Industrial Bank of Korea

Total investments

128

Average round size

16M

Portfolio companies

118

Rounds per year

2.03

Lead investments

4

Follow on index

0.08

Areas of investment
BiotechnologyE-CommerceSoftwareFinancial ServicesInformation TechnologyArtificial IntelligenceMachine LearningHealth CareAppsManufacturing

Summary

Industrial Bank of Korea is the famous Corporate Investor, which was founded in 1961. The venture was found in Asia in South Korea. The main office of represented Corporate Investor is situated in the Seoul.

Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 2-3 years to receive the investment from the fund. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Wantedlab, B2Link, B2Link. 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 a number of founders of portfolio startups. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Real Estate, Recruiting.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 4-5 participants. Despite the Industrial Bank of Korea, startups are often financed by KTB Network, Stonebridge Capital, Woori Bank. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are SK Securities, Mirae Asset Venture Investment, Woomi construction corporation. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Premier Partners, POSCO Venture Capital, Korea Kolmar Co..

Considering the real fund results, this Corporate Investor is 5 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The important activity for fund was in 2019. Deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars are the general things for fund. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 investment rounds annually.

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
128
Lead investments
4
Rounds per year
2.03
Follow on index
0.08
Investments by industry
  • Artificial Intelligence (19)
  • Software (18)
  • Health Care (15)
  • Information Technology (13)
  • Machine Learning (12)
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Investments by region
  • South Korea (116)
  • Nigeria (1)
  • China (2)
  • United States (3)
Peak activity year
2022

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
6
Avg. valuation at time of investment
13M
Group Appearance index
0.91
Strategy success index
0.10

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Algocare 14 Mar 2024 Artificial Intelligence, Health Care, Nutrition Early Stage Venture 13M Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea
Glorang 10 Jun 2024 Information Technology, Apps, EdTech, Education Early Stage Venture 6M Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, Yeoksamdong, South Korea
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