Softbank Ventures Asia

Summary

Softbank Ventures Asia appeared to be the VC, which was created in 2000. The company was established in Asia in South Korea. The main office of represented VC is situated in the Seoul.

Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline Tokopedia, Socar, Sendo The fund has no exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. In case when startup counts 4 of the founder, the chance for it to get the investment is meager. For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - South Korea. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Apps, Gaming. Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 2-3 years to receive the investment from the fund.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3-4 partakers. Despite the Softbank Ventures Asia, startups are often financed by Golden Gate Ventures, East Ventures, Samsung Ventures. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Stonebridge Capital, Samsung Ventures, Golden Gate Ventures. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Mirae Asset Venture Investment, Golden Gate Ventures, Formation 8.

The fund is generally included in 2-6 deals every year. This Softbank Ventures Asia works on 21 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments comparing to the other organizations. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars. The important activity for fund was in 2018. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity. The increased amount of exits for fund were in 2017. The average startup value when the investment from Softbank Ventures Asia is 100-500 millions dollars. Considering the real fund results, this VC is 26 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations.

The overall number of key employees were 3.