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Socar

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Eco-friendly car sharing community that allows travelers to share cars with others who are traveling the same route

Seoul, South KoreaFounded 2012Transportation
Valuation $543M Market cap · Aug/2026
Revenue $432M Latest reported FY
EBITDA $102M Latest reported FY

At a glance

Founded
2012
Headquarters
Seoul, South Korea
Listing
IPO 2022
Sector
Transportation
Power Law
Unicorn$1–10B valuation tierThoroughbred$100M+ revenue

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News, research, reports and resources connected to this company by Dealroom

Investors

16 investors on the cap table

From Dealroom's funding and investor records, grouped by the round each investor first entered.

Seed2 investors entered at this stage

Series B and later14 investors entered at this stage

  • SBVA
  • Brookside Capital
  • IMM Private Equity
  • SK Group
  • Altos Ventures
  • Lotte Rental
  • SG Private Equity
  • KB Investment
  • LB Investment
  • SK Ventures
  • Songhyun Investment
  • Stonebridge Ventures
  • Premier Partners
  • Bain Capital

Talent

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Global footprint

Workforce and web traffic by country
Workforce by country
1 countries with
team presence
🇰🇷 South Korea100%
1 country shown
Web traffic by country
880K monthly visits
across markets
🏳️ Korea99.5%
🏳️ Republic of0.3%
🇺🇸 United States0.2%
🇯🇵 Japan0.1%
🇹🇭 Thailand0%
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Patents

Estimated portfolio value
$3M

24 active patent families included in this estimate.

A patent family groups patent filings for the same invention. Source: Dealroom · PatSnap.

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Investments and acquisitions

Disclosed deals where Socar was the backer or acquirer, 2019–2021. Toggle between venture rounds, M&A, or both. The map below is grouped by the target company's sector — the colored pill on each chip is the round type.

Portfolio analysis

6 deals across Socar's capital deployment.

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        Where Socar deploys vs peers

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        6 of 6 deals

        Market sentiment

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