Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Bio & Nano Technology 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 4 years. They are actively investing in Bio & Nano Technology industry.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in Eastern Asia is $11.7B, which is 10.4% of the total amount of money raised in the Bio & Nano Technology industry in Early rounds over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Bio & Nano Technology 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 Shanghai which host 7 funds each. There are also funds from Hong Kong Island and Zhongshan. VCs tend to invest in startups from China, but also invest in startups from The United States, Mauritius, and Japan. For 6 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 E-Commerce Platforms, Telecommunications and Manufacturing.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1977 and the newest one in 2017. In 2008 the most amount of funds were founded. 2018 holds the most deals for 11 VCs. 2020, 2019 and 2017 were also fruitful.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12, 24 or in 2. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 1, the maximum is 285. Average number of funding rounds is 72.0 while median is 37.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 7. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 203. Average amount of lead investments is 37.2 while median is 19.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 1. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -71.0 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -8.06 and the median is -9.63. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Funding rounds with these VCs have 4 – 5, 3 – 4 or 2 – 3 investors more often than 6 – 7 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of less than 100 thousands, 100-500 million or 10 – 50 million more often than 50 – 100 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 1.28 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.29 and median is 0.26. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.