Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Business Development 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 Business Development industry.
Business Development is all about helping a business to grow. It includes consulting, business processes outsourcing, subscription services, and so on.

Amount of funding rounds in Eastern Asia is 81, which is 4.8% of the total amount of Seed rounds in the Business Development industry over the last 3 years.

Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Business Development industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The majority of VCs are located either in Japan or China. There are also funds from South Korea. The most common city is Tokyo which is home to 8 funds. There are also funds from Hong Kong Island, Wuhan and Shanghai. VCs in the sample usually invest in The United States and Japan. They also invest in China and South Korea. 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 Finance. They also invest in Telecommunications, Gamification and Autonomous Vehicles.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1998 and the newest one in 2019. In 2008 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2011 to 2020. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Funds equally often participate in 2 and 2 – 6 funding rounds per year. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 7, the maximum is 433. Average number of funding rounds is 99.4 while median is 31.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 10. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 101. Average amount of lead investments is 12.5 while median is 3.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -28.14 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 13.09 and the median is 19.16. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 1 – 2 investors. Less often in rounds with 2 – 3 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common range is 100 thousands – 1 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 1.79 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.13 and median is 0.0. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.