SK Networks

Total investments

22

Average round size

49M

Portfolio companies

17

Rounds per year

0.31

Lead investments

5

Follow on index

0.23

Stages of investment
Early Stage VentureLate Stage Venture
Areas of investment
SoftwareRetailOnline PortalsPaymentsArtificial IntelligenceFood and BeverageMachine LearningMobile PaymentsShoppingTransaction Processing

Summary

In 1953 was created SK Networks, which is appeared as Corporate Investor. The main department of described Corporate Investor is located in the Seoul. The company was established in Asia in South Korea.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 4 participants. Despite the SK Networks, startups are often financed by Humax Holdings, SBI Investment, Naver Corporation. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Singtel, Mirae Asset Global Investments, Marconi Corporation plc. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Battery Ventures, Liberty Mutual Insurance, JPMorgan Partners (JPMP).

The high activity for fund was in 2018. The fund is generally included in less than 2 deals every year. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars.

Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 2-3 years to get the investment from the fund. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Web Hosting, Supply Chain Management. Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline Mesh Korea, Viewlocity Technologies For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - South Korea.

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
22
Lead investments
5
Rounds per year
0.31
Follow on index
0.23
Investments by industry
  • Software (4)
  • Artificial Intelligence (4)
  • Online Portals (3)
  • Food and Beverage (3)
  • Retail (3)
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Investments by region
  • South Korea (15)
  • United States (5)
  • The Netherlands (1)
Peak activity year
2022
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
8
Avg. valuation at time of investment
189M
Group Appearance index
0.55
Strategy success index
0.60

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