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Top 50 Beauty VC Funds & Investors in South Korea (November 2026)

The most active venture capital funds investing in South Korea Beauty startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in South Korea Beauty startup companies. Find investors to raise a Seed, Series A or Series B round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
Mashup Ventures
VC Fund
8 South Korea, United States, Japan Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $100k–$3.2M
Strong Ventures
VC Fund
5 South Korea, United States, Poland Seed, Series A, Series B E-Commerce, Software, Health Care $89k–$26M
TheVentures
VC Fund
4 South Korea, United States, Vietnam Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $72k–$5.1M
AMOREPACIFIC
VC Fund
4 South Korea Series A, Corporate Round, Seed Cosmetics, Beauty, E-Commerce $1.2M–$14M
Sazze Partners
VC Fund
4 South Korea, United States, Japan Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $200k–$15M
Daekyo Investment
VC Fund
4 South Korea, United States, Hong Kong Series A, Seed, Series B Software, Mobile Apps, Education $589k–$17M
TBT
VC Fund
4 South Korea, United States Series A, Seed, Series B Software, Information Technology, Health Care $678k–$18M
Korea Investment Partners
VC Fund
4 South Korea, United States, China Series A, Series B, Seed Biotechnology, Health Care, Information Technology $973k–$50M
Korea Credit Guarantee Fund
VC Fund
3 South Korea, United States, China Seed, Series A, Debt Financing Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software $229k–$8.8M
Solid One Partners
VC Fund
3 South Korea Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B Beauty, Cosmetics, Retail
Mark & Company
VC Fund
3 South Korea Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B Beauty, Software, Cosmetics $168k–$1.1M
Company K Partners
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States, Singapore Series A, Venture - Series Unknown, Series B Biotechnology, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence $2.5M–$42M
Industrial Bank of Korea
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States, China Series A, Series B, Seed Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software $166k–$28M
We Ventures
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States, Singapore Series A, Seed, Series B Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $729k–$19M
Murex Partners
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States, India Series A, Series B, Seed Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care $1.7M–$17M
Shinhan Capital
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States, Japan Series A, Seed, Series B Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $424k–$20M
Intops Investment
VC Fund
2 South Korea, China, Indonesia Series A, Venture - Series Unknown, Seed Manufacturing, Software, Information Technology $1k–$8.2M
Capstone Partners
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States, India Series A, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Software, Mobile, Artificial Intelligence $276k–$44M
Albatross Investment
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States Seed, Angel, Series A Apps, Mobile, Software $34k–$1.4M
MYSC
VC Fund
2 South Korea, China, France Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Food and Beverage, Health Care, E-Commerce
CJ Olive Young
VC Fund
2 South Korea Seed, Series A, Series B Beauty, Retail, Cosmetics
Bass Investment
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States, Singapore Seed, Series A, Series B Artificial Intelligence, Software, E-Commerce $414k–$15M
Goodwater Capital
VC Fund
2 United States, India, South Korea Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Software, FinTech, Financial Services $125k–$105M
Devsisters Ventures
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States, Russian Federation Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Seed Software, Biotechnology, Gaming $441k–$11M
InfoBank
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States, South Africa Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software $85k–$11M
CJ Investment
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States Series A, Seed, Series B Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $379k–$21M
Wadiz
VC Fund
2 South Korea Seed, Series A, Equity Crowdfunding E-Commerce, Retail, Sales $1.3k–$3.7M
Translink Investment
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States, Singapore Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology $150k–$14M
Translink Capital
VC Fund
2 United States, China, South Korea Series A, Series B, Series C Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $4.1M–$58M
Center for Creative Economy and Innovation
VC Fund
2 South Korea Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Health Care, Manufacturing, Information Technology $27k–$2.5M
Wichcompany
VC Fund
2 South Korea Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed Beauty, Internet, E-Commerce $319k–$916k
Hashed
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States, Singapore Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services $1M–$40M
Kolon Investment
VC Fund
2 South Korea, India, Indonesia Series A, Series B, Seed Biotechnology, Software, Artificial Intelligence $1.2M–$24M
IMM Investment
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States, Japan Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Series B Biotechnology, Health Care, Software $1.3M–$78M
Korea Kolmar Co.
VC Fund
2 South Korea Seed, Series B, Series A Biotechnology, Medical, Beauty $1.5M–$2.2M
Kakao Ventures
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States, Indonesia Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $266k–$27M
Big Basin Capital
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States, Singapore Seed, Series A, Series B E-Commerce, Software, Apps $448k–$11M
Premier Partners
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States, Russian Federation Venture - Series Unknown, Series B, Series A Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical $2.6M–$154M
Gushcloud International
VC Fund
1 South Korea Seed Beauty, Wellness
GDP Venture
VC Fund
1 Indonesia, United States, Singapore Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Artificial Intelligence, Media and Entertainment, Software $181k–$19M
Northern Light Venture Capital
VC Fund
1 China, United States, South Korea Series A, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown Health Care, Medical, Biotechnology $1.5M–$60M
KTB Network
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States, China Series B, Series A, Series C Biotechnology, Software, E-Commerce $1.4M–$150M
East Gate Partners
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States Seed, Series A Gaming, Apps, Software
Seoul Investment Partners
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States, Germany Series A, Series B, Seed Biotechnology, Medical, Information Technology
InterVest Co.
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States, Singapore Series B, Series A, Series C Artificial Intelligence, Software, Health Care $2.2M–$54M
Daedeok Venture Partners
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States Series A, Seed, Series B Software, Artificial Intelligence, Service Industry $594k–$21M
Gangwon Creation Economic Innovation Center
VC Fund
1 South Korea Seed Apps, Video, Computer
IBK Capital
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States, India Series A, Seed, Series B Health Care, Biotechnology, Information Technology $2k–$21M
Korea Venture Business Association
VC Fund
1 South Korea Seed Beauty, Retail, Cosmetics
Nice Investment Partners
VC Fund
1 South Korea, Japan Series A, Series B, Seed Health Care, Information Technology, Software $1k–$22M
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Mashup Ventures
VC Fund · Seongnam, Kyonggi-do, South Korea · 8 investments in South Korea Beauty startups

