Asia Tech Investment Report

A comprehensive, data-driven look at technology investment trends, top deals, active investors and strategic activity in Asia.

REPORT HIGHLIGHTS:

$106 BILLION INVESTED ACROSS 5,019 DEALS SINCE 2012

In 2017 year-to-date, $19.3B has been invested across 458 deals to Asian-headquartered tech companies with venture capital funding. At the current run-rate deals are on pace to increase by 14% over 2016 totals, while funding is on pace to grow by 132%.

ASIA TECH UNICORN CREATION DROPS FROM 2015 HIGH

On an annual basis, the creation of private companies with a valuation of a billion dollars or more declined 26% YoY from its peak in 2015 and has not seen a major pickup thus far in 2017 YTD.

MEGA-ROUNDS IN ASIA TECH BOUNCE BACK IN Q1’17

The number of $50M+ financings to VC-backed Asia tech companies rose 39% on a quarterly basis in Q1’17 to hit a fivequarter high.

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