Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Lifestyle 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 Lifestyle industry.
Lifestyle seeks to inspire, guide, and motivate people. It includes wellness and sports, travel and outdoors, and fashion and beauty, as well as nightclub, clothing, art, and family.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in Eastern Asia is $54.6B, which is 13.3% of the total amount of money raised in the Lifestyle industry over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Lifestyle 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 18 funds. There are also funds from South Korea and Japan. There is an equal amount of VCs in Beijing and Hong Kong Island which host 6 funds each. There are also funds from Shanghai and Wangjing. VCs tend to invest in startups from China, but also invest in startups from The United States, South Korea, 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 Finance. They also invest in Business Development, Telecommunications and Consumer.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1977 and the newest one in 2015. In 2010 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. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2013 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2014 became the year with the most successful exits.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 16, the maximum is 620. Average number of funding rounds is 164.5 while median is 110.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 4 and maximum is 204. Average amount of lead investments is 46.0 while median is 30.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 4. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -32.54 and 22.6 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -0.8 and the median is 2.23. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Late and Early stages are more common for funds in the sample. Seed and Private Equity stages are less common. VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 4 – 5 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of more than 1 billion and 100-500 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 82.86 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 6.94 and median is 1.72. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.