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Top 50 Consumer Startup Investors in South Korea (September 2026)

The most active venture capital funds and angel investors investing in South Korea Consumer startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in South Korea Consumer startup companies. Find investors to raise a Seed, Series A or Series B round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
Korea Credit Guarantee Fund
VC Fund
36 South Korea, United States, China Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software $198k–$15M
Strong Ventures
VC Fund
36 South Korea, United States, Poland Seed, Series A, Series B E-Commerce, Software, Health Care $135k–$26M
Kakao Ventures
VC Fund
28 South Korea, United States, Indonesia Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $297k–$27M
KB Investment
VC Fund
27 South Korea, United States, Vietnam Series A, Seed, Series B Software, Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology $737k–$39M
Korea Investment Partners
VC Fund
24 South Korea, United States, China Series A, Series B, Seed Biotechnology, Health Care, Information Technology $973k–$50M
Mashup Ventures
VC Fund
21 South Korea, United States, Indonesia Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $100k–$3.2M
Smilegate Investment
VC Fund
21 South Korea, United States, Vietnam Series B, Series A, Seed Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care $694k–$47M
Industrial Bank of Korea
VC Fund
21 South Korea, United States, China Series A, Series B, Seed Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $166k–$28M
InfoBank
VC Fund
20 South Korea, South Africa, United States Seed, Series A, Series B Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software $85k–$16M
Mirae Asset Venture Investment
VC Fund
20 South Korea, United States, India Series A, Series B, Seed Software, Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology $594k–$52M
Korea Development Bank
VC Fund
19 South Korea, United States, China Series B, Series A, Series C Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $1.9M–$51M
Capstone Partners
VC Fund
18 South Korea, United States, India Series A, Seed, Series B Software, Mobile, Gaming $223k–$17M
Hana Ventures
VC Fund
16 South Korea, United States, Indonesia Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care $273k–$13M
SBI Investment Korea
VC Fund
15 South Korea, United States, Japan Series A, Series B, Series C Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence $2.7M–$38M
Big Basin Capital
VC Fund
14 South Korea, United States, Singapore Seed, Series A, Series B E-Commerce, Software, Apps $448k–$11M
DSC Investment
VC Fund
14 South Korea, United States, Israel Series A, Series B, Seed Artificial Intelligence, Health Care, Biotechnology $594k–$54M
IMM Investment
VC Fund
14 South Korea, United States, Japan Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Series B Biotechnology, Health Care, Software $1.3M–$78M
Bass Investment
VC Fund
14 South Korea, United States, Singapore Seed, Series A, Series B Artificial Intelligence, Software, E-Commerce $414k–$15M
LB Investment
VC Fund
13 South Korea, United States, China Series B, Series A, Series C Health Care, E-Commerce, Software $2.5M–$71M
Altos Ventures
VC Fund
13 South Korea, United States, Canada Series A, Series B, Series C Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services $2.2M–$57M
TheVentures
VC Fund
13 South Korea, United States, Vietnam Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $72k–$5.1M
Sazze Partners
VC Fund
13 South Korea, United States, Japan Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $200k–$15M
Kolon Investment
VC Fund
13 South Korea, India, Indonesia Series A, Series B Biotechnology, Software, Information Technology $2.4M–$24M
Atinum Partners
VC Fund
12 South Korea, United States, Singapore Series A, Series B, Series C Software, Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence $3M–$40M
Shinhan Capital
VC Fund
11 South Korea, United States, India Series A, Seed, Series B Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce $424k–$20M
Center for Creative Economy and Innovation
VC Fund
11 South Korea Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Health Care, Manufacturing, Information Technology $27k–$2.5M
Enlight Ventures
VC Fund
11 South Korea, Indonesia, United States Seed, Series A, Series B Manufacturing, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $94k–$20M
Naver
VC Fund
10 South Korea, United States, Indonesia Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce $45k–$39M
Lotte Ventures
VC Fund
10 South Korea, United States, China Seed, Series A Information Technology, Software, Manufacturing
Daekyo Investment
VC Fund
9 South Korea, United States, Hong Kong Series A, Seed, Series B Software, Mobile Apps, Education $584k–$17M
We Ventures
VC Fund
9 South Korea, United States, Singapore Series A, Seed, Series B Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $729k–$19M
IBK Capital
VC Fund
9 South Korea, United States, India Series A, Seed, Series B Health Care, Biotechnology, Information Technology $436k–$17M
Korea Technology Finance Corporation
VC Fund
9 South Korea, Russian Federation Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Manufacturing, Medical $383k–$15M
KDB Capital
VC Fund
9 South Korea, United States, India Series A, Series B, Seed Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $500k–$39M
MYSC
VC Fund
9 South Korea, China, France Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Food and Beverage, Health Care, E-Commerce
Company K Partners
VC Fund
8 South Korea, United States, Singapore Series A, Venture - Series Unknown, Series B Biotechnology, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence $2.5M–$42M
Wadiz
VC Fund
8 South Korea Seed, Series A, Equity Crowdfunding E-Commerce, Retail, Sales $1.3k–$3.7M
KOSME
VC Fund
8 South Korea, United States Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Manufacturing, Health Care, E-Commerce $84k–$43M
Shinhan Venture Investment
VC Fund
8 South Korea, United States, India Venture - Series Unknown, Series B, Series A Manufacturing, Health Care, Biotechnology $1.7M–$78M
Devsisters Ventures
VC Fund
8 South Korea, United States, Russian Federation Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Seed Software, Biotechnology, Gaming $441k–$11M
Fast Ventures
VC Fund
7 South Korea, Hungary, United States Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Health Care, Apps, Software $418k–$7.5M
AMOREPACIFIC
VC Fund
7 South Korea Series A, Corporate Round, Seed Cosmetics, Beauty, E-Commerce $1.2M–$14M
Korea Science and Technology Holdings
VC Fund
7 South Korea Seed, Series A, Angel Manufacturing, Software, Information Technology $253k–$8.2M
STIC Ventures
VC Fund
7 South Korea, United States, Vietnam Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Series B Biotechnology, Software, Information Technology $2M–$47M
Antler
VC Fund
7 Singapore, Australia, United Kingdom Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $100k–$29M
Stone Bridge Ventures
VC Fund
7 South Korea, United States, South Africa Series A, Seed, Series B Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology $1.6M–$22M
SV Investment Corp
VC Fund
7 South Korea, United States, China Series A, Series B, Seed Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $1.2M–$60M
Yoonmin Foundation
VC Fund
7 South Korea, United States Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel Software, Information Technology, Apps $74k–$1.8M
Translink Investment
VC Fund
7 South Korea, United States, Singapore Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology $150k–$14M
TBT
VC Fund
7 South Korea, United States Series A, Seed, Series B Software, Information Technology, Health Care $678k–$18M
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Korea Credit Guarantee Fund
VC Fund · Daegu, Taegu-jikhalsi, South Korea · 36 investments in South Korea Consumer 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, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, China

