Strong Ventures

Type

Venture Capital

Status

Active

Location

Los Angeles, United States

Total investments

298

Average round size

3M

Portfolio companies

180

Rounds per year

22.92

Lead investments

30

Follow on index

0.40

Exits

4

Stages of investment
SeedEarly Stage Venture
Areas of investment
E-CommerceInternetSoftwareFinancial ServicesFinTechMobileHealth CareAppsMobile AppsEducation

Summary

The fund was located in North America if to be more exact in United States. The main office of represented VC is situated in the Los Angeles.

The higher amount of exits for fund were in 2017. The important activity for fund was in 2016. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity. The fund is constantly included in 7-12 investment rounds annually. Comparing to the other companies, this Strong Ventures performs on 27 percentage points less the average number of lead investments. When the investment is from Strong Ventures the average startup value is 10-50 millions dollars. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 2-3 participants. Despite the Strong Ventures, startups are often financed by Douglas Guen, Primer, Y Combinator. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Primer, Y Combinator, Kakao Ventures. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Softbank Ventures Asia, Y Combinator, Primer.

The fund has exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. In case when startup counts 4 or 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to get the investment is meager. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight ODX Pte. Ltd, WASHSWAT, Shakr.com. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Content, E-Commerce. For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 2-3 years to get the investment from the fund.

This organization was formed by John Nahm, Kihong Bae. Besides them, we counted 4 critical employees of this fund in our database.

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Investor highlights

Industry generalist
Yes
Industry focus
GeneralistB2B/EnterpriseFoodtechFashionFintech Show 14 more
Stage focus
Seed
Geo focus
Generalist

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
298
Lead investments
30
Exits
4
Rounds per year
22.92
Follow on index
0.40
Investments by industry
  • E-Commerce (48)
  • Health Care (33)
  • FinTech (21)
  • Internet (21)
  • Apps (21)
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Investments by region
  • South Korea (237)
  • United States (52)
  • Philippines (1)
  • Indonesia (2)
  • Cu00f4te d'Ivoire (1)
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Peak activity year
2022
Number of Unicorns
2
Number of Decacorns
2

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
5
Avg. valuation at time of investment
33M
Group Appearance index
0.63
Avg. company exit year
6
Avg. multiplicator
3.16
Strategy success index
0.20

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
LYCLE 27 Oct 2022 Retail, Rental, Apps, Leasing Seed 1M Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, Yeoksamdong, South Korea
TeamElysium 30 Jan 2024 Software, Fitness, Medical Seed Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, Seocho, South Korea

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