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Strong Ventures

Founders John Nahm Kihong Bae

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Total investments 297
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$3M
Portfolio companies 179
Rounds per year 22.85
Lead investments 29
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.40
Exits 4
Key employees 2
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Seed

Areas of investment

  • E-Commerce
  • Health Care
  • FinTech
  • Internet
  • Apps
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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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Realry

$1M27 Feb 2024 Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea

K Visa

Consulting
Document Management
Employment
22 Feb 2024 Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea

Spotlite

$522K21 Feb 2024 Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea

PAYMONTHS

E-Commerce
Finance
Financial Services
FinTech
Payments
$1M01 Feb 2024 Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea

TeamElysium

Fitness
Medical
Software
30 Jan 2024 Seocho, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea

Bunnit

Health Care
Personal Health
Service Industry
29 Jan 2024 South Korea, Gangwon-do, South Korea

Bolta

SaaS
Software
26 Jan 2024 Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea

Granter

Information Services
Management Information Systems
Software
10 Jan 2024 Seongnam, Kyonggi-do, South Korea

Ultimate Potential

Biopharma
Food and Beverage
Health Care
26 Dec 2023 Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea
News
Online learning platform CLASS101 bags $26M Series B to support growth

– Online education platform CLASS101 raised $25.8m in Series B funding.
– The round was led by Goodwater Capital, with additional participation from previous backers Strong Ventures, KT Investment, Mirae Asset Capital and Klim Ventures.
– The company plans to use the proceeds to focus on hiring more talent, as well as expanding domestic business and overseas markets in the U.S. and Japan.

South Korean online secondhand marketplace Danggeun Market raises $162M at a $2.7B valuation

– Danggeun Market, the publisher of South Korea’s hyperlocal community app Karrot, announced it has raised $162m in a Series D round of funding with a valuation of $2.7bn.
– This round of funding was led by DST Global, with additional participation from Aspex Management, Reverent Partners and existing investors such as Goodwater Capital, Altos Ventures, SoftBank Ventures Asia, Kakao Ventures, Strong Ventures and Capstone Partners.
– The company plan to strengthen its capabilities in local commerce with Danggeun Pay, or Karrot Pay, which is set to launch this year.

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Total investments 297
Average round size 3M
Rounds per year 22.85
Peak activity year 2022
Lead investments 29
Follow on index 0.40
Exits 4
Group Appearance index 0.63

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Realry

$1M27 Feb 2024 Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea

K Visa

Consulting
Document Management
Employment
22 Feb 2024 Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea

Spotlite

$522K21 Feb 2024 Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea

PAYMONTHS

E-Commerce
Finance
Financial Services
FinTech
Payments
$1M01 Feb 2024 Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea

TeamElysium

Fitness
Medical
Software
30 Jan 2024 Seocho, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea

Bunnit

Health Care
Personal Health
Service Industry
29 Jan 2024 South Korea, Gangwon-do, South Korea

Bolta

SaaS
Software
26 Jan 2024 Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea

Granter

Information Services
Management Information Systems
Software
10 Jan 2024 Seongnam, Kyonggi-do, South Korea

Ultimate Potential

Biopharma
Food and Beverage
Health Care
26 Dec 2023 Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea
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