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 344
  • Round size: Seed $198k–$2.9M; Series A $881k–$7.8M; Venture - Series Unknown $884k–$15M
  • Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Locuskorea — Locuskorea is an early-stage firm that focuses on local distribution and logistics businesses.
  • 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.
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Strong Ventures
VC Fund · Los Angeles, California, United States · 36 investments in South Korea Consumer startups, 17 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: 382
  • 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.
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Kakao Ventures
VC Fund · Seongnam, Kyonggi-do, South Korea · 28 investments in South Korea Consumer 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: 403
  • Round size: Seed $297k–$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

  • Kids Note — KidsNote (키즈노트) is a Korean childcare-based web and mobile application that connects teachers with parents. Established in 2012, KidsNote enables parents to get notified of announcements made by teachers.
  • 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.
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KB Investment
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 27 investments in South Korea Consumer startups

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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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 437
  • Round size: Seed $737k–$7.2M; Series A $2.5M–$36M; Series B $5.2M–$39M
  • Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
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Korea Investment Partners
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 24 investments in South Korea Consumer 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), 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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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 532
  • 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.
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Mashup Ventures
VC Fund · Seongnam, Kyonggi-do, South Korea · 21 investments in South Korea Consumer startups

Mashup Ventures invests in early-stage startups and supports startups to grow quickly through a network of founders.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 170
  • Round size: Seed $150k–$1.7M; Pre-Seed $100k–$3.2M
  • Lead/follow: 49% lead, 51% 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.
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Smilegate Investment
VC Fund · Seongnam, Kyonggi-do, South Korea · 21 investments in South Korea Consumer startups, 33 in the past 12 months

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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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 294
  • Round size: Seed $694k–$6.6M; Series A $1.3M–$16M; Series B $3.6M–$47M
  • Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Cosmos Lab — Cosmos Lab is a battery manufacturer.
  • 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.
  • Accorde Entertainment — Accorde Entertainment operates as a South Korean virtual entertainment agency.
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Industrial Bank of Korea
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 21 investments in South Korea Consumer 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 makingevery effort to enhance its competitiveness, achieve balanced growth and strengthen its global presence.The Bank employs around 10,000 staff and operates a distribution network of 612 branches including 12 overseas branches. Providing complementary services, the Bank also operates several subsidiaries: IBK Capital Corporation, IBK-SG Asset Management, IBK System Co., Ltd., and IBK Credit Information Corporation. In 2008, IBK Investment & Securities was launched, focused on meeting the needs of SME customers for services such as IPOs and M&As. Moreover, strategic alliance with Korea Investment Holdings enhances product competitiveness and affiliation with the National Post Office promoting easy customer access to IBK banking services.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 314
  • 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.
  • Gadget Korea — Gadget korea offers data roaming services.
  • Raion Robotics — Raion Robotics manufactures walking robots for industrial applications and offers prospects in potential industries such as defense, construction, and logistics.
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InfoBank
VC Fund · Gyeongju, Kyongsang-bukto, South Korea · 20 investments in South Korea Consumer 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, SouthKorea.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 163
  • 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.
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Mirae Asset Venture Investment
VC Fund · Seongnam, Kyonggi-do, South Korea · 20 investments in South Korea Consumer startups

