Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Marketing 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 3 years. They are actively investing in Marketing industry.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in Eastern Asia is $16.3B, which is 23.2% of the total amount of money raised in the Marketing industry over the last 3 years.

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

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The majority of VCs are located in Japan while others are in China. The most common city is Tokyo which is home to 14 funds. There are also funds from Shanghai, Hong Kong Island and Osaka. VCs tend to invest in startups from Japan, but also invest in startups from The United States, China, 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, Social Network and Retail.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1912 and the newest one in 2015. In 1983 the most amount of funds were founded. 2019 holds the most deals for 9 VCs. 2018, 2017 and 2016 were also fruitful.
• 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 9, the maximum is 187. Average number of funding rounds is 81.2 while median is 64.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 172. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 90. Average amount of lead investments is 24.0 while median is 11.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 4. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -21.3 and 27.24 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 4.65 and the median is 5.07. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is -16.0.
• Typical Rounds – Early and Late stages are more common for funds in the sample. Seed and Private Equity stages are less common. Funding rounds with these VCs have 3 – 4, 2 – 3 or 4 – 5 investors more often than 6 – 7 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 100 thousands – 1 million, 50 – 100 million and 100-500 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 2.81 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.27 and median is 0.06. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.