Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Hardware/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 Hardware/Electronics industry.

Amount of funding rounds in Eastern Asia is 79, which is 5.1% of the total amount of Seed rounds in the Hardware/Electronics industry over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Hardware/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 10 funds. There are also funds from Japan and South Korea. There is an equal amount of VCs in Tokyo and Beijing which host 6 funds each. There are also funds from Seoul and Hong Kong Island. These VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Japan and China. 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 Manufacturing, Autonomous Vehicles and Gamification.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2000 and the newest one in 2016. In 2015 the most amount of funds were founded. 2018 holds the most deals for 8 VCs. 2019, 2017 and 2016 were also fruitful.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12, 13 – 24 or in 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 8, the maximum is 424. Average number of funding rounds is 82.2 while median is 36.5. 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 112. Average amount of lead investments is 22.9 while median is 13.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 3. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -38.44 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 7.22 and the median is 9.3. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
• Typical Rounds – Funding rounds with these VCs have 2 – 3, 3 – 4 or 1 – 2 investors more often than 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 0.21 and median is 0.02. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.