Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in EdTech 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 4 years. They are actively investing in EdTech industry.

Amount of money raised in Seed funding rounds is $93.5M, which is 0.8% of the total amount of money raised in the EdTech industry in Eastern Asia over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in EdTech 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 13 funds. There are also funds from Japan and South Korea. There is an equal amount of VCs in Beijing and Tokyo which host 7 funds each. There are also funds from Hong Kong Island and Hangzhou. VCs tend to invest in startups from China, but also invest in startups from Japan, The United States, and India. 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, EdTech and Business Development.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2001 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 2011 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 7 – 12, 2 or in 13 – 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 1, the maximum is 424. Average number of funding rounds is 66.0 while median is 38.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 6. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 112. Average amount of lead investments is 18.4 while median is 8.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 1. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -15.83 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 9.79 and the median is 10.82. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 16.5.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 2 – 3 investors. Less often in rounds with 3 – 4, 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 10 – 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 9.81 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.63 and median is 0.04. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.