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Bertelsmann Asia Investments

Founders Annabelle Yu Long

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Total investments 156
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$29M
Portfolio companies 105
Rounds per year 10.40
Lead investments 36
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.31
Exits 12
Key employees 2
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture
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Areas of investment

  • Internet
  • E-Commerce
  • Software
  • Financial Services
  • FinTech
Summary

In 2008 was created Bertelsmann Asia Investments, which is appeared as VC. The venture was found in Asia in China. Bertelsmann Asia Investments appeared to be a CVC structure as part of the corporation. The main office of represented VC is situated in the Beijing.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3-4 partakers. Despite the Bertelsmann Asia Investments, startups are often financed by IDG Capital, GGV Capital, Tencent Holdings. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are ZhenFund, IDG Capital, Tencent Holdings. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Tencent Holdings, ZhenFund, YF Capital (Yunfeng Capital).

Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Automotive, Education. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Chunyu Yisheng, Club Factory, YOHO. Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 2-3 years to receive the investment from the fund. For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - China. The fund has exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 4 or 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to be financed is low.

This organization was formed by Annabelle Yu Long. The overall number of key employees were 2.

The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars. The typical startup value when the investment from Bertelsmann Asia Investments is 100-500 millions dollars. The fund is constantly included in 2-6 investment rounds annually. Speaking about the real fund results, this VC is 13 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The increased amount of exits for fund were in 2018. Opposing the other organizations, this Bertelsmann Asia Investments works on 17 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments. The high activity for fund was in 2019.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Galactic Holdings

Blockchain
Cryptocurrency
Financial Services
$10M17 Apr 2023 Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

RM Group

Artificial Intelligence
$10M20 Dec 2022 Shanghai, Shanghai, China

Fabrie

Cloud Computing
Graphic Design
01 Oct 2022 Shanghai, Shanghai, China

Meson

Blockchain
Cryptocurrency
$4M18 Aug 2022 Singapore, Central Region, Singapore

Stori Card

Banking
Credit Cards
Financial Services
FinTech
$50M15 Jul 2022 Mexico City, Mexico

Babel Finance

Blockchain
Cryptocurrency
Finance
FinTech
$80M25 May 2022 Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, China

Fabrie

Cloud Computing
Graphic Design
24 Mar 2022 Shanghai, Shanghai, China

Taichi Graphics

Cloud Infrastructure
Graphic Design
Software
$50M07 Feb 2022 Beijing, Beijing, China

Stori Card

Banking
Credit Cards
Financial Services
FinTech
$125M11 Nov 2021 Mexico City, Mexico

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Total investments 156
Average round size 29M
Rounds per year 10.40
Peak activity year 2019
Lead investments 36
Follow on index 0.31
Exits 12
Group Appearance index 0.88

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Galactic Holdings

Blockchain
Cryptocurrency
Financial Services
$10M17 Apr 2023 Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

RM Group

Artificial Intelligence
$10M20 Dec 2022 Shanghai, Shanghai, China

Fabrie

Cloud Computing
Graphic Design
01 Oct 2022 Shanghai, Shanghai, China

Meson

Blockchain
Cryptocurrency
$4M18 Aug 2022 Singapore, Central Region, Singapore

Stori Card

Banking
Credit Cards
Financial Services
FinTech
$50M15 Jul 2022 Mexico City, Mexico

Babel Finance

Blockchain
Cryptocurrency
Finance
FinTech
$80M25 May 2022 Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, China

Fabrie

Cloud Computing
Graphic Design
24 Mar 2022 Shanghai, Shanghai, China

Taichi Graphics

Cloud Infrastructure
Graphic Design
Software
$50M07 Feb 2022 Beijing, Beijing, China

Stori Card

Banking
Credit Cards
Financial Services
FinTech
$125M11 Nov 2021 Mexico City, Mexico
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