NPX Capital
| Private | |
| ISIN | 🆔 |
| Industry | Private equity Venture capital |
| Founded 📆 | 2016 |
| Founder 👔 | Samuel Hwang |
| Headquarters 🏙️ | Seoul, Korea |
Area served 🗺️ | South Korea
Southeast Asia US |
Key people | Samuel Hwang
Daniel Hwang Yongju Jeon Calvin Kang |
| Products 📟 | Investment |
| Members | |
Number of employees | |
| 🌐 Website | https://www.npxcap.com/?lang=en |
| 📇 Address | |
| 📞 telephone | |
NPX Capital is a South Korea-based investment firm.[1] They are headquartered in Seoul, South Korea with 20 executives.[2] Beside making investments in ventures, they also run an operating arm called NPX TeraArk which aims to help entrepreneurs that they invested in.[3][better source needed]
History[edit]
NPX Capital was founded in 2016 by Korean American investor Samuel Hwang in Seoul, South Korea. The company started as a family office and transformed to an alternative investment firm after three years.[1][3] By 2022, NPX Capital has four offices – in Seoul, Hong Kong, Singapore and Los Angeles.[4]
In 2018, they founded its subsidiary TeraArk - a venture studio.[3]
In 2019, they founded its subsidiary NPX Private Equity.[3]
In 2021, they founded 3 subsidiaries namely, Terapins Studios, NPX IDC and NPX Ventures.[3]
Investments[edit]
NPX Capital participates in both private equity and venture capital. Their portfolio is mainly focused on impact investing methods and ESG including Education, Healthcare, and Technology among other sectors like consumer, real estate and financial services.[3]
As of 2022, they have invested in 27 companies and announced six exits.[3] These companies are largely located in South Korea, Vietnam and the US.
Some of the notable investments include:
- $43M investment in Copin Communications[5]
- Series B investment in Mathpresso[6]
- Investment in NPX Point Avenue[7]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "NPX Capital - An Alternative Investment Firm for Entrepreneurs in Korea". Seoulz. 2021-08-02. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
- ↑ "NPX Capital Makes an Additional Investment of $43 Million Into Digital Content Developer, Copin Communications". www.businesswire.com. 2022-01-19. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 "NPX Capital - Global Investors. Local Partners". www.npxcap.com. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
- ↑ "NPX Capital makes an additional investment of $43M into South Korean digital content developer Copin Communications". TechNode Global. 2022-01-21. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
- ↑ "Tech in Asia - Connecting Asia's startup ecosystem". www.techinasia.com. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
- ↑ "South Korea-based Mathpresso, developer of tutoring app Qanda, raises $14.5 million Series B". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
- ↑ "Point Avenue". tracxn.com. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
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