SL Investment

Status

Active

Total investments

52

Average round size

9M

Portfolio companies

43

Rounds per year

2.17

Lead investments

3

Follow on index

0.17

Exits

2

Areas of investment
BiotechnologySoftwareInformation TechnologyMobileArtificial IntelligenceHealth CareMedicalConstructionPharmaceuticalTherapeutics

Summary

SL Investment appeared to be the VC, which was created in 2000. The main office of represented VC is situated in the Seoul. The fund was located in Asia if to be more exact in South Korea.

Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Gaming, Pharmaceutical. For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - South Korea. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight The News Funnel, Urbanbase, ChannelBreeze. Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 2-3 years to receive the investment from the fund. The fund has specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 4 or 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to be financed is low.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 5 partakers. Despite the SL Investment, startups are often financed by SparkLabs Accelerator, Mirae Asset Venture Investment, Stonebridge Capital. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Mirae Asset Venture Investment, KDB Capital, Capstone Partners Co., Ltd.. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Stonebridge Capital, Mirae Asset Venture Investment, Korea Investment Corp.

The fund is generally included in less than 2 deals every year. The top activity for fund was in 2017. Considering the real fund results, this VC is 8 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other organizations. Deals in the range of 5 - 10 millions dollars are the general things for fund.

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Analytics

Total investments
52
Lead investments
3
Exits
2
Rounds per year
2.17
Follow on index
0.17
Investments by industry
  • Biotechnology (10)
  • Software (8)
  • Information Technology (7)
  • Health Care (7)
  • Pharmaceutical (7)
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Investments by region
  • South Korea (46)
  • United States (6)
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
7
Avg. valuation at time of investment
184M
Group Appearance index
0.96
Avg. company exit year
6

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Cenyx Biotech 30 Apr 2021 Health Diagnostics, Therapeutics, Nanotechnology Early Stage Venture 16M Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea
Mediintech 13 May 2024 Health Care, Medical Device Early Stage Venture 17M Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea
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