Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Virtual Currency 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 3 years. They are actively investing in Virtual Currency industry.
Virtual currency is an electronic representation of value and can be traded or used as payment. It includes cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and etherium.

Amount of funding rounds in Virtual Currency is 47, which is 2.7% of the total amount of Seed rounds in Eastern Asia over the last 3 years.

Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Virtual Currency 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 14 funds. There are also funds from Japan and South Korea. The most common city is Hong Kong Island which is home to 8 funds. There are also funds from Tokyo, Shanghai and Seoul. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from China, Japan, and Singapore. For 7 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 Finance. They also invest in Gamification, Legal and Telecommunications.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1987 and the newest one in 2018. In 2017 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.
• Investments – Funds equally often participate in 2 and 7 – 12 funding rounds per year. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 3, the maximum is 240. Average number of funding rounds is 65.1 while median is 38.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 38. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 40. Average amount of lead investments is 8.8 while median is 4.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 2. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -37.67 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 10.73 and the median is 16.75. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
• Typical Rounds – Funds participate in rounds with 4 – 5 or 5 – 6 investors The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common range is 100 thousands – 1 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 8.0 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 1.18 and median is 0.15. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.