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SU&Financial Investment(SUFI) was established in June 2016 and was registered as a new technology project financing company in 2017. Since then, SUFI provides tailored solutions that satisfy our clients’ needs by means of new technology project financing fund and private equity fund.
1. New Technology Project Financing Company*
Definitionㆍ “New Technology Project Financing Company” means an institution registered with the Financial Services Commission for new technology business and that does not concurrently conduct credit card business, facility leasing business, installment financing business or other financing business prescribed by Presidential Decree.
ㆍ “New Technology Business Investment Association(fund)” means associations established by any new technology project financing company through joint investment with a person other than a new technology project financing company or operated and managed by a new technology project financing company, seeking to invest to new tech business entities.
ㆍ “New Technology Business Entity(targets)” means a SME engaging in research, development, improvement and commercialization related to new technology business excluding enterprises engaging in insurance activities, real estate activities and other activities that are barely related to new technology business.
Scope of Applicationㆍ Investment in new technology business entities
ㆍ Providing loans to new technology business entities
ㆍ Providing managerial and technical assistance to new technology business entities
ㆍ Establishing new technology business investment association
ㆍ Managing or operating the funds of new technology business investment association(fund)
(*) For details, please refer to Specialized Credit Finance Business Act
2. Investment Process
SU&Financial Investment follows the investment process as below.
Deal Sourcingㆍ Deal sourcing through fully utilizing deep know-hows and professional skills in relation with FAS and cross-border deals and global networks owned by SU&Partners
ㆍ Deal sourcing through professional networks such as KRX(Korea Exchange) M&A intermediation platform
ㆍ Deal sourcing through private networks(M&A forums and sessions led by CEO, etc)
Investment Decisionㆍ Capable of making precise and prompt investment decisions on the basis of various investment and M&A experiences along with pre due diligence conducted by our dedicated professionals including certified public accountants
Investment
Implementation
ㆍ Effectively implementing investment strategies with precise and prompt investment decisions in line with punctuality, which would maximize a target’s growth and our clients’ interests
Exitㆍ Actively identifying company-specific factors by having frequent communication with management and releasing a regular report to our LPs
ㆍ Effectively increasing a firm value of the targets by risk management and growth strategies while maximizing returns with establishing best exit strategies, considering the related market trends
3. Investment Strategy
SU&Financial Investment invests in domestic and overseas companies and seeks best returns while minimizing risks by diversifying our portfolio.
Investment Method
SUFI forms either new technology business investment association(fund) or private equity fund to make an investment in various types such as mezzanine, common stock and preferred stock.
Investment Targets
SUFI invests in undervalued companies including listed companies and privately-held companies in a growth stage or an early maturity stage.
Listed
Company
ㆍ Co-buy out investment with SI for acquiring undervalued listed companies
ㆍ Bridge loan investment
ㆍ Mezzanine investment on blue-chip companies
Privately-
held
Company
ㆍ Co-buy out investment with SI for acquiring undervalued listed companies
ㆍ Bridge loan investment (typically up to a year)
ㆍ Mezzanine investment on blue-chip companies
ㆍ Pre-IPO investment
ㆍ Equity investment on companies preparing for SPAC and back door listing
ㆍ VC investment on companies with unique innovation
Investment Strategies
SUFI applies the following investment strategies
1ㆍ Buy-out Investment
Identify undervalued blue-chip companies originally equipped with competitive advantages and make a buy-out investment for them to maximize their firm value by using our global networks
2ㆍ Growth Capital Investment
Identify companies with disruptive innovation other than companies that grow with lower cost strategies and make a growth capital investment for them to effectively grow with our deep insight and understanding across various industries
3ㆍ Overseas Investment or JV Investment
Identify companies in early maturity stage stuck in a stagnated market and help them grow further with an overseas investment or JV investment via our global networks
4. Risk Management
SU&Financial Investment has a compliance officer and an auditor in order to control risks and to maintain financial soundness and always prioritize our investors. In addition, we ultimately seeks to contribute for fostering the capital markets.
Risk Management Procedure
Pre-Management ㆍ Risk management + Regulation in place
ㆍ Pre-examine the potential risk factors and prepare preventive actions
Monitoringㆍ Constant and strict monitoring against market risk
ㆍ Maintain surveillance system for inspecting market volatility
Post Managementㆍ Creating procedure for risk exemption
ㆍ Organize the risk management committee
ㆍ Inspect compliance of regulations and apply to performance evaluation