Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Medical Service 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 5 years. They are actively investing in Medical Service industry.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in Eastern Asia is $760.5M, which is 11.2% of the total amount of money raised in the Medical Service industry in Seed rounds over the last 5 years.

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

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The majority of VCs are located in Japan while others are in China. The most common city is Tokyo which is home to 11 funds. There are also funds from Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong Island. These VCs tend to invest in startups from Japan, but also invest in startups from China and The United States. 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 Social Network, Manufacturing and Location Based Services.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1977 and the newest one in 2017. In 2016 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.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 7 – 12 and in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 24 and in 2. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 1, the maximum is 424. Average number of funding rounds is 96.4 while median is 61.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 115. Average amount of lead investments is 27.4 while median is 13.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. 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 7.14 and the median is 9.52. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
• Typical Rounds – Funding rounds with these VCs have 3 – 4, 4 – 5 or 2 – 3 investors more often than 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 5 – 10 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 0.4 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.07 and median is 0.02. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.