Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Legal 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 Legal industry.
Legal deals with law and provides law-related services. It includes compliance, blockchain, intellectual property, e-signature, and legal tech.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in Eastern Asia is $15.0B, which is 22.9% of the total amount of money raised in the Legal industry over the last 2 years.

Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Legal industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The majority of VCs are located either in Japan or China. There are also funds from South Korea. The most common city is Tokyo which is home to 9 funds. There are also funds from Shanghai, Hong Kong Island and Beijing. These VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Japan and China. 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 Telecommunications, Legal and Gamification.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1981 and the newest one in 2019. In 2015 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. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2005 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2019 became the year with the most successful exits.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 7 – 12 and in 2 funding rounds per year. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 8, the maximum is 620. Average number of funding rounds is 145.4 while median is 139.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 165. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 204. Average amount of lead investments is 33.0 while median is 23.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 4. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -11.97 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 9.4 and the median is 6.17. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 17.24.
• Typical Rounds – Early and Seed stages are more common for funds in the sample. Late and Private Equity stages are less common. VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 5 – 6 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common range is 5 – 10 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 200000000.0 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 15095000.44 and median is 0.19. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.