In this report, we will reveal a variety of trends to help you to have a better overview of the startup funding landscape in Asia-Pacific. During Q1 2015, we captured 436 investments for a total amount of US $9.4 Billion in Asia-Pacific.
For Q1 2015, some of the findings include:
E-Commerce & Marketplace captured 53% of the investments in value.
Out of the 11 biggest funds launched, 4 have been set-up by a corporation.
9 out of the 10 biggest deals have been done in China.
67% more deals have been done in India than in China.
The 10 most active VCs have closed 29% of the deals.
Thank you for reading the Startintx Index: APAC Venture Capital Q1 2015.
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2. Outline
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Startintx Index: APAC Venture Capital - Top Trends of Q1 2015
Methodology
Part 1 - Deals Volume
Startup Funding in Numbers
Part 2 - Venture Capital
Disclosure
Executive summary
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3. Executive Summary
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Startintx Index: APAC Venture Capital - Top Trends of Q1 2015
In this report, we will reveal a variety of trends to help you to have a better overview of the startup funding
landscape in Asia-Pacific. During Q1 2015, we captured 436 investments for a total amount of US $9.4 Billion
in Asia-Pacific.
For Q1 2015, some of the findings include:
• E-Commerce & Marketplace captured 53% of the investments in value.
• Out of the 11 biggest funds launched, 4 have been set-up by a corporation.
• 9 out of the 10 biggest deals have been done in China.
• 67% more deals have been done in India than in China.
• The 10 most active VCs have closed 29% of the deals.
Thank you for reading the Startintx Index: APAC Venture Capital Q1 2015.
Arnaud Bonzom
arnaud@startintx.com
4. Methodology
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Funding Rounds
- “Late” stage rounds include Series D and beyond, except on slide 14 (China versus India),
where “Late” stage rounds include Series E and beyond.
- All the amount are in USD.
Time Period
For this report, we collected startup fundings from January 1st to March 31st, 2015.
Data Source
The presentation relies on data and insights collected by Startintx from a wide range of
sources, including public and privates companies, media and government agencies. The
presentation is also informed by non-public information and insights.
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5. Startup Funding in numbers
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436
Startups funded
$9,430,169,000
Invested in startups
$850M
Biggest deal
VentureCapitalStartup
$910M
Biggest new fund
30
Funds closed
$4,439,800,000
Capital Raised by Venture Capital
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7. 9 out of the 10 biggest deals have been done in China.
Alibaba has invested in the Indian one.
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Dianping.com
One97 Communications
Enlight Media
$850M
$700MMeituan
Meizu $590M
$575M
$383M
Kuaidi Dache $600M
Ele.me $350M
To8to $200M
Youxinpai $200M
Imgo.tv $200M
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Deals volume
8. Capital invested per stage
in Billions of USD
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Seed Series A Series B Series C Late
0.79
4.03
Others
2.24
1.27
1.07
0.06
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9. Capital invested per stage
in percentage
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1%
11%
8%
13%
43%
24%
Seed Series A Series B Series C Late Others
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5Deals volume
10. Startups funded per stage
number of companies
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Seed Series A Series B Series C Late
45
17
Others
146
23
96
109
5Deals volume
11. Startups funded per stage
in percentage
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25%
22%
10%
5%
4%
34%
Seed Series A Series B Series C Late Others
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5Deals volume
12. Investment per stage and countries
Top 5 countries - in percentage
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China(1)
India Japan Singapore South Korea
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Seed
Series A
Series B
Series C
Late
Others
10%
39%
16%
12%
11%
13%
37%
13%
8%
4%
2%
35%
16%
3%
11%
8%
62%
38%
25%
38%
6%
6%
25%
63%
(1) with Hong Kong
5Deals volume
13. 67% more deals in India than in China in volume.
In value, China is 3.9 times bigger than India.
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5Deals volume
14. China(1)
versus India
Capital invested per stage in Billions of USD
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Seed Series A Series B Series C Series D Others
0.46
1.99
1.80
0.70
Late(2)
0.950.90
0.01
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IndiaChina
(1) with Hong Kong
Seed Series A Series B Series C Series D Others
0.17 0.19
0.02
1.05
0.220.110.03
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Late(2)
(2) doesn’t included Series D
5Deals volume
15. E-Commerce & Marketplace captured
53% of the investments in value
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5Deals volume
18. Out of the 11 biggest funds launched,
4 have been set-up by a corporation
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IDG Capital & SMBA
Alibaba
Accel Partners
$910M
$500MInfosys
SAIF Partners $350M
$316M
$305M
Banyan Capital $362M
MediaTek $300M
N5 Capital $200M
IDA $200M
Alibaba & SAIC Motor
$160M
$160M
Shunwei Capital
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19. The 10 most active VCs have closed
29% of the deals
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Sequoia Capital
Mumbai Angels
500 Startups
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15East Ventures
Tiger Global Management 11
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Matrix Partners 13
IDG Ventures 20
Gree Ventures 7
SAIF Partners 7
Helion Venture Partners 6
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20. 8 out 10 most active VCs invested
in India and most of them invested in China
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Sequoia Capital
Mumbai Angels
500 Startups
East Ventures
Tiger Global
Matrix Partners
IDG Ventures
Gree Ventures
SAIF Partners
Helion Venture Partners
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THIDHK MLJP PHSGCNIN
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21. Venture Capital Spotlight - East Ventures
15 investments in 90 days
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Top 3 co-investors
Round size
Top 3 industries
Location
ID
3
JP
3
SG
3
ML
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TH
2
HK
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IN
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E-Commerce & Marketplace
Enterprise
Finance
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5
2
Beenos Partners
500 Startups
Cyber Agent Ventures
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2
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$1,450k
$135k
$698k
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Last 15 investments:
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- Siamsquared
- Shoppr
- Shopline
- ShopBack
- Polyglots
- Oddle
- MoolahSense
- Leading Mark
- Kaodim
- Jurnal
- Gympik
- Bridestory
- Bornevia
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