Top 9 investors in Eastern Asia with the biggest sum of Private Equity funding rounds in Bio & Nano Technology industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 9 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 Private Equity stage over the last 3 years. They are actively investing in Bio & Nano Technology industry.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in Eastern Asia is $1.5B, which is 19.4% of the total amount of money raised in the Bio & Nano Technology industry in Private Equity rounds over the last 3 years.

Top 9 investors in Eastern Asia with the biggest sum of Private Equity funding rounds in Bio & Nano Technology industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – All VCs are located in China. The most common city is Shanghai which is home to 3 funds. There are also funds from Hong Kong Island, Beijing and Xicheng. There are 2 countries that funds tend to invest in: China and The United States with the majority investing in China. For 3 funds in the sample, the country of the funds’ establishment and the country of their most frequent investments coincide.
• Industry Focus –
• Important Years – 2008 is the year when the most amount of the funds from the sample were founded. Some other popular years are 2015, 2001, and 1997. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2015 to 2020. For some funds, 2017 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 or 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 4, the maximum is 87. Average number of funding rounds is 28.7 while median is 22.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 2 and maximum is 41. Average amount of lead investments is 13.0 while median is 6.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 6. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -54.33 and 12.33 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -10.27 and the median is -8.5. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is -8.5.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 5 – 6 investors. Less often in rounds with 4 – 5, 3 – 4 or 2 – 3 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 100-500 million. Less common ranges are 10 – 50 million, less than 100 thousands and 50 – 100 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.04 at minimum and 5.42 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 1.05 and median is 0.3.