DSC Investment

Type

Venture Capital

Status

Active

Location

Seoul, South Korea

Total investments

194

Average round size

8M

Portfolio companies

127

Rounds per year

16.17

Lead investments

15

Follow on index

0.34

Exits

3

Stages of investment
Seed
Areas of investment
BiotechnologyE-CommerceSoftwareInformation TechnologyArtificial IntelligenceMachine LearningHealth CareRoboticsManufacturingMedical

Summary

The main department of described VC is located in the Seoul. The company was established in Asia in South Korea.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3-4 partakers. Despite the DSC Investment, startups are often financed by Kakao Ventures, Naver Corporation, Korea Investment Partners. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Capstone Partners Co., Ltd., Mirae Asset Venture Investment, Korea Investment Partners. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Korea Investment Partners, Stonebridge Capital, Mirae Asset Venture Investment.

For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - South Korea. The fund has exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. In case when startup counts 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to get the investment is meager. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight ABL Bio, LetinAR Co., Ltd., Dable. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 4-5 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Artificial Intelligence, Software.

The fund is constantly included in 2-6 deals per year. Deals in the range of 5 - 10 millions dollars are the general things for fund. Opposing the other organizations, this DSC Investment works on 22 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments. The important activity for fund was in 2015. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity. Speaking about the real fund results, this VC is 6 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The higher amount of exits for fund were in 2018.

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Investor highlights

Industry focus
Consumer/RetailMedia/ContentFintechAI/Big DataHardware Show 3 more
Stage focus
GeneralistSeed

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
194
Lead investments
15
Exits
3
Rounds per year
16.17
Follow on index
0.34
Investments by industry
  • Software (32)
  • Artificial Intelligence (25)
  • Biotechnology (24)
  • Health Care (22)
  • E-Commerce (21)
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Investments by region
  • South Korea (161)
  • United States (19)
  • Israel (3)
  • Russia (2)
  • India (1)
Peak activity year
2021
Number of Unicorns
1
Number of Decacorns
1

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
7
Avg. valuation at time of investment
39M
Group Appearance index
0.88
Avg. company exit year
9

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Curamys 25 Oct 2021 Biotechnology, Genetics, Medical Early Stage Venture 8M Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea
Modusign 29 Apr 2024 Information Technology, Electronics, E-Signature Late Stage Venture 15M Gangwon-do, South Korea, South Korea

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