Mashup Ventures is a Seoul based early-stage VC led by Taekkyung Lee, co-founder of Daum Communications, focusing on AI, SaaS, and IT.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 177
  • Round size: Seed $180k–$1.7M; Pre-Seed $100k–$3.2M
  • Lead/follow: 47% lead, 53% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Rosherin — Rosherin is a healthcare startup that researches, develops and manufactures various medical supplies and medical devices.
  • Airbility — Korean anti-drone and counter-drone company founded in 2023 by aerospace, defense and mobility engineers. Team, milestones and careers.
  • NanoForge AI — Nanoforge AI merges AI-driven material design with robotics automation to cut material development time from years to weeks
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Strong Ventures
VC Fund · Los Angeles, California, United States · 5 investments in South Korea Beauty startups, 15 in the past 12 months

Strong Ventures is a generalist VC firm based in LA and Seoul, backing early-stage startups with a focus on Korean founders.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, Poland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 395
  • Round size: Seed $89k–$3M; Series A $1M–$10M; Series B $2.4M–$26M
  • Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $38M in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • WeGlee — WeGlee is a food and beverage startup that operates 'WeGlee,' a fast-casual dining brand centered around pasta bowls.
  • Neardoc — Neardoc operates on a business-to-business subscription model providing an ambient artificial intelligence scribe solution for healthcare facilities. The platform leverages a proprietary medical reasoning engine to automatically generate structured clinical SOAP notes by analyzing doctor-patient conversations in real time. Its core valueproposition centers on eliminating administrative overhead, reducing charting time for medical professionals, and increasing patient throughput.
  • READi Robust Machine — Ready Robust Machine is a company that makes carbon reduction and fuel cost improvement systems.
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TheVentures
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 4 investments in South Korea Beauty startups

TheVentures provides their portfolio companies access to on staff world class experts in recruiting, PR, marketing, early stage customer acquisition, raising money, and strategy. They even provide engineering and design support, co-building products with the founding team, while assiting in hiring those difficult to recruit early engineers.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, Vietnam

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 155
  • Round size: Seed $74k–$1.5M; Pre-Seed $72k–$2M; Series A $1.1M–$5.1M
  • Lead/follow: 48% lead, 52% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $7M in 2025

Portfolio highlights

  • Sans — Sans is the first alternative coffee brand in Korea to replicate the taste and aroma of coffee without using beans, and it is the only brand in the world to operate specialty alternative coffee stores. Instead of coffee beans, which are designated as one of the "five endangered crops," Sans developed an alternative coffee similar toAmericano by combining 12 ingredients, such as jujube seeds, chicory roots, and barley, which are easy to grow in greenhouses in any country regardless of climate change.
  • AnyBridge AI — AnyBridge is an enterprise AI platform that helps businesses deploy, manage, and scale AI agents using a unified software stack. It supports multiple AI models, including open-source and commercial models, through a single gateway. The platform optimizes AI workloads across different hardware infrastructures to improve performance, reduce costs, and simplify operations.
  • Smoking Tiger — Smoking Tiger is a korean concept cafe enabling customers to experience Korean culture and heritage via food, drinks, and environment.
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AMOREPACIFIC
VC Fund · Yongsan, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 4 investments in South Korea Beauty startups

Established in 1945, Amorepacific is Korea’s No.1 beauty company and a blue-chip corporation. Amorepacific owns nearly 30 well-known brands and has been developing rapidly worldwide. Amorepacific pays great attention to product research and development through research centers located in Korea, France, Japan and Shanghai, to develop premium andhigh quality skincare and cosmetics products. The Group chose Hong Kong as a strategic bridgehead for the expansion of its presence across the Greater China region and the rest of the world. Two flagship brands - LANEIGE and Sulwhasoo, were introduced in Hong Kong in 2002 and 2004 respectively. The eponymous luxury brand – AMOREPACIFIC, was introduced in Hong Kong in 2014. In 2015, ETUDE HOUSE, a playful cosmetics brand, made its debut in the territory. In 2018, the Company set foot in the personal care product market, introducing the Group’s legendary hair care brand ‘Ryo’ into Hong Kong.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Cosmetics, Beauty, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Series A, Corporate Round, Seed
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 14
  • Round size: Series A $1.2M–$14M; Corporate Round $2.7M–$7.8M
  • Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Caregen — Caregen is a biotechnology company specializing in biomimetic peptides, growth factors, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and cosmeceutical products. The company develops peptide-based solutions for skincare, hair restoration, obesity, diabetes, anti-aging, and regenerative medicine applications.
  • Fronics — Flexible electronics change the world
  • Add Brand Add Ads — Add Brand Add Ads provides advertising, branding, printing, signage, exhibition setup, and promotional material services for businesses. The company works on brand identity, outdoor advertising, display solutions, packaging, and event-related visual communication projects across different industries.
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Sazze Partners
VC Fund · San Jose, California, United States · 4 investments in South Korea Beauty startups, 11 in the past 12 months

Primer Sazze Partners - We like to find founders who are making the impossible happen through sheer force of will and a refusal to accept hard truths.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 174
  • Round size: Seed $200k–$4.5M; Pre-Seed $200k–$2.8M; Series A $264k–$15M
  • Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $127M in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • Concorda — Concorda is a legal tech platform helping teams manage contracts, automate workflows, and streamline business operations.
  • Airbility — Korean anti-drone and counter-drone company founded in 2023 by aerospace, defense and mobility engineers. Team, milestones and careers.
  • Pascal — Pascal, founded in 2023, develops innovative low-pressure solid refrigerant systems for cooling applications including air conditioning and industrial uses. Join us in building better cooling solutions.
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Daekyo Investment
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 4 investments in South Korea Beauty startups

Daekyo Investment is a venture capital firm specialized in development of venture industry.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Mobile Apps, Education
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, Hong Kong

