Top 50 Community Startup Investors in South Korea (October 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Strong Ventures
VC Fund
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26 | South Korea, United States, Poland | Seed, Series A, Series B | E-Commerce, Software, Health Care | $135k–$26M |
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Kakao Ventures
VC Fund
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19 | South Korea, United States, Indonesia | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $278k–$27M |
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Korea Credit Guarantee Fund
VC Fund
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15 | South Korea, United States, China | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software | $198k–$15M |
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Korea Investment Partners
VC Fund
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12 | South Korea, United States, China | Series A, Series B, Seed | Biotechnology, Health Care, Information Technology | $973k–$50M |
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Coolidge Corner Investment
VC Fund
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11 | South Korea, United States, Belgium | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Health Care, Manufacturing | $223k–$14M |
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Capstone Partners
VC Fund
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11 | South Korea, United States, India | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, Mobile, Artificial Intelligence | $223k–$17M |
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KB Investment
VC Fund
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11 | South Korea, United States, Vietnam | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology | $737k–$44M |
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InfoBank
VC Fund
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10 | South Korea, South Africa, United States | Seed, Series A, Series B | Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software | $85k–$16M |
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Mirae Asset Venture Investment
VC Fund
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9 | South Korea, United States, India | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology | $692k–$52M |
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Hana Ventures
VC Fund
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9 | South Korea, United States, Indonesia | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care | $273k–$13M |
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Fast Ventures
VC Fund
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9 | South Korea, Hungary, United States | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Health Care, Apps, Software | $418k–$7.5M |
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SBVA
VC Fund
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8 | South Korea, United States, China | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $750k–$60M |
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Mashup Ventures
VC Fund
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8 | South Korea, United States, Japan | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $100k–$3.2M |
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MYSC
VC Fund
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7 | South Korea, China, France | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Food and Beverage, Health Care, E-Commerce | |
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Series Ventures
VC Fund
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7 | South Korea, Singapore | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Health Care, Manufacturing, Biotechnology | $86k–$4.4M |
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Big Basin Capital
VC Fund
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7 | South Korea, United States, Singapore | Seed, Series A, Series B | E-Commerce, Software, Apps | $448k–$11M |
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DSC Investment
VC Fund
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7 | South Korea, United States, Israel | Series A, Series B, Seed | Artificial Intelligence, Health Care, Biotechnology | $594k–$60M |
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D3 Jubilee
VC Fund
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6 | South Korea, United States, Kenya | Seed, Series A, Series B | Information Technology, Software, Health Care | $300k–$21M |
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IMM Investment
VC Fund
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6 | South Korea, United States, Japan | Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Series B | Biotechnology, Health Care, Software | $1.3M–$78M |
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Hana Financial Investment
VC Fund
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5 | South Korea, Singapore, India | Series A, Series B, Seed | Biotechnology, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $213k–$28M |
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Smilegate Investment
VC Fund
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5 | South Korea, United States, Vietnam | Seed, Series A, Series B | Artificial Intelligence, Software, Health Care | $694k–$47M |
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HB Investment
VC Fund
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5 | South Korea, United States, Vietnam | Series B, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A | Software, Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence | $941k–$25M |
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Shinhan Venture Investment
VC Fund
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5 | South Korea, United States, India | Venture - Series Unknown, Series B, Series A | Manufacturing, Health Care, Biotechnology | $1.7M–$78M |
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We Ventures
VC Fund
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5 | South Korea, United States, Singapore | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $729k–$19M |
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Bass Investment
VC Fund
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5 | South Korea, United States, Singapore | Seed, Series A, Series B | Artificial Intelligence, Software, E-Commerce | $414k–$15M |
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Daedeok Venture Partners
VC Fund
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5 | South Korea, United States | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology | $161k–$21M |
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Ascendo Ventures
VC Fund
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5 | South Korea, United States, Taiwan | Seed, Series A, Series B | E-Commerce, Information Technology, Medical | $2.8k–$21M |
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TheVentures
VC Fund
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5 | South Korea, United States, Vietnam | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $72k–$5.1M |
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Partners Investment
VC Fund
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4 | South Korea, United States, Japan | Series A, Series B, Series C | Biotechnology, Health Care, Software | $2.4M–$98M |
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Mega Investment
VC Fund
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4 | South Korea, India, Pakistan | Series A, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown | E-Commerce, Apps, Biotechnology | $887k–$27M |
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Hana Securities
VC Fund
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4 | South Korea, United States | Series A, Series B, Series C | Information Technology, Software, Manufacturing | $2.3M–$25M |
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Hyundai Investment Partners
VC Fund
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4 | South Korea, United States | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, Medical, Health Care | $363k–$128M |
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Z Venture Capital
VC Fund
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4 | Japan, South Korea, United States | Seed, Series A, Series B | Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence | $613k–$52M |
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Base Investments
VC Fund
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4 | South Korea, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Series B | E-Commerce, Information Technology, Apps | $743k–$14M |
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Shinhan Capital
VC Fund
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4 | South Korea, United States, India | Series A, Seed, Series B | Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce | $424k–$20M |
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Sazze Partners
VC Fund
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4 | South Korea, United States, Japan | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $200k–$15M |
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Samsung Venture Investment
VC Fund
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4 | South Korea, United States, India | Series A, Series B, Seed | Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Software | $83k–$25M |
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Atinum Partners
VC Fund
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4 | South Korea, United States, Singapore | Series A, Series B, Series C | Software, Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence | $3M–$40M |
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Yoonmin Foundation
VC Fund
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4 | South Korea, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | Software, Information Technology, Apps | $74k–$1.8M |
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Samsung Ventures
VC Fund
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4 | United States, South Korea, Israel | Series A, Series B, Series C | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Manufacturing | $3.9M–$148M |
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Newborn Ventures
VC Fund
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4 | South Korea | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Mobile Apps, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $147k–$554k |
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Korea Development Bank
VC Fund
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4 | South Korea, United States, Japan | Series B, Series A, Series C | Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology | $1.9M–$51M |
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AI Angel Club
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea | Seed, Series A, Angel | Health Care, Medical, E-Commerce | $74k–$5.8M |
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Kakao Investment
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea, United States, Japan | Seed, Series A | Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Software | $743k–$20M |
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Devsisters Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea, United States, Russian Federation | Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Seed | Software, Biotechnology, Gaming | $441k–$11M |
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Kaist Venture Investment Holdings
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea, United States, Australia | Seed, Grant, Angel | Health Care, Information Technology, Medical | $7k–$1.5M |
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POSCO Venture Capital
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea, United States, China | Series A, Series B | Software, Health Care, Information Technology | $344k–$44M |
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Altos Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea, United States, Canada | Series A, Series B, Series C | Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence | $2.1M–$57M |
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Murex Partners
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea, United States, India | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care | $1.7M–$17M |
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Korea Investment & Securities
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea, United States | Series B, Series C, Series A | Biotechnology, Software, Health Care | $1.4M–$45M |
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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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- Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Poland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 389
- Round size: Seed $135k–$3M; Series A $1M–$10M; Series B $2.4M–$26M
- Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% 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.
