This week (August 22-26) startups in various fields, including artificial intelligence (AI), semiconductors, agricultural and fishery trade, and sports prediction games, attracted investment from venture capital (VC) and accelerator (AC). In particular, companies that are about to open their IPOs have attracted late-stage investments, one after another.
Gigavis, a circuit inspection company for semiconductor packages that is seeking to be listed on the KOSDAQ, has attracted 40 billion won worth of pre-IPO investment from Pebbles Asset Management, Time Folio Asset Management, and Stick Ventures. Gigavis is a circuit inspection company for semiconductor packages established in 2004. It ranks first in global market share in substrate AOI (Automatic Optical Inspector) equipment for high-end semiconductor packages such as FC-BGA.
Investor companies highly evaluated Gigavis’ oligopoly of AOI equipment from FC-BGA manufacturers, the successful diversification of sales portfolios such as AOR, and the growth potential of the FC-BGA market. GiGABIS plans to advance its technology through this investment and become a global leader in circuit inspection for semiconductor packages.
Enterprise value of 8.5 trillion…Viva Republica (Toss)
Viva Republica has attracted an additional 230 billion won worth of investment from Goodwater Capital, Harvest Gross Capital, and Pebbles. After attracting 300 billion won in investment at the end of last month, it attracted a total of 530 billion won in new investment through Series G Round. The corporate value was valued at 8.5 trillion won.
Investors gave the company a big mark on its growth and profitability. The company plans to invest the funds it has prepared this time to expand the capital of Toss Securities and Toss Bank and expand new businesses of Toss Payments and Toss Plays.