Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia with the biggest sum of Late 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 in Late stage over the last 4 years. They are actively investing in Telecommunications industry.

Amount of money raised in Late funding rounds is $14.6B, which is 20.6% of the total amount of money raised in the Telecommunications industry in Eastern Asia over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia with the biggest sum of Late 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 China while others are in Japan. The most common city is Hong Kong Island which is home to 6 funds. There are also funds from Shanghai, Tokyo and Beijing. These VCs tend to invest in startups from China, but also invest in startups from The United States 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 Banking. They also invest in Telecommunications, Real Estate and Manufacturing.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1858 and the newest one in 2016. In 2005 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.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 13 – 24, 7 – 12 or in 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 10, the maximum is 285. Average number of funding rounds is 72.7 while median is 51.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 11. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 203. Average amount of lead investments is 35.0 while median is 19.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 11. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -29.33 and 19.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -7.4 and the median is -5.22. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Funding rounds with these VCs have 4 – 5, 3 – 4 or 2 – 3 investors more often than 6 – 7 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of 10 – 50 million, 50 – 100 million or 100-500 million more often than less than 100 thousands. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.09 at minimum and 4.81 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.69 and median is 0.41. The most common multiplicator value is 0.45.