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 76
  • Round size: Seed $589k–$13M; Series A $1.8M–$15M; Series B $3.3M–$17M
  • Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Switchwon — Switchwon provides currency exchange services.
  • Inserasolution — Inserasolution produces high-performance Fast & Fine Steering Mirrors for laser-based space optical communications and sophisticated defense systems.
  • S-Innovations — S-Innovations is a robotics software company that develops SynK, a cyber-physical AI operating system for robot deployment, integration, and recovery across different robot brands and industrial facilities. The company provides automation software that enables faster robot setup, system connectivity, and operational management for sectors usingautonomous mobile robots
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TBT
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 4 investments in South Korea Beauty startups

TBT is an Adventure Capital.We are more than your average VC investor; we are always up for an adventure. Investment means more than just transfer of capital for us. We want to be a discussion partner that discovers possibilities beyond risk and aligns growth with progress. We want to share decades of industry knowledge and experience in internetand mobile services to build services and products that can make the world a better place.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Health Care
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: South Korea, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 56
  • Round size: Seed $743k–$5.1M; Series A $678k–$18M; Series B $3M–$16M
  • Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Shopl & Company — From Scheduling to Task management and Communication. Collaborate easily with teams on site with Shopl.
  • LIVEKLASS — LIVEKLASS is an operator of a knowledge-based platform intended to offer independent education. LIVEKLASS allows one to learn about any topic they want by creating and operating a variety of live classes.
  • Medistream — Medistream operates an integrated platform for oriental medicine.
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Korea Investment Partners
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 4 investments in South Korea Beauty startups

Korea Investment Partners (KIP) is a leading venture capital & private equity firm that has over 30 years of experience in providing venture capital to bold and innovative entrepreneurs who want to change the world. Korea Investment Partners invests in leading pioneers like Kakao(KOSDAQ:035720), Naver(KRX:035420), YG Entertainment(KOSDAQ:122870), Bodyfriend, Osstem Implant(KOSDAQ:048260), Doubleu Games(KOSDAQ:192080) and Didi Chuxing. KIP manages over 20 venture and private equity funds with US$1.8 billion in total assets under management. The company operates globally from its Seoul headquarters office with other locations in Shanghai, Beijing, and Sunnyvale.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Information Technology
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, China

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 548
  • Round size: Seed $973k–$10M; Series A $2.2M–$19M; Series B $4.9M–$50M
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $60M in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • Zamface — Zamface is an app that makes beauty video.
  • Wakebunny — Wakebunny is a company that specializes in IP-based commerce, leveraging intellectual property to create, market, and monetize unique products and experiences. By focusing on the strategic use of copyrights, trademarks, and brand assets, Wakebunny transforms original ideas, characters, and stories into commercially viable offerings across variousplatforms such as e-commerce, digital media, merchandising, and licensing.
  • Inovio Pharmaceuticals — INOVIO is advancing novel immunotherapy technologies to reshape the future of treating and preventing infectious diseases and cancer.
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Korea Credit Guarantee Fund
VC Fund · Daegu, Taegu-jikhalsi, South Korea · 3 investments in South Korea Beauty startups

Korea Credit Guarantee Fund operates as a public financial institution.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Debt Financing
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, China

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 350
  • Round size: Seed $229k–$2.9M; Series A $881k–$8.8M; Debt Financing $380k–$3.6M
  • Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Limpid — Limpid is a Bio pet food startup. It set new standards in pet nutrition through continuous innovation.
  • DoubleT — DoubleT is an innovative tech enterprise specialized in industrial workplace safety and business automation. Its premier product, HEIMDALL, utilizes artificial intelligence and real-time location systems to prevent industrial accidents. They also operate DoubleWorks for corporate management and Jikguraound to streamline global B2B sourcing forbusinesses.
  • Studio Meta K — Studio Meta K is a content creation company that provides artificial intelligence and virtual reality services.
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Solid One Partners
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 3 investments in South Korea Beauty startups

Solid One Partners is a venture capital investment firm that focuses on investing in startup companies.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Beauty, Cosmetics, Retail
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • MOCRES — EASY CLASSIC BEAUTY
  • Veramore — Veramore is an online store that sells a wide range of beauty and cosmetic products.
  • Eleven Corporation — Eleven Corporation creates value for lifestyle and beauty products.
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Mark & Company
VC Fund · Seocho, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 3 investments in South Korea Beauty startups

Mark & Company is an open innovation platform that provides app traffic, legal, and accounting consulting services.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Beauty, Software, Cosmetics
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 24
  • Round size: Seed $168k–$1.1M
  • Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • PRTN — PRTN is the company that owns and operates Proteinner, a high-protein fast food brand focused on delivering convenient, nutritious meals designed to support active and health-conscious lifestyles.
  • MOCRES — EASY CLASSIC BEAUTY
  • UNX — UNX is an emerging AI entertainment technology startup that develops fully autonomous AI Creators capable of running 24 hour live streams and interacting with vast online audiences simultaneously.
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Company K Partners
VC Fund · Ilsangu, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Beauty startups, 15 in the past 12 months

Company K Partners Limited is a principal investment firm specializing in investments in culture content, electronic components, computer, machinery, broadcasting, arts, sports, and leisure industries. The firm primarily invests in South Korea with a focus in Seoul, Gyeongnam, and Gyeonggi. Company K Partners Limited was established in 2006 and is based in Gyeonggi-do, South Korea.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Series A, Venture - Series Unknown, Series B
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 250
  • Round size: Series A $2.5M–$15M; Series B $5.1M–$42M; Venture - Series Unknown $2.8M–$30M
  • Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • RX — RX is a startup that provides an on-site analysis solution for material properties, mainly serving environment, energy, inspection, and testing needs. It also develops technology related to next-generation nuclear power plants and agentic AI, supported by national R&D activity.This company helps industries assess materials and engineeringconditions more efficiently and accurately.
  • Turing — Reinvent Education with Technology
  • KaliVir Immunotherapeutics — multiple therapies, one virus.KALIVIR is developing cutting edge, next-generation oncolytic viral immunotherapy programs for treatment of cancer. LEARN MORE NEWS AND EVENTSAugust 19, 2026 - KaliVir Immunotherapeutics Announces Closing of $14 Million Series A Extension Financing READ MORE November 19, 2025 - KaliVir Immunotherapeutics Announces Clinical Trial Collaboration and Supply Agreement with Roche to Evaluate
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Industrial Bank of Korea
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Beauty startups

