Top 6 investors in Eastern Asia with the biggest sum of Late funding rounds in Social industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 6 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 Late stage over the last 2 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 funding rounds in Eastern Asia is $658.8M, which is 4.4% of the total amount of money raised in the Social industry in Late rounds over the last 2 years.

Top 6 investors in Eastern Asia with the biggest sum of Late funding rounds in Social 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 3 funds. There are also funds from Minato, Chaoyang and Beijing. These VCs tend to invest in startups from Japan, but also invest in startups from The United States and China. 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 Autonomous Vehicles, Gamification and Entertainment.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1996 and the newest one in 2019. 2019 holds the most deals for 4 VCs. 2020 and 2017 were fruitful for other funds.
• Investments – Average amount of funding rounds per year is either 2 or 7 – 12 for VCs in the sample The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 12, the maximum is 172. Average number of funding rounds is 96.0 while median is 109.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 3 and maximum is 40. Average amount of lead investments is 20.2 while median is 20.5. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -5.78 and 11.69 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 3.37 and the median is 2.84. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Funds usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 or 4 – 5 investors. Average round size for all funds is different. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 0.92 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.34 and median is 0.2.