Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Information Services 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 Information Services industry.

Amount of money raised in Information Services funding rounds is $31.7B, which is 13.8% 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 Information Services 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. The most common city is Tokyo which is home to 9 funds. There are also funds from Beijing, Zhongshan and Yuexiu District. 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 Telecommunications, E-Commerce Platforms and Social Network.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1981 and the newest one in 2020. In 2000 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2008 to 2021. 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 2, 7 – 12 or in 13 – 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 2, the maximum is 195. Average number of funding rounds is 71.4 while median is 35.5. 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 90. Average amount of lead investments is 22.6 while median is 7.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 4. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -51.0 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -6.27 and the median is -8.08. 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 3 – 4, 2 – 3 or 8 – 9 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of less than 100 thousands, 100-500 million or 10 – 50 million more often than 100 thousands – 1 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 5.42 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.7 and median is 0.28. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.