Top 50 Agriculture (agtech) Startup Investors in South Korea in September 2025

Investor	Agriculture (agtech) South Korea investments
Magna Investment	5
HITEJINRO CO	3
Antler	3
Enlight Ventures	3
Industrial Bank of Korea	3
Industrial Bank of Korea	3
HITEJINRO CO	3
Enlight Ventures	3
Hana Ventures	2
Coolidge Corner Investment	2
Big Basin Capital	2
Nice Investment Partners	2
Fast Ventures	2
Base Investment	2
Korea Technology Finance Corporation	2
BNK Venture Capital	2
Hyundai Technology Investment	2
Donghoon Investment	2
MYSC	2
KB Investment	2
Big Basin Capital	2
In Light Ventures	2
KT Investment	2
Fast Ventures	2
Base Investment	2
In Light Ventures	2
Hana Ventures	2
Intops Investment	2
CKD Venture Capital Corporation	2
KT investment	2
Center for Creative Economy and Innovation	2
Coolidge Corner Investment	2
Center for Creative Economy and Innovation	2
BNK Venture Capital	2
CKD Venture Capital Corporation	2
KB Investment	2
Donghoon Investment	2
Smilegate Investment	2
WONIK Investment Partners	1
Hansae Yes 24 Partners	1
Haatz	1
AI Angel Club	1
Asian Development Bank	1
KDB Capital	1
Activant Capital	1
JB Investment	1
Central Investment Partners	1
Asian Development Bank	1
UQI Partners Corporation	1
Kim Sang-heon	1

As a Venture Capital / Accelerator / Private Equity Manager specialized in initial companies, SMEs and SMEs, They are generating profits by finding and investing in companies with promising growth potential.

Investment focus

Health Care, Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical
Seed, Series A, Series B
South Korea, United States, Japan

Portfolio highlights

JNJ Tech — JNJ Tech is a digital healthcare startup that will provide services such as pharmaceutical ordering, inventory management, and pharmaceutical information.
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Ensol Biosciences — EnSol Bioscience is a creative and challenging company that makes it possible and realizes that many people in the world say it is impossible.

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Investment focus

E-Commerce, Agriculture, Food and Beverage
Seed, Series A, Series B
South Korea, Japan, United States

Portfolio highlights

Herb Today — Herb Today is a supplier of vegetable, seaweed, and mushroom products for the food industry.
Mr. Dad — Mr. Dad is a seller of food products.
Charging Pig — Charging Pig is a mobile app that provides auxiliary battery rental services.

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Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
Singapore, United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

AIsphere — AIsphere focuses on visual multimodal large models and empowering content producers in many sectors and scenarios with AIGC technology.
Saltfish — Saltfish enables teams to develop tailored video experiences that guide users through your entire funnel, from first visit to feature adoption.
PlayMaker — PlayMaker is building the modern operating system for sponsorships—centralizing inventory, contracts, activations, and reporting in one place so commercial teams can move faster and prove ROI. Designed and built by industry insiders who sat in the seat of rights-holders and brands, PlayMaker combines intuitive workflows with AI to extract contractterms, surface under-utilized assets, streamline approvals, and generate executive-ready reporting.

Enlight Ventures, one of the fastest growing VCs in the world, invests in early-stage startups with unique and sustainable business models.

Investment focus

Information Technology, E-Commerce, Manufacturing
Series A, Seed, Funding Round
South Korea, Indonesia

Portfolio highlights

Vespexx — The ultimate tool for couples: sync schedules, track health, and strengthen your relationship with expert guidance. Available in 100+ countries, trusted by 400K+ couples
FUST Lab — Designing and manufacturing surfactant free nano emulsion, dispersion equipment and water treatment system utilizing differentiated Focused Ultrasonic Technology
SCBIO — SCBIO is a pharmaceutical company that makes drugs with specialized technologies in immuno-oncology. The company discovers and develops novel therapeutics for future medicine.

Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK) is committed to honoring its charter of financing small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). The Bank has extended the scope of its expertise to provide a comprehensive range of financial services to individual customers in a quest to emerge as a leading financial services group. In pursuit of that goal, IBK is makingevery effort to enhance its competitiveness, achieve balanced growth and strengthen its global presence.The Bank employs around 10,000 staff and operates a distribution network of 612 branches including 12 overseas branches. Providing complementary services, the Bank also operates several subsidiaries: IBK Capital Corporation, IBK-SG Asset Management, IBK System Co., Ltd., and IBK Credit Information Corporation. In 2008, IBK Investment & Securities was launched, focused on meeting the needs of SME customers for services such as IPOs and M&As. Moreover, strategic alliance with Korea Investment Holdings enhances product competitiveness and affiliation with the National Post Office promoting easy customer access to IBK banking services.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
Series A, Series B, Seed
South Korea, United States, China

Portfolio highlights

Finit — Finit is a fintech startup that aims to enhance investment strategies and drive innovation in the financial markets. It offers innovative financial solutions that combine finance and technology.
Vueron — VUERON provides the lidar perception software for ADAS, autonomous vehicle, industrial safety and security system.
First Lab — Designing and manufacturing surfactant free nano emulsion, dispersion equipment and water treatment system utilizing differentiated Focused Ultrasonic Technology

Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK) is committed to honoring its charter of financing small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). The Bank has extended the scope of its expertise to provide a comprehensive range of financial services to individual customers in a quest to emerge as a leading financial services group. In pursuit of that goal, IBK is makingevery effort to enhance its competitiveness, achieve balanced growth and strengthen its global presence.The Bank employs around 10,000 staff and operates a distribution network of 612 branches including 12 overseas branches. Providing complementary services, the Bank also operates several subsidiaries: IBK Capital Corporation, IBK-SG Asset Management, IBK System Co., Ltd., and IBK Credit Information Corporation. In 2008, IBK Investment & Securities was launched, focused on meeting the needs of SME customers for services such as IPOs and M&As. Moreover, strategic alliance with Korea Investment Holdings enhances product competitiveness and affiliation with the National Post Office promoting easy customer access to IBK banking services.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
Series A, Series B, Seed
South Korea, United States, China

Portfolio highlights

FuriosaAI — FuriosaAI develops system semiconductors optimized for AI, enabling efficient processing of large amounts of data in a short period of time.
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Illimis Therapeutics — We translate cutting-edge science into innovative medicine

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Investment focus

Agriculture, E-Commerce, Farming
Seed, Series A, Series B
South Korea, Japan, United States

Portfolio highlights

USIMSA — USIMSA is a mobile sim company that offers eSIM-based overseas roaming service.
TIDEPOOL — Tidepool(500 Global selected) DBA Fishscope, powerful AI Fish & Feed Monitoring solution that solves periodic sampling and fish health diagnosis that requires human labor through Computor vision tech for BioMass Measurement, Fish Healthcare, and Feeding Optimization. - 10+ partnerships including GS E&C(Fortune 500 GS Group Subsidiary) andmany major government arms based in APAC - 90% or more accuracy for weight estimation of live fish in water - Demo: http://fishscope.tidepool.kr/
Unique Good Company — Unique Good Company develops entertaining mobile apps.

Enlight Ventures, one of the fastest growing VCs in the world, invests in early-stage startups with unique and sustainable business models.

Investment focus

Information Technology, E-Commerce, Manufacturing
Series A, Seed, Funding Round
South Korea, Indonesia

Portfolio highlights

First Lab — Designing and manufacturing surfactant free nano emulsion, dispersion equipment and water treatment system utilizing differentiated Focused Ultrasonic Technology
Stockeeper — Stockeeper creates and operates a Korean beef asset platform, Bankau, that connects consumers and producers.
Stress Solution — Based on unique medical and scientific information and ECG waveforms, Stress Solution creates sound that regulates and initiates the equilibrium of the autonomic nervous system. Currently, Healing Bit is utilizing wearable technology to detect stress in real time. Through this, an autonomous feedback system that uses artificial intelligence topredict individual stress level situations and take preventative measures is being developed.

Hana Ventures is a corporate venture capital of Hana Financial Group.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
South Korea, Japan, Malaysia

Portfolio highlights

Delivus — Delivus offers small package delivery in major U.S. cities in the shortest amount of time, with real-time delivery tracking, at the same cost as the current courier To facilitate this, we provide Delivery as a Service.
Storelink — Storelink is an open market optimization platform that analyzes and processes accurate online sales data.
Unastella — Unastella operates its own launch vehicles to provide human space travel platform services.

Coolidge Corner Investment (CCVC) provides Seed and Seed+ funding to the most innovative tech startup companies in Korea. They proudly provide their portfolio companies a customized support in professional incubating, growth hacking, strategy, network and more.

Investment focus

Software, Mobile Apps, Manufacturing
Seed, Series A, Series B
South Korea, United States, Belgium

Portfolio highlights

Relay — Relay is a second-hand market solution that provides technology, logistics, and operational solutions required for the used business.
Sendy — sendy Korea is a cloud-based logistics platform that provides on-demand freight transportation services.
Geek Planner — Geek Planner provides an ultra-short-term work optimization platform and manpower management tool.

Big Basin Capital is a venture capital firm based in Silicon Valley, investing in early-stage startups in Korea and the United States.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Apps, Mobile Apps
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
South Korea, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Dentlink — Seamless Access to South Korean Premium Labs Using Digital Dentistry
Purple AI — Purple AI is a brain disease AI platform company.
My Herb & Healthcare — MyHerb Healthcare proivdes a specialized analysis for nutritional supplements.

NICE Investment Partners is a new technology finance company whose main job is to increase corporate value by discovering and investing in new technology businesses with promising growth, providing various management support, business alliances, and strategic consulting to the invested companies.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Software, Health Care
Series A, Series B, Seed
South Korea, Japan

Portfolio highlights

Hutom — Reshaping Surgery Through Digital Innovation
Nature Loud — Nature Loud is an online store that supplies health and wellness products.
Gadget korea — Gadget korea offers data roaming services.

Fast Ventures is a venture capital investment firm.

