Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Civil Engineering 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 Civil Engineering industry.
Civil Engineering deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the built environment. It includes architecture and construction, green and smart buildings and cities, and home renovation.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in Eastern Asia is $11.5B, which is 18.5% of the total amount of money raised in the Civil Engineering industry over the last 3 years.

Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Civil Engineering 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 13 funds. There are also funds from Japan and South Korea. There is an equal amount of VCs in Beijing and Tokyo which host 7 funds each. There are also funds from Shanghai and Shenzhen. These VCs tend to invest in startups from China, but also invest in startups from Japan and The United States. 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 Banking, Business Development and Telecommunications.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1858 and the newest one in 2016. In 2005 the most amount of funds were founded. The two years with the most amount of deals were 2018 and 2019. 2020 and 2017 were less fruitful. 2020 was the peak for successful exits. 2014, 2019, and 2018 are the runner ups.
• 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 5, the maximum is 620. Average number of funding rounds is 141.6 while median is 94.0. 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 204. Average amount of lead investments is 31.6 while median is 10.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 1. 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 0.96 and the median is 2.03. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is -37.67.
• Typical Rounds – The most common investment stage for funds in the sample is Early stage. Late, Seed and Private Equity stages are less common. VCs usually participate in rounds with 4 – 5 investors. Less often in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of 10 – 50 million or 100-500 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 11.0 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 2.15 and median is 0.41. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.