Kakao Games

Total investments

13

Average round size

14M

Portfolio companies

10

Rounds per year

1.62

Lead investments

3

Follow on index

0.23

Areas of investment
SoftwareMobileGamingPC GamesMobile AppsDeveloper PlatformOnline GamesDigital EntertainmentMedia and EntertainmentVideo Games

Summary

Kakao Games appeared to be the Corporate Investor, which was created in 2015. The fund was located in Asia if to be more exact in South Korea. The main office of represented Corporate Investor is situated in the Seongnam.

The current fund was established by Kim Beom-Soo.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 1 partaker. Despite the Kakao Games, startups are often financed by SNK Corporation.

The fund is generally included in less than 2 deals every year. The high activity for fund was in 2018. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars.

For fund there is no match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - Canada. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 6-10 years to get the investment from the fund. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as PC Games, Video Games. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Neptune.

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
13
Lead investments
3
Rounds per year
1.62
Follow on index
0.23
Investments by industry
  • Gaming (9)
  • Software (5)
  • PC Games (4)
  • Video Games (4)
  • Online Games (3)
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Investments by region
  • South Korea (9)
  • United States (3)
  • Russia (1)
Peak activity year
2018
Number of Unicorns
1
Number of Decacorns
1

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Avg. startup age at the time of investment
6
Avg. valuation at time of investment
301M
Group Appearance index
0.62
Strategy success index
0.30

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Clover Games 09 Nov 2023 Gaming, Online Games, Digital Entertainment, Media and Entertainment, Digital Media Early Stage Venture 13M Russian Federation, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia
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