Last Year's Startup Investor Interest Industry Group: 'Lifestyle'

Wadiz Publishes '2020 Startup Search Growth Report'

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Cheol-hyun] A survey revealed that the industry group that startup investors were most interested in last year was 'Lifestyle.' On the 11th, Wadiz (CEO Shin Hye-sung) announced this while publishing the '2020 Startup Finder Growth Report,' which analyzed big data on startup investment trends from last year.

This report contains data-based trends that allow a comprehensive view of the startup investment market trends based on accumulated startup and investor information through 'Startup Finder' over the past year. Startup Finder is an online IR platform exclusively for startups launched in May last year, providing an information service that connects startups and investors. In just one year, 4,618 startup managers and 1,581 professional investors registered, and by actively providing more than one million startup information linked with Korea Enterprise Data, it has established itself as a service encompassing the domestic startup ecosystem.

According to the report, the top five industry groups with the most IR material requests from investors were Lifestyle (8.7%), Content (7.3%), Bio·Healthcare (7.3%), Logistics·Transportation (7.3%), and Manufacturing (7.0%). The company most searched by investors was the natural food tech company 'Sweetdo,' followed by the eco-friendly social venture 'Somuna' and Market Kurly operator 'Kurly.'

Additionally, 1,292 companies used the investment attraction hope function to express their intention to raise investment. There were 7,045 IR material viewing requests, and 14 companies succeeded in securing actual investment through venture capital (VC). This report contains not only the company data held by Startup Finder but also the results of analyzing investors' behavioral big data such as the number of 'likes.' Broadly, it is divided into ▲service usage status ▲startup registration status ▲investor registration status ▲popular search terms, industry groups, investment stages, etc.

Yoonhee Bae, Director of the Wadiz Investment Team, said, "The fact that the Startup Finder service has established itself as an essential platform for domestic startups in about eight months since its launch is a natural result reflecting the high interest of companies and investors in startup investment," adding, "We plan to further sophisticate the connection between startups and investors by providing personalized startup investment information based on investors' behavioral data."

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