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SmileGate

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Total investments 7
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$27M
Portfolio companies 7
Rounds per year 0.33
Lead investments 1
Exits 1
Key employees Soon

Areas of investment

  • Financial Services
  • FinTech
  • Payments
  • Mobile
  • Retail
Summary

In 2002 was created SmileGate, which is appeared as Corporate Investor. The company was established in Asia in South Korea. The main department of described Corporate Investor is located in the Seongnam.

For fund there is no match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - Sweden. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 16-20 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Digital Entertainment, Playstation. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Starbreeze.

The increased amount of exits for fund were in 2017. The top activity for fund was in 2016. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 investment rounds annually.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 2-3 partakers. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Magellan Technology Investment, Capstone Partners Co., Ltd., Bokwang Investment. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Acer.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

VCAT.AI

Advertising
Artificial Intelligence
Creative Agency
SaaS
Video Editing
$8M04 Apr 2023 Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea

Quantit

Asset Management
Digital Marketing
Financial Services
FinTech
$26M07 Mar 2023 Seongnam, Kyonggi-do, South Korea

Postcard Game Studio

Gaming
Publishing
Video Games
$3M08 Mar 2022 Irvine, California, United States

Fount

Developer Platform
Finance
Financial Services
FinTech
Information Technology
$13M26 May 2020 South Korea, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

Casual Steps

E-Commerce
Mobile
Payments
Retail
$1M06 Nov 2014 South Korea

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Total investments 7
Average round size 27M
Rounds per year 0.33
Peak activity year 2023
Lead investments 1
Exits 1
Group Appearance index 0.43

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

VCAT.AI

Advertising
Artificial Intelligence
Creative Agency
SaaS
Video Editing
$8M04 Apr 2023 Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea

Quantit

Asset Management
Digital Marketing
Financial Services
FinTech
$26M07 Mar 2023 Seongnam, Kyonggi-do, South Korea

Postcard Game Studio

Gaming
Publishing
Video Games
$3M08 Mar 2022 Irvine, California, United States

Fount

Developer Platform
Finance
Financial Services
FinTech
Information Technology
$13M26 May 2020 South Korea, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

Casual Steps

E-Commerce
Mobile
Payments
Retail
$1M06 Nov 2014 South Korea
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