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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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 416
- Round size: Seed $278k–$4M; Series A $988k–$11M; Series B $3.4M–$27M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $40B in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- Corologic — Korologic develops cardiovascular imaging AI solutions for medical procedures.
- A33 Studio — A-33 Studio team is led by the chief executive officer ‘Kim Dong Sun’ who was in charge of the development, launch and operation of ‘Counter Strike Online’ which is one of the top 3 online FPS games in Korea. The team consists of developers who have worked together for ‘CS Online’ and ‘Combat Arms’ at Nexon, one of the top online game makers in theworld.
- Tect Group — We deliver real beauty based on distinctive brands and innovative marketing solutions, fostering confidence and positivity around the world.
Korea Credit Guarantee Fund operates as a public financial institution.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: South Korea, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 346
- Round size: Seed $198k–$2.9M; Series A $881k–$7.8M; Venture - Series Unknown $884k–$15M
- Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- 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.
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), YGEntertainment(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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- Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 538
- Round size: Seed $973k–$10M; Series A $2.2M–$19M; Series B $4.9M–$50M
- Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% 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.
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.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Manufacturing
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Belgium
Investor stats
- Total investments: 116
- Round size: Seed $223k–$1.5M; Series A $891k–$5.4M; Series B $7.2M–$14M
- Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $8.9M in 2017
Portfolio highlights
- Frefins — Frefins is a specialized Rental Transformation (RX) company that generates value by connecting businesses, financial institutions, and consumers.
- NexThera — Nexcera provides innovative and sustainable medical solutions.
- Plantner — PLANTNER develops environmentally friendly polymers that utilizes the controlled-release characteristics of alginate, a polymer derived from seaweed, along with natural controlled-release fertilizers to substitute current chemical products. Concurrently, the company is engaged in research and development as well as local field trials in Korea andVietnam. These innovations are directly aimed at promoting low-input sustainable agriculture. The organization is committed to tackling the unsustainable practices prevalent in conventional agriculture through the use of slow-release fertilizers, aspiring to foster eco-friendly advancements rooted in natural materials, beginning with agriculture, which is the cornerstone of the industry. In traditional agricultural settings, the significant loss of chemical fertilizers has resulted in nutrient depletion, leading to soil degradation issues such as acidification. This reduction in soil productivity compels farmers to resort to even greater quantities of chemicals to enhance yields, thereby perpetuating a detrimental cycle of increasing overuse. As a response, coated slow-release fertilizers have been introduced; however, their synthetic polymer coatings have contributed to the buildup of microplastics in the soil, harming the habitats of beneficial microorganisms and generating additional environmental challenges. To mitigate these concerns, ongoing research and development efforts are focused on substituting the conventional coating materials of slow-release fertilizers which are responsible for environmental issues like residual microplastics with alginate, a biodegradable polymer sourced from seaweed.
Capstone Partners is a venture capital firm that invests in entrepreneurs seeking success with fresh ideas.
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- Industry: Software, Mobile, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 306
- Round size: Seed $223k–$3.8M; Series A $371k–$11M; Series B $914k–$17M
- Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% 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
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
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Vietnam
Investor stats
- Total investments: 439
- Round size: Seed $737k–$7.2M; Series A $2.5M–$36M; Series B $5.2M–$44M
- Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow
Portfolio highlights
- H&B Asia — H&B Asia specializes in sourcing, importing, and distributing fresh fruits and agricultural products. The company works closely with global growers and suppliers to bring high-quality produce into the Korean market. It focuses on building strong partnerships, ensuring consistent supply, and supporting efficient logistics across the fooddistribution value chain.
- GMI Cloud — one cloud for compute, inference, and agents Question: https://t.co/dOcscX4hmx Japan: @gmicloudJapan
- ACT-ion Battery Technologies — ACT-ion is pioneering a transformative approach to battery material manufacturing, specializing in advanced lithium battery cathode active materials (CAMs). Our innovative, clean, and efficient continuous process revolutionizes production, driving cost savings and enhanced performance for the energy
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, SouthKorea.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, South Africa, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 166
- Round size: Seed $85k–$1.5M; Series A $88k–$9.4M; Series B $8M–$16M
- 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.
