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SBVA
Venture capital firm · Founded 2000 · Active in 2026
SBVA is a venture capital firm based in South Korea, founded in 2000. The page below shows 19 Power Law outcomes from SBVA's portfolio — 18 unicorns ($1B+ valuation) and 1 additional thoroughbreds (companies that crossed $100M+ in revenue without yet reaching $1B+ valuation).
Outcomes are concentrated in Marketing · eCommerce & Marketplaces · AI; top portfolio geographies are South Korea · Singapore · Indonesia. SBVA ranks #476 in Global in the 2026 Dealroom Power Law Investor Ranking by cross-stage outcomes.
SBVA’s biggest exits.
SBVA portfolio companies worth $1B+ that have IPO’d or been acquired. Each shows its valuation at exit and, in grey, its current value if still public.
SBVA’s selected top holdings.
An estimate of SBVA’s largest live positions — disclosed shareholding × Dealroom’s latest valuation — across 2 companies where SBVA is a named shareholder, worth about $130M in estimated equity value.
Estimated value = SBVA’s disclosed ownership % × Dealroom’s latest company valuation; direct named stakes only, exited positions excluded. Figures are indicative, not reported marks. SBVA also appears inside investor groups in Carro, Neolix, You.com, where a standalone stake isn’t disclosed. See the underlying cap tables on Dealroom →
The 19 SBVA Power Law outcomes ($100M+ revenue or $1B+ valuation).
Snapshot of where the outcomes are concentrated by country, sector, and stage entered.
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South Korea8
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Singapore2
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Indonesia2
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France1
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Malaysia1
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Taiwan1
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China1
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Israel1
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Mexico1
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Nigeria1
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Marketing4
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eCommerce & Marketplaces3
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AI3
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Transportation3
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Fintech3
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Other B2B Software2
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Biotech & Life Sciences1
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Series B+11
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Series A6
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Seed2
SBVA's 19 Power Law outcomes.
How does SBVA stack up?
SBVA in orange, your selection in blue and other colours. Pick from the global roster of 35 peer investors — scope by startup location or hit "Find similar shapes" to auto-pick the three closest. The funnel matrix mirrors the spider chart on the ranking page; the line chart shows each firm's share of unicorns minted in the selected startup location — peaks reveal vintage years.
Share of new unicorns per year
% of global unicorns minted that year, year by year · hover the chart to see which unicornsStage focus
Companies by entry stage and outcome tierSector focus
Companies per investor across the 10 highest-volume sectorsWhere SBVA's portfolio founders come from — and where they studied.
27 founders across the 19 Power Law outcomes — split by country of origin, university attended, and the company they worked at before founding. Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology and Meta are the deepest single pipelines.
Key people at SBVA.
Market sentiment
What the market is saying about SBVA
An AI-synthesized read of the highest-engagement posts about SBVA on X over the past 7 days. We rank by likes & retweets, ignore corporate channels, and surface the themes that broke out from real people.
Reading the room on X — pulling top posts and synthesizing themes…
Source: X recent search ranked by engagement (likes + retweets) · Synthesis by Claude · Cached for 1 hour
In the news
Latest news about SBVA
Recent press, funding announcements, and portfolio moves mentioning SBVA — pulled live from Dealroom's news feed.
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