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 making every 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.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, China

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 316
  • Round size: Seed $166k–$4.5M; Series A $2.3M–$17M; Series B $4.8M–$28M
  • Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • BIGC — BIGC is a technology company that offers digital marketing, content creation, and advertising services.
  • Hurotics — Hurotics is a company with deep-tech technology related to human-robot fusion.Hurotix's wearable robots, notably the 'H-Flex', are modular and give personalized support based on the user's demands, assisting users in overcoming physical restrictions.
  • Airbility — Korean anti-drone and counter-drone company founded in 2023 by aerospace, defense and mobility engineers. Team, milestones and careers.
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We Ventures
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Beauty startups

we ventures is a VC industry with innovative venture capitalists, who invest in creative, honest, and outstanding entrepreneurs.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 95
  • Round size: Seed $729k–$4.3M; Series A $2.2M–$19M; Series B $3M–$16M
  • Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • GraphAI — GraphAI AI enables seamless integration of diverse data sources for fast and user-friendly AI-powered Business Intelligence (BI).GraphAI-A leverages neural networks to maintain a comprehensive graph view and swiftly reveals valuable insights from enterprise data, facilitating trend analysis and a 360-degree customer perspective. This is achievedthrough In-DB AI technology with an intuitive low-code interface.GraphAI-T delivers accelerated and robust BI analytics by leveraging the valuable insights obtained from GraphAI-A. It further facilitates transaction processing on business data through structured queries like SQL and Cypher.
  • KB-Element — KB-Element is a graphene development and production company that also turns graphene into intermediate items and novel materials.
  • Bunker Kids — Bunker Kids is a startup that provides solutions optimized for achieving personal health goals using data and algorithms.
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Murex Partners
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Beauty startups

Murex Partners is a VC firm specializing in thesis-driven investing.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 107
  • Round size: Seed $1.7M–$16M; Series A $2.4M–$11M; Series B $3.6M–$17M
  • Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $30M in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • OQT — OQT is focusing on developing QPUs utilizing neutral atoms.
  • Medifab — Medifab is a bio-healthcare center that offers 3D system testing, measurement analysis, and OEM service.
  • Purple AI — FDA 510(k)-cleared AI for intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) detection on non-contrast head CT. See how PurpleAI Hyper Insight-ICH fits your stroke workflow.
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Shinhan Capital
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Beauty startups

Shinhan Capital is a credit-specialized company offering corporate finance services for its clients. It provides financial services, lease, corporate loans, investment financing, housing loans, installment financing, etc. Shinhan Capital was established in 1991. The company is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 216
  • Round size: Seed $424k–$4M; Series A $2.1M–$11M; Series B $4.2M–$20M
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Trioar — Trioar is a biotechnological research company that manufacture pharmaceutical products and drugs.
  • Nventric — Nventric is a medical device company that develops core products for neurovascular, coronary heart, and peripheral vascular applications.
  • KB-Element — KB-Element is a graphene development and production company that also turns graphene into intermediate items and novel materials.
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Intops Investment
VC Fund · Yeoksamdong, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Beauty startups

Intops Investment is a financial investment company.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Manufacturing, Software, Information Technology
  • Stage:Series A, Venture - Series Unknown, Seed
  • Geography: South Korea, China, Indonesia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 74
  • Round size: Seed $1k–$4M; Series A $1.6M–$8.2M
  • Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Maihub — We deliver cutting-edge healthcare technology faster and more widely than anyone else
  • Glovv — Glovv is a short-form beauty content development platform.
  • Peanut AI — Peanut AI is a cybersecurity company that specializes in embedded protection for industrial OT and IoT systems. The company help manufacturers secure their factory equipment, PLCs, sensors, and industrial networks with lightweight and real-time defense solutions designed for global compliance.
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Capstone Partners
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Beauty startups

Capstone Partners is a venture capital firm specializing in early-stage companies operating in the Information technology, wireless technology, architecture, pharmaceutical, internet, online game, software, solid state disk, and IP television sectors. It primarily invests in China and South Korea, with a focus in Seoul and Gyeonggi province. The firm prefers to exit its investments through a trade sale. Capstone Partners was founded in 2008 and is based in Seoul, South Korea. Capstone Partners is a venture capital firm that invests in entrepreneurs seeking success with fresh ideas. Capstone Partners values the funds of union investors better than our own, working for the interests of investors and following the objective of the investments.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Mobile, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 316
  • Round size: Seed $276k–$3.1M; Series A $442k–$11M; Venture - Series Unknown $458k–$44M
  • Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $42M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • ABLE Labs — ABLE Labs provide liquid handling robots and protocols so that all researchers can focus on constructing assay, leaving the execution to robots.​ If you want would contact them please contact them via phone call or email.
  • Intellicia — AI-powered Synthetic Consumers platform for market research. 91.2% Spearman Correlation, 93.6% accuracy validated across 120+ PoC projects.
  • Wrtn Technologies — Bring AGI Close to People
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Albatross Investment
VC Fund · Palm Harbor, Florida, United States · 2 investments in South Korea Beauty startups

Albatross Investments LLC, a Florida real estate company, concentrates primarily on value-add single family homes and multifamily apartments in Pinellas, Manatee, Hillsborough, and Pasco Counties.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Mobile, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Geography: South Korea, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 7
  • Round size: Seed $34k–$1.4M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Triz — Triz is a commerce platform that offers creation of a new commerce and influencer ecosystem with differentiated products.
  • Laundryou — Laundryou is a skincare product store of the Skin Laundry brand, a global skincare company known for its laser facial clinics. It sells medical-grade skincare products designed to support skin treatments such as cleansing, hydration, anti-acne care, and anti-aging.
  • WayWearable — WayWearable, a ‘beauty-appliance’ company based in Seoul, Korea, has created the first total personal skincare companion that fits in your purse. The WAY device is the size of a compact powder case, but includes an array of advanced biometric and environmental sensors that it uses to make personalized skincare recommendations through its companionapp. Developed in close consultation with a dermatologist, WAY helps people make smarter skincare decisions that last a lifetime.They recently joined Sparklabs, one of Asia’s top business accelerators, to bring their unique technology product to market and have kicked off an Indiegogo campaign to fund production.Their Vision - WayWearble is dedicated to improving the lives of women, by helping them more effectively manage their skin care routine, and ultimately improve health and well-being. While WAY is a first step, the company has ambitions to continue developing innovative new products that harness advances in technology, with a particular focus on the women’s health and beauty industry.In the future WayWearable will continue to develop their solutions for making more targeted and accurate suggestions of specific products that address the unique skin concerns of women, while providing deeper, personal insights into maintaining a healthy lifestyle.
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MYSC
VC Fund · Seongdong, Kyonggi-do, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Beauty startups, 12 in the past 12 months

