# Biotech investors in Asia (2026 list)

> 195 biotech investors in Asia, 93% active in the last 12 months. Led by 500 Global, National Science Foundation, Plug and Play. Ranked by what they funded.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/lists/biotech-investors-in-asia (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Biotech investors in Asia

Updated 7 November 2026

Firms observed backing a biotech company in Asia in the last two years, wherever the firm is based.

[See all 195 *→*](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&next=%2Fapp%2Finvestor-lists%2Fbiotech-investors-in-asia)The top 25

**195** investors on the list *+10* this week

**2,813** cheques in 12 months *-10%* against the market

**$14M** median round they joined *+74%* against the market median

**93%** wrote a cheque in 12 months

**35%** have led a round

## The Top 25

Ordered by cheques observed, never by anything anyone paid for

Deploying now (25)

- 1 [500 Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups) *Deploying now* Angel · United States **2,140** **$3.6M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 2 [National Science Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nsf-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-techno) *Deploying now* Government · United States **1,869** **$926K** median round **Sept 2026** last seen
- 3 [Plug and Play](https://millionrounds.com/fund/plug-and-play) *Deploying now* Accelerator · United States **1,561** **$5M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 4 [Accel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accel) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **1,341** **$32M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 5 [Google for Startups](https://millionrounds.com/fund/google-for-startups) *Deploying now* Accelerator · United States **811** **$1.4M** median round **Sept 2026** last seen
- 6 [Korea Tech Incubator Program For Startup](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tips-program) *Deploying now* Government · South Korea **597** **$2.1M** median round **Sept 2026** last seen
- 7 [Qiming Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/qiming-venture-partners) *Deploying now* VC firm · Hong Kong SAR China **526** **$25M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 8 [IDG Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/idg-capital) *Deploying now* Private equity · China **504** **$25M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 9 [HSG](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hsg) *Deploying now* VC firm · Hong Kong SAR China **498** **$31M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 10 [Mitsubishi UFJ Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mitsubishi-ufj-capital-co-ltd) *Deploying now* VC firm · Japan **493** **$4.7M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 11 [Global Brain Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/global-brain-corporation) *Deploying now* VC firm · Japan **480** **$7.6M** median round **Sept 2026** last seen
- 12 [Shenzhen Capital Group Co.](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shenzhen-capital-group) *Deploying now* Government · China **449** **$16M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 13 [OrbiMed](https://millionrounds.com/fund/orbimed) *Deploying now* Private equity · United States **447** **$71M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 14 [SMBC Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/smbc-venture-capital-2) *Deploying now* Investment bank · Japan **443** **$5.1M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 15 [Mizuho Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mizuho-capital) *Deploying now* VC firm · Japan **397** **$6.5M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 16 [RA Capital Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ra-capital-management) *Deploying now* Private equity · United States **395** **$93M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 17 [Temasek Holdings](https://millionrounds.com/fund/temasek) *Deploying now* VC firm · Singapore **384** **$100M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 18 [SBI Investment](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sbi-investment) *Deploying now* VC firm · Japan **330** **$8.7M** median round **Sept 2026** last seen
- 19 [Korea Investment Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/korea-investment-partners) *Deploying now* VC firm · South Korea **298** **$8M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 20 [Wellington Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wellington-management) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **297** **$130M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 21 [Matrix Partners China](https://millionrounds.com/fund/matrix-partners-china-2) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **295** **$16M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 22 [Shunwei Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shunwei-capital) *Deploying now* VC firm · China **288** **$15M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 23 [Hill House Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hill-house-capital) *Deploying now* Family office · Singapore **248** **$60M** median round **Sept 2026** last seen
- 24 [Japan Finance Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/japan-finance-corporation) *Deploying now* Investment firm · Japan **247** **$2M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 25 [CyberAgent Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cyberagent-ventures) *Deploying now* VC firm · Japan **231** **$2.2M** median round **Aug 2026** last seen

