STIC Investments, Inc. is the private equity and venture capital arm of DPC Co., Ltd. The firm specializes in buyouts, secondary direct investments, corporate restructurings, mid-cap, and growth capital. STIC seeks to invest in mid-market companies operating in technology-based manufacturing industries, such as automotive, shipbuilding, healthcare, medical devices, and TMT sectors. For growth capital, the firm primarily makes significant minority investments in late-stage mid-market firms with investment size between $20 million and $50 million. For secondary investments, it focuses on acquiring the entire portfolio of a partnership at the time of dissolution or selected deals by acquiring old shares from major shareholders. For buyouts, It prefers to make non-leveraged management buyout investments in the sectors that are strategic to Korean economic development as defined by the government policy. The firm typically invests between $70 million and $200 million per investment for buyouts. It also considers cross-border mergers and acquisitions. The firm primarily invests in South Korea and selectively in the Greater China region.