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Food and Beverage, Health Care, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: South Korea, China, France

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 70
  • Lead/follow: no public data

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.
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CJ Olive Young
VC Fund · Yongsan, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Beauty startups

CJ Olive Young is an e-commerce platform for the sale of health & beauty care products.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Beauty, Retail, Cosmetics
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Byte Lab — Byte Lab prioritizes achieving long-term results by concentrating on *how* we grew rather than just growing quickly.
  • ChainLogis — Chain Logis is a shipping technology company.
  • Frankly — Frankly specializes in affordable skincare. The company's products include customized shampoo and conditioner that combine the ingredients required for each individual through a customized recipe algorithm that analyzes an individual's scalp-hair data and taste by incorporating consumer data analysis algorithms and raw materialcombination technology into its products, enabling consumers to avail themselves of hair care products with personalized ingredients, fragrances, benefits, and color
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Bass Investment
VC Fund · Seocho, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Beauty startups

Bass Investment is a venture capital firm based in South Korea.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 138
  • Round size: Seed $414k–$6.9M; Series A $2.2M–$15M; Series B $6.7M–$14M
  • Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • Airbility — Korean anti-drone and counter-drone company founded in 2023 by aerospace, defense and mobility engineers. Team, milestones and careers.
  • Tect Group — We deliver real beauty based on distinctive brands and innovative marketing solutions, fostering confidence and positivity around the world.
  • BioNexus — BioNexus is an artificial intelligence (AI) biotechnology startup that specializes in automating the early stages of biomedical research and drug discovery.
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Goodwater Capital
VC Fund · Burlingame, California, United States · 2 investments in South Korea Beauty startups

Consumer Tech Investors - We empower exceptional entrepreneurs everywhere to change the world for good.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, FinTech, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: United States, India, South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 915
  • Round size: Seed $850k–$7.5M; Pre-Seed $125k–$2.1M; Venture - Series Unknown $481k–$105M
  • Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $5M in 2025

Portfolio highlights

  • Kaon — Discover prompts and AI apps built by a global community, or publish your own. FlowGPT is an open platform for building and sharing with AI.
  • Egoist Machines — Egoist Machines builds efficient full-stack ML infrastructure for reliable AI systems, from model serving and evaluation to secure deployment and operations.
  • Wrtn Technologies — Bring AGI Close to People
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Devsisters Ventures
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Beauty startups

Venture Capital firm in Korea. We are interested in early-stage investment in gaming, healthcare/biotech, IT services and high technology companies.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Biotechnology, Gaming
  • Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Seed
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, Russian Federation

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 109
  • Round size: Seed $441k–$3.5M; Series A $1.7M–$8.7M; Venture - Series Unknown $7.7M–$11M
  • Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $23M in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • Deeply — Deeply provides AI-powered sound analysis solutions for real-time monitoring across manufacturing, industrial safety, and security environments.
  • Red Brick House — Red Brick House is a specialized South Korean indie game publisher dedicated to discovering, supporting, and publishing innovative independent games, helping talented developers bring creative and engaging gaming experiences to players across domestic and global markets.
  • AWESOME Entertainment — AWESOME Entertainment is a media and digital content company that provides YouTube content production, influencer and MCN management, advertising and branded content creation, and media commerce services. The comapny supports brands with campaign planning, viral video production, and distribution across multiple social platforms, while alsooffering production outsourcing and partnership services to maximize audience reach and engagement.
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InfoBank
VC Fund · Gyeongju, Kyongsang-bukto, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Beauty startups

InfoBank develops and provides mobile messaging solutions and other related services. The company offers business messaging services such as SMS, LMS, and multimedia message services; interactive media services; smart car solutions; and integrated online and offline payment services. InfoBank was founded in 1995 and is based in Gyeongju, South Korea.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, South Africa

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 167
  • Round size: Seed $85k–$1.5M; Series A $88k–$9.4M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.8M–$11M
  • Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Pmatch — Pmatch is a comprehensive platform designed to provide reliable, accurate medication information to help users make informed decisions about their healthcare. By offering detailed insights into various medications, including their uses, dosages, side effects, and interactions, Pmatch ensures that individuals can use medicines in a smarter and saferway. The platform aims to enhance patient safety, reduce medication errors, and improve overall health outcomes by empowering users with the knowledge they need to manage their treatments effectively. Whether for healthcare professionals or patients, Pmatch serves as a trusted resource for promoting informed decision-making and better health management.
  • Switchwon — Switchwon provides currency exchange services.
  • Limpid — Limpid is a Bio pet food startup. It set new standards in pet nutrition through continuous innovation.
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CJ Investment
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Beauty startups

CJ Investment operates as an investment firm.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: South Korea, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 61
  • Round size: Seed $379k–$7.4M; Series A $1.5M–$10M; Series B $5.3M–$21M
  • Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Liner — LINER is Asia’s first AI Agent that helps users accomplish more with less time and effort “AI Workspace”, known as the autonomous agent, performs various and complex tasks requested by users using LLM-based AI, differentiated by LINER’s highlighter database. More than 94% of LINER's users are from outside Korea & more than 100 countries.We are reducing our customer’s research time from hundreds of minutes to tens of seconds every day with our product.
  • MobilTech — MOBILTECH is an AI-based 3D GIS startup. The company is developing a 3D spatial scanner that replicates space to supply 3D spatial information and software solutions for smart cities. It specializes in immersive digital twin and LiDAR technology. Its digital twin data is compatible with NVIDIA Omniverse and Unreal Engine.
  • Scone — Meechu (Scone) is a virtual creator and entertainment platform focused on VTuber-style digital characters. It enables users to create, animate, and stream 3D avatars using motion tracking and interactive tools. The platform supports immersive online performances, audience engagement, and digital content creation through AI-assisted avatartechnology and real-time virtual interaction systems.
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Wadiz
VC Fund · Bundangdong, Kyonggi-do, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Beauty startups