**170 more on this list**

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## The Newest Cheques

Rounds this list's investors joined most recently

- **7** Nov **[LionBio Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/lionbio-therapeutics)** Pre-seed · $6M *With* [South Park Commons](https://millionrounds.com/fund/south-park-commons)
- **6** Nov **[Thinking Machines Lab](https://millionrounds.com/company/thinking-machines-lab)** Other · $5B *Led by* [Accel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accel)
- **5** Nov **[T-Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/t-therapeutics)** Series B · $133M *With* [Eli Lilly](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eli-lilly)
- **5** Nov **[Soter Insure](https://millionrounds.com/company/soter-insure)** Series B *With* [SBI Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sbi-group)
- **5** Nov **[Nyquis](https://millionrounds.com/company/nyquis)** Seed · $6.3M *Led by* [South Park Commons](https://millionrounds.com/fund/south-park-commons)
- **5** Nov **[Alethio Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/alethio-therapeutics)** Series A · $90M *Led by* [RA Capital Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ra-capital-management)

## Stages This Year

1,915 rounds

- Venture **25%**
- Series A **15%**
- Seed **14%**
- Other **10%**
- Series B **10%**
- Other **26%**

## What They Backed

Sectors, last 12 months

- AI **567**
- Biotech **318**
- Healthcare **171**
- Pharma **91**
- Fintech **82**
- Big Data & Analytics **69**

## Cheques by Quarter

Led Joined

715 Q1 25

753 Q2 25

915 Q3 25

1,018 Q4 25

900 Q1 26

763 Q2 26

590 Q3 26

191 Q4 26

The last bar is the quarter still running.

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## Reading for founders in health and biotech

- The Innovator's Prescription: A Disruptive Solution for Health Care Clayton M. Christensen · 2008 4.21 from 1,158 ratings on Goodreads Health and biotech Innovation Moats and competition About the book A groundbreaking prescription for health care reform--from a legendary leader in innovation... Our health care system is in critical condition. Each year, fewer Americans can afford it, fewer businesses can provide it, and fewer government programs can promise it for future… On AmazonListen on Audible
- Where Does It Hurt?: An Entrepreneur's Guide to Fixing Health Care Jonathan Bush · 2014 3.78 from 598 ratings on Goodreads Health and biotech Company building Innovation About the book A bold new remedy for the sprawling and wasteful health care industry Where else but the doctor’s office do you have to fill out a form on a clipboard? Have you noticed that hospital bills are almost unintelligible, except for the absurdly high dollar amount? Why is it that… On AmazonListen on Audible
- Ashes to Ashes: America's Hundred-Year Cigarette War, the Public Health, and the Unabashed Triumph of Philip Morris Richard Kluger · 1997 3.94 from 306 ratings on Goodreads Health and biotech Company building About the book Ashes to Ashes is a monumental history of the American tobacco industry’s ironic success in developing the cigarette, modern society’s most widespread instrument of self-destruction, into the nation’s most profitable consumer product. Starting with its energized, work-obsessed… On AmazonListen on Audible
- The Kelloggs: The Battling Brothers of Battle Creek Howard Markel · 2017 3.87 from 969 ratings on Goodreads Health and biotech Company building About the book "What's more American than Corn Flakes?" --Bing Crosby From the much admired medical historian ("Markel shows just how compelling the medical history can be"--Andrea Barrett) and author of An Anatomy of Addiction ("Absorbing, vivid"--Sherwin Nuland, The New York Times Book… On AmazonListen on Audible

More books for founders and investors on the [Reading List](https://millionrounds.com/reading-list?role=founder&industry=health).

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## Quick answers about biotech investors in Asia

### Who are the most active biotech investors in Asia?

By cheques observed, the most active are 500 Global, National Science Foundation, Plug and Play, Accel and Google for Startups.

### How many biotech investors in Asia are there?

195 are on record. 93% made an investment in the last 12 months and 35% have led a round.

### Which stages do biotech investors in Asia back?

Of the rounds with a named stage in the last 12 months, mostly Series A (23%) and Seed (23%).

### How big are the rounds biotech investors in Asia join?

The typical (median) round among the leading investors here is $8.7M.

### Which sectors do biotech investors in Asia back most?

In the last 12 months, mostly AI, Biotech and Healthcare.

### Which biotech investors in Asia lead the most rounds?

Accel (103 led), Temasek Holdings (19 led) and RA Capital Management (15 led).

### Where are biotech investors in Asia based?

Among the most active, most are based in the United States (9), Japan (7) and China (3).

### What have biotech investors in Asia invested in recently?

Recent rounds include LionBio Therapeutics (Pre-seed, Nov 2026, with South Park Commons), Thinking Machines Lab (Other, Nov 2026, with Accel) and T-Therapeutics (Series B, Nov 2026, with Eli Lilly).

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