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Total investments 191
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$8M
Portfolio companies 124
Rounds per year 15.92
Lead investments 15
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.34
Exits 3
Key employees Soon
Stages of investment
Seed

Areas of investment

  • Software
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Biotechnology
  • Health Care
  • E-Commerce
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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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Dencom

Dental
Health Care
Information Technology
IT Management
Technical Support
$8M22 Feb 2024 Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea

Connective

Artificial Intelligence
Health Care
Robotics
$3M31 Jan 2024 Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea

GenGenAI

Artificial Intelligence
Information Technology
$3M21 Dec 2023 South Korea, Gangwon-do, South Korea

Dimensional Energy

Chemical
Energy
Manufacturing
Solar
$20M12 Dec 2023 Ithaca, New York, United States

Clover Games

Digital Entertainment
Digital Media
Gaming
Media and Entertainment
Online Games
$13M09 Nov 2023 Russian Federation, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia

Pribit Technology

Cyber Security
Information Technology
Security
Technical Support
$3M22 Aug 2023 Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea

MADDE

3D Printing
Technical Support
$33M01 Aug 2023 Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea

Everon

Automotive
Battery
Electric Vehicle
$43M13 Jul 2023 Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea

EVAR

Robotics
$19M06 Jul 2023 -
News
PharmCADD Raised USD 16m in Series B Funding

– PharmCADD announced that it has finished USD 16m series B funding on March 31, 2021.
– This funding round was led by Strategic Investors: Huons, Samyang Holdings and SD BIOSENSOR; and Financial Investors: KTB Network, Daily Partners, DSC Investment, KDB Capital, Maple Investment and KB Securities.
– As a result, PharmCADD has secured total of USD 22m in funding since its establishment.
– PharmCADD plans to use the funding not only to launch the U.S. and India-based branches but also to advance its AI & Physics-based drug discovery platform technology, Pharmulator™, and to expand R&D manpower. The funding will be used for the preclinical study of internal pipelines as well.

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Total investments 191
Average round size 8M
Rounds per year 15.92
Peak activity year 2021
Lead investments 15
Follow on index 0.34
Exits 3
Group Appearance index 0.87

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Dencom

Dental
Health Care
Information Technology
IT Management
Technical Support
$8M22 Feb 2024 Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea

Connective

Artificial Intelligence
Health Care
Robotics
$3M31 Jan 2024 Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea

GenGenAI

Artificial Intelligence
Information Technology
$3M21 Dec 2023 South Korea, Gangwon-do, South Korea

Dimensional Energy

Chemical
Energy
Manufacturing
Solar
$20M12 Dec 2023 Ithaca, New York, United States

Clover Games

Digital Entertainment
Digital Media
Gaming
Media and Entertainment
Online Games
$13M09 Nov 2023 Russian Federation, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia

Pribit Technology

Cyber Security
Information Technology
Security
Technical Support
$3M22 Aug 2023 Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea

MADDE

3D Printing
Technical Support
$33M01 Aug 2023 Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea

Everon

Automotive
Battery
Electric Vehicle
$43M13 Jul 2023 Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea

EVAR

Robotics
$19M06 Jul 2023 -
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