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Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Business Development industry over the recent years

Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Business Development 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 3 years. They are actively investing in Business Development industry.
Business Development is all about helping a business to grow. It includes consulting, business processes outsourcing, subscription services, and so on.

Amount of money raised in Seed funding rounds is $169.5M, which is 0.6% of the total amount of money raised in the Business Development industry in Eastern Asia over the last 3 years.

Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Business Development industry over the recent years
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Key takeaways

  • Funds Geography – The most common country among the top VCs is Japan which hosts 11 funds. There are also funds from China and South Korea. The most common city is Tokyo which is home to 11 funds. There are also funds from Beijing, Hong Kong Island and Hangzhou. VCs tend to invest in startups from Japan, but also invest in startups from China, The United States, and South Korea. 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 Social Network, Medical Service and Hardware/Electronics.
  • Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1974 and the newest one in 2019. In 2001 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 2011 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 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 157.6 while median is 109.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 113. Average amount of lead investments is 28.2 while median is 12.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 2. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -7.17 and 27.11 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 11.21 and the median is 15.06. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
  • Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 2 – 3 investors. Less often in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of less than 100 thousands and 100 thousands – 1 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 347.28 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 17.94 and median is close to zero. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.
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