3 ways to capture Asia's fastest-growing companies as a VC investor

Asia is now home to 40% of the unicorn companies worldwide. Venture capital (VC) investments in Emerging Asia saw a record high in 2021, delivering an impressive YOY growth of 56.3%. As the world's economic powerhouse, the region is expected to lead global growth by 2030. With such promising success, is there a structured approach to venture investing in Asia?

This week, Silverhorn Studios held its “How to access Asia's fastest-growing companies as a VC investor” webinar. Facilitated by Huidi Zeng, the discussion featured our trusted partner David Chang, Managing Partner of MindWorks Capital, and Silverhorn Private Equity Director Samuel He, who spoke about the ways venture capital investments effectively capture the private equity market in Asia.

In our view, there are 3 key points to VC investing in Asia:

1. Asia has the fertile ground for tech innovations. Opportunities are maturing beyond China to India and Southeast Asia.

2. Sufficient reserve for follow-on rounds is key to superior returns for VC investments.

3. Co-investment is one option to capture the future unicorns in Emerging Asia.

If you have any questions about venture capital investing in Asia, leave them in the comments below.