Investment focus

Apps, Health Care, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
South Korea, Hungary, United States

Portfolio highlights

Bind — Bind is a start-up that operates the mobile and PC version of 'Athler'.
Doers — Doers is an influencer commerce platform that offers several services for connecting influencers and companies.
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Base Investment connects private equity, strategic buyers, and private individuals with opportunities to invest. The company works with well-known, enormous national firms that are looking to acquire a business that will help them extend their brand or make better use of their current facilities.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
South Korea, United States

Portfolio highlights

cafe nono — Gathering together for quality discussions. Making your stories stand out. Join the community here and now!
Money Walk — Money Walk is a novel pedometer program that allows users to earn money simply by walking.' Creddy,' the yellow companion who loves to walk, will look after your health and your wallet. Install the Money Walk app right now and you'll be able to catch both health and money.
Building Care — Building Care is a building care management company that provides schedule management, cloud, and building statistics services.

Korea Technology Finance Corporation is a South Korea-based fund for small and medium enterprises.

Investment focus

Software, Manufacturing, Health Care
Seed, Series A, Series B
South Korea, Russian Federation

Portfolio highlights

AIRS Medical — AIRS Medical is an MRI reconstruction software service provider.
AIRS Inc. — AIRS is at the forefront of advancing orthopedic surgery, setting the stage for the future with its innovative surgical platforms. The company is preparing for the next era in surgical technology, known as SURGERY 4.0. By leading the way with cutting-edge solutions, AIRS aims to transform orthopedic procedures, enhance precision, and redefinestandards in surgical care.
Ubix Therapeutics — Ubix Therapeutics is a research and development company that develops anti-cancer drugs.

BNK Venture Capital is an investment firm.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Software
Series A, Series B, Seed
South Korea, Kuwait

Portfolio highlights

Ettifos — Ettifos provides flexible, reliable, and innovative V2X solutions to enable communication between all stakeholders on the road.
Bem Robotics — Bem Robotics is developer of indoor industrial robotics technology designed to improve automated material handling and operational control
Beyond Honeycomb — Beyond Honeycomb is a food-tech company developing an AI-driven kitchen robot solution. Our AI Chef reproduces the texture and taste of the world-class chef’s dish at the molecular level.

Hyundai Technology Investment is a venture capital firm that mainly invests in early-stage companies and is based in South Korea.

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Service Industry
Series B, Series A, Seed
South Korea, United States

Portfolio highlights

Trioar — Trioar is a biotechnological research company that manufacture pharmaceutical products and drugs.
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SCBIO — SCBIO is a pharmaceutical company that makes drugs with specialized technologies in immuno-oncology. The company discovers and develops novel therapeutics for future medicine.

Dooghoon Investment is an investment firm that invests in biotechnology and information technology companies.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Information Technology, Health Care
Series A, Series B, Seed
South Korea

Portfolio highlights

Sweet Bio — Sweet Bio is a food-based biotech company that changes the lifestyle of everyone in the world to be healthy and happy.
NeoCannBio — NeoCannBio provides natural product processing facilities for generating new medications derived from natural goods and built a cannabinoid library of hemp, and medical cannabis.
Endorobotics — Endorobotics is a healthcare centre that offers endoscopic surgery services.

MYSC is an innovative company that helps innovation through consulting, social venture accelerating, and impact investing.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Health Care, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
South Korea, China, France

Portfolio highlights

Rovigos — Rovigos analyzes data from your whole business to help you make better forecasts and choices.
Welfare Union — Welfare Union focused on customized senior care meals and nutritional services.
Phyto Research — Phyto Research offers virus-free, high-quality seedlings as OEM through tissue culture and seed manufacturing.

Founded in 1990, KB Investment Co., Ltd. (KBIC) is one of Korea’s leading investment firms of venture capital and private equity funds with over USD 2.6 Billion of asset under management as of December 2023. KBIC is a subsidiary of KB Financial Group, Korea’s premier financial group with the largest domestic customer base as well as the widestnetwork of service branches in Korea.KBIC’s team is recognized for industry thought leadership, a broad network of powerful industry relationships, and a unique professional investment approach to investing. KBIC passionately support our portfolio companies with active guidance in all key aspects of team building, strategy, operations and governance

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
Series A, Series B, Seed
South Korea, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Letsur — Letsur developing automated solutions for AI development and data cleaning services.
Selta Square — Selta Square is an AI-based drug monitoring company that provides full-cycle drug monitoring solutions using artificial intelligence technology.
Pin Therapeutics — Pin Therapeutics is founded in Feb 2017, fast growing stage with member composition of 25% in USA and 75% in Korea. Drug discovery leaderships are from global pharma and biotech companies along with talented scientists both in Korea and USA.* Active Focus - PinE3: E3 ligase screening cascade for identifying novel warheads - PinGLUE: Assaycascade for molecular glue degrader screening* Programs - Selective Molecular Glue Degrader (CK1α) - Molecular Glue Degrader Programs (5-6 Undisclosed) - PROTAC Program (1 Undisclosed)

Big Basin Capital is a venture capital firm based in Silicon Valley, investing in early-stage startups in Korea and the United States.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
South Korea, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

mAy-I — mAy-I is a tech startup that develops advanced human tracking solution based on machine learning techniques.
Lynens — Linenance prioritizes operational excellence by systematizing the entire process, from customer contracts through washing. We believe that operational excellence leads to affordable rates and that reasonable rates lead to customer happiness.
Globaleur — Thousands of travelers from around the world rely on Globaleur for travel. Leverage Globaleur's software and APIs that include dynamic destination data and AI-powered developer tools to change the way we travel the world.

