Korea Development Bank
169
36M
148
2.41
18
0.12
4
- Areas of investment
Summary
In 1954 was created Korea Development Bank, which is appeared as Corporate Investor. The main department of described Corporate Investor is located in the Seoul. The venture was found in Asia in South Korea.
Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 11-15 years to receive the investment from the fund. The fund has no exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. In case when startup counts 4 of the founder, the chance for it to get the investment is meager. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Communications Infrastructure, E-Commerce. For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - South Korea. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight China Bank, True Balance, East Interactive.
Considering the real fund results, this Corporate Investor is 13 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 deals per year. When the investment is from Korea Development Bank the average startup value is 10-50 millions dollars. The top activity for fund was in 2019. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars.
The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 4-5 partakers. Despite the Korea Development Bank, startups are often financed by SparkLabs Accelerator, SK Securities, Mirae Asset Venture Investment. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are POSCO Venture Capital, Premier Partners, Korea Kolmar Co.. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by TS Investment, Shinhan Capital, Shinhan Bank.
Investments analytics
Analytics
- Total investments
- 169
- Lead investments
- 18
- Exits
- 4
- Rounds per year
- 2.41
- Follow on index
- 0.12
- Investments by industry
- Information Technology (33)
- Software (30)
- Artificial Intelligence (26)
- E-Commerce (18)
- Machine Learning (18) Show 182 more
- Investments by region
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- South Korea (151)
- United States (6)
- Philippines (1)
- Australia (1)
- Russia (1) Show 5 more
- Peak activity year
- 2022
- Number of Unicorns
- 3
- Number of Decacorns
- 3
- Number of Minotaurs
- 1
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- Avg. startup age at the time of investment
- 8
- Avg. valuation at time of investment
- 105M
- Group Appearance index
- 0.91
- Avg. company exit year
- 8
- Strategy success index
- 0.80
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Latest deals
| Company name | Deal date | Industry | Deal stage | Deal size | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glorang | 10 Jun 2024 | Information Technology, Apps, EdTech, Education | Early Stage Venture | 6M | Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, Yeoksamdong, South Korea |
| Wefun | 03 Jun 2023 | Food and Beverage, Snack Food | Late Stage Venture | 17M | Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea |
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