- A2D2 — A2D2 AI analyzes and organizes tens of thousands of pages of evidence documents.
- Limpid — Limpid is a Bio pet food startup. It set new standards in pet nutrition through continuous innovation.
Mirae Asset Venture Investment invests in specialized enterprises and provides technology, funding and management consulting.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 340
- Round size: Seed $692k–$14M; Series A $1.9M–$40M; Series B $5M–$52M
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $118M in 2026
Portfolio highlights
- Nexedge — Nexedge is a wealth management firm that offers investment management, estate planning, and business advisory services.
- Medifab — Medifab is a bio-healthcare center that offers 3D system testing, measurement analysis, and OEM service.
- AD System — AD System focuses on the development, manufacturing, sales and repairing of drones and other unmanned aerial vehicles.
Hana Ventures is a corporate venture capital of Hana Financial Group.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 256
- Round size: Seed $273k–$4.4M; Series A $1.6M–$13M; Venture - Series Unknown $882k–$11M
- Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- BIGC — BIGC is a technology company that offers digital marketing, content creation, and advertising services.
- Bbodek — Bbodek provider of tableware rental and washing services intended for restaurants and school cafeterias. They provide products for children's tableware and hygiene management services. They specialize in using their self-developed smart factory to render low defect services to consumers, enabling them to just focus on cooking without worryingabout cleaning up. They are expanding their business to customized washing machine manufacture and sales.
- Welcon Systems — WELCON Systems is a company that makes electronic control equipment used in machines. Their main products include servo drives and motion controllers, which help control the movement of motors in industrial machines and robots.
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- Industry: Health Care, Apps, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: South Korea, Hungary, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 63
- Round size: Seed $418k–$2.6M; Series A $2M–$7.5M
- Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow
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.
- Driving Teacher — You may search and compare the pricing of all driving schools countrywide in Driving Teacher, and you can help students make real-time training reservations with just a few clicks without connecting to a counselor. Furthermore, it provides an online reservation management platform to driving schools in order to automate the driving school system,as well as sales growth through customized marketing.
Established in 2000 as an early-stage venture capital arm of SoftBank Group, SBVA has a storied history of empowering extraordinary entrepreneurs across the globe. In 2023, we joined forces with The Edgeof, a global startup ecosystem builder founded by Taizo Son, JP Lee, and Atsushi Taira and began our new chapter as an independent entity with arenewed commitment to fostering innovation and technological advancement.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 296
- Round size: Seed $750k–$9.5M; Series A $1.5M–$38M; Series B $3.7M–$60M
- Lead/follow: 44% lead, 56% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $23M in 2026
Portfolio highlights
- Nums AI — Meet Causilo. A new foundation for the world's data.
- 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.
- WIRobotics — My First-Ever Robot
Mashup Ventures invests in early-stage startups and supports startups to grow quickly through a network of founders.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 174
- Round size: Seed $225k–$1.7M; Pre-Seed $100k–$3.2M
- Lead/follow: 48% lead, 52% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Rosherin — Rosherin is a healthcare startup that researches, develops and manufactures various medical supplies and medical devices.
- Addit & Ark — Adit & Ark operates an AI-powered advertising platform that connects brands with Instagram-based digital magazines and content creators, enabling targeted collaborations and more effective marketing campaigns.
- Airbility — Airability is a developer for potential airline mobility solutions.
MYSC is an innovative company that helps innovation through consulting, social venture accelerating, and impact investing.
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- 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.
Series Ventures is an investment company for the beauty care, engineering, healthcare, social platform, and enterprise sectors.
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- Industry: Health Care, Manufacturing, Biotechnology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: South Korea, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 98
- Round size: Seed $86k–$1.9M; Series A $2.9M–$4.4M
- Lead/follow: 70% lead, 30% follow
Portfolio highlights
- ROBOS — Robos is a hybrid robot system built by evaluating biological object vision data using Lidar Vision and Open CV-based Object Detection. By combining self-developed biomaterial machine vision technology and robot technology, it intends to expand into a company that delivers core services to diverse industrial sites such as manufacturing, food, andmedical.
- With Doctors — With Doctors growth care solution precisely evaluates and analyzes physical, nutritional, psychological, and environmental factors affecting growth to derive the child's key management factors, and design and provide safe, scientifically proven, customized growth care programs for children through collaboration between exercise, nutrition, andpsychology experts and medical staff.
- Golden Brain Care — Golden Brain Care develops "Brain Friends," an AI-powered platform designed for speech and cognitive rehabilitation targeting patients with neurological communication disorders. The platform digitizes the speech therapy lifecycle by integrating self-assessments, tailored vocal training, real-time performance data analysis, and guardianreporting mechanisms into a single workflow. Its core value proposition focuses on extending rehabilitation from clinical environments to daily life, bypassing limitations in face-to-face medical expert capacity through personalized home care systems.
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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- Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 89
- 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.
DSC Investments invests in early stage and growth companies in the field of corporate identify and focus, IT, software, biotechnology, machinery, and future high-growth areas such as environment and resources.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Health Care, Biotechnology
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 261
- Round size: Seed $594k–$9.1M; Series A $1.7M–$19M; Series B $4.8M–$60M
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
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- 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.
- MID — MID specializes in the development, testing, and production of space-related components.
