Korea Investment Corp

Total investments

7

Average round size

431M

Portfolio companies

7

Rounds per year

0.41

Lead investments

1

Exits

3

Areas of investment
MessagingSaaSCollaborationProductivity ToolsMedicalDeveloper ToolsPharmaceuticalProject ManagementMeeting SoftwareCannabis

Summary

In 2005 was created Korea Investment Corp, which is appeared as Corporate Investor. The main department of described Corporate Investor is located in the Seoul. The fund was located in Asia if to be more exact in South Korea.

The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 5 - 10 millions dollars. The fund is constantly included in 2-6 deals per year. When the investment is from Korea Investment Corp the average startup value is 10-50 millions dollars. The top activity for fund was in 2019.

The fund has no exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. For fund there is no match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Wantedlab, Team Labs. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 4-5 years to get the investment from the fund. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Recruiting, Messaging.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3-4 partakers. Despite the Korea Investment Corp, startups are often financed by Stonebridge Capital, KTB Network, SparkLabs Accelerator. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Mirae Asset Venture Investment, KP Partners, Industrial Bank of Korea.

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
7
Lead investments
1
Exits
3
Rounds per year
0.41
Investments by industry
  • Cannabis (3)
  • Pharmaceutical (3)
  • Medical (2)
  • Developer Tools (1)
  • Project Management (1)
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Investments by region
  • China (1)
  • South Korea (1)
  • United States (2)
  • Canada (3)
Peak activity year
2020
Number of Decacorns
1
Number of Minotaurs
1

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
11
Avg. valuation at time of investment
25B
Group Appearance index
0.43

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Wantedlab 29 Jul 2019 Human Resources, Recruiting, Employment Early Stage Venture 10M Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, South Korea
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