Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia that took part in the most Late funding rounds in Social Network 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 4 years. They are actively investing in Social Network industry.
Social network is for people with similar interests to come together and share information. It includes social shopping and recruiting, social media, and online forums, as well as social network services.

Amount of Late funding rounds is 45, which is 19.7% of the total amount of rounds in the Social Network industry in Eastern Asia over the last 4 years.

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

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – All VCs are located either in Japan or China. The most common city is Tokyo which is home to 8 funds. There are also funds from Shanghai, Hong Kong Island and Xuhui. VCs in the sample invest in China and Japan more often than they do in The United States. 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 Business Development, Telecommunications and Art (Auctions).
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1952 and the newest one in 2018. In 2008 the most amount of funds were founded. 2018 holds the most deals for 9 VCs. 2019, 2020 and 2017 were also fruitful.
• 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 4, the maximum is 620. Average number of funding rounds is 146.0 while median is 60.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 15. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 204. Average amount of lead investments is 32.4 while median is 14.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -32.54 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 7.65 and the median is 15.61. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
• Typical Rounds – Funds usually participate in rounds with 4 – 5 or 3 – 4 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common range is 50 – 100 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 0.8 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.19 and median is 0.1. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.