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Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia with the biggest sum of Late funding rounds in Software Engineering industry over the recent years

Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia with the biggest sum of Late funding rounds in Software Engineering 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 Software Engineering industry.
Software engineering is application of a systematic, disciplined, quantifiable approach to the development, operation, and maintenance of software. it includes software development applications, web development, and quantum computing, as well as quality assurance, iOS, and Android.

Amount of money raised in Late funding rounds is $7.5B, which is 71.3% of the total amount of money raised in the Software Engineering industry in Eastern Asia over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia with the biggest sum of Late funding rounds in Software Engineering industry over the recent years
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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. There is an equal amount of VCs in Beijing and Hong Kong Island which host 6 funds each. There are also funds from Shanghai and Xuhui. VCs tend to invest in startups from China, but also invest in startups from The United States, South Korea, and Japan. 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 Entertainment, Consumer and Transportation.
  • Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1858 and the newest one in 2016. In 2016 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. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2008 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2020 became the year with the most successful exits.
  • Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2 – 6. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 6, the maximum is 323. Average number of funding rounds is 103.2 while median is 76.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 20. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 98. Average amount of lead investments is 27.7 while median is 15.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 1. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -32.54 and 17.12 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -0.44 and the median is -1.58. 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 100-500 million. Less common range is more than 1 billion. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 20.11 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 3.18 and median is 1.19. The most common multiplicator value is 0.29.
Eastern Asia Late Stage Venture Software Engineering
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