Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Sales 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 3 years. They are actively investing in Sales industry.
Sales is about finding, contacting, and communicating with potential buyers. It includes lead generation and management, sales automation, and CRM, as well as direct sales.

Amount of money raised in Early funding rounds is $1.1B, which is 4.1% of the total amount of money raised in the Sales industry in Eastern Asia over the last 3 years.

Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Sales 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 8 funds. There are also funds from Tokyo, Shanghai and Shenzhen. VCs tend to invest in startups from China, but also invest in startups from Japan, The United States, and Israel. 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, Gamification and Entertainment.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1918 and the newest one in 2018. In 2014 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. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2014 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2018 became the year with the most successful exits.
• Investments – Funds equally often participate in 2 and 7 – 12 funding rounds per year. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 2, the maximum is 620. Average number of funding rounds is 145.6 while median is 63.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 16. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 204. Average amount of lead investments is 29.4 while median is 8.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 2. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -21.0 and 25.95 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 7.0 and the median is 7.54. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Funding rounds with these VCs have 3 – 4 or 4 – 5 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common range is 50 – 100 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 225500000.0 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 11275000.12 and median is 0.06. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.