Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Industrial field 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 Industrial field.
Industrial field relates to production of supplies, equipment, and machinery that are used to produce other goods rather than sold directly to consumers. It includes manufacturing, mining, and chemical engineering, as well as animal husbandry and geospatial services.

Amount of money raised in Seed funding rounds is $454.0M, which is 0.7% of the total amount of money raised in the Industrial field in Eastern Asia over the last 3 years.

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

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The majority of VCs are located either in Japan or China. There are also funds from South Korea. The most common city is Tokyo which is home to 9 funds. There are also funds from Beijing, Shenzhen and Seoul. 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 Hardware/Electronics, Autonomous Vehicles and Manufacturing.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1983 and the newest one in 2017. In 2010 the most amount of funds were founded. 2018 holds the most deals for 8 VCs. 2019, 2017 and 2020 were also fruitful. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2005 and 2019 years. For some funds, 2016 became the year with the most successful exits.
• Investments – Funds equally often participate in 2 – 6 and 2 funding rounds per year. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 5, the maximum is 687. Average number of funding rounds is 156.8 while median is 102.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 18. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 113. Average amount of lead investments is 22.4 while median is 9.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 1. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -22.72 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 13.08 and the median is 14.75. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 17.89.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 2 – 3 investors. Less often in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common range is 100 thousands – 1 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 200000000.0 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 20000000.15 and median is 0.04. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.