- GMI Cloud — one cloud for compute, inference, and agents Question: https://t.co/dOcscX4hmx Japan: @gmicloudJapan
D3 is headquartered in Seoul and San Francisco, pioneering the domestic and global impact investment areas. D3 redefines the role of capital by investing in entrepreneurial innovation that improves the lives of low-income families, women, and immigrants, and creates an environmentally sustainable world.Invest in ICT start-ups with highsocio-environmental value in low-income countries such as Korea, USA and South America, Africa and India.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 119
- Round size: Seed $300k–$2M; Series A $1.1M–$4.3M; Series B $3.3M–$21M
- Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $15M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- GREENDA — GREENDA is a bio-aviation oil and gas raw material manufacturing company.
- Pion Electric — Pion Electric is a company that is reimagining the future of the energy industry and the worldwide market for emerging technologies.
- Metal Link — Rio MNC is a company that has grown by focusing on steel wire for submarine cable sheathing.
Korean alternative asset investment firm
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 322
- Round size: Series A $2.6M–$46M; Series B $5.9M–$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.
Hana Financial Investment Company Limited offers brokerage, securities dealing, underwriting, mutual funds, and online trading services
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, Singapore, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 93
- Round size: Seed $213k–$3.3M; Series A $2M–$26M; Series B $1.7M–$28M
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Trustay — Trustay is a real estate asset management company.
- earlysloth — Earlysloth is an AI based survey on the messenger for the enterprise.
- Kimu Studio — Kimu discovers servant artists, plans education and exhibitions with the artist's unique sensibility.
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Browse database — It's Free!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.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Vietnam
Investor stats
- Total investments: 295
- Round size: Seed $694k–$6.6M; Series A $1.4M–$15M; Series B $3.6M–$47M
- Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Cosmos Lab — Cosmos Lab is a battery manufacturer.
- AD System — AD System focuses on the development, manufacturing, sales and repairing of drones and other unmanned aerial vehicles.
- Accorde Entertainment — Accorde Entertainment operates as a South Korean virtual entertainment agency.
HB Investment Inc. was founded on November 11, 1999 starting with paid-in Capital of KRW 10 billion.Since its foundation, HB Investment Inc. has been investing small and medium businesses that have the potential for steady growth and profitability and helping the invested companies to grow well by giving various consulting services. As a result,HB Investment Inc.constructed comprehensive portfolio out of various industrial areas, such as game, entertainment, as well as representative high-tech industries related to semiconductor, Internet, LCD, and a smart phone, bio, health care. In addition, HB Investment Inc. has experiences in implementing business Success-fully by organizing several partnership funds for recent years.
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- Industry: Software, Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series B, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Vietnam
Investor stats
- Total investments: 174
- Round size: Series A $1.8M–$15M; Series B $3.6M–$25M; Venture - Series Unknown $941k–$23M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% 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.
- Nventric — Nventric is a medical device company that develops core products for neurovascular, coronary heart, and peripheral vascular applications.
- Destin Power — Destin Power manufactures power conditioning products designed to improve energy management and safety. The company created the ESS system by utilizing core power electronics technology such as control technology for energy storage systems, static and dynamic grid support technology, and micro-grid inverter technology.
Shinhan Venture Investment operates as an investment company. Shinhan Venture Investment focuses on earlier-stage venture capital investments and later-stage control investments opportunities derived from the latest megatrends such as the aging population, disruptive technologies, IT convergence, alternative energy and etc.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Health Care, Biotechnology
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series B, Series A
- Geography: South Korea, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 240
- Round size: Series A $2.5M–$26M; Series B $4.5M–$45M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.7M–$78M
- Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Return Zero — AI, ASR, Diarization, Speech, ML
- Linq — We are creating ‘hyper-automated insurance platforms’ to comprehensively support underwriters and claim adjusters and to facilitate communication between insurers and reinsurers using AI and deep learning.
- Inserasolution — Inserasolution produces high-performance Fast & Fine Steering Mirrors for laser-based space optical communications and sophisticated defense systems.
we ventures is a VC industry with innovative venture capitalists, who invest in creative, honest, and outstanding entrepreneurs.
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- 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.
Bass Investment is a Investment Firm.
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- 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 — Airability is a developer for potential airline mobility solutions.
- 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.
Daedeok Venture Partners is a VC specializes in investment in a technology company.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 37
- Round size: Seed $161k–$2.1M; Series A $829k–$6.6M; Series B $3.7M–$21M
- Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% 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.
Ascendo Ventures is a Seoul, Korea-based venture capital firm that strives to be a true lifecycle partner for the fastest growing, game-changing Asian tech companies. From the moment we invest in our portfolio companies, we commit to being a long-term partner and ascend together embracing the treme
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Information Technology, Medical
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Taiwan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 42
- Round size: Seed $875k–$5M; Series A $2.8k–$7.7M; Series B $3.6M–$21M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $33M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- A.drop — A.drop is an advertising solution that effectively leverages first-party (1P) in-app data from both web and mobile app developers to deliver highly personalized and targeted marketing campaigns, driving better engagement, higher conversion rates, and improved return on investment (ROI).
- ASET — ASET is a technology-based startup developing all-solid-state, composite electrolyte membrane technology that simultaneously improves fire safety and energy density.
- Awexome Ray — Awexome Ray is a company that manufactures next-generation X-ray generator.
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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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Vietnam
Investor stats
- Total investments: 153
- Round size: Seed $74k–$1.4M; Pre-Seed $72k–$2M; Series A $1.1M–$5.1M
- Lead/follow: 47% lead, 53% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $7M in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- Group by — Group by is a recruitment platform for start-up career developer
- 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.
- Libra Health — Libra Health develops menstrual-cycle-focused sports nutrition products for female athletes.
