Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Mobile 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 Mobile industry.
Mobile industry includes mobile payments, mobile apps, and app discovery.

Amount of funding rounds in Mobile is 168, which is 6.5% of the total amount of Seed rounds in Eastern Asia over the last 4 years.

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

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 7 funds. There are also funds from Hong Kong Island, Shanghai and Beijing. 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 Autonomous Vehicles, Manufacturing and Gamification.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1991 and the newest one in 2018. In 2010 the most amount of funds were founded. The two years with the most amount of deals were 2019 and 2018. 2017 and 2020 were less fruitful. 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 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 16, the maximum is 687. Average number of funding rounds is 159.6 while median is 97.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 29. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 113. Average amount of lead investments is 23.0 while median is 6.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -8.04 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 14.64 and the median is 15.0. 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 1 – 2 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of 100 thousands – 1 million and 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 20.01 and median is 0.03. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.