In Light Ventures is an investment firm.

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Food and Beverage, Agriculture
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
South Korea

Portfolio highlights

UPPTHERA — UPPTHERA is a pharmaceutical company that specializes in drug development using targeted protein degradation technology.
Eflow — Eflow is a hydraulic equipment manufacturing company that offers smart mobility, filter technology, and hydrogen mobility technology.
CrossVision — CrossVision offers solutions and services specific to the VTuber market.

kt investment is a new technology business finance company established in 2015. It is an investment company that represents KT Group .kt investment seeks to contribute to social contribution and maximize investment return through win-win cooperation with promising SMEs and venture companies .kt investment seeks to achieve long-term returns bylooking at the market from a global perspective and looking for value investment opportunities in the long term.

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, Software, Machine Learning
Series A, Series B, Seed
South Korea, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Superb AI — Automate data preparation, label and manage images and videos, and find annotation services with one training data platform. Fast, precise, and easy to use.
Gangnam Unni — Gangnam Unni is in the field of beauty medical services, helping users choose a treatment and a plastic surgery hospital. The difficulty of navigating the process of seeking medical treatment and choosing a hospital continues to persist. Kangnam Unni recognizes the need for change and firmly believes that a combination of transparent medicalinformation and an IT platform can foster a consumer-oriented medical service market. Their ultimate goal is to challenge negative perceptions surrounding plastic surgery and spearhead a significant transformation in the beauty and medical service industries.The Gangnam Unni team is dedicated to innovation, fueled by an unwavering desire to provide exceptional beauty and medical services. With the aim of assisting individuals in selecting a suitable hospital, they have amassed an impressive database of one million user reviews. Additionally, their efforts to promote transparency in medical information have garnered the support of 3,000 subscribers through Gangnam Sister. Furthermore, their mobile application has facilitated hospital consultations for a staggering 3.8 million individuals, resulting in 1.6 million successful cases.As the team continuously clarifies its mission and forges ahead with determination, its collective strength and resolve only grow stronger. Kangnam Unni remains committed to revolutionizing the healthcare industry, ensuring that individuals receive the highest quality of care and a positive experience throughout their medical journeys.
Healing Paper — Healing Paper is a mobile healthcare and information technology company.

Fast Ventures is a venture capital investment firm.

Investment focus

Health Care, Apps, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
South Korea, United States

Portfolio highlights

Actnova — AI Vision based Behavior Test Platform
Doers — Doers is an influencer commerce platform that offers several services for connecting influencers and companies.
WADDLE — WADDLE provides technological solutions that aim to bridge the digital divide between visually impaired and sighted communities.

Base Investment connects private equity, strategic buyers, and private individuals with opportunities to invest. The company works with well-known, enormous national firms that are looking to acquire a business that will help them extend their brand or make better use of their current facilities.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
South Korea, United States

Portfolio highlights

cafe nono — Gathering together for quality discussions. Making your stories stand out. Join the community here and now!
Money Walk — Money Walk is a novel pedometer program that allows users to earn money simply by walking.' Creddy,' the yellow companion who loves to walk, will look after your health and your wallet. Install the Money Walk app right now and you'll be able to catch both health and money.
Building Care — Building Care is a building care management company that provides schedule management, cloud, and building statistics services.

In Light Ventures is an investment firm.

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Food and Beverage, Agriculture
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
South Korea

Portfolio highlights

UPPTHERA — UPPTHERA is a pharmaceutical company that specializes in drug development using targeted protein degradation technology.
Eflow — Eflow is a hydraulic equipment manufacturing company that offers smart mobility, filter technology, and hydrogen mobility technology.
CrossVision — CrossVision offers solutions and services specific to the VTuber market.

Hana Ventures is a corporate venture capital of Hana Financial Group.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
South Korea, Japan, Malaysia

Portfolio highlights

Nex Eye — Nex Eye is a start-up that develops first-in-class antibodies targeting refractory factors of immuno-oncology drugs.
Arobot — Arobot creates robots with HRI-based behavior patterns, allowing consumers to embrace robots more readily and organically.
Illimis Therapeutics — We translate cutting-edge science into innovative medicine

Intops Investment is a financial investment company.

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Information Technology, Software
Funding Round, Series A, Seed
South Korea, China, Indonesia

Portfolio highlights

CUBIG — CUBIG protects personal data from hyper-scale AI via privacy-preserving synthetic data by enabling data owners' pseudonymization and data de-identification data may be kept and shared safely.
Orangebiomed — Orange Biomed brings anytime, anywhere healthcare to people with diabetes. By seamlessly integrating lab-level technology into point-of-care devices, we make healthcare more accessible and affordable for everyone.
Studio Galilei — Studio Galilei is an SFO platform company that operates and manages mobility services.

