Supercell

Type

Venture Capital

Status

Active

Location

Helsinki, Finland

Total investments

25

Average round size

26M

Portfolio companies

17

Rounds per year

1.79

Lead investments

9

Follow on index

0.32

Exits

2

Areas of investment
SoftwareInformation TechnologyMobileGamingPC GamesOnline GamesDigital EntertainmentVideo GamesWearablesCasual Games

Summary

Supercell appeared to be the Corporate Investor, which was created in 2010. The main department of described Corporate Investor is located in the Helsinki. The venture was found in Europe in Finland.

For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - Finland. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 2-3 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline Shipyard Games, Luau Game, Trailmix Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Internet, Video Games. 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.

The fund was created by Ilkka Paananen, Lassi Leppinen, Mikko Kodisoja, Niko Derome, Petri Styrman, Visa Forsten.

The fund is constantly included in 2-6 deals per year. Considering the real fund results, this Corporate Investor is 63 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The important activity for fund was in 2019. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 1-2 partakers. Despite the Supercell, startups are often financed by Lifeline Ventures, Betaworks, True Ventures. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Tencent Holdings, Skycatcher, Riot Games.

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Investor highlights

Industry focus
Gaming/Esports
Geo focus
Generalist

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
25
Lead investments
9
Exits
2
Rounds per year
1.79
Follow on index
0.32
Investments by industry
  • Gaming (12)
  • Video Games (10)
  • Casual Games (7)
  • PC Games (6)
  • Information Technology (5)
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Investments by region
  • Finland (10)
  • United Kingdom (3)
  • Germany (1)
  • United States (6)
  • Sweden (2)
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Peak activity year
2020

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
5
Avg. valuation at time of investment
3M
Group Appearance index
0.26
Avg. company exit year
5
Avg. multiplicator
0.52

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Games for a Living 29 Apr 2024 Blockchain, Video Games Seed 3M Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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