Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Electronics 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 4 years. They are actively investing in Electronics industry.
Electronics is about manufacturing, design and development, assembly, and servicing of electronic equipment and components. It includes hardware, semiconductor, and b2c electronics (mobile devices, household appliances, sensors etc.).

Amount of funding rounds in Electronics is 232, which is 9.0% of the total amount of Seed rounds in Eastern Asia over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Electronics 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. There is an equal amount of VCs in Tokyo, Hong Kong Island and Beijing which host 4 funds each. There are also funds from Shenzhen. VCs tend to invest in startups from China, but also invest in startups from The United States, Japan, and South Korea. 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 Hardware/Electronics, Manufacturing and Gamification.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1999 and the newest one in 2017. In 2010 the most amount of funds were founded. 2018 holds the most deals for 10 VCs. 2019, 2020 and 2017 were also fruitful. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2009 and 2020 years. For some funds, 2020 became the year with the most successful exits.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 7 – 12 and in 13 – 24 funding rounds per year. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 17, the maximum is 687. Average number of funding rounds is 203.4 while median is 169.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 113. Average amount of lead investments is 32.6 while median is 22.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 2. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -8.88 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 11.13 and the median is 9.01. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 2 – 3 investors. Less often in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of 100 thousands – 1 million or less than 100 thousands. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 347.28 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 22.25 and median is 0.28. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.