CKD Venture Capital Corporation is a Seoul, Korea-based venture capital firm. Founded in 1997, CKD Venture Capital Corporation considers seed, early stage, late stage and mezzanine investments.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Therapeutics, Information Technology
Series A, Seed, Series B
South Korea

Portfolio highlights

Geekble — Geekble is a media startup that produces new media content on science and technology to bridge the gap between geeks and the world. With revenue from workshops and branded content, Geekble is building its own "maker space" for geeks to experiment. Teachers and professors are using Geekble's content for educational purposes, andGeekble videos have been used for public TV.
Medinno — Medinno develops cell therapeutics for brain diseases. The company's therapy uses technology to treat a wide range of diseases, including hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, neonatal refractory brain diseases, and severe intraventricular hemorrhages..
Stockeeper — Stockeeper creates and operates a Korean beef asset platform, Bankau, that connects consumers and producers.

kt investment is a new technology business finance company established in 2015. It is an investment company that represents KT Group .kt investment seeks to contribute to social contribution and maximize investment return through win-win cooperation with promising SMEs and venture companies .kt investment seeks to achieve long-term returns bylooking at the market from a global perspective and looking for value investment opportunities in the long term.

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, Software, Machine Learning
Series A, Series B, Seed
South Korea, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Pyler — Filer is an artificial intelligence Martech startup.
Medipal — Medipal provides personal health for a health consultation. It provides subscription-based personal nurse service for patients.
Rebellions — Under the latency critical mission in the age of Generative AI

CCEI is a frontline post of creative economy to create new industries and markets.

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Health Care, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
South Korea

Portfolio highlights

Yoitang — Yoitang is a brokerage platform that combines online and offline real estate transactions by utilizing big data and artificial intelligence from public institutions. CEO Heo Ji-soo acquired the 26th certified real estate agent license in 2015 and experienced 20 real estate brokerage businesses.
Semos — Semos app offers water sports with certified trainers to enable users to learn anywhere anytime.
Cloud Stone — Cloud Stone provides delivery services for college students.

Coolidge Corner Investment (CCVC) provides Seed and Seed+ funding to the most innovative tech startup companies in Korea. They proudly provide their portfolio companies a customized support in professional incubating, growth hacking, strategy, network and more.

Investment focus

Software, Manufacturing, Mobile Apps
Seed, Series A, Series B
South Korea, United States, Belgium

Portfolio highlights

Frefins — Frefins is a specialized Rental Transformation (RX) company that generates value by connecting businesses, financial institutions, and consumers.
Relay — Relay is a second-hand market solution that provides technology, logistics, and operational solutions required for the used business.
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CCEI is a frontline post of creative economy to create new industries and markets.

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Health Care, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
South Korea

Portfolio highlights

Yoitang — Yoitang is a brokerage platform that combines online and offline real estate transactions by utilizing big data and artificial intelligence from public institutions. CEO Heo Ji-soo acquired the 26th certified real estate agent license in 2015 and experienced 20 real estate brokerage businesses.
Semos — Semos app offers water sports with certified trainers to enable users to learn anywhere anytime.
Cloud Stone — Cloud Stone provides delivery services for college students.

BNK Venture Capital is an investment firm.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
Series A, Series B, Seed
South Korea, Kuwait

Portfolio highlights

Finda Auto — Finda Auto is an internal business of Finda, a finance company that specializes in financing.
AIDIN ROBOTICS — AIDIN ROBOTICS redefine interactive sensors. Advanced force/torque sensor, proximity sensor for human-robot collaboration.
Korea Precision Materials Industry — Korea Precision Materials Industry is a manufacturer of next-generation composite materials used for weight reduction.

CKD Venture Capital Corporation is a Seoul, Korea-based venture capital firm. Founded in 1997, CKD Venture Capital Corporation considers seed, early stage, late stage and mezzanine investments.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Therapeutics, Information Technology
Series A, Seed, Series B
South Korea

Portfolio highlights

Qunova Computing, Inc. — Quantum computing based computing innovations for new materials and drug discovery, and advanced technology solution consulting services.
Medinno — Medinno develops cell therapeutics for brain diseases. The company's therapy uses technology to treat a wide range of diseases, including hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, neonatal refractory brain diseases, and severe intraventricular hemorrhages..
Pin Therapeutics — Pin Therapeutics is founded in Feb 2017, fast growing stage with member composition of 25% in USA and 75% in Korea. Drug discovery leaderships are from global pharma and biotech companies along with talented scientists both in Korea and USA.* Active Focus - PinE3: E3 ligase screening cascade for identifying novel warheads - PinGLUE: Assaycascade for molecular glue degrader screening* Programs - Selective Molecular Glue Degrader (CK1α) - Molecular Glue Degrader Programs (5-6 Undisclosed) - PROTAC Program (1 Undisclosed)

Founded in 1990, KB Investment Co., Ltd. (KBIC) is one of Korea’s leading investment firms of venture capital and private equity funds with over USD 2.6 Billion of asset under management as of December 2023. KBIC is a subsidiary of KB Financial Group, Korea’s premier financial group with the largest domestic customer base as well as the widestnetwork of service branches in Korea.KBIC’s team is recognized for industry thought leadership, a broad network of powerful industry relationships, and a unique professional investment approach to investing. KBIC passionately support our portfolio companies with active guidance in all key aspects of team building, strategy, operations and governance

