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KDB Capital

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Total investments 81
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$10M
Portfolio companies 71
Rounds per year 1.56
Lead investments 1
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.12
Exits 2
Key employees 2
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture

Areas of investment

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

KDB Capital is the famous VC, which was founded in 1972. The company was established in Asia in South Korea. The leading representative office of defined VC is situated in the Seoul.

The fund has specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline Canesta, Mesh Korea, Urbanbase For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - South Korea. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Information Technology, Broadcasting. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 4-5 years to get the investment from the fund.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 4-5 participants. Despite the KDB Capital, startups are often financed by TechFund Capital, Solborn Investment, FuturePlay. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Venrock, The Carlyle Group, Shrem, Fudim, Kelner Technologies. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Venrock, The Carlyle Group, Korea Investment Partners.

The overall number of key employees were 2.

Considering the real fund results, this VC is 12 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The top activity for fund was in 2018. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 5 - 10 millions dollars. The increased amount of exits for fund were in 2010. This KDB Capital works on 21 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments comparing to the other organizations. The typical startup value when the investment from KDB Capital is 1-5 millions dollars. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 investment rounds annually.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Unastella

Aerospace
Manufacturing
$16M25 Sep 2024 Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea

First Lab

Industrial
Manufacturing
$2M12 Sep 2024 Daejeon, Taejon-jikhalsi, South Korea

Poen

Battery
Manufacturing
$33M09 Jul 2024 Kyonggi-do, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

Pion Electric

$10M18 Jan 2024 Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea

Solidvue

3D Technology
Sensor
Software
$3M15 Oct 2023 Seongnam, Kyonggi-do, South Korea

Viralpick

Consulting
Data Integration
IT Infrastructure
$6M06 Sep 2023 Seocho, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea

Best Graphene

Industrial Manufacturing
Manufacturing
$6M11 Jul 2023 Seongnam, Kyonggi-do, South Korea

Gwanak Analog

Semiconductor
$7M04 Mar 2023 Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea

GC COMPANY

Search Engine
Service Industry
Travel Accommodations
$43M28 Apr 2022 Kangwon-do, Gangwon-do, South Korea
News
S-Alpha Therapeutics, Inc., Digital Therapeutics Start-up Raises $8.7 Million in Series A Funding

– S-Alpha Therapeutics announced the completion of its Series A financing.
– The company raised a total of $8.7M USD (10 Billion KRW) in financing round.
– In Series A funding, all existing investors participated in this investment, and Korea Investment Partners, Stonebridge Ventures, Devsisters Ventures/KDB Capital, and Timewise Investment participated as new investors.

Mathpresso Raises $50M in Series C Funding

– Mathpresso, a Seoul, South Korea-based provider of a K-12 mobile learning app, raised $50m in Series C funding.
– The round was led by Yellowdog, GGV Capital, Goodwater Capital, KDB, and SKS Private Equity with participation from SoftBank Ventures Asia, Legend Capital, Mirae Asset Venture Investment, and Smilegate Investment.
– The company intends to use the funds to strengthen its AI-based techniques of recommendation algorithms and develop localized business models for its regional offices in Indonesia and Thailand.

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Total investments 81
Average round size 10M
Rounds per year 1.56
Peak activity year 2021
Lead investments 1
Follow on index 0.12
Exits 2
Group Appearance index 1.00

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Unastella

Aerospace
Manufacturing
$16M25 Sep 2024 Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea

First Lab

Industrial
Manufacturing
$2M12 Sep 2024 Daejeon, Taejon-jikhalsi, South Korea

Poen

Battery
Manufacturing
$33M09 Jul 2024 Kyonggi-do, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

Pion Electric

$10M18 Jan 2024 Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea

Solidvue

3D Technology
Sensor
Software
$3M15 Oct 2023 Seongnam, Kyonggi-do, South Korea

Viralpick

Consulting
Data Integration
IT Infrastructure
$6M06 Sep 2023 Seocho, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea

Best Graphene

Industrial Manufacturing
Manufacturing
$6M11 Jul 2023 Seongnam, Kyonggi-do, South Korea

Gwanak Analog

Semiconductor
$7M04 Mar 2023 Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea

GC COMPANY

Search Engine
Service Industry
Travel Accommodations
$43M28 Apr 2022 Kangwon-do, Gangwon-do, South Korea
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