National Development Fund of Taiwan Government

Total investments

29

Average round size

11M

Portfolio companies

27

Rounds per year

1.61

Lead investments

4

Follow on index

0.07

Exits

2

Stages of investment
SeedEarly Stage Venture
Areas of investment
BiotechnologyE-CommerceSoftwareFinancial ServicesInformation TechnologyHealth CareManufacturingMedical DeviceMedicalInternet of Things

Summary

National Development Fund of Taiwan Government appeared to be the VC, which was created in 2006. The company was established in Asia in Taiwan. The main department of described VC is located in the Taipei.

The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars. The typical startup value when the investment from National Development Fund of Taiwan Government is 5-10 millions dollars. The top activity for fund was in 2009. The fund is generally included in less than 2 deals every year.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 1-2 partakers. Despite the National Development Fund of Taiwan Government, startups are often financed by YFY Inc., Shin Kong Life Insurance, Major Series A. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are YFY Inc., YFY Biotech Management Company, Taiwan Sugar Corporation. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Temasek Holdings, Sumitomo Corporation, Generation Investment Management.

Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 4-5 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Medical, Electric Vehicle. For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - Taiwan. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight TaiGen Biotechnology.

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
29
Lead investments
4
Exits
2
Rounds per year
1.61
Follow on index
0.07
Investments by industry
  • Software (9)
  • Information Technology (9)
  • Health Care (8)
  • Biotechnology (6)
  • Internet of Things (4)
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Investments by region
  • Taiwan (22)
  • China (1)
  • Japan (1)
  • Singapore (1)
  • United States (2)
Peak activity year
2020
Number of Minotaurs
1

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
6
Avg. valuation at time of investment
22M
Group Appearance index
0.83
Avg. company exit year
7
Avg. multiplicator
7.76

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
KKday 28 Sep 2020 E-Commerce, Travel, Tourism, Leisure Late Stage Venture 75M New Taipei, Taiwan
PopChill 21 May 2024 E-Commerce, Fashion Seed 15M Taipei, Taiwan
Waldo 08 Apr 2017 Consumer Goods, Consumer, Eyewear Seed 1M England, London, United Kingdom

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