 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 19394737.5 and median is 0.29. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.