Overview (1998-2007)

Funds﹝1﹞ 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Total Venture Funds 114 160 192 199 217 240 259 268 270 272
New Funds in Year 38 46 32 7 18 23 19 9 2 2
Discontinued Funds in Year 3 0 0 4 1 3 4 7 14 38
Total Discontinued Funds 7 7 7 11 12 15 19 26 40 78
Non-operating Funds 0 0 0 15 12 11 11 11 11 11
Total Operating Funds 107 153 170 176 194 214 229 231 219 183
Annual Growth Rate of New Funds 35.7% 21.1% -30.4% -78.1% 157.1% 27.8% -17.4% -52.6% -77.7% 0.0%
No. of Venture Fund Management Firms 59 70 74 79 86 93 101 105 101 88
Avg. No. of Funds Managed 1.81 2.19 2.30 2.23 2.26 2.30 2.27 2.20 2.17 2.08
Capital Under Management
Total Fund Size (Paid-in Capital, NT$100M)﹝2﹞ 729.3 1034.3 1280.8 1341.1 1512.9 1717.1 1845.0 1893.7 1765.3 1617.98
Newly Raised Capital in Year (NT$100M) 303.0 304.9 246.5 60.3 171.8 204.2 127.9 48.7 -128.4 -147.32
Annural Growth Rate of Newly Raised Capital 76.5% 0.6% -19.2% -75.5% 184.9% 18.9% -37.4% -61.9% -363.66% 14.74%
Average Fund Size (NT$100M) 6.82 6.76 7.53 7.62 7.80 8.02 8.06 8.20 8.06 8.84
Inverstments
Total Number of Investments 2994 4493 6343 6957 7560 8719 9782 10295 11200 12174
Total Amount Invested in Year (NT$100M) 651.1 947.1 1255.1 1336.6 1454.0 1619.4 1772.1 1880.7 2038.2 2244.36
No. of New Invested in Year (NT$100M) 1155 1499 1850 614 603 1159 1063 513 905 974
Annual Growth Rate of New Investments in Year 21.5% 29.8% 23.4% -66.8% -1.8% 92.2% -8.3% -51.7% 76.4% 7.62%
New Amount of Investment in Year (NT$100M) 215.91 295.92 308.03 81.46 117.40 165.40 152.70 108.57 157.45 206.16
Annual Growth Rate of New Amount of Investment 22.7% 37.1% 4.1% -73.6% 44.1% 40.9% -7.68% -28.90% 45.02% 30.94%
Avg. No. of Investments Per Fund 10.8 9.8 10.9 3.5 3.1 5.4 4.6 2.2 4.1 5.32
Avg. Amount of Investment Per Fund (NT$100M) 2.02 1.93 1.81 0.46 0.61 0.77 0.67 0.47 0.72 1.13
Avg. Amount Per Investment (NT$100M) 0.187 0.197 0.167 0.133 0.195 0.143 0.144 0.211 0.17 0.21
Ratio of Total Amt. of Investment to Total Paid-in Capital 89.3% 91.6% 98.0% 99.7% 96.1% 94.3% 96.1% 99.31% 115.46% 138.71%
  • As of the end of 2005, 268 venture funds have been granted operating permits by the government. Of the 268, 231 funds have incorporated and are operating, 11 funds are not yet operating, and 26 funds have closed. This publication only takes into account operating funds. Data on non-operating and discontinued funds are provided for reference purposes only.
  • Total paid-in capital figures only take into account the paid-in capital of funds that were operating in 2005.
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