As a responsible and long-term partner, they aim to make various constructive contributions to portfolio companies.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 132
- Round size: Series A $2.4M–$30M; Series B $5.5M–$98M; Series C $7.4M–$87M
- Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $190M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- XCENA — XCENA is a semiconductor company that develops data-centric computing systems designed for AI and large-scale data processing environments. The company builds computational memory technology that combines high-capacity pooled DDR5 memory with near-data processing capabilities, allowing computation to occur closer to where data is stored. Its coreplatform is based on the Compute Express Link (CXL) standard, which enables memory expansion beyond traditional CPU limitations while improving data movement efficiency and reducing latency in data center workloads. XCENA’s architecture is designed to support applications such as artificial intelligence workloads, vector databases, and large-scale analytics by addressing memory bandwidth and capacity constraints. The company provides a hardware-software ecosystem that includes computational memory systems and a full-stack software development kit. This SDK offers APIs, runtime tools, and drivers that allow applications to use computational memory without major changes to existing software architectures while also supporting low-level control for performance optimization.XCENA’s flagship product line includes MX1, a CXL-based computational memory solution that integrates near-data processing engines with memory infrastructure to support AI inference and data-intensive workloads. The platform is designed to improve throughput and scalability in environments where traditional memory architectures become a bottleneck. The company operates in the broader field of AI infrastructure and memory innovation, working with customers such as hyperscalers, telecom providers, and research institutions that manage large-scale computing workloads. Its solutions are intended to improve efficiency in systems handling AI, big data processing, and scientific computing.
- Solivis — Solivis is the manufacturer of solid-state batteries designed for next-generation battery packs. The company's product is used as a secondary battery for electric vehicles and has developed a wet synthesis method that can mass-produce a sulfide-based solid electrolyte with homogeneous high ionic conductivity, enabling clients to significantlyimprove productivity by reducing process costs and shortening the synthesis time.
- Cenyx Biotech — Cenyx Biotech develops diagnostic and therapeutic nano-compounds formed based on nanozymes and nanoparticles.
Innovative and Passionate Value Creating Venture Capital
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Apps, Biotechnology
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: South Korea, India, Pakistan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 32
- Round size: Series A $1.7M–$7.3M; Series B $3.7M–$27M; Venture - Series Unknown $887k–$9M
- Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Balaan — Balaan is a platform that allows you to get the latest luxury goods in just 3 days at a lower price than overseas fasting by contract with European local boutique
- Modern Toy — Modern Toy is a character toy developing company that manufactures and distributes toys for infants, girls, and boys.
- Robo Arete — Robo Arete is a completely automated and robotics enables F&B servicing company with restaurants and takeaways.
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Browse database — It's Free!Hana Securities is a subsidiary of Hana Financial Group.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Manufacturing
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
- Geography: South Korea, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 62
- Round size: Series A $2.3M–$12M; Series B $4.1M–$25M; Series C $3.4M–$21M
- Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Solivis — Solivis is the manufacturer of solid-state batteries designed for next-generation battery packs. The company's product is used as a secondary battery for electric vehicles and has developed a wet synthesis method that can mass-produce a sulfide-based solid electrolyte with homogeneous high ionic conductivity, enabling clients to significantlyimprove productivity by reducing process costs and shortening the synthesis time.
- KB-Element — KB-Element is a graphene development and production company that also turns graphene into intermediate items and novel materials.
- Autonomous a2z — Autonomous a2z is a driving mobility platform that provides autonomous driving service with judgement, control and recognition technologies.
Hyundai Investment Network Co., Ltd. provides financial advisory, and mergers and acquisitions strategy consulting services. The company offers financial advisory funding; consulting services; advisory services for ship charter and vessel acquisition; and investment services for natural resource exploration, development, and production. It alsoprovides financial product brokerage and project financing services. The company was founded in 2008 and is based in Seoul, South Korea.
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- Industry: Software, Medical, Health Care
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 53
- Round size: Seed $363k–$3.5M; Series A $1M–$7.8M; Series B $6.9M–$128M
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Diquest — diquest is a Korean enterprise search engine.
- Leecell — Leecell is a solar cell manufacturing company that produces organic and perovskite thin‑film photovoltaic cells.
- Caring — Caring is a visiting medical treatment facility that offers medical consultation.
Z Venture Capital is the venture capital arm of Z Holdings that invests in companies that focuses on the insurance and finance industry.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, South Korea, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 111
- Round size: Seed $613k–$16M; Series A $2M–$45M; Series B $3.2M–$52M
- Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $190M in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- But Beautiful — A collaborative AI workspace, built on your company context. Build and orchestrate agents right alongside your team's projects, meetings, and connected apps.
- QueryLift — QueryLift provides software that analyzes AI-generated brand visibility and monitors generative AI security risks.
- Ocean — Ocean is a technology-driven company dedicated to promoting digital transformation in the tax-free and retail shopping sectors. By developing innovative digital platforms and integrated solutions, the company streamlines tax refund processes and enhances the overall shopping experience for international travelers and retailers alike.
Base Investments operates as an investment firm.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Information Technology, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 43
- Round size: Seed $743k–$5.7M; Series A $2.2M–$9.3M; Series B $3.9M–$14M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
Portfolio highlights
- RichAlien — Rich Alien was founded with the intention of creating immersive mobile games ranging from worldwide casual social games to mid-core games based on well-known foreign animations and webtoon IPs.
