Capstone

Type

Venture Capital

Status

Active

Location

Seoul, South Korea

Total investments

260

Average round size

14M

Portfolio companies

183

Rounds per year

16.25

Lead investments

58

Follow on index

0.29

Exits

14

Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Areas of investment
E-CommerceInternetSoftwareInformation TechnologyMobileGamingArtificial IntelligenceFood and BeverageAppsVideo Games

Summary

In 2008 was created Capstone Partners Co., Ltd., which is appeared as VC. The main office of represented VC is situated in the Seoul. The company was established in Asia in South Korea.

Besides them, we counted 4 critical employees of this fund in our database.

The top amount of exits for fund were in 2014. This Capstone Partners Co., Ltd. works on 17 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments comparing to the other organizations. The fund is generally included in 2-6 deals every year. The real fund results show that this VC is 16 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other companies. Deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars are the general things for fund. The high activity for fund was in 2014.

Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline Smile Family, RacoonSoft, Flintgames Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 2-3 years to get the investment from the fund. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - South Korea. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Internet, Mobile. The fund has no exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. When startup sums 4 or 5+ of the founder, the probability for it to get the investment is little.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 2-3 partakers. Despite the Capstone Partners Co., Ltd., startups are often financed by Strong Ventures, Bon Angels Venture Partners, Softbank Ventures Asia. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are DSC Investment, Stonebridge Capital, Softbank Ventures Asia. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Altos Ventures, Smilegate Investment, Mirae Asset Venture Investment.

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Investor highlights

Industry generalist
Yes
Industry focus
GeneralistAI/Big DataCloud/InfrastructureBlockchain/Crypto/Web3Gaming/Esports Show 3 more
Stage focus
Series ASeries B
Geo focus
South Korea

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
260
Lead investments
58
Exits
14
Rounds per year
16.25
Follow on index
0.29
Investments by industry
  • Software (52)
  • Mobile (40)
  • Gaming (28)
  • E-Commerce (27)
  • Apps (24)
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Investments by region
  • South Korea (237)
  • United States (13)
  • India (1)
  • Finland (1)
  • Australia (1)
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Peak activity year
2014
Number of Unicorns
3
Number of Decacorns
3
Number of Minotaurs
1

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
8
Avg. valuation at time of investment
52M
Group Appearance index
0.64
Avg. company exit year
4
Avg. multiplicator
0.01
Strategy success index
0.40

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
BigPearl 29 Jan 2021 Publishing, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning Seed Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea
TMR Founders 13 Jun 2024 Service Industry Seed Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea

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