Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Media and Entertainment 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 Media and Entertainment industry.
Media and entertainment is a large sector that includes music, movies, theatre, dating and sex industry, gambling, event management, photofraphy, publishing, cirtual reality, and graphic design.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in Eastern Asia is $214.0M, which is 11.1% of the total amount of money raised in the Media and Entertainment industry in Seed rounds over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Media and Entertainment 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. The most common city is Tokyo which is home to 7 funds. There are also funds from Shanghai, Beijing and Hong Kong Island. VCs tend to invest in startups from China, but also invest in startups from Japan, 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 Entertainment, Business Development and Digital Media.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1985 and the newest one in 2017. In 2017 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 2014 and 2020 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 2 – 6. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 5, the maximum is 687. Average number of funding rounds is 127.2 while median is 44.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 204. Average amount of lead investments is 30.2 while median is 4.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 1. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -21.3 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 7.6 and the median is 9.0. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 9.0.
• 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 close to zero at minimum and 6.35 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 1.05 and median is close to zero. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.