SBVA Holds 'IPO Trends and Outlook Seminar'... Shares Listing Trends and Exit Strategies

SBVA announced on April 15 that it successfully held the "2026 IPO Trends and Outlook Seminar" for major limited partners (LPs) and portfolio companies at its office in Seocho-gu, Seoul, the previous day. The seminar was attended by about 60 participants, including representatives from SBVA's key LPs such as Korea Venture Investment Corp., Industrial Bank of Korea, Krafton, as well as portfolio companies like KREAM, Imprimed, and Payhere.

This event was organized to assess the current IPO market, which has been showing gradual signs of recovery, and to provide strategic guidance for the successful listing of portfolio companies. Practical exit strategies and key takeaways for LPs were also shared.

Speakers included not only IPO experts from within SBVA, but also professionals from the IPO team at Mirae Asset Securities and the global IPO team at Samil PwC. In the first session, which focused on VC market trends, Juyeon Lee, Executive Director of SBVA IR, presented on the structural trends observed across the industry, with a focus on changes in investment strategies, fundraising, and exit conditions in response to recent shifts in the market environment. Youngjin Park, Investment Director at SBVA, introduced the listing process of Nota, one of SBVA's key IPO cases, and provided a detailed account of performance at each investment stage, from initial investment to corporate growth and eventual IPO.

Juyeon Lee, Executive Director of Investor Relations at Seoul Business Valuation Associates, is introducing the overall trends in the industry, including investment strategies and financing and exit environments in response to recent market changes. SBVA

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The second session, led by Mirae Asset Securities, analyzed the characteristics of Korea's current IPO market and outlook, discussed major regulatory changes, and introduced various options for listing on KOSDAQ. In the final session on global IPO market trends and key considerations for strategy development, Samil PwC delivered a practical guide for global IPO preparation, including procedures required for overseas listings in the US, Japan, and Hong Kong, tax issues related to 'Flip' (headquarters relocation overseas), and the latest market developments. Following the presentations, participants engaged in a Q&A session, discussing detailed exit strategies such as industry-specific listing requirements and benchmark cases.

Jiwoo Jung, Managing Director at SBVA, stated, "We organized this seminar so that our portfolio companies can establish optimal listing strategies in response to the changing market environment," adding, "We will continue to expand information-sharing programs that help enhance the performance of both our LPs and portfolio companies."

Meanwhile, SBVA was established in Korea in 2000 as SoftBank Ventures Asia, a venture capital arm of SoftBank Group, and has invested in a wide range of domestic and global startups, including discovering companies such as Lunit, Danggeun, and Upstage from their early stages. Currently, SBVA manages approximately KRW 2.9 trillion in assets and fosters over 100 portfolio companies worldwide, actively continuing its global investment activities.

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