Top 7 investors in Eastern Asia that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Art (Auctions) industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 7 investors according to the total amount of 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 Art (Auctions) industry.

Amount of funding rounds in Eastern Asia is 8, which is 5.5% of the total amount of Seed rounds in the Art (Auctions) industry over the last 3 years.

Top 7 investors in Eastern Asia that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Art (Auctions) industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The majority of VCs are located in China while others are in Japan. All funds are based in different cities. No city grouping tendencies were found in this sample. These VCs tend to invest in startups from China, but also invest in startups from Japan and The United States. For 2 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 Banking. They also invest in Enterprise Software, E-Commerce Platforms and Telecommunications.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1985 and the newest one in 2016.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 13, the maximum is 100. Average number of funding rounds is 45.0 while median is 40.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 54. Average amount of lead investments is 17.0 while median is 6.0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -17.34 and 26.37 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 3.56 and the median is 6.78. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Funds usually participate in rounds with 2 – 3 investors, less often in rounds with 3 – 4 or 4 – 5 investors. The most common average round size for these funds is less than 100 thousands. Other common ranges are 100 thousands – 1 million and 5 – 10 million. The most common average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation for funds in the sample is 0.0. 1.14, 0.13 and 0.06 are less common.