Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Social 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 Social industry.
Social is about solving cultural and social issues. It includes public safety, government, politics, religion, and LGBT.

Amount of money raised in Seed funding rounds is $365.5M, which is 4.1% of the total amount of money raised in the Social industry in Eastern Asia over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Social 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 9 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 Beijing, Xuhui and Shenzhen. VCs in the sample usually invest in Japan and China. They also invest in 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 Gamification, Business Development and Medical Service.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1983 and the newest one in 2018. In 1983 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2013 to 2020. For some funds, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2005 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2021 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 10, the maximum is 381. Average number of funding rounds is 121.4 while median is 91.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 150. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 101. Average amount of lead investments is 20.6 while median is 9.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 4. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -13.11 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 11.32 and the median is 15.04. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Funds participate in rounds with 4 – 5 or 2 – 3 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 0.8 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.18 and median is 0.06. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.