Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Virtual Currency 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 3 years. They are actively investing in Virtual Currency industry.
Virtual currency is an electronic representation of value and can be traded or used as payment. It includes cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and etherium.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in Eastern Asia is $180.5M, which is 13.2% of the total amount of money raised in the Virtual Currency industry in Seed rounds over the last 3 years.

Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Virtual Currency 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 15 funds. There are also funds from Japan and South Korea. The most common city is Hong Kong Island which is home to 8 funds. There are also funds from Shanghai, Tokyo and Seoul. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from China, Japan, and Singapore. For 8 funds in the sample, 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, Legal and Banking.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1987 and the newest one in 2018. In 2017 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2016 to 2021. For some funds, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Funds equally often participate in 2 and 7 – 12 funding rounds per year. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 1, the maximum is 285. Average number of funding rounds is 72.2 while median is 36.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 38. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 90. Average amount of lead investments is 11.1 while median is 3.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -37.67 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 11.79 and the median is 16.75. 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 5 – 6 or 4 – 5 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common range is 10 – 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 8.0 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 1.2 and median is 0.23. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.