# Sherpa Ventures: portfolio, investments and team

> Sherpa Ventures is an accelerator based in South Korea. 6 investments on record, latest Oct 2013. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/sherpa-ventures-2 (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Sherpa Ventures

Last cheque observed Oct 2013. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

Quiet Accelerator

Seed Series A Artificial_intelligence Kpop Food_service

Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 6 on record

Since the last cheque **4764** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$1.9M** Rounds led **0 of 6** Mostly in **United States, 100%**

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## Sherpa Ventures highlights

- 01 6 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Seed and Series A: 83% of its rounds

## What they do

> It started as an official accelerator (business planner) after receiving approval from the Ministry of SMEs and Startups in 2021. Translated from Korean, from their own website

- **Type:** Accelerator (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Stages:** Seed Series A
- **Sectors:** Artificial_intelligence Kpop Food_service
- **Based in:** Seoul, South Korea
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **6 appearances**

- **2013** 6 rounds
- **Oct** **[DogVacay](https://millionrounds.com/company/dogvacay)** Series B · US · finsmes.com **$15M** With 4 others
- **Sept** **[Shyp](https://millionrounds.com/company/shyp)** Seed · US · techcrunch.com **$2.1M** With 24 others
- **Sept** **[Munchery](https://millionrounds.com/company/munchery)** Seed · US **$700K** With 2 others
- **Aug** **[LE TOTE](https://millionrounds.com/company/le-tote)** Seed · US · techcrunch.com **$1.8M** With 17 others
- **Aug** **[Cluster Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/cluster-labs)** Seed · US · techcrunch.com **$1.6M** With 4 others
- **Jul** **[BackOps](https://millionrounds.com/company/backops)** Series A · US · techcrunch.com **$7.0M** With 5 others

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

## The cheque

Seed Series A

Median round joined **$1.9M** the round, not its cheque

Led 0 of 6 rounds **0%**

- **Sole investor:** Never alone
- **Last cheque:** Oct 2013

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Seed said *4*
- Series A said *1*
- Series B *1*

Often in the room with

- [Google Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv) 3
- [First Round Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/first-round-capital) 2

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Sherpa Ventures. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**Google Ventures** Corporate VC **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv)[**First Round Capital** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/first-round-capital)

## Quick answers about Sherpa Ventures

### What does Sherpa Ventures invest in?

Sherpa Ventures invests most often at Seed and Series A (83% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Artificial_intelligence, Kpop and Food_service.

### How active is Sherpa Ventures?

6 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Oct 2013.

### How big are Sherpa Ventures's cheques?

The median round it joins is $1.9M.

### Does Sherpa Ventures lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 6 investments on record names it as the lead.

### Where does Sherpa Ventures invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (100%).

### Is Sherpa Ventures investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Oct 2013.

### Who does Sherpa Ventures invest alongside?

Most often Google Ventures (3 rounds together) and First Round Capital (2 rounds together).

### What kind of investor is Sherpa Ventures?

Sherpa Ventures is an accelerator based in Seoul, South Korea.

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