'Best business structure that connects crowdfunding, e-commerce, and brand business', 'Ready to go public on the Korean stock market', 'Accumulated transaction value of more than USD 9.6 billion+', '7.1 mil members, 10 mil monthly visitors', 'More than 18,000 crowdfunding projects in a year','Selected Korea’s Top 10 game changer brand by interbrand'

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Retail, Sales
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Equity Crowdfunding
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 28
  • Round size: Seed $88k–$906k; Series A $997k–$3.7M; Equity Crowdfunding $1.3k–$1.3M
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Sunnicorn — Sunnicorn develops vegan skincare products designed for sensitive skin, combining plant-based ingredients with minimalist formulations. The company focuses on creating practical daily skincare items such as cleansers, creams, and masks that support balanced skin care routines while emphasizing simple product design and accessible beauty solutions.
  • Power Player — Natural Clean Beauty
  • KOOZA — KOOZA is a kitchenware brand that offers cookware and household goods and supplies them to department stores, and live commerce companies.
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Center for Creative Economy and Innovation
VC Fund · Daegu, Taegu-jikhalsi, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Beauty startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Manufacturing, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 56
  • Round size: Seed $27k–$1.4M; Series A $1.5M–$1.7M; Venture - Series Unknown $748k–$2.5M
  • Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow

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 — CloudStones Company Limited designs and runs fun consumer brands from Bangkok: Mirabelle&Co, BooBook Studio and Tale & Me.
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Wichcompany
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Beauty startups

Wishtrend is a beauty commerce company whose philosophy lies in restoring the skin’s natural beauty by providing our customers effective skincare solutions through a hand-selected collection of products and brands. We continue to keep our values at the core of expansion and utilizing content to share a positive vision of true beauty to ourcustomers.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Beauty, Internet, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 7
  • Round size: Seed $319k–$916k
  • Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Glow — Glow is an online store that sells a wide range of beauty care products.
  • CHI PROJECT — CHI PROJECT is an online platform for Korean traditional crafts and furniture.
  • Meow Island — Meow Island provides sales of cosmetic products and excreta treatment products for cats.
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Hashed
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Beauty startups, 8 in the past 12 months

Hashed is a global, early stage venture fund focused on backing founders who are pioneering the future of blockchain and cryptocurrency. Hashed is based in Seoul and San Francisco.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 333
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$15M; Series A $2.6M–$37M; Venture - Series Unknown $2M–$40M
  • Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2025

Portfolio highlights

  • Oh — Chat live with uncensored AI girlfriends and digital twins of top creators. Flirty, personalised conversations, voice, and steamy images. Discover your favourite companion on OhChat.
  • Chance Studios — Every Collection Starts With A Chance
  • Chance Studios — Every Collection Starts With A Chance
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Kolon Investment
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Beauty startups, 11 in the past 12 months

Kolon Investment, Inc. is a venture capital and private equity firm specializing in buyouts, mezzanine, corporate restructuring, growth capital, and turnaround investment. It prefers to invest in electronic components, petroleum, energy, computer, and telecommunications equipment. The firm primarily invests in South Korea with a focus in Seoul, Gyeonggi, Incheon, and Gyeongbuk. Kolon Investment, Inc. was established in 2000 and is based in Seoul, South Korea. Source: Businessweek

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: South Korea, India, Indonesia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 123
  • Round size: Seed $1.2M–$18M; Series A $2.4M–$11M; Series B $5.1M–$24M
  • Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • IHW — iHW is an AI semiconductor company that develops ultra-low-power analog AI chips using Analog Compute-in-Memory (ACiM) technology for mobile and edge devices. The company builds analog-digital computing architectures to improve power efficiency and performance in on-device AI processing.
  • Bunker Kids — Bunker Kids is a startup that provides solutions optimized for achieving personal health goals using data and algorithms.
  • Turing — Reinvent Education with Technology
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IMM Investment
VC Fund · Kangnam, Cholla-namdo, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Beauty startups, 18 in the past 12 months

Korean alternative asset investment firm

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
  • Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 333
  • Round size: Series A $2.3M–$46M; Series B $5.8M–$54M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.3M–$78M
  • Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $18M in 2026

Portfolio highlights

  • Enhans — Viralpick provides IT services for organizations including data analysis, automation, acquisition, and advertising services.
  • SK Horizon — SK Horizon is an AI data center (AIDC) infrastructure company whose name reflects its ambition to “open new horizons” in the AIDC sector, will be responsible for expanding its infrastructure to a total capacity of 318 MW, encompassing eight data centers already in operation - Seocho, Ilsan (two locations), Bundang, Gasan, Centum, Yangju, and Pangyo- and new AIDCs currently under construction, including those in Ulsan and Guro.
  • Kyoto Fusioneering — Kyoto Fusioneering is a research & development, design, and manufacture of parts related to fusion reactors.
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Korea Kolmar Co.
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Beauty startups

Korea Kolmar Co. engaged in the manufacture and sale of cosmetics. The Company operates in two divisions: cosmetics and pharmaceuticals. Its cosmetics division involves in the business of original development and design manufacturing (ODM) and original equipment manufacturing (OEM) of cosmetics including skin care, makeup, hair care, body care andothers. Its pharmaceutical division involves in the development and production of pharmaceutical products and quasi-drugs including general medicines, specialized medicines, bioequivalence medicines and others.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Medical, Beauty
  • Stage:Seed, Series B, Series A
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 13
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$2.2M
  • Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Bistool — B I S T O O L - Begin Again Your Life with Bistool
  • Woojung Bio — Woojung Bio is a bio infrastructure development company that constructs smart laboratories animal rooms for the purpose of research.
  • The SMC Group — The SMC Group is a social marketing company.
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Kakao Ventures
VC Fund · Seongnam, Kyonggi-do, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Beauty startups

We are an independent subsidiary of Kakao Corp. & the most active, startup-friendly early stage VC of Korea. (Limited Partnerships, not strategic.).

