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Softbank Ventures Asia

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Total investments 256
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$27M
Portfolio companies 171
Rounds per year 10.67
Lead investments 58
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.33
Exits 21
Key employees 3
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture
Private Equity
Seed

Areas of investment

  • Software
  • Information Technology
  • E-Commerce
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Internet
Summary

Softbank Ventures Asia appeared to be the VC, which was created in 2000. The company was established in Asia in South Korea. The main office of represented VC is situated in the Seoul.

Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline Tokopedia, Socar, Sendo The fund has no exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. In case when startup counts 4 of the founder, the chance for it to get the investment is meager. For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - South Korea. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Apps, Gaming. Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 2-3 years to receive the investment from the fund.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3-4 partakers. Despite the Softbank Ventures Asia, startups are often financed by Golden Gate Ventures, East Ventures, Samsung Ventures. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Stonebridge Capital, Samsung Ventures, Golden Gate Ventures. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Mirae Asset Venture Investment, Golden Gate Ventures, Formation 8.

The fund is generally included in 2-6 deals every year. This Softbank Ventures Asia works on 21 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments comparing to the other organizations. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars. The important activity for fund was in 2018. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity. The increased amount of exits for fund were in 2017. The average startup value when the investment from Softbank Ventures Asia is 100-500 millions dollars. Considering the real fund results, this VC is 26 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations.

The overall number of key employees were 3.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Kai Health

Artificial Intelligence
Fertility
Fitness
Machine Learning
Wellness
05 Feb 2024 Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea

ImpriMed

Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical
Veterinary
$23M10 Nov 2023 Palo Alto, California, United States

Class101

Information Technology
$13M09 Nov 2023 South Korea, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

Artue

Digital Media
Service Industry
$3M17 Sep 2023 Yongsan, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea

ZUZU Hospitality

Hospitality
Hotel
Information Technology
Marketing
Travel Accommodations
$11M30 Jun 2023 Singapore, Central, Singapore

B GARAGE

Aerospace
Drones
Hardware
Industrial Automation
Information Technology
Logistics
Robotics
Software
$20M29 Jun 2023 San Jose, California, United States

ZUZU Hospitality

Hospitality
Hotel
Information Technology
Marketing
Travel Accommodations
$8M25 May 2023 Singapore, Central, Singapore

Lapotable

E-Commerce
Food and Beverage
Food Delivery
Food Processing
Organic Food
$3M24 May 2023 Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea

Syncly

Analytics
B2B
Customer Service
SaaS
$3M09 May 2023 Boston, Massachusetts, United States
News
June Homes Raises $50M in Funding

– June Homes from New York is a proptech company.
– The company raised $50M in funding.
– The round was led by SoftBank Ventures Asia with participation from TQ Ventures, FJ Labs, K50, Reshape, Quiet Capital, Demi Lovato and Scott Belsky.
– The company intends to use the funds to accelerate expansion to other U.S. markets.

African fintech OPay valued at $2B in SoftBank Vision Fund 2-led $400M funding

– Chinese-backed and Africa-focused fintech company OPay raised $400m funding.
– The round was led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 and joined by existing investors Sequoia Capital China, Redpoint China, Source Code Capital and SoftBank Ventures Asia.
– Other investors, including DragonBall Capital and 3W Capital, also took part in the new financing round.

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Total investments 256
Average round size 27M
Rounds per year 10.67
Peak activity year 2021
Lead investments 58
Follow on index 0.33
Exits 21
Group Appearance index 0.82

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Kai Health

Artificial Intelligence
Fertility
Fitness
Machine Learning
Wellness
05 Feb 2024 Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea

ImpriMed

Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical
Veterinary
$23M10 Nov 2023 Palo Alto, California, United States

Class101

Information Technology
$13M09 Nov 2023 South Korea, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

Artue

Digital Media
Service Industry
$3M17 Sep 2023 Yongsan, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea

ZUZU Hospitality

Hospitality
Hotel
Information Technology
Marketing
Travel Accommodations
$11M30 Jun 2023 Singapore, Central, Singapore

B GARAGE

Aerospace
Drones
Hardware
Industrial Automation
Information Technology
Logistics
Robotics
Software
$20M29 Jun 2023 San Jose, California, United States

ZUZU Hospitality

Hospitality
Hotel
Information Technology
Marketing
Travel Accommodations
$8M25 May 2023 Singapore, Central, Singapore

Lapotable

E-Commerce
Food and Beverage
Food Delivery
Food Processing
Organic Food
$3M24 May 2023 Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea

Syncly

Analytics
B2B
Customer Service
SaaS
$3M09 May 2023 Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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