Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Information Services 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 Information Services industry.
Information services create, manage, and deliver information. It includes cloud computing, systems and information management, and IT consulting and outsourcing.

Amount of funding rounds in Eastern Asia is 49, which is 4.7% of the total amount of Seed rounds in the Information Services industry over the last 3 years.

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

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The majority of VCs are located in China while others are in Japan. The most common city is Tokyo which is home to 7 funds. There are also funds from Hong Kong Island, Beijing and Wuhan. VCs in the sample usually invest in Japan and China. They also invest in The United States and Mauritius. 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, Business Development and Gamification.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2006 and the newest one in 2019. In 2016 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, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 1, the maximum is 218. Average number of funding rounds is 48.2 while median is 20.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 18. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 57. Average amount of lead investments is 10.2 while median is 3.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 3. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -71.0 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 4.28 and the median is 4.41. 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 10 – 50 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 0.2 and median is 0.0. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.