Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Transportation 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 Transportation industry.
Transportation is about moving people and goods. It includes all modes of transportation, electric and autonomous vehicles, and transportation infrastructure, as well as space travel.

Amount of Seed funding rounds is 111, which is 14.6% of the total amount of rounds in the Transportation industry in Eastern Asia over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Transportation 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 12 funds. There are also funds from Japan and South Korea. There is an equal amount of VCs in Hong Kong Island, Tokyo and Beijing which host 6 funds each. There are also funds from Seoul. VCs in the sample invest in The United States, China and Japan more often than they do in 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 Manufacturing.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1987 and the newest one in 2019. In 2016 the most amount of funds were founded. 2019 holds the most deals for 9 VCs. 2018, 2017 and 2020 were also fruitful. 2018 was the peak year for successful exits. 2013 and 2011 are the runner ups.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 and in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 4, the maximum is 687. Average number of funding rounds is 105.0 while median is 33.5. 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 113. Average amount of lead investments is 15.2 while median is 3.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 2. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -28.14 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 11.31 and the median is 15.11. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 17.89.
• Typical Rounds – Funding rounds with these VCs have 2 – 3 or 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 101900000.0 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 5661111.31 and median is 0.01. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.