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 in Late stage over the last 5 years. They are actively investing in Artificial Intelligence industry.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in Eastern Asia is $9.9B, which is 21.1% of the total amount of money raised in the Artificial Intelligence industry in Late rounds over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia with the biggest sum of Late funding rounds in Artificial Intelligence 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 China which hosts 18 funds. There are also funds from South Korea and Japan. The most common city is Beijing which is home to 9 funds. There are also funds from Hong Kong Island, Shanghai and Zhongshan. These VCs tend to invest in startups from China, but also invest in startups from The United States and Japan. For 8 funds in the sample, 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 Manufacturing, E-Commerce Platforms and Business Development.
  • Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1984 and the newest one in 2015. In 2000 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, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals.
  • Investments - Usually VCs take part in 2 - 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2 or in 7 - 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 1, the maximum is 103. Average number of funding rounds is 21.0 while median is 11.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 2. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 33. Average amount of lead investments is 8.4 while median is 4.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 1. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -71.0 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -12.58 and the median is -8.5. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is -21.0.
  • Typical Rounds - Funds participate in rounds with 4 - 5 or 3 - 4 investors more often than in rounds with 8 - 9 or 5 - 6 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 100-500 million. Less common ranges are less than 100 thousands, 10 - 50 million and 50 - 100 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 5.42 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.9 and median is 0.38. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.