Korea Investment Partners

Type

CVC

Status

Active

Location

Seoul, South Korea

Total investments

396

Average round size

14M

Portfolio companies

315

Rounds per year

10.42

Lead investments

54

Follow on index

0.20

Exits

26

Stages of investment
Private EquityEarly Stage VentureLate Stage Venture
Areas of investment
BiotechnologyE-CommerceInternetSoftwareFinancial ServicesInformation TechnologyHealth CareAppsMedicalPharmaceutical

Summary

Korea Investment Partners appeared to be the VC, which was created in 1986. The company was established in Asia in South Korea. The main office of represented VC is situated in the Seoul.

The fund has no specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to be financed is low. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Mobile, Advertising. Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 4-5 years to receive the investment from the fund. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Ansun BioPharma, Huuuge Games, Pavilion Data Systems. For fund there is no match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States.

Deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars are the general things for fund. This Korea Investment Partners works on 21 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments comparing to the other organizations. The fund is generally included in 7-12 deals every year. The top amount of exits for fund were in 2019. The top activity for fund was in 2018. The real fund results show that this VC is 14 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other companies. The typical startup value when the investment from Korea Investment Partners is 100-500 millions dollars.

The overall number of key employees were 32.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3-4 participants. Despite the Korea Investment Partners, startups are often financed by LVP, Kleiner Perkins, Heartcore Capital. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Mirae Asset Venture Investment, Kleiner Perkins, DSC Investment. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Upscale, UOB Venture, Tera Ventures.

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Investor highlights

Industry generalist
Yes
Industry focus
GeneralistBiotech/Life SciencesHealthcareMedia/ContentFintech Show 3 more
Stage focus
Generalist
Geo focus
Generalist

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
396
Lead investments
54
Exits
26
Rounds per year
10.42
Follow on index
0.20
Investments by industry
  • Biotechnology (61)
  • Information Technology (61)
  • Health Care (57)
  • Software (50)
  • Medical (40)
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Investments by region
  • South Korea (233)
  • United States (47)
  • China (38)
  • Israel (8)
  • Singapore (13)
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Peak activity year
2021
Number of Unicorns
4
Number of Decacorns
5
Number of Minotaurs
4

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
8
Avg. valuation at time of investment
81M
Group Appearance index
0.87
Avg. company exit year
11
Avg. multiplicator
0.21
Strategy success index
1.00

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Juexin Technology 18 Mar 2024 Manufacturing, Semiconductor, Communications Infrastructure Early Stage Venture Guangdong, Guangzhou, China
Thorough Images 06 Jun 2024 Early Stage Venture 15M

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