- Epic Corporation — The Epic One platform services will be improved, and Epic Corporation will broaden its business sectors. First, the global bidding system in four significant Asian nations will be improved overall, coupled with an update to the AI function that determines the anticipated contract price, in order to maximize the transaction completion rate for thesale of luxury assets. Additionally, there is a plan to considerably broaden its brands and product categories, which currently include luxury watches, luggage, hypercars, and artwork.
- Paradigm Shift — Paradigm Shift is an application that focuses on improving the lives of mom's through social media.
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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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 215
- 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.
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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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 173
- Round size: Seed $200k–$4.5M; Pre-Seed $200k–$2.8M; Series A $264k–$15M
- Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% 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.
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- Airbility — Airability is a developer for potential airline mobility solutions.
Samsung Venture Investment is plays the role of driving the discovery and development of new businesses and technologies.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Software
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 145
- Round size: Seed $83k–$4.1M; Series A $1.7M–$25M; Series B $2.8M–$23M
- Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow
Portfolio highlights
- MangoBoost — Data Processing Unit (DPU) is a next-generation server accelerator designed to orchestrate various intra-server devices (e.g., CPU, GPU, SSD, NPU, NIC). By maximizing the datacenter’s overall performance and cost efficiency, DPU is now considered as the most important HW/SW solution to realize the next-generation extreme-scale AI serverinfrastructure. However, despite its critical necessity from the datacenter and AI infrastructure, there is no market-leading DPU solution which can meet the customer’s actual demand due to its HW/SW complexity and the application/model heterogeneity. MangoBoost is currently the world’s most highly recognized DPU startup located in US and Korea. We provide the world’s most advanced and flexible DPU HW/SW solutions in order to fully satisfy the needs of various customers. Our DPU HW is fully composable by integrating its rich set of DPU features to construct our customer-optimal DPUs. At the same time, our DPU SW enables to seamlessly deploy the solution to any customer environment. As a result, our DPU solutions are considered very promising to realize the next-generation AI/datacenter infrastructure, and thus they are currently evaluated at various global-leading companies. MangoBoost was founded in early 2022 to commercialize 7 year of top-tier DPU research outcomes achieved at Seoul National University (e.g., many full-system DPU prototypes, many ISCA/MICRO/ASPLOS/OSDI/ATC papers). The current team consists of 45+ system engineers including ~20 top-tier PhDs from Carnegie Mellon University, Seoul National University, POSTECH, U Toronto, and ~20 industry experts from Intel, Microsoft, Samsung, and Naver.
- AIDIN ROBOTICS — AIDIN ROBOTICS redefine interactive sensors. Advanced force/torque sensor, proximity sensor for human-robot collaboration.
- Aim Intelligence — Leading AI Security & Safety Solutions Provider - Specializing in AI Risk Detection, Mitigation, and Elimination through Advanced Red Teaming and Defensive Systems | Leading provider of AI Security, Safety, and Compliance solutions
Atinum Partners is a venture capital firm that invests in the growth stage startups in the IT, biotech, and healthcare sectors.
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- Industry: Software, Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 192
- Round size: Series A $3M–$24M; Series B $5.8M–$29M; Series C $12M–$40M
- Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $596M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Modhaus — Modhaus is a K-pop startup which aims to create the world's first open architecture entertainment ecosystem.
- 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.
- Subtle Medical — Subtle Medical is a healthcare technology company that provides AI-powered medical imaging. Its products, SubtlePET and SubtleMR, are FDA Cleared and CE Marked AI product that enhances images in PET and MR exams aimed for faster & safer workflow.The company's SubtleGAD technology is also awarded by RSNA and a $1.6M NIH SBIR Grant tofacilitate the adoption using AI to make imaging exams safer. They provide a vendor-agnostic AI infrastructure powering its products and providing service and analytics to clinical imaging providers.Subtle Medical's goal is to improve the quality, value, and accessibility of medical imaging by significantly reducing cost, imaging time, and radiation dose.
Yunmin Foundation provides start-up support, youth challenge school, and online start-up education.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: South Korea, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 62
- Round size: Seed $74k–$1.8M
- Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Semonyeo — Semonyeo is a senior lifestyle brand dedicated to enhancing the dining experience of older adults. The company designs, develops, and sells specialized tableware tailored to the unique needs of seniors, focusing on comfort, safety, and ease of use.
- Plancklab — Plancklab is a professional stereolithography company. We Provide customized 3D printing system, DLP printer, and Micro Projection Stereolithography Technology based machines.
- Namdo Market — Namdo Market is a mobile application for wholesale and retail trading services. It is a online wholesale marketplace that connects buyers with products from major Korean shopping districts. It allows users to browse and order items directly from multiple vendors in one place.
The primary responsibilities of the group are to source, qualify, and invest in technology related companies. Our major investment areas include semiconductors, materials, mobile service, internet, software, security, enterprise solutions, bio engineering & medical, while potential investment subjects range from early-stage startups to pre-IPOcompanies. Currently, the group has over $1.8B under management and invests $250M annually.Samsung Ventures was founded on October 8, 1999, and is based in Seoul, South Korea.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Manufacturing
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
- Geography: United States, South Korea, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 293
- Round size: Series A $3.9M–$40M; Series B $5.3M–$90M; Series C $11M–$148M
- Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $26M in 2009
Portfolio highlights
- Swype — Swype creates text input technology for screens. The patented interface enables users to create words with one continuous finger motion across an on-screen keyboard. This approach provides a faster and easier way to write. Swype delivers single-tap, multi-tap, predictive and "swype" motions for both stylus and finger based input.In addition, the application is designed to work across a variety of devices such as phones, tablets, game consoles, kiosks, televisions, virtual screens and more.Seattle based Swype Inc. was founded by Cliff Kushler and Randy Marsden in 2003. Cliff is the co-inventor of T9, the standard predictive text-entry solution used on almost 3 billion mobile phones worldwide. Randy is the developer of the onscreen keyboard included in Windows, with an installed base of over 500 million units
- Gimlet Labs — Gimlet Labs is an applied research lab focused on building high performance AI systems.
