Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Agriculture industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 20 investors according to the total money raised in the funding rounds. These are VC funds and corporate investors in Eastern Asia that have invested in Early stage over the last 5 years. They are actively investing in Agriculture industry.
Agriculture covers everything that is grown for human use. It includes farming and cultivation, hydroponics and agtech, and forestry.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in Eastern Asia is $1.8B, which is 11.7% of the total amount of money raised in the Agriculture industry in Early rounds over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Agriculture 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 13 funds. There are also funds from Japan and South Korea. There is an equal amount of VCs in Tokyo and Beijing which host 5 funds each. There are also funds from Shanghai and Shenzhen. VCs tend to invest in startups from China, but also invest in startups from Japan, 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 Business Development, Telecommunications and Medical Service.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1977 and the newest one in 2016. In 2015 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2013 to 2021. For some funds, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2015 and 2021 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 6, the maximum is 527. Average number of funding rounds is 88.7 while median is 47.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 6. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 123. Average amount of lead investments is 21.6 while median is 10.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -42.43 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 2.79 and the median is 3.54. 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 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 4 – 5 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of less than 100 thousands and 100-500 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 7.61 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 1.42 and median is 0.36. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.