Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Health Care 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 5 years. They are actively investing in Health Care industry.
Health care provides medical services, manufactures medical equipment or drugs, and facilitates the provision of healthcare to patients. It includes pharmaceutical and first aid, nursing and residential care, and health diagnostics and medical devices, as well as funeral, rehabilitation, and cannabis.

Amount of Seed funding rounds is 338, which is 14.3% of the total amount of rounds in the Health Care industry in Eastern Asia over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Health Care 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 11 funds. There are also funds from Japan and South Korea. The most common city is Tokyo which is home to 6 funds. There are also funds from Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong Island. VCs in the sample usually invest in Japan and China. They also invest in The United States 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 Manufacturing, Hardware/Electronics and Medical Service.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1977 and the newest one in 2017. In 2010 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2014 to 2020. For some funds, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2011 and 2020 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 20, the maximum is 687. Average number of funding rounds is 190.6 while median is 115.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 91. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 123. Average amount of lead investments is 31.4 while median is 13.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 2. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -22.72 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 9.05 and the median is 8.07. 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 2 – 3 investors. Less often in rounds with 3 – 4 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 close to zero at minimum and 347.28 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 22.03 and median is 0.02. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.