- PowerbyProxi — PowerbyProxi is a leader in advanced, safe, wireless power solutions for consumer electronics (CE) and industrial markets. Our advanced wireless power solutions solve mission-critical problems in demanding, hostile industrial environments. We license and sell robust, flexible wireless power and data solutions, with proven implementations rangingfrom less than one watt to multiple kilowatts. PowerbyProxi is a venture-backed company spun out of The University of Auckland—an internationally recognized leader in wireless power innovation—and holds a comprehensive portfolio of over 350 patents worldwide. For more information visit: www.powerbyproxi.com
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- Industry: Mobile Apps, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 18
- Round size: Seed $147k–$554k
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- SemiAI — SemiAI develops an agentic AI platform for semiconductor manufacturing. The company provides AI-driven solutions that analyze fabrication data, detect process issues, optimize yield, and support decision-making across production workflows, helping semiconductor manufacturers improve efficiency and production quality through intelligent automation.
- Metainnotech — Metainnotech is an innovative technology platform that provides inter-floor noise reduction solutions in apartments and complexes using AI and various algorithms.
- Moment Studio — A new tool that blends your everyday work apps into one. It's the all-in-one workspace for you and your team
The Korea Development Bank (KDB) provides long-term financing for projects designed to assist Koreaâ€:tm:s economic growth and development. It offers equipment capital loans and working capital loans to Korean private enterprises that undertake major industrial projects. The bank also extends guarantees to its clients to facilitate their otherborrowings and to finance major industrial projects. KDB guarantees Won-denominated corporate debentures, local currency loans, and other Won liabilities and foreign currency loans from domestic and overseas Korean financial institutions and from foreign institutions. The bankâ€:tm:s other activities include engagement in a range of industrial development activities, including conducting economic and industrial research; performing engineering surveys; providing business analyses and managerial assistance; and offering trust services. As of June 30, 2007, KDB had 40 local branches, 6 overseas branches, and 2 overseas offices. The bank was founded in 1954 and is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology
- Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 388
- Round size: Series A $1.9M–$26M; Series B $4.7M–$31M; Series C $7.1M–$51M
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Nexeon — Nexeon is a world leader in engineered silicon materials for battery applications. Its Li-ion battery anode technology uses silicon instead of graphite.
- Turing — Reinvent Education with Technology
- AD System — AD System focuses on the development, manufacturing, sales and repairing of drones and other unmanned aerial vehicles.
AI Angel Club is an angel investment club that specializes in seed investment in the medical and bio healthcare field.
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- Industry: Health Care, Medical, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 57
- Round size: Seed $87k–$894k; Angel $74k–$104k; Series A $1.1M–$5.8M
- Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
Portfolio highlights
- GREENDA — GREENDA is a bio-aviation oil and gas raw material manufacturing company.
- Salm Clinic — Salm Clinic is a specialized digital healthcare platform that provides comprehensive psychological testing services, offering accessible mental health assessments, personalized evaluations, and technology-driven support for individuals seeking psychological insights and care.
- Plantner — PLANTNER develops environmentally friendly polymers that utilizes the controlled-release characteristics of alginate, a polymer derived from seaweed, along with natural controlled-release fertilizers to substitute current chemical products. Concurrently, the company is engaged in research and development as well as local field trials in Korea andVietnam. These innovations are directly aimed at promoting low-input sustainable agriculture. The organization is committed to tackling the unsustainable practices prevalent in conventional agriculture through the use of slow-release fertilizers, aspiring to foster eco-friendly advancements rooted in natural materials, beginning with agriculture, which is the cornerstone of the industry. In traditional agricultural settings, the significant loss of chemical fertilizers has resulted in nutrient depletion, leading to soil degradation issues such as acidification. This reduction in soil productivity compels farmers to resort to even greater quantities of chemicals to enhance yields, thereby perpetuating a detrimental cycle of increasing overuse. As a response, coated slow-release fertilizers have been introduced; however, their synthetic polymer coatings have contributed to the buildup of microplastics in the soil, harming the habitats of beneficial microorganisms and generating additional environmental challenges. To mitigate these concerns, ongoing research and development efforts are focused on substituting the conventional coating materials of slow-release fertilizers which are responsible for environmental issues like residual microplastics with alginate, a biodegradable polymer sourced from seaweed.
Incorporated in 2015, Kakao Investment is a 100% subsidiary of Kakao which specializes in venture capital investments.Based on Kakao’s philosophy of “Connect Everything”, Kakao Investment seeks to invest and support innovative start-ups that can realize interpersonal connection and the connection of all of us to the things around us. Also KakaoInvestment strives to foster a virtuous circle with in the venture environment by facilitating M&As and IPOs.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 55
- Round size: Seed $743k–$20M; Series A $1.8M–$12M
- Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
Portfolio highlights
- RLWRLD — RLWRLD specializes in "Physical AI" by creating robotics foundation models (RFMs) designed to enable robots to function autonomously in real-world environments.
- Tommoro Robotics — Tommoro Robotics is an AI robotics company spun out from Seoul National University, developing Robot Foundation Models (RFM) for humanoid robots. It builds the HABILIS platform enabling robots to understand language, perceive environments, and perform tasks autonomously. The company focuses on Physical AI, aiming to create scalable humanoidworkforce solutions for real-world industrial and service applications.
