Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Energy 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 5 years. They are actively investing in Energy industry.
Energy sector is about production, management, and distribution of energy. It includes utilities, power grid, and nuclear and clean energy.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in Eastern Asia is $10.0B, which is 8.1% of the total amount of money raised in the Energy industry over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Energy 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. There is an equal amount of VCs in Hong Kong Island and Beijing which host 6 funds each. There are also funds from Shanghai and Tokyo. These VCs tend to invest in startups from China, but also invest in startups from The United States and Japan. 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, Banking and Telecommunications.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1964 and the newest one in 2017. In 1984 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2014 to 2021. 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, 2020 became the year with the most successful exits.
• 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 6, the maximum is 327. Average number of funding rounds is 96.0 while median is 42.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 9. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 90. Average amount of lead investments is 20.3 while median is 8.0. 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 27.06 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 3.05 and the median is 4.74. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is -4.33.
• 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 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 2 – 3 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 100-500 million. Less common range is more than 1 billion. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 8.0 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 1.28 and median is 0.44. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.