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What does Strong Ventures invest in?
Strong Ventures invests most often at Seed and Series A (72% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Industry, Online Games and Ride Sharing.
Strong Ventures highlights
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5 cheques in the last 12 months
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Mostly Seed and Series A: 72% of its rounds
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Sole investor in 32 rounds, median $849K
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1 exits from the portfolio
What they do
Strong Ventures is a generalist VC firm based in LA and Seoul, backing early-stage startups with a focus on Korean founders.From their own website
- Type
- VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- Cheque size
- Not stated
- Stages
- Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries BGrowth
- Sectors
- IndustryOnline GamesRide Sharing
- Based in
- Los Angeles, United States
- Cold pitches
- Accepted
The record
Every round we can evidence, newest first130 appearances
- 2026
4 rounds
- Sept
- Jun
- May
- Jan
- 2025
10 rounds
- Nov
- Oct
- Oct
- Sept
- Jun
- Jun
- Apr
- Mar
- Feb
- Feb
- 2024
14 rounds
- Dec
- Nov
- Nov
- Sept
- Aug
- Aug
- Aug
- Jul
- Jun
- Jun
- May
- Mar
- Feb
- Feb
- 2023
15 rounds
- Dec
- Dec
- Sept
- Sept
- Aug
- Jul
- Jul
- Jul
- Jun
- Jun
- Jun
- May
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 team
Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration3 named
JNJohn NahmHolder of An Assignee Interest in Strong Ventures, LLCiForm ADV
KBKihong BaeManager of Strong Ventures OF III GP, LLCiFiling they signed
MSMikyoung ShinHolder of An Assignee Interest in Strong Ventures, LLCiForm ADV
We also hold 3 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.
What the register says
From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law
$369Mgross assets of its fundsOct 2026
5+funds on filenumbered funds in its name
Exemptreporting adviserventure or small private funds
- Legal name
- Strong Ventures, LLC
- SEC number
- CRD 166019
Exits from the portfolio
Companies it backed that were later bought or listed1 in all
Simply SocialBought by Matchfire CoUndisclosedMay 2015
An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.