Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Consumer Goods 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 2 years. They are actively investing in Consumer Goods industry.
Consumer goods relate to items purchased by individuals and households rather than by manufacturers. It includes clothing and consumer electronics, hard products, like luxury and sporting goods, soft products, like textiles and paper products, and a variety of other goods like toys, musical instruments and tobacco.

Amount of money raised in Early funding rounds is $4.5B, which is 13.3% of the total amount of money raised in the Consumer Goods industry in Eastern Asia over the last 2 years.

Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Consumer Goods 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 16 funds. There are also funds from Japan and South Korea. The most common city is Beijing which is home to 10 funds. There are also funds from Tokyo, Shanghai and Seoul. VCs tend to invest in startups from China, but also invest in startups from The United States, Japan, 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 Enterprise Software, Telecommunications and Mobile/Apps.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1977 and the newest one in 2019. In 2006 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2015 to 2021. For some funds, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2013 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 10, the maximum is 687. Average number of funding rounds is 198.8 while median is 128.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 204. Average amount of lead investments is 49.8 while median is 30.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 3. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -21.3 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -0.01 and the median is 0.7. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 4 – 5 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 100-500 million. Less common range is more than 1 billion. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 6.77 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 2.31 and median is 1.72. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.