Kolon Investment

Total investments

82

Average round size

9M

Portfolio companies

67

Rounds per year

3.42

Lead investments

1

Follow on index

0.18

Exits

3

Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Areas of investment
BiotechnologyE-CommerceSoftwareInformation TechnologyArtificial IntelligenceAppsManufacturingMedicalFashionPharmaceutical

Summary

In 2000 was created Kolon Investment, which is appeared as VC. The company was established in Asia in South Korea. The main department of described VC is located in the Seoul.

The fund has no specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 4 or 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to be financed is low. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 1 and less years to get the investment from the fund. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Biopharma, Business Intelligence. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - South Korea. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight SUNDAYTOZ, Studio XID, Albam.

The common things for fund are deals in the range of 5 - 10 millions dollars. The fund is generally included in less than 2 deals every year. The important activity for fund was in 2016.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3-4 partakers. Despite the Kolon Investment, startups are often financed by Stonebridge Capital, SparkLabs Accelerator, Mirae Asset Venture Investment. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Stonebridge Capital, Softbank Ventures Asia, Shinhan Card. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Mirae Asset Venture Investment, Leo Partners Investment, Korea Investment Corp.

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
82
Lead investments
1
Exits
3
Rounds per year
3.42
Follow on index
0.18
Investments by industry
  • Software (17)
  • Biotechnology (16)
  • Medical (13)
  • Pharmaceutical (12)
  • Apps (12)
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Investments by region
  • South Korea (79)
  • United States (2)
Peak activity year
2020

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Avg. startup age at the time of investment
7
Avg. valuation at time of investment
36M
Group Appearance index
0.96
Avg. company exit year
9

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
AGL 28 Mar 2024 Software, Information Technology, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Early Stage Venture 26M Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea
Ledger 11 May 2022 Accounting, Financial Services, Sales, Apps, Mobile Apps Early Stage Venture 2M Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea

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