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Biotechnology
Series A, Series B, Seed
South Korea, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Xpanner — Xpanner(Builtworlds Top 50), digital contech site solution, not only can bring productivity improvement(by 15% average), management efficency, safety and ESG improvement through our smart integration of conTech disparate products.
Allround Doctors — Allround Doctors is a digital healthcare startup that develops digital medical devices for cancer patients.
Bright Peak Therapeutics — Bright Peak is a biotech company that develops a portfolio of immunotherapies for the treatment of cancer and autoimmune diseases. At Bright Peak, they are creating innovative cytokine therapeutics that are uniquely engineered to precisely control and expand desired biological properties.

Dooghoon Investment is an investment firm that invests in biotechnology and information technology companies.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Information Technology, Health Care
Series A, Series B, Seed
South Korea

Portfolio highlights

Sweet Bio — Sweet Bio is a food-based biotech company that changes the lifestyle of everyone in the world to be healthy and happy.
NeoCannBio — NeoCannBio provides natural product processing facilities for generating new medications derived from natural goods and built a cannabinoid library of hemp, and medical cannabis.
Endorobotics — Endorobotics is a healthcare centre that offers endoscopic surgery services.

Smilegate Investment, founded in 1999 originally as MVP Capital, is a venture capital and private equity firm that grows remarkably alongside invested companies. Since initial venture capital funding in 2000, the firm has since organized and managed more than 30 venture capital and private equity funds and has invested in more than 200 companieswith promising growth potential.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Series B
South Korea, United States, Vietnam

Portfolio highlights

Metafarmers — Metafarmers is an agricultural technology company that provides robotic assistance in farming to increase production.
Saesol Tech — Saesol Tech is an autonomous V2X security technology company.
Eurobotics — Eurobotics is a cutting-edge startup focused on developing autonomous walking robot technology capable of navigating and operating effectively in irregular, complex, or unpredictable environments.

Wonik Investment Partners, formerly known as Hanmi Technology Investment Co., Ltd., is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in investments in incubation, start-up, early and mid-stage companies, growth capital and corporate restructuring. The firm prefers to invest in gaming contents, electronic components, computer,telecommunications equipment, petroleum, energy, machinery and equipment industries. It seeks to exit through an IPO or merger and acquisition. Wonik Investment Partners was established in 1997 and is based in Seoul, South Korea.

Investment focus

Health Care, Biotechnology, Software
Series B, Series A, Seed
South Korea, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Willog — Start control your product quality in transit proactively with Willog! Take back control over your products anytime anywhere!
VSI — 1st high bandwidth automotive Serdes chip, supporting ASA (Automotive Serdes Alliance) motion link. Vsitech.
Saige Research — Saige Research specializes in artificial intelligence solutions for industrial inspection and quality control. The company provides a deep learning vision inspection platform optimized for the manufacturing industry to solve inspectors' difficulties and increase work efficiency; its technology provides power detection, speed detection, wideversatility, and development convenience.

Hansae Yes 24 Partners is a 3D webtoon content company.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
Seed, Series A
South Korea

Portfolio highlights

Pyler — Filer is an artificial intelligence Martech startup.
Wilco — Wilco a start-up specialized in thermal management of electronic products and new space era.
KRISTIN — KRISTIN is a supplier of flat, sneakers, and boots.

Haatz is a hood product manufacturing company that provides ventilation devices and kitchen appliances that are installed above kitchen cookware. Their products include a kitchen ventilation device, a hood, a food dehydrator, and an electric clothes dryer.

Investment focus

Agriculture
Seed
South Korea

Portfolio highlights

Rovers — international seed trade. Crop Navigator: Global B2B Seed & Variety Trade Solution.

AI Angel Club is an angel investment club that specializes in seed investment in the medical and bio healthcare field.

Investment focus

Health Care, E-Commerce, Automotive
Seed, Series A, Angel
South Korea

Portfolio highlights

Frankit — Frankit is a franchise supply chain curating platform that offers a supplier curating feature that identifies and links providers of essential commodities.
Wig Hill — Wig Hill is a seller of pet products.
MyBrain — MyBrain's brain-only MRI can lower equipment costs through component miniaturization, lower maintenance costs and enhance maintenance through the use of conduction cooling technology, and improve diagnosis ease and accuracy through the development of AI diagnosis software. It is unique in that it can be improved.

Asian Development Bank (ADB) is an international development finance institution that provides developing nations with loans, advice, policy dialogue, technical assistance, and equity investments, and grants for a broad range of development activities. It partners with member governments, independent specialists, and other financial institutions todeliver projects that create economic and development impact. In addition, its triple-A credit rating helps clients mobilize funds for development. It raises funds through bond issues on the world’s capital markets.The institution is focused on making improvements on areas such as agriculture and food security; education; energy; environment, climate change, and disaster risk management; finance sector development; gender and development; governance and public management; health; information and communications technology; regional cooperation and integration; social development and poverty; transport; urban development; and water.ADB is also a knowledge institution that spreads information through regional fora; a growing online presence; social media channels; and the publication of specialized papers, periodicals, and books.Asian Development Bank is headquartered in Manila, Philippines with 29 resident missions across the Asia and Pacific region, and 3 representative offices in Washington, Frankfurt, and Tokyo.

