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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 5 years. They are actively investing in Financial Services industry. Financial services are provided to people and companies. It includes accounting, audit, and tax services, as well as asset management, investment and financing advisory, and brokerage.

Amount of funding rounds in Financial Services is 229, which is 7.0% of the total amount of Seed rounds in Eastern Asia over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Financial Services industry over the recent years
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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 9 funds. There are also funds from Hong Kong Island, Beijing and Seoul. VCs tend to invest in startups from Japan, but also invest in startups from The United States, China, and Singapore. 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 Legal, Gamification and Telecommunications.
  • Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1983 and the newest one in 2019. In 2010 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2014 to 2021. For some funds, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2013 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2018 became the year with the most successful exits.
  • Investments - Usually VCs take part in 7 - 12 and in 2 funding rounds per year. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 12, the maximum is 687. Average number of funding rounds is 145.0 while median is 67.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 18. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 113. Average amount of lead investments is 19.0 while median is 4.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 2. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -4.33 and 28.58 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 16.43 and the median is 19.16. 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 4 - 5 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 100 thousands - 1 million. Less common range is 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 18.06 and median is 0.03. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.