Venture Platform
POSCO N.EX.T Hub implements comprehensive research for the POSCO Group's core businesses based on three research institutes in the fields of AI, secondary battery materials, and low-carbon hydrogen energy.
Venture Fund
By operating venture funds based on our key principles, we invest in excellent domestic and foreign ventures and link them to the group.
The three operating principles
Full-cycle investment
• Operation of specialized funds for different stages of venture growth
-Seed Fund: Seed stage (accelerator operation)
-Growth and CVC Fund: Growth stage (VC management)
-Strategy Fund: Maturity stage (using project funds managed by PEs)
•Linking excellent ventures by stage to follow-up funds
Global investment
• Global venture investment and support for overseas expansion of domestic business ventures through overseas fund operation
Virtuous-circle investment
• Secure profitability through collaboration with top VCs/PEs
• Proceeds generated are reinvested in new funds to ensure continuous operation
Characteristics of Funds
Domestic seed / Growth funds
Domestic seed/growth funds that sense excellent ventures in promising fields using domestic top AC/VC and connect them to strategic fields
•Seed Fund: Discover early ventures based on the excellent talent / technology of each university through investment in excellent domestic university technology holdings
•Growth Fund: Reinforcing discoveries in promising fields through investments in domestic top VCs
*Connecting excellent ventures within the group: Venture Valley-Fund, Seed-Growth Fund-for funding strategic fields, Fund-Group business
CVC / Strategic Funds
Investment in POSCO Group's new strategic growth businesses. Differentiation according to management companies / external competency utilizatio
• CVC Fund: A POSCO technology investment management fund that focuses on investing in strategic areas by utilizing POSCO Group's capabilities
• Strategy Fund: Invest in excellent companies in strategic fields by utilizing external capabilities such as domestic and foreign PEs/VCs and external LPs.
Overseas Funds
Helpful in discovering and identifying global excellent technologies and ventures in promising and strategic fields
• Overseas Parent Fund (Hybrid): Maximize sensing of promising global fields by leveraging indirect funds
• Global Energy Fund (Strategic Area): Enhance discoveries in strategic fields and acquire joint investment opportunities by utilizing VCs specializing in energy