Shinhan Capital

Location

Seoul, South Korea

Total investments

174

Average round size

6M

Portfolio companies

145

Rounds per year

5.27

Lead investments

3

Follow on index

0.16

Exits

1

Areas of investment
LogisticsE-CommerceInternetSoftwareInformation TechnologyMobileArtificial IntelligenceMachine LearningHealth CareApps

Summary

Shinhan Capital is the famous VC, which was founded in 1991. The venture was found in Asia in South Korea. The main office of represented VC is situated in the Seoul.

When the investment is from Shinhan Capital the average startup value is 5-10 millions dollars. The high activity for fund was in 2016. The fund is generally included in less than 2 deals every year. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 5 - 10 millions dollars.

For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - South Korea. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 2-3 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are FinTech, EdTech. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight True Balance, Mesh Korea, Vedanta Biosciences. The fund has no exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. When startup sums 5+ of the founder, the probability for it to get the investment is little.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 4 partakers. Despite the Shinhan Capital, startups are often financed by Shinhan Bank, Yellow Financial Group, Softbank Ventures Asia. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are KB Investment, Hanwha Investment Corp, Symbiosis. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Murex Partners, KB Investment, Bass Investment.

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Analytics

Total investments
174
Lead investments
3
Exits
1
Rounds per year
5.27
Follow on index
0.16
Investments by industry
  • Information Technology (33)
  • Software (31)
  • Apps (19)
  • Artificial Intelligence (17)
  • E-Commerce (17)
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Investments by region
  • South Korea (142)
  • United States (15)
  • Iceland (1)
  • India (2)
  • Japan (2)
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Peak activity year
2021
Number of Unicorns
1
Number of Decacorns
1
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
0.95
Avg. company exit year
13
Strategy success index
0.30

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Avelos Therapeutics 02 May 2024 Biotechnology, Life Science Early Stage Venture 14M Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea
Lemonbase 14 Jan 2021 Publishing, Information Technology, Content Seed 5M New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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