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 3 years. They are actively investing in Mobile/Apps industry.

Amount of money raised in Early funding rounds is $5.9B, which is 19.0% of the total amount of money raised in the Mobile/Apps industry in Eastern Asia over the last 3 years.

Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Mobile/Apps industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

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Key takeaways

  • Funds Geography - The most common country among the top VCs is Japan which hosts 11 funds. There are also funds from China and South Korea. The most common city is Tokyo which is home to 10 funds. There are also funds from Beijing, Yuexiu District and Wangjing. VCs tend to invest in startups from Japan, but also invest in startups from China, The United States, and India. 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 Banking. They also invest in Enterprise Software, Telecommunications and Social Network.
  • Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1912 and the newest one in 2018. In 2006 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2014 to 2020. For some funds, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals.
  • Investments - Usually VCs take part in 2 - 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 13 - 24, 7 - 12 or in 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 5, the maximum is 424. Average number of funding rounds is 103.4 while median is 93.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 21. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 2 and maximum is 112. Average amount of lead investments is 34.1 while median is 26.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 4. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -51.0 and 27.24 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -3.57 and the median is -1.85. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
  • Typical Rounds - Funds usually participate in rounds with 2 - 3 investors, less often in rounds with 4 - 5 or 3 - 4 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 10 - 50 million, 50 - 100 million and 5 - 10 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 0.53 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.11 and median is 0.03. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.