Investment focus

Financial Services, Finance, Energy
Debt Financing, Funding Round, Private Equity
India, Vietnam, Indonesia

Portfolio highlights

U Gro Capital — U Gro Capital is a fintech platform that provides lending services for SMEs. U GRO Capital is a BSE-listed, technology-focused, small business lending platform. The company is focused on addressing the capital needs of small businesses operating in select eight sectors by providing customized loan solutions.
Georgia Global Utilities — GGU is a water utility and renewable energy holding company that distributes potable water, collects, and processes wastewater.The investments in infrastructure made by the water utility company considerably increase the quality of water supply and wastewater services provided to consumers, as well as contribute to operating efficiency.GGU's renewable energy division owns and runs 240 MW of renewable energy assets, including eight 219 MW hydropower facilities and one 21 MW wind power plant.it was headquartered in Tbilisi, Georgia.
Masdar — Masdar is a renewable energy manufacturer that develops utility-scale renewable energy projects. At Masdar, they are staunch backers of the UAE's shift towards a knowledge-intensive economy. The company's goal is to exemplify the commercial adoption of clean technologies and to represent the UAE’s broader dedication to sustainablepractices.

KDB Capital Corp. operates as a credit specialized and corporate restructuring company in South Korea.It provides equipment leasing services for various properties, including machineries, ships, IT equipments, medical equipments, automation equipments, transportation machineries, educational research equipments, construction machineries, heavy,and other equipments for social services.The company provides venture capital for companies operating in various areas, including computer and related components, semiconductors and equipment, telecommunication and accessories, software, multimedia, precision chemistry, environment, biotechnology, content/fashion, mechatronics, and entertainment.In addition, the company offers services to help distressed companies, including merger and acquisition, business consulting, merger and acquisition loan, rescheduling, acquisition of stocks, operating loan fund for restructuring, and consulting for corporate reinforcement; funding services, such as working capital, project financing, and equipment funding; financing via acquiring account receivables from corporations; and credit card services.The company was established in 1972 and is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. KDB Capital Corp. is subsidiary of The Korea Development Bank.

Investment focus

Software, Biotechnology, Information Technology
Series A, Series B, Seed
South Korea, United States, Mexico

Portfolio highlights

First Lab — Designing and manufacturing surfactant free nano emulsion, dispersion equipment and water treatment system utilizing differentiated Focused Ultrasonic Technology
Unastella — Unastella operates its own launch vehicles to provide human space travel platform services.
Pion Electric — Pion Electric is a company that is reimagining the future of the energy industry and the worldwide market for emerging technologies.

Activant is a global investment firm that partners with high-growth companies that are transforming commerce. The firm was founded in 2015 by Steve Sarracino and has offices in Greenwich, Connecticut and Berlin, Germany.

Investment focus

FinTech, Financial Services, Software
Series B, Series A, Series D
United States, Germany, Brazil

Portfolio highlights

Stuut — Improve DSO and reduce your outstanding cash balance with AI agents that power workflows from invoice creation through cash application.
Ziina — Pay and get paid fast. Ziina is the easiest way to send and receive money in the UAE. Accept cashless payments anywhere with Apple Pay, Google Pay, or card.
Pallet — Pallet is a all-in-one logistics solution that integrates a Transportation Management System (TMS) and Warehouse Management System (WMS), to billing and reporting. Schedule a demo to see the future of modern freight businesses.

Investment Firm

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Apps, Logistics
Series A, Series B, Seed
South Korea, United States

Portfolio highlights

Vueron — VUERON provides the lidar perception software for ADAS, autonomous vehicle, industrial safety and security system.
AI SPERA — AI Spera provides AI driven security based on cyber threat intelligence
ASWEMAKE — ASWEMAKE is a shopping app that delivers groceries.

Central Investment Partners is a financial service provider company.

Investment focus

Software, Real Estate, Online Portals
Series A, Series B, Seed
South Korea

Portfolio highlights

Factosquare — Factosquare develops goods and brands, manufactures them in-house, and innovates the factory manufacturing process.
Estate Cloud — Estate Cloud provides online real estate services for buying and selling properties.
TODOC — TODOC is the technology leader of neural prosthesis and neuromodulation system in Korea.TODOC is developing cochlear implant system with innovative manufacturing method for implantable neural interface. People who have a hearing loss greater than 90dB are guided to use cochlear implant instead of hearing aids to restore hearing.Our goal is toexpand the cochlear implant market globally. Because of the high price, cochlear implants are usually consumed in the developed countries such as North America and Europe. However, majority of the hearing-impaired population currently resides in the developing or underdeveloped countries where people cannot afford the benefit of the cochlear implant. This high price of the cochlear implant is mostly due to the manual method of manufacturing the neural electrodes.To replace the conventional manual fabrication method, TODOC has developed automated micro-machining electrode manufacturing processes at only 1/10 of conventional manufacturing cost of electrode, as well as the cochlear implant system. The automated electrode manufacturing processes can offer higher capacities for a wider range of sounds to the hearing impaired than conventional ones.TODOC aims to become a global leader in the Brain-Machine Interface field based on its superior Neural Interface Technology.

