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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 Seed stage over the last 2 years. They are actively investing in Human Resources industry.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in Eastern Asia is $82.0M, which is 9.5% of the total amount of money raised in the Human Resources industry in Seed rounds over the last 2 years.

Top 9 investors in Eastern Asia with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Human Resources industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

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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 a home to 7 funds. There are also funds from Fukuoka and Beijing. These VCs tend to invest in startups from Japan, but also invest in startups from Kenya 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 Banking. They also invest in Social Network, E-Commerce Platforms and Telecommunications.
  • Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1974 and the newest one in 2019. The two years with the most amount of deals were 2020 and 2018. 2019 and 2017 were less fruitful.
  • Investments - Usually VCs take part in 7 - 12 and in 2 - 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 13 - 24 and in 2. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 5, the maximum is 172. Average number of funding rounds is 60.6 while median is 51.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 50. Average amount of lead investments is 15.0 while median is 8.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 2. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -15.16 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 8.6 and the median is 6.78. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
  • Typical Rounds - VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 - 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 5 - 6, 4 - 5 or 2 - 3 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. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 0.17 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.04 and median is 0.01. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.