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, Indonesia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 430
  • Round size: Seed $266k–$4.2M; Series A $988k–$11M; Series B $3.4M–$27M
  • Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $40B in 2025

Portfolio highlights

  • OQT — OQT is focusing on developing QPUs utilizing neutral atoms.
  • Corologic — Korologic develops cardiovascular imaging AI solutions for medical procedures.
  • Tect Group — We deliver real beauty based on distinctive brands and innovative marketing solutions, fostering confidence and positivity around the world.
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Big Basin Capital
VC Fund · Cupertino, California, United States · 2 investments in South Korea Beauty startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Apps
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 90
  • Round size: Seed $448k–$2M; Series A $1.1M–$7M; Series B $2.5M–$11M
  • Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2013

Portfolio highlights

  • Willog — As a fast-growing startup, Willog provides a “item-level condition monitoring” that innovates the supply chain of sensitive, perishable or valuable goods where condition monitoring is required, and its efforts are to create a transparent and connected logistics flow. Based on its patented sensor technology and its cloud-based software, Willog helpscompanies gain seamless visibility down to the item-level and control over their shipments across their supply chain so they can have condition foresights and insights to improve their bottom line.Willog acquired 25 enterprise customers including MNCs like Hyundai Motor Group and DHL Express since its establishment. Willog is rapidly expanding its presence in various industries including bio-pharmaceutical, fresh food, and special logistics, where condition monitoring is key to business continuity. Going forward, while strengthening its leadership position in Korea, Willog will accelerate global expansion with partnerships in America, Kazakhstan, and Malaysia.
  • Dentlink — A state-of-the-art digital dental lab, made by masters. All-on-X, veneers, implant crowns. One dedicated master technician on every case. First case free.
  • 276 Holdings — 276 Holdings is a finance company that offers corporate financial service flow and a new flow of trade receivables value to companies.
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Premier Partners
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Beauty startups, 13 in the past 12 months

Premier Partners (프리미어 파트너스) is a Korean domestic funds management company. It provides investment services for individuals and businesses. Premier Partners was established in September 2005 in Seoul, Korea.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical
  • Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series B, Series A
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, Russian Federation

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 199
  • Round size: Series A $2.6M–$15M; Series B $5.8M–$45M; Venture - Series Unknown $3.3M–$154M
  • Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $83M in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • Yipscell — Yipscell is a biotech company that develops IPSC stem cell therapy to diagnose and treat incurable diseases.
  • HITS — HITS is a biotech company that creates digital solutions to accelerate drug development and introduce a new drug discovery paradigm. The company creates a cloud-based drug development platform that connects AI models with docking and molecular dynamics.
  • Prazer Therapeutics — Prazer Therapeutics assists patients suffering from intractable diseases through the use of logical and innovative drug design approaches. They willaccomplished this through the use of new and innovative drug development platforms, such as rational molecular drug design technology and next-generation protein degradation technology.
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Gushcloud International
VC Fund · Singapore, Central Region, Singapore · 1 investments in South Korea Beauty startups

Gushcloud International is a top influencer marketing agency based in several locations around Asia - Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines, Korea, Japan, Greater China and in the West - USA, Australia.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Beauty, Wellness
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Summer — Summer International is a next generation Beauty, Health & Wellness Lifestyle company, headquarted in Los Angeles and South Korea.
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GDP Venture
VC Fund · Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia · 1 investments in South Korea Beauty startups

GDP Venture is a venture builder focusing on commerce, consumer product, media & entertainment and solution companies

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Media and Entertainment, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Indonesia, United States, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 64
  • Round size: Seed $181k–$6.5M; Series A $3.3M–$19M; Venture - Series Unknown $311k–$11M
  • Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Yumi — YUMI is a leader in stage-based nutrition for baby and kids. Organic, nutrient dense, dairy free, gluten free, Clean Label Project approved.
  • PINTAR — Tingkatkan karir Anda dengan kursus bersertifikat, program Kartu Prakerja, dan kuliah online dari universitas terbaik di PINTAR. Daftar sekarang!
  • Indonesia Creators Economy — Indonesia Creators Economy is a content creator platform, enabling brand-creator collaborations to drive business growth through technology.
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Northern Light Venture Capital
VC Fund · Beijing, Beijing, China · 1 investments in South Korea Beauty startups

Supporting the next generation of entpreneurs in enterprise, healthcare, and consumer with disruptive potential.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Medical, Biotechnology
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: China, United States, South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 411
  • Round size: Series A $2.9M–$40M; Series B $8.8M–$56M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.5M–$60M
  • Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $375M in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • Flytech — Flytech specializes in crystal materials and related components for magneto-optical-electrical integrated signal processing.
  • Moge Microflow — Moge Microflow is a manufacturer of equipment for microreactors. It provides continuous flow production technologies and equipment for nanomaterials, pharmaceutical intermediates, and fine chemicals, as well as standardized high-end microreactor equipment.
  • Bianzhong New Materials — Bianzhong New Materials is a high-tech company that specializes in the research and development of equipment for weaving and shaping three-dimensional preforms of high-strength fiber composite materials.
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KTB Network
VC Fund · Seongnam, Kyonggi-do, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Beauty startups

Korea Technology Development Company, a government-funded investment vehicle specializing in technology-related investment opportunities, KTB Financial Group(“KTB”) has since grown into a comprehensive financial group offering a wide range of financial services, including securities, asset management, venture capital, and private equity. KTB also has expanded our global network by actively entering overseas markets includes the United States, China, and Thailand.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Software, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, China

