Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Transportation 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 Transportation industry.

Amount of money raised in Seed funding rounds is $484.7M, which is 1.0% of the total amount of money raised in the Transportation industry in Eastern Asia over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Transportation 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 11 funds. There are also funds from Japan and South Korea. The most common city is Tokyo which is home to 8 funds. There are also funds from Beijing, Shanghai and Seoul. VCs in the sample invest in China and Japan more often than they do in 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 Autonomous Vehicles, Information Technology and Gamification.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1991 and the newest one in 2018. In 2014 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, 2019 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, 13 – 24 or in 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 3, the maximum is 424. Average number of funding rounds is 93.1 while median is 55.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 203. Average amount of lead investments is 32.4 while median is 10.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -21.9 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 7.63 and the median is 9.9. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 2 – 3 investors. Less often in rounds with 3 – 4, 4 – 5 or 6 – 7 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 10 – 50 million, 100 thousands – 1 million and 1 – 5 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 0.54 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.13 and median is 0.04. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.