Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Autonomous Vehicles 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 Seed stage over the last 3 years. They are actively investing in Autonomous Vehicles industry.

Amount of funding rounds in Eastern Asia is 82, which is 4.0% of the total amount of Seed rounds in the Autonomous Vehicles industry over the last 3 years.

Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Autonomous Vehicles 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 12 funds. There are also funds from Japan and South Korea. The most common city is Tokyo which is home to 5 funds. There are also funds from Shanghai, Beijing and Seoul. These VCs tend to invest in startups from China, but also invest in startups from The United States and Japan. For 9 funds in the sample, 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 Manufacturing, Autonomous Vehicles and Gamification.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1998 and the newest one in 2016. In 2014 the most amount of funds were founded. 2018 holds the most deals for 12 VCs. 2019, 2015 and 2016 were also fruitful.
• Investments – Funds equally often participate in 2 – 6, 13 – 24, and 7 – 12 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 10, the maximum is 424. Average number of funding rounds is 91.0 while median is 64.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 2 and maximum is 112. Average amount of lead investments is 33.2 while median is 23.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 3. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -15.83 and 18.36 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -0.17 and the median is -0.22. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is -11.0.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 2 – 3 investors. Less often in rounds with 3 – 4, 1 – 2 or 4 – 5 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 100 thousands – 1 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 2.26 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.24 and median is 0.06. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.