Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Beauty/Fitness 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 2 years. They are actively investing in Beauty/Fitness industry.

Amount of money raised in Beauty/Fitness funding rounds is $2.0B, which is 0.9% of the total amount of money raised in rounds in Eastern Asia over the last 2 years.

Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Beauty/Fitness 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 14 funds. There are also funds from Japan and South Korea. The most common city is Hong Kong Island which is home to 6 funds. There are also funds from Tokyo, Beijing and Shanghai. VCs tend to invest in startups from China, but also invest in startups from Japan, 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 Information Technology, EdTech and E-Commerce Platforms.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1973 and the newest one in 2018. In 2008 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, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12, 2 or in 13 – 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 1, the maximum is 285. Average number of funding rounds is 58.0 while median is 29.5. 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 203. Average amount of lead investments is 28.0 while median is 12.0. 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 -8.83 and the median is -6.64. 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. Late, Seed and Private Equity stages are less common. Funding rounds with these VCs have 4 – 5, 3 – 4 or 2 – 3 investors more often than 5 – 6 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 50 – 100 million, 10 – 50 million and 100-500 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 2.81 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.39 and median is 0.19. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.