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 87
  • Round size: Series A $1.4M–$17M; Series B $7.4M–$30M; Series C $11M–$150M
  • Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • NYOU — NYOU is a game development company that develops games for recreational purposes.
  • Soelect — Soelect creates cutting-edge engineering solutions for anode technology and solid-state electrolyte materials, enabling safe, high-energy-density batteries for use in electric vehicles, portable electronics, power tools, drones, aircraft, spacecraft, and tactical defense equipment. Soelect's LiX technology is a lithium metal anode for fastcharging of all advanced and solid-state batteries.
  • CoLearn — Aplikasi belajar online yang bantu belajar Matematika, Fisika, Kimia jadi lebih cepat dimengerti. Ada beragam fitur aplikasi mulai dari bantuan mengerjakan PR dengan foto soal sampai bimbel untuk SD, SMP, SMA.
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East Gate Partners
VC Fund · Seongnam, Kyonggi-do, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Beauty startups

East Gate Partners is a venture capital firm specializing in investment for businesses.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Gaming, Apps, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: South Korea, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 33
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Biocom — Biocom is a green bio management company.
  • Groupware Pro — Groupware Pro is a business management company that provides software for groupware communication solution.
  • The Blessed Moon — The Blessed Moon is a cosmetics brand that sells and offers skin, face, hair, and body care products.
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Seoul Investment Partners
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Beauty startups

Seoul Investment Partners is a private equity and venture capital firm focused on investments in small and medium businesses.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Medical, Information Technology
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 63
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • MediMabBio — Creating therapeutic opportunities for the most serious diseases.
  • Nine Biopharm — Nine Biopharm is biotechnology company that develops new peptidomimetic materials, compound new materials, and drug repositioning.
  • 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.
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InterVest Co.
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Beauty startups

Creating Innovative Values for Ventures. Knowledgeable & Experienced Professionals. Leading Venture Capital Investor in Korea

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Health Care
  • Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 125
  • Round size: Series A $2.2M–$36M; Series B $2.6M–$54M; Series C $11M–$52M
  • Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Cover Summon — CVSM Cruelty-free Savvy tech
  • Flexell Space — FLEXELL SPACE primarily focuses on the development and manufacturing of space solar cells, aiming to provide differentiated products for our customers in the space industry
  • LiveIn — LiveIn is a hospitality company that offers long term room rental. Enjoy quality assured room, cleaning services, maintenance and community activities. Find out more!
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Daedeok Venture Partners
VC Fund · Daejeon, Taejon-jikhalsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Beauty startups

Daedeok Venture Partners is a VC specializes in investment in a technology company.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Service Industry
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: South Korea, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 23
  • Round size: Seed $594k–$4M; Series A $743k–$9.4M; Series B $8.5M–$21M
  • Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • JeCLEAN — JeCLEAN is a washing company that provides bedding, laundry and delivery service.
  • Weve — WEVE provides advanced optical inspection and measurement solutions based on Raman spectroscopy and hyperspectral imaging.
  • Fine One — Fine One is a display and semiconductor equipment parts company that develops and produces core equipment components used in the OLED display manufacturing process. In particular, the company has focus its business on areas requiring advanced technology, such as precision components for deposition processes.
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Gangwon Creation Economic Innovation Center
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Beauty startups

Gangwon Creation Economic Innovation Center is an investment firm.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Video, Computer
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 8
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Rootrix — Rootrix is a tree data platform that provides tree-quality maintenance data using 3D scanning and lidar technology.
  • WSB Farm —
  • Medi&B Tech Company — Medi&B Tech Company is a medical device manufacturing company that researches and develops urinal disposal machines and skin care devices.
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IBK Capital
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Beauty startups

IBK Capital is the venture capital arm of the Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK).

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Biotechnology, Information Technology
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 102
  • Round size: Seed $2k–$7.6M; Series A $3k–$8.2M; Series B $5k–$21M
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • AutoHands — AutoHands is a South Korea-based mobility company that offers comprehensive integrated mobility services including vehicle buying and selling, management, online used-car auctions, car rentals, extended warranties, residual value guarantees, mobile maintenance, and accident compensation programs.
  • Automata — Automata creates AI-powered tools like AI agents and smart integrations that simplify how teams plan, communicate, and work. The company solves business problems by enabling AI to build, manage, and evolve software workflows while humans guide the AI to deliver real value.Automata provides industry-tailored AI solutions
  • PEOPLE & TECHNOLOGY — PEOPLE AND TECHNOLOGY provides DX-based AI solutions on INDOOR GEOLOCATION AND SMART SENSING through its INDOORPLUS+ IoT, Location Based System (LBS) and Real Time Location System (RTLS) platform in the fields of healthcare, manufacturing, defense, smart cities, and the public sector.More than 100 corporate customers in various business sectorssuch as healthcare, banking, manufacturing, retail, energy and public services have already chosen PEOPLE AND TECHNOLOGY to deploy industry grade solutions for employee safety, asset tracking & monitoring, security & access control, flow management and process efficiency. They have gained improvements in productivity and process efficiency while reducing their corporate risks and optimizing their procurement. Since its foundation in 2013, PEOPLE AND TECHNOLOGY has become a leading provider in South Korea and is expanding overseas.
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Korea Venture Business Association
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Beauty startups

Korea Venture Business Association provides financial solutions to public institutions and enterprises.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Beauty, Retail, Cosmetics
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Flybook — Flybook is a place closer to the book. Book recommendations, regular shipments, reading meetings, book reviews, book purchases, and more - all in one place.
  • Power Player — Natural Clean Beauty
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Nice Investment Partners
VC Fund · Yongdungpo, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Beauty startups

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.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Information Technology, Software
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: South Korea, Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 47
  • Round size: Seed $1k–$1.7M; Series A $4k–$22M; Series B $5k–$11M
  • Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Nature Loud — Nature Loud is an online store that supplies health and wellness products.
  • Vibeon — Vibeon is a data company that provides artificial intelligence services for education.
  • Gadget korea — Gadget korea offers data roaming services.
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Beauty VC funding in South Korea at a glance

Stats across 268 deals from 292 investors.

292
investors
in South Korea Beauty startups
268
deals
in South Korea Beauty startups
$3.2M
median round
in South Korea Beauty startups
38%
lead investors
lead at least one round
36%
Seed
most common funding stage

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