Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia with the biggest sum of Late funding rounds in Financial Services 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 in Late stage over the last 4 years. They are actively investing in Financial Services industry.
Financial services are provided to people and companies. It includes accounting, audit, and tax services, as well as asset management, investment and financing advisory, and brokerage.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in Eastern Asia is $27.0B, which is 7.7% of the total amount of money raised in the Financial Services industry in Late rounds over the last 4 years.

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

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The majority of VCs are located in China while others are in Japan. There is an equal amount of VCs in Beijing, Hong Kong Island and Tokyo which host 6 funds each. There are also funds from Xuhui. VCs tend to invest in startups from China, but also invest in startups from The United States, Japan, 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 Telecommunications, Banking and Enterprise Software.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1858 and the newest one in 2019. In 2008 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2015 to 2020. For some funds, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2014 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2018 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 6, the maximum is 620. Average number of funding rounds is 157.8 while median is 114.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 13. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 204. Average amount of lead investments is 41.8 while median is 17.0. 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 -2.95 and the median is 0.31. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 4 – 5 investors. Less often in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is more than 1 billion. Less common range is 1 – 5 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 6.35 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 1.78 and median is 0.8. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.