Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Social Network 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 Social Network industry.

Amount of funding rounds in Eastern Asia is 30, which is 6.8% of the total amount of Seed rounds in the Social Network industry over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Social Network 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. There is an equal amount of VCs in Beijing and Tokyo which host 7 funds each. There are also funds from Hong Kong Island and Shanghai. These VCs tend to invest in startups from China, but also invest in startups from Japan and The United States. For 9 funds in the sample, 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, E-Commerce Platforms and Gamification.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1983 and the newest one in 2017. In 2016 the most amount of funds were founded. 2018 holds the most deals for 9 VCs. 2019, 2016 and 2014 were also fruitful.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 7 – 12 and in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 13 – 24 and in 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 11, the maximum is 212. Average number of funding rounds is 76.7 while median is 49.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 99. Average amount of lead investments is 23.0 while median is 11.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 1. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -32.9 and 27.24 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 3.62 and the median is 0.08. 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 3 – 4, 4 – 5 or 1 – 2 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 0.25 and median is 0.04. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.