Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Biotechnology 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 Seed stage over the last 5 years. They are actively investing in Biotechnology industry.
Biotechnology is the use of biology to make or develop products. It includes biopharmaceutical, genetics, and neuroscience.

Amount of money raised in Seed funding rounds is $527.3M, which is 0.8% of the total amount of money raised in the Biotechnology industry in Eastern Asia over the last 5 years.

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

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The most common country among the top VCs is China which hosts 12 funds. There are also funds from Japan and South Korea. There is an equal amount of VCs in Tokyo and Beijing which host 6 funds each. There are also funds from Wangjing and Shenzhen. These VCs tend to invest in startups from China, but also invest in startups from Japan 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 Entertainment, Bio & Nano Technology and Social Network.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1953 and the newest one in 2016. In 1991 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2014 to 2020. 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, 2019 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 13, the maximum is 687. Average number of funding rounds is 160.8 while median is 108.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 13. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 123. Average amount of lead investments is 29.6 while median is 18.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 2. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -37.67 and 27.11 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 6.45 and the median is 8.24. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – 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 10 – 50 million. Less common range is 100-500 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 14.63 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 2.46 and median is 0.22. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.