Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Telecommunications 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 Telecommunications industry.
Telecommunications is about making communication possible. It includes providing cable and internet services, voice and video chatting, internet and communication software and hardware, as well as wireless technologies and NFC.

Amount of money raised in Telecommunications funding rounds is $30.4B, which is 10.2% 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 Telecommunications 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 9 funds. There are also funds from Hong Kong Island, Beijing and Wangjing. These VCs tend to invest in startups from Japan, but also invest in startups from China and The United States. 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, Mobile/Apps and Real Estate.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1858 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 2000 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, 2015 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 8, the maximum is 327. Average number of funding rounds is 139.8 while median is 157.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 11. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 83. Average amount of lead investments is 31.9 while median is 33.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -9.18 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 8.7 and the median is 4.18. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
• 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 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 4 – 5 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common range is 10 – 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 225500000.0 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 16370000.29 and median is 0.16. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.