Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Genetics/Diagnostics 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 4 years. They are actively investing in Genetics/Diagnostics industry.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in Eastern Asia is $8.3B, which is 13.5% of the total amount of money raised in the Genetics/Diagnostics industry over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Genetics/Diagnostics 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 Tokyo, Shanghai and Beijing which host 4 funds each. There are also funds from Hong Kong Island. 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 Banking. They also invest in Telecommunications, IT Infrastructure and EdTech.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1974 and the newest one in 2017. In 2000 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2015 to 2020. For some funds, 2018 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 6, the maximum is 294. Average number of funding rounds is 82.2 while median is 54.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 203. Average amount of lead investments is 33.0 while median is 23.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 4. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -28.14 and 27.24 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -4.49 and the median is -5.68. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• 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 2 – 3, 3 – 4 or 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, 100-500 million and 10 – 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 1.28 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.29 and median is 0.13. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.