Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Location Based 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 5 years. They are actively investing in Location Based Services industry.

Amount of Seed funding rounds is 25, which is 23.6% of the total amount of rounds in the Location Based Services 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 Location Based Services 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 8 funds. There are also funds from Beijing, Hong Kong Island and Zhongshan. These VCs tend to invest in startups from China, but also invest in startups from Japan and The United States. 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 EdTech, Enterprise Software and Manufacturing.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1998 and the newest one in 2016. In 2015 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2011 to 2019. For some funds, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 13 – 24, 24 or in 2. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 9, the maximum is 424. Average number of funding rounds is 90.0 while median is 54.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 24. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 112. Average amount of lead investments is 28.3 while median is 18.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 1. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -21.0 and 26.37 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 5.17 and the median is 3.73. 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, 3 – 4 or 1 – 2 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 10 – 50 million, 5 – 10 million and 100 thousands – 1 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 1.14 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.23 and median is 0.1. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.