Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Telecommunications 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 Telecommunications industry.
Telecommunications is about making communication possible. It includes providing cable and internet services, voice and video chatting, internet and communication software and hardware, as well as wireless technologies and NFC.

Amount of Seed funding rounds is 231, which is 19.6% of the total amount of rounds in the Telecommunications 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 Telecommunications industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The majority of VCs are located either in China or Japan. There are also funds from South Korea. The most common city is Tokyo which is home to 6 funds. There are also funds from Beijing, Seoul and Shanghai. VCs in the sample usually invest in Japan and The United States. They also invest in China 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, Gamification and Legal.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1991 and the newest one in 2017. In 2016 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2014 to 2021. For some funds, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2009 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2009 became the year with the most successful exits.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 7 – 12 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 21, the maximum is 687. Average number of funding rounds is 168.5 while median is 109.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 113. Average amount of lead investments is 23.4 while median is 9.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 1. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -10.8 and 28.58 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 13.49 and the median is 15.0. 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 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common range is 1 – 5 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 200000000.0 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 15095000.04 and median is 0.02. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.