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Alibaba Innovation Investment

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Total investments 13
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$36M
Portfolio companies 10
Lead investments 2
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.23
Exits 4
Key employees Soon
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture

Areas of investment

  • Hardware
  • Information Technology
  • Logistics
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Rental
Summary

The venture was found in Asia in China. The main office of represented VC is situated in the Beijing.

The fund is constantly included in less than 2 investment rounds annually. Speaking about the real fund results, this VC is 13 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The top activity for fund was in 2018. Deals in the range of 50 - 100 millions dollars are the general things for fund. When the investment is from Alibaba Innovation Investment the average startup value is more than 1 billion dollars.

Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 2-3 years to receive the investment from the fund. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight YCloset, Nexar. The fund has exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Fashion, Apps. For fund there is no match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - Israel.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 8 partakers. Despite the Alibaba Innovation Investment, startups are often financed by ZhenFund, Yonghua Capital, Slow Ventures. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Zhizhuo Capital, ZhenFund, Tusk Ventures. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Alibaba Group.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

PEKON

Hardware
Retail
Software
$13M18 Jul 2018 Changning District, China

Cambricon Technologies

Artificial Intelligence
Electronics
Semiconductor
$100M20 Jun 2018 Beijing, Beijing, China

PEKON

Hardware
Retail
Software
$1M29 May 2018 Changning District, China

Nexar

Apps
Autonomous Vehicles
Internet
Sensor
Transportation
$30M24 Jan 2018 Tel Aviv-Yafo, Tel Aviv District, Israel

YCloset

Apps
Fashion
Rental
Shopping
Women's
$50M06 Sep 2017 Dongcheng District, Beijing, China

Das Security

Big Data
Hardware
Security
$15M20 Nov 2015 China, Zhejiang

Alog

E-Commerce
Logistics
Supply Chain Management
Warehousing
$3M10 Jun 2014 Shangcheng District, Zhejiang, China

Duitang

E-Commerce Platforms
Social Media
$1M01 Mar 2014 China, Shanghai

Best, Inc.

Information Technology
Logistics
Public Transportation
Supply Chain Management
$10M25 Nov 2010 Shangcheng District, Zhejiang, China

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Total investments 13
Average round size 36M
Peak activity year 2018
Lead investments 2
Follow on index 0.23
Exits 4
Group Appearance index 0.77

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

PEKON

Hardware
Retail
Software
$13M18 Jul 2018 Changning District, China

Cambricon Technologies

Artificial Intelligence
Electronics
Semiconductor
$100M20 Jun 2018 Beijing, Beijing, China

PEKON

Hardware
Retail
Software
$1M29 May 2018 Changning District, China

Nexar

Apps
Autonomous Vehicles
Internet
Sensor
Transportation
$30M24 Jan 2018 Tel Aviv-Yafo, Tel Aviv District, Israel

YCloset

Apps
Fashion
Rental
Shopping
Women's
$50M06 Sep 2017 Dongcheng District, Beijing, China

Das Security

Big Data
Hardware
Security
$15M20 Nov 2015 China, Zhejiang

Alog

E-Commerce
Logistics
Supply Chain Management
Warehousing
$3M10 Jun 2014 Shangcheng District, Zhejiang, China

Duitang

E-Commerce Platforms
Social Media
$1M01 Mar 2014 China, Shanghai

Best, Inc.

Information Technology
Logistics
Public Transportation
Supply Chain Management
$10M25 Nov 2010 Shangcheng District, Zhejiang, China
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