SoftBank Ventures Asia Overview
- Investor Type
- Venture Capital
- Status
- Active
- Professionals
- 25

- Investments
- 225
- Portfolio
- 101
- Exits
- 76

SoftBank Ventures Asia General Information
Description
Founded in 2000, SoftBank Ventures Asia is a venture capital firm based in Seoul, Korea. The firm seeks to make minority investments in seed-stage, early-stage, and later-stage companies. The firm prefers to invest in the media, software, mobile, artificial intelligence, machine learning, Big Data, EdTech, FinTech, Virtual reality, and E-Commerce sectors in the United States, Europe, Asia, and Israel.
Contact Information
Investor Status
Actively Seeking New Investments
Primary Investor Type
Venture Capital
Other Investor Types
Corporate Venture Capital
Primary Office
- 19F, B Wing, Kyobo Tower
- 465, Gangnam-daero
- Seoul, Seocho-gu 06611
- South Korea
SoftBank Ventures Asia Investments (225)
Company Name | Deal Date | Deal Type | Deal Size | Industry | Company Stage | Lead Partner |
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SDI Media | 22-Jan-2021 | Buyout/LBO | Movies, Music and Entertainment | Generating Revenue | ||
0000 (00000000000 | 14-Jan-2021 | 00000 00000 | 0000 | Information Services (B2C) | Generating Revenue | 0000000 000 |
00000 00000 | 10-Jan-2021 | 00000 00000 | 0000 | Financial Software | Generating Revenue | |
000000 | 30-Dec-2020 | 00000 00000 | Computers, Parts and Peripherals | Generating Revenue | ||
000000 | 23-Dec-2020 | 00000 00000 | Drug Discovery | Generating Revenue | 0000000 000 | |
000000000000 | 10-Dec-2020 | 00000 00000 | 00000 | Business/Productivity Software | Generating Revenue | |
0000 (000000000 00 | 09-Dec-2020 | 00000 00000 | 0000 | Financial Software | Generating Revenue | |
0000 0000000 | 18-Nov-2020 | 00000 00000 | 0000 | Consumer Finance | Generating Revenue/Not Profitable | 0000000 000 |
Alodokter | 12-Nov-2020 | Later Stage VC | 0000 | Information Services (B2C) | Generating Revenue | |
Gauss Surgical | 27-Oct-2020 | Later Stage VC | 0000 | Monitoring Equipment | Generating Revenue | 0000000 000 |
SoftBank Ventures Asia Exits (75)
Company Name | Exit Date | Exit Type | Exit Size |
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ZhongGu | 25-Sep-2020 | IPO | 00000 |
00000000000 | 11-Sep-2020 | 000 00 00000000 | |
0000 (000000000 00 | 20-Apr-2020 | 000000000000000000 | 00000 |
000000 | 30-Mar-2020 | 000000000000000000 | |
000000000 | 04-Nov-2019 | 000000000000000000 | |
000000 | 16-Oct-2019 | 000000000000000000 | 00000 |
00000 (00000000000 | 01-Oct-2019 | 000 00 00000000 | |
000000 00000 | 01-Aug-2019 | 000 00 00000000 | |
Opensurvey | 01-Jan-2019 | Secondary Transaction - Private | |
Snaps | 01-Jan-2019 | Secondary Transaction - Private |
SoftBank Ventures Asia Investments by Industry, Year, and Region
Investments by Industry

Investments by Year

Investments by Region

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Request a free trialSoftBank Ventures Asia Team (46)
Name | Title | Deals | Funds | Boards | Office |
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Joonpyo Lee | Chief Executive Officer and Managing Partner | 00 | 0 | 00 | Seoul, South Korea |
Seung Lee | Chief Financial Officer & Operating Partner | Seoul, South Korea | |||
Eunwoo Lee | Managing Director & Partner | 00 | 0 | 00 | Seoul, South Korea |
Daniel Kang | Senior Partner | 00 | 0 | 00 | Seoul, South Korea |
Sean Lee | Senior Partner | 0 | 0 | 0 | Seoul, South Korea |
SoftBank Ventures Asia Co-Investors (343)
Name | With | Exits | Lead Partner | Series | Industry |
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Alpha JWC Ventures | 4 | 0 |
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Altos Ventures | 0 | 0 |
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Golden Gate Ventures | 0 | 0 |
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KT investment | 0 | 0 |
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Naver | 0 | 0 |
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