– Startup Finder, launched last May, provides information on over 1 million startups
-Approximately 7,000 startups and unlisted companies actively utilize PR and IR, establishing itself as a representative information service for domestic startups.
-More than 1,200 companies utilize the investment attraction function… 14 companies succeeded in attracting actual investment through VC
Wadiz (CEO: Shin Hye-seong) announced on the 11th that it has published the ‘2020 Startup Finding Growth Report’, which analyzes big data on startup investment trends last year.
This report contains data-based trends and insights that allow you to check trends in the startup investment market at a glance based on startup and investor information accumulated through ‘Find Startups’ throughout 2020.
Startup Finder is an online IR platform exclusively for startups, launched in May last year, and is an information service that connects startups and investors. Last year alone, 4,618 startup managers and 1,581 professional investors completed registration, and it quickly established itself as a representative service encompassing the domestic startup ecosystem by actively providing information on more than 1 million startups linked to Korean company data.
First, 1,292 companies were found to have used the investment attraction hope function to reveal their intention to attract investment. In addition, 7,045 requests were made to view IR data, and 14 companies even succeeded in attracting actual investment through VC.
This report contains the results of analyzing investor behavior big data, including 453,600 likes as well as data on 1,002,338 companies held by Startup Finder. In the larger framework, it is divided into ▲Service usage status ▲Startup registration status ▲Investor registration status ▲Popular search words, industry group, investment stage, etc.
According to the report, the company most searched for by investors was ‘Sweet O’, a natural food food tech company, followed by ‘Somuna’, an eco-friendly social venture, and ‘Curly’, a market operator. In particular, the top five industries that received the most requests for IR data from investors were lifestyle (8.7%), content (7.3%), bio/healthcare (7.3%), logistics/transportation (7.3%), and manufacturing (7.0%). ) appeared in that order.
The most searched investment stages for companies of interest are SEED (35.5%), Series A (19.8%), Series B (13.0%), Pre-A (11.8%), and Series C·D·E (9.3%). It was confirmed that early-stage companies with high growth potential, such as SEED and Series A, are receiving attention. Meanwhile, companies from a diverse spectrum, including mobility, bio/healthcare, media commerce, content, and social impact, are registered in Find a Startup. In addition, we have a wide pool of investors ranging from individual investors to institutional investors such as accelerators, angel investors, CVCs, and venture capitals.
Bae Yoon-hee, director of the Wadiz investment team, said, “The fact that the startup search service has established itself as an essential platform for domestic startups in about eight months since it was launched is a natural result of the high interest of companies and investors in startup investment.” “We plan to further enhance the connection between startups and investors by providing personalized startup investment information based on their behavioral data.”
Meanwhile, the full text of this report can be found at Find Startups on the Wadiz website .
* PangyoTechnoValley special reporting group: Editor-in-Chief Ji-Hoon Choi, Director Jang-Geun Yoo, Reporter Eun-Sil Lee, Reporter Seong-Sook Lee
Source: Pangyo Techno Valley Official Newsroom
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