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YFY Inc.

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Total investments 3
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$32M
Portfolio companies 2
Rounds per year 0.03
Lead investments 1
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.33
Exits 1
Key employees Soon
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture

Areas of investment

  • Biotechnology
  • Pharmaceutical
  • Health Care
  • Logistics
  • RFID
Summary

In 1924 was created YFY Inc., which is appeared as Corporate Investor. The fund was located in Asia if to be more exact in Taiwan. The main office of represented Corporate Investor is situated in the Taipei.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 5-6 partakers. Despite the YFY Inc., startups are often financed by Trillium Group, Shin Kong Life Insurance, Major Series A. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are MPM Capital, YFY Biotech Management Company, Trillium Group. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by YFY Biotech Management Company, Taiwan Sugar Corporation, National Development Fund of Taiwan Government.

For fund there is no match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States. The fund has exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight TaiGen Biotechnology, Omni-ID. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 6-10 years to get the investment from the fund. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Logistics, Software.

The important activity for fund was in 2016. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars. Speaking about the real fund results, this Corporate Investor is 13 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The fund is generally included in less than 2 deals every year.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

TaiGen Biotechnology

Biotechnology
Health Care
Pharmaceutical
$37M01 Jan 2009 New Taipei, Taiwan

TaiGen Biotechnology

Biotechnology
Health Care
Pharmaceutical
$38M16 Mar 2004 New Taipei, Taiwan

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Total investments 3
Average round size 32M
Rounds per year 0.03
Peak activity year 2004
Lead investments 1
Follow on index 0.33
Exits 1
Group Appearance index 1.00

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

TaiGen Biotechnology

Biotechnology
Health Care
Pharmaceutical
$37M01 Jan 2009 New Taipei, Taiwan

TaiGen Biotechnology

Biotechnology
Health Care
Pharmaceutical
$38M16 Mar 2004 New Taipei, Taiwan
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