LG Chem

Total investments

6

Average round size

23M

Portfolio companies

5

Rounds per year

0.08

Lead investments

1

Follow on index

0.17

Exits

1

Areas of investment
BiotechnologyHealth DiagnosticsManufacturingMedical DeviceEnergyRenewable EnergyWaterEnvironmental EngineeringBatteryPlastics and Rubber Manufacturing

Summary

LG Chem is the famous Corporate Investor, which was founded in 1947. The main department of described Corporate Investor is located in the Seoul. The venture was found in Asia in South Korea.

The high activity for fund was in 2018. The fund is generally included in less than 2 deals every year.

The current fund was established by Eric M.V. Hoek.

Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline Enevate Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 11-15 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Renewable Energy, Battery. For fund there is no match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 9 partakers. Despite the LG Chem, startups are often financed by Tsing Capital, Mission Ventures, Mike Lazaridis. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Tsing Capital, Samsung Electronics, Presidio Ventures. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Bangchak, Alliance Ventures.

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
6
Lead investments
1
Exits
1
Rounds per year
0.08
Follow on index
0.17
Investments by industry
  • Manufacturing (2)
  • Renewable Energy (2)
  • Energy (2)
  • Environmental Engineering (2)
  • Plastics and Rubber Manufacturing (2)
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Investments by region
  • United States (3)
  • Canada (1)
  • South Korea (2)
Peak activity year
2021
Number of Unicorns
2
Number of Decacorns
2
Number of Minotaurs
1

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
15
Avg. valuation at time of investment
320M
Group Appearance index
0.33
Avg. company exit year
35
Strategy success index
0.30

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Inner bottle 30 Jun 2021 Water, Environmental Engineering, Plastics and Rubber Manufacturing Seed 1M Kyonggi-do, Seongnam, South Korea
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