Asian Development Bank (ADB) is an international development finance institution that provides developing nations with loans, advice, policy dialogue, technical assistance, and equity investments, and grants for a broad range of development activities. It partners with member governments, independent specialists, and other financial institutions todeliver projects that create economic and development impact. In addition, its triple-A credit rating helps clients mobilize funds for development. It raises funds through bond issues on the world’s capital markets.The institution is focused on making improvements on areas such as agriculture and food security; education; energy; environment, climate change, and disaster risk management; finance sector development; gender and development; governance and public management; health; information and communications technology; regional cooperation and integration; social development and poverty; transport; urban development; and water.ADB is also a knowledge institution that spreads information through regional fora; a growing online presence; social media channels; and the publication of specialized papers, periodicals, and books.Asian Development Bank is headquartered in Manila, Philippines with 29 resident missions across the Asia and Pacific region, and 3 representative offices in Washington, Frankfurt, and Tokyo.

Investment focus

Financial Services, Finance, Energy
Debt Financing, Funding Round, Private Equity
India, Vietnam, Indonesia

Portfolio highlights

Chickin — Perusahaan agritech yang menyediakan solusi terintegrasi untuk membantu peternak mencapai hasil panen yang optimal dan meningkatkan keuntungan
Georgia Global Utilities — GGU is a water utility and renewable energy holding company that distributes potable water, collects, and processes wastewater.The investments in infrastructure made by the water utility company considerably increase the quality of water supply and wastewater services provided to consumers, as well as contribute to operating efficiency.GGU's renewable energy division owns and runs 240 MW of renewable energy assets, including eight 219 MW hydropower facilities and one 21 MW wind power plant.it was headquartered in Tbilisi, Georgia.
Shubham Housing Development Finance Company — Shubham Housing Development Finance Company was incorporated with a mission to provide Home loans and Home Improvement loans to customers who would normally fall outside the ambit of traditional lending institutions. Shubham is amongst the first organisations in the country focused on helping urban low-income and informal income families own a homeby providing formal credit. Shubham's operating model seeks to transcend document based underwriting and follow an interview based approach to understand the customer's income and expense flows.

UQI Partners Corporation is a venture asset management company.

Investment focus

AgTech, Farming, Big Data
Series A
South Korea

Portfolio highlights

N.THING — Established in January 2014, N.THING is a Seoul-based Agri-Food tech company leading innovation in agricultural products, by extension, in the farm-to-table food value chain by combining IoT technology and data. It developed the world’s first modular vertical farm ‘CUBE’ which is easy to expand. N.THING CUBE is a modularized farm with massproductivity where a dedicated OS provides the most optimized environment for each crop so as to create maximized efficiency. N.THING is the world’s first smart farming company that won the iF Design Award, Architecture in 2020. Also, it is a winner of Best of Innovation at the CES 2020 for its excellence in technology, which is the first ever in the agricultural field. N.THING is planning to expand its business on a large scale this year after it successfully completes the PoC process in the U.A.E. Our North American branch office located in New York. N.THING hopes to connect people to nature, things to things, people to things, and people to people through IoT technologies by creating Number of Things out of Nothing. .CUBE : CUBE is internet connected modular container vertical farm. It's an ultimate indoor farm which contains LED technology, real time monitoring system through IoT sensors, collected cultivation data, and upgradable software. We deliver the farm of the desired container form to the desired place.SQUARE : SQUARE is modular hydroponic kit. SQUARE can connect each module and share water. Users can connect as many as they want, grow greens and herbs, and make food great themselves. Each Square consists of four Pickcells, which contains special nutrient-rich sponge. With special sponge and hydroponic, it gives the most simple and effective gardening experience.Planty : Planty is the first Internet-connected social pot in the world. Planty gives pleasure to grow plants with your family, friend, and colleague. Planty enables the user to monitor the environmental information on temperature, soil moisture, and ambient light around plants and give water to plants any me or anywhere.Life : Life is a smart gardening journal aimed at the gardening sector. Plant lovers and gardeners are able to record their gardening activities and information and share them through Social Media. The user can easily insert weather data, location data, gardening activities, and plants’ events. Moreover, all the gardening data can be shared through social media.Sikmulsung: Sikmulsung is our show room to explore 'freshness' of our product and service. It is a place for everyone seeking for 'freshness' in visual, in texture, in taste, in flavor or even in atmosphere with, N.THING's in-store farm, exclusively made for Sikmulsung, special F&B's and our end products.

Kim Sang-heon is the Vice Chairman of Baedal Minjok.

Investment focus

Pet, Veterinary, Animal Feed
Seed
South Korea

Portfolio highlights

Meow Island — Meow Island provides sales of cosmetic products and excreta treatment products for cats.