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 Software Engineering industry.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in Eastern Asia is $1.5B, which is 6.0% of the total amount of money raised in the Software Engineering industry over the last 2 years.

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

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Key takeaways

  • Funds Geography - The most common country among the top VCs is Japan which hosts 15 funds. There are also funds from China and South Korea. The most common city is Tokyo which is home to 13 funds. There are also funds from Hong Kong Island, Shanghai and Setagaya. These VCs tend to invest in startups from Japan, but also invest in startups from The United States 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 Banking. They also invest in Information Technology, Manufacturing and Enterprise Software.
  • Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1974 and the newest one in 2018. In 1999 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2008 to 2020. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals.
  • Investments - Usually VCs take part in 7 - 12 and in 2 - 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2 and in 13 - 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 7, the maximum is 187. Average number of funding rounds is 65.1 while median is 58.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 73. Average amount of lead investments is 17.2 while median is 9.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 1. 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 3.43 and the median is 1.76. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
  • Typical Rounds - The most common investment stage for funds in the sample is Early stage. Seed, Late and Private Equity stages are less common. VCs usually participate in rounds with 4 - 5 investors. Less often in rounds with 2 - 3, 5 - 6 or 3 - 4 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 50 - 100 million, 100 thousands - 1 million and 10 - 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 3.52 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.29 and median is 0.02. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.