Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Banking 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 over the last 3 years. They are actively investing in Banking industry.
Banking handles cash, credit, and other financial transactions. It includes lending and credit, banking institutions, debit cards, and transaction processing.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in Eastern Asia is $10.8B, which is 8.5% of the total amount of money raised in the Banking industry over the last 3 years.

Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Banking 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 17 funds. There are also funds from Japan and South Korea. The most common city is Hong Kong Island which is home to 7 funds. There are also funds from Beijing, Xuhui and Shanghai. VCs in the sample usually invest in China and The United States. They also invest in The United Kingdom and India. For half 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 Gamification.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1981 and the newest one in 2017. In 2006 the most amount of funds were founded. 2018 holds the most deals for 9 VCs. 2019, 2020 and 2015 were also fruitful. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2006 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2018 became the year with the most successful exits.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 and in 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 141.9 while median is 139.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 2. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 204. Average amount of lead investments is 37.5 while median is 19.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. 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 -0.11 and the median is 0.03. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
• Typical Rounds – The most common investment stage for funds in the sample is Early stage. Seed, Late and Private Equity stages are less common. Funds participate in rounds with 3 – 4 or 4 – 5 investors The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 50 – 100 million. Less common range is less than 100 thousands. 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 21676471.1 and median is 0.4. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.