Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia that took part in the most Private Equity 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 Private Equity stage over the last 4 years.

Amount of Private Equity funding rounds is 59, which is 0.7% of the total amount of rounds in Eastern Asia over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia that took part in the most Private Equity 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. The most common city is Beijing which is home to 7 funds. There are also funds from Tokyo, Hong Kong Island and Shanghai. These VCs tend to invest in startups from China, but also invest in startups from Japan and 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 Banking. They also invest in Business Development, Telecommunications and Retail.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1983 and the newest one in 2017. In 2008 the most amount of funds were founded. 2018 holds the most deals for 9 VCs. 2017, 2020 and 2019 were also fruitful.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 and in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12 and in 13 – 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 1, the maximum is 116. Average number of funding rounds is 25.0 while median is 10.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 58. Average amount of lead investments is 9.2 while median is 3.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 1. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -71.0 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -5.82 and the median is -8.08. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is -8.5.
• Typical Rounds – Funding rounds with these VCs have 4 – 5, 2 – 3 or 5 – 6 investors more often than 3 – 4 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of less than 100 thousands or 100-500 million, more often than 50 – 100 million or 100 thousands – 1 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 5.42 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.72 and median is 0.26. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.