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FuturePlay

Founders Danny Yoon Hoseok JUNG Jaesun Han Jung-hee Ryu Sungjae Hwang

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Total investments 199
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$2M
Portfolio companies 146
Rounds per year 18.09
Lead investments 19
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.26
Key employees 3
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Seed

Areas of investment

  • Software
  • Information Technology
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Machine Learning
  • Robotics
Summary

In 2014 was created FuturePlay, 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.

The fund was created by Danny Yoon, Hoseok JUNG, Jaesun Han, Jung-hee Ryu, Sungjae Hwang. The overall number of key employees were 3.

Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Internet of Things, Autonomous Vehicles. The fund has no specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 3 or 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to be financed is low. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Nearthlab, Bear Robotics, Inc., Podo Labs. For fund there is no match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 1 and less years to get the investment from the fund.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 2-3 partakers. Despite the FuturePlay, startups are often financed by Plug and Play, Highway1, Techstars. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Bon Angels Venture Partners, Techstars, R/GA Accelerator. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Techstars, Seedcamp, Mirae Asset Venture Investment.

Deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars are the general things for fund. Considering the real fund results, this VC is 11 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The average startup value when the investment from FuturePlay is 1-5 millions dollars. The top activity for fund was in 2015. The fund is generally included in 2-6 deals every year.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

ROBOS

Industrial Automation
Robotics
$6M13 Feb 2024 Daegu, Taegu-jikhalsi, South Korea

Celloid

Biopharma
Biotechnology
Medical
$2M31 Jan 2024 Seongnam, Kyonggi-do, South Korea

Anchor Node

Mobile Apps
Online Games
29 Jan 2024 Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea

ADUS

Autonomous Vehicles
Commercial
15 Jan 2024 Seongnam, Kyonggi-do, South Korea

Rentree

Rental
$2M30 Nov 2023 Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea

Agmo

Agriculture
AgTech
Farming
29 Nov 2023 -

Allganize

Artificial Intelligence
Enterprise
Enterprise Software
Machine Learning
$274K28 Nov 2023 Oakland, California, United States

IDeAOcean

Manufacturing
Robotics
Service Industry
20 Nov 2023 Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea

Allganize

Artificial Intelligence
Enterprise
Enterprise Software
Machine Learning
$4M06 Nov 2023 Oakland, California, United States

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Total investments 199
Average round size 2M
Rounds per year 18.09
Peak activity year 2022
Lead investments 19
Follow on index 0.26
Group Appearance index 0.76

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

ROBOS

Industrial Automation
Robotics
$6M13 Feb 2024 Daegu, Taegu-jikhalsi, South Korea

Celloid

Biopharma
Biotechnology
Medical
$2M31 Jan 2024 Seongnam, Kyonggi-do, South Korea

Anchor Node

Mobile Apps
Online Games
29 Jan 2024 Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea

ADUS

Autonomous Vehicles
Commercial
15 Jan 2024 Seongnam, Kyonggi-do, South Korea

Rentree

Rental
$2M30 Nov 2023 Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea

Agmo

Agriculture
AgTech
Farming
29 Nov 2023 -

Allganize

Artificial Intelligence
Enterprise
Enterprise Software
Machine Learning
$274K28 Nov 2023 Oakland, California, United States

IDeAOcean

Manufacturing
Robotics
Service Industry
20 Nov 2023 Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea

Allganize

Artificial Intelligence
Enterprise
Enterprise Software
Machine Learning
$4M06 Nov 2023 Oakland, California, United States
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