- Adrock Adverttainment — Adrock Adverttainment is a mobile application for drivers' license test.
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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- 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 is a sound AI specialized in the unmanned surveillance industry. It also develops AI voice analysis technology designed to analyze non-verbal sounds and extract information. They serve city surveillance, infrastructure, military, rail, air, and port systems.
- 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.
Kaist Venture Investment Holdings is a startup company that invests in startups that solve social problems through innovative technologies. They invest in businesses that maximize synergy by pursuing both social and financial values at the same time. It focuses on five sectors including health, environment, education, elimination of inequality, andsocial infrastructure. Kaist Venture Investment Holdings was founded on October 31, 2014, and is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.
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- Industry: Health Care, Information Technology, Medical
- Stage:Seed, Grant, Angel
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 47
- Round size: Seed $162k–$1.5M; Grant $7k–$1.3M
- Lead/follow: 51% lead, 49% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Metealth — Metealth is a company that provides simple, non-invasive genetic testing and personalized healthcare solutions using fingernails. It focuses on pain-free genetic testing and health monitoring by extracting high-quality DNA from 0.05g of fingernails rather than blood or saliva.
- SnapScale — SnapScale develops an ontology-driven, agentic AI platform designed to automate FEED-EPC design and document verification processes for the plant engineering industry. Operating entirely on-premise to protect proprietary data, the system utilizes specialized engineering knowledge graphs to autonomously modify CAD drawings, execute hydrauliccalculations, and verify cross-document consistency. This approach eliminates structural data mismatches and slashes engineering verification cycles from weeks to a single day, preventing costly project delivery penalties.
- K-Work Partners — K-Work Partners provide comprehensive living support services essential to foreign workers in Korea.
POSTECH Venture Capital Corporation(POSTECH VC) was founded and financed by POSCO to participate in SME(small and medium enterprise) Revitalization Policy in 1997 for the National Economy Restoration.We seek investment opportunities in diverse markets including Information Technologies, Advanced Materials, Bio Technologies, Renewable Energy,and Life Sciences.And we are to accelerate the commercialization of the valuable technologies from POSTECH(Pohang University of Science and Technology), RIST(Research institute of Industrial Science and Technology), and other institutes in Korea. More than 200 professors in POSTECH help POSTECH VC evaluate the technologiesPOSTECH VC is comprised of a team consisted of experienced venture capitalists who has previous experiences in successful startups, consulting firms, and executive management.We are currently investing from our several funds and manage over 60 billion Won.Our recent primary investment focus is on high growth opportunities in renewable energy such as bio-diesel and photovoltaic technologies.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 41
- Round size: Series A $344k–$7.2M; Series B $3.2M–$44M
- Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow
Portfolio highlights
- TESOLLO — TESOLLO develops multi-joint robotic grippers and robotic hands for precise grasping and manipulation in industrial automation, humanoid robotics, and research.
- Reset Company — Reset Company specializes in building sustainable energy production and resource circulation ecosystems.
- NaraSpace Technology — NaraSpace Technology specializes in the design, development, integration, and testing of CubeSats and small space systems.
We are privileged to invest on behalf of institutional investors, most with charitable, educational, or non-profit missions. Serving entrepreneurs is a calling for us, and we look to partner with companies with an equally strong sense of purpose.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 404
- Round size: Series A $2.1M–$27M; Series B $4.2M–$35M; Series C $5.2M–$57M
- Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $350M in 2026
Portfolio highlights
- Soraban — The cloud-based platform modernizing and automating menial work for tax firms.
- PureSpace — PureSpace has developed a novel technology in extending shelf-life of fresh products that is applicable to all types of produce along the supply chain. Grocery stores and road transportation is a major application for shelf-life extension.
- Branders.com — Branders.com sells instantly customizable promotional items suchs as pens, hats, magnets, etc for marketing, sales, and event planning. They provide a single source to locate, design, order, and track promotional items online. Branders.com experience also offers you the following benefits to help you with your purchase: - Provides aone-stop shop for customizing merchandise - Aids in product selection with advanced, custom search and recommendation services - Allows you to customize and decorate your own products online and in real-time - Reduces fulfillment activities - Improves corporate identity management
Murex Partners is a VC firm specializing in thesis-driven investing.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 102
- Round size: Seed $1.7M–$16M; Series A $2.2M–$11M; Series B $3M–$17M
- Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- Tynapse — Secure your AI's decisions and actions in real-time. Tynapse provides the fastest intervention and legal-grade evidence required for high-stakes business.
- 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.
- Medifab — Medifab is a bio-healthcare center that offers 3D system testing, measurement analysis, and OEM service.
Korea Investment & Securities is a financial investment company that offers brokerage, asset management, and investment banking services.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Software, Health Care
- Stage:Series B, Series C, Series A
- Geography: South Korea, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 78
- Round size: Series A $2.2M–$13M; Series B $1.4M–$25M; Series C $4.5M–$45M
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Galux — Galux provides molecular design technology focusing on discovering and developing novel drugs for incurable and rare diseases using its AI-based drug design platform technologies.
- Coinone — Coinone is the cryptocurrency exchanges. Under the vision to ‘Bring Blockchain into the World,’ they aspires to lead the new world of finance through blockchain technology. They currently operates the third largest exchange. They prioritizes the protection of clients’ assets and is dedicated to providing the most secure investing environment.
- FairSquare Labs — Disrupting Trad-Fi And Accelerating The Arrival Of Web3
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