Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Consumer 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 Consumer industry.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in Eastern Asia is $213.3M, which is 7.8% of the total amount of money raised in the Consumer industry in Seed rounds over the last 3 years.

Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Consumer 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 Tokyo which is home to 8 funds. There are also funds from Hong Kong Island, Beijing and Zhongshan. VCs tend to invest in startups from China, but also invest in startups from Japan, The United States, and Mauritius. 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 E-Commerce Platforms, Telecommunications and Social Network.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1991 and the newest one in 2016. In 2010 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 2, 24 or in 7 – 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 2, the maximum is 424. Average number of funding rounds is 64.5 while median is 26.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 4. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 112. Average amount of lead investments is 22.8 while median is 9.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -16.83 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 5.39 and the median is -0.39. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
• Typical Rounds – Funds participate in rounds with 2 – 3 or 3 – 4 investors more often than in rounds with 4 – 5 or 1 – 2 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 100 thousands – 1 million, 1 – 5 million and 50 – 100 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 1.79 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.25 and median is 0.0. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.