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

Amount of funding rounds in Eastern Asia is 1185, which is 18.0% of the total amount of Late rounds over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia that took part in the most Late funding rounds 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 Hong Kong Island, Beijing and Shanghai which host 5 funds each. There are also funds from Zhongshan. There are 2 countries that funds tend to invest in: China and The United States with the majority investing in China. 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, E-Commerce Platforms and Manufacturing.
• Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1977 and the newest one in 2014. In 2008 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2015 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 13 - 24, 7 - 12 or in 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 28, the maximum is 294. Average number of funding rounds is 125.6 while median is 96.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 90. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 14 and maximum is 203. Average amount of lead investments is 60.0 while median is 41.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 25. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -21.9 and 0.1 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -9.63 and the median is -10.73. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds - Funds participate in rounds with 3 - 4 or 2 - 3 investors more often than in rounds with 4 - 5 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 10 - 50 million. Less common ranges are 50 - 100 million, 100-500 million and 1 - 5 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.05 at minimum and 1.79 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.38 and median is 0.32. The most common multiplicator value is 0.15.