Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Lifestyle 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 Lifestyle industry.
Lifestyle seeks to inspire, guide, and motivate people. It includes wellness and sports, travel and outdoors, and fashion and beauty, as well as nightclub, clothing, art, and family.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in Eastern Asia is $9.7B, which is 11.3% of the total amount of money raised in the Lifestyle industry in Early rounds over the last 2 years.

Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Lifestyle 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. The most common city is Beijing which is home to 7 funds. There are also funds from Shanghai, Hong Kong Island and Tokyo. These VCs tend to invest in startups from China, but also invest in startups from The United States and Japan. 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 Medical Service, Transportation and Telecommunications.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1977 and the newest one in 2018. In 2008 the most amount of funds were founded. 2018 holds the most deals for 11 VCs. 2019, 2020 and 2021 were also fruitful. 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 13 – 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 9, the maximum is 527. Average number of funding rounds is 108.6 while median is 40.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 13. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 123. Average amount of lead investments is 29.0 while median is 12.0. 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 0.08 and the median is 2.95. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 6.78.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 5 – 6 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of more than 1 billion and 50 – 100 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 82.86 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 5.57 and median is 0.38. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.