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Sogou

Founders Xiaochuan Wang

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Total investments 13
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$14M
Portfolio companies 11
Rounds per year 0.65
Lead investments 6
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.15
Exits 2
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Areas of investment

  • Health Care
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Information Services
  • Q&A
  • Internet
Summary

In 2004 was created Sogou, which is appeared as Corporate Investor. The leading representative office of defined Corporate Investor is situated in the Beijing. The venture was found in Asia in China.

The real fund results show that this Corporate Investor is 30 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other companies. The important activity for fund was in 2018. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 investment rounds annually. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars. The average startup value when the investment from Sogou is 500 millions - 1 billion dollars.

For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - China. Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 6-10 years to receive the investment from the fund. Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Social Media, Artificial Intelligence. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Zhihu, Baikemy.com, Myaidoctor.

This organization was formed by Xiaochuan Wang.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 2-3 partakers. Despite the Sogou, startups are often financed by Sinovation Ventures, Qiming Venture Partners, SAIF Partners. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Tencent Holdings, Sinovation Ventures, Qiming Venture Partners. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Tencent Holdings, Capital Today, Sunshine Insurance Group.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Sound+

Hardware
Information Technology
Wired Telecommunications
$3M13 Jan 2020 Beijing

San Maoyou

Tourism
Travel
25 Nov 2019 Pukou District, Jiangsu, China

Myaidoctor

Apps
Artificial Intelligence
Health Care
Information Technology
Mobile
Software
$2M28 Nov 2018 Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

Baikemy.com

Health Care
$2M11 Oct 2018 Dongcheng District, Beijing, China

Snack Team Training

Artificial Intelligence
Compliance
E-Learning
Education
Mobile
Personal Development
Training
31 Aug 2018 Seattle, Washington, United States

Airdoc

Artificial Intelligence
Health Care
Machine Learning
Medical
Medical Device
02 Apr 2018 Dongcheng District, Beijing, China

Afanti

Artificial Intelligence
Education
Internet
$4M08 Mar 2018 Haidian, Beijing, China

Alavening

Hardware
Smart Home
$463K06 Dec 2017 Futian District, Guangdong Province, China

Zhihu

Information Services
Internet
Q&A
Social Media
Social Network
$55M05 Nov 2015 Dongcheng District, Beijing, China

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Total investments 13
Average round size 14M
Rounds per year 0.65
Peak activity year 2018
Lead investments 6
Follow on index 0.15
Exits 2
Group Appearance index 0.46

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Sound+

Hardware
Information Technology
Wired Telecommunications
$3M13 Jan 2020 Beijing

San Maoyou

Tourism
Travel
25 Nov 2019 Pukou District, Jiangsu, China

Myaidoctor

Apps
Artificial Intelligence
Health Care
Information Technology
Mobile
Software
$2M28 Nov 2018 Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

Baikemy.com

Health Care
$2M11 Oct 2018 Dongcheng District, Beijing, China

Snack Team Training

Artificial Intelligence
Compliance
E-Learning
Education
Mobile
Personal Development
Training
31 Aug 2018 Seattle, Washington, United States

Airdoc

Artificial Intelligence
Health Care
Machine Learning
Medical
Medical Device
02 Apr 2018 Dongcheng District, Beijing, China

Afanti

Artificial Intelligence
Education
Internet
$4M08 Mar 2018 Haidian, Beijing, China

Alavening

Hardware
Smart Home
$463K06 Dec 2017 Futian District, Guangdong Province, China

Zhihu

Information Services
Internet
Q&A
Social Media
Social Network
$55M05 Nov 2015 Dongcheng District, Beijing, China
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