Mirae Asset Venture Investment invests in specialized enterprises and provides technology, funding and management consulting.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 338
  • Round size: Seed $594k–$14M; Series A $2M–$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.
  • 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.
  • Medifab — Medifab is a bio-healthcare center that offers 3D system testing, measurement analysis, and OEM service.
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Korea Development Bank
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 19 investments in South Korea Consumer startups

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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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 386
  • Round size: Series A $1.9M–$26M; Series B $4.7M–$31M; Series C $7.2M–$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
  • 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
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Capstone Partners
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 18 investments in South Korea Consumer startups, 6 in the past 12 months

Capstone Partners is a venture capital firm that invests in entrepreneurs seeking success with fresh ideas.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Mobile, Gaming
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 303
  • Round size: Seed $223k–$3.1M; Series A $371k–$11M; Series B $886k–$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
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Hana Ventures
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 16 investments in South Korea Consumer startups

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

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Investment focus

  • 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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SBI Investment Korea
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 15 investments in South Korea Consumer startups, 8 in the past 12 months

SBI Investment Co., Ltd. has established itself as a true partner of the Republic of Korea venture business development in the past 28 years as a venture capital concept introduced first in Korea in 1986 was even unfamiliar concept of 'venture'. SBI Investment Co., Ltd. is a direct excavation domestic / other promising venturesinvestment as well as domestic / external funding attracted through cooperation with institutional investors and technology, marketing, public offering (IPO), the law, adhere to the role which has been providing comprehensive services such as Value-up tax.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 117
  • Round size: Series A $2.7M–$15M; Series B $4.5M–$32M; Series C $8.5M–$38M
  • Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow

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.
  • Automata — Automata builds ontology-driven enterprise systems that execute. Zenith verifies decisions, grades knowledge, and turns institutional memory into software you can run.
  • Cenyx Biotech — Cenyx Biotech develops diagnostic and therapeutic nano-compounds formed based on nanozymes and nanoparticles.
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Big Basin Capital
VC Fund · Cupertino, California, United States · 14 investments in South Korea Consumer 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: 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.
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DSC Investment
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 14 investments in South Korea Consumer startups, 12 in the past 12 months

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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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 258
  • Round size: Seed $594k–$9.1M; Series A $1.6M–$17M; Series B $4.8M–$54M
  • Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% 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.
  • MID — MID specializes in the development, testing, and production of space-related components.
  • CarbonSix — CarbonSix delivers cutting-edge robotics automation for manufacturing, combining Six-Sigma robot dexterity and intelligence to transform industrial operations worldwide.
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IMM Investment
VC Fund · Kangnam, Cholla-namdo, South Korea · 14 investments in South Korea Consumer startups, 19 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: 317
  • Round size: Series A $2.8M–$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

  • N.Light — N.Light is a Metaverse 3D design software that allows individuals to effortlessly turn their ideas into reality.
  • 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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Bass Investment
VC Fund · Seocho, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 14 investments in South Korea Consumer startups

Bass Investment is a Investment Firm.

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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 — 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.
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LB Investment
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 13 investments in South Korea Consumer startups, 13 in the past 12 months

LB Investment is one of the top VCs in Korea. LB invests in diverse industries ranging from Technology and Contents to Bio and healthcare

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 172
  • Round size: Series A $2.5M–$38M; Series B $6.4M–$45M; Series C $7.8M–$71M
  • Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • CarbonSix — CarbonSix delivers cutting-edge robotics automation for manufacturing, combining Six-Sigma robot dexterity and intelligence to transform industrial operations worldwide.
  • 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.
  • Point2 Technology — We Develop Innovative, Ultra-Low Power Connectivity SoCs Point2 Technology cloud-optimized range of high-speed SoCs and reference design platforms accelerate deployment of next generation data centers and 5G infrastructure.
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Altos Ventures
VC Fund · Menlo Park, California, United States · 13 investments in South Korea Consumer startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 392
  • Round size: Series A $2.2M–$27M; Series B $4.3M–$33M; Series C $5.2M–$57M
  • Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% 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
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TheVentures
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 13 investments in South Korea Consumer 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: 152
  • Round size: Seed $73k–$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

  • ObliView — Oblivieu oversees the entire production process and plans running and gym attire immediately.
  • 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.
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Sazze Partners
VC Fund · San Jose, California, United States · 13 investments in South Korea Consumer startups, 10 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, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 170
  • Round size: Seed $226k–$4.5M; Pre-Seed $200k–$2.8M; Series A $264k–$15M
  • Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $127M in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • Acro — Main - ACRO
  • Airbility — Airability is a developer for potential airline mobility solutions.
  • Upstage — Upstage AI develops artificial intelligence technologies focused on large language models and document processing systems designed to support enterprise workflows. Its platform includes tools that convert unstructured data such as PDFs, scans, and emails into structured, machine-readable formats, enabling downstream analysis and automation. Thecompany also provides models like its Solar LLM, which are optimized for tasks such as text generation, information extraction, and question answering within business environments. Its solutions are applied across industries including finance, healthcare, insurance, and manufacturing to handle tasks like document parsing, data extraction, and workflow automation. Additionally, its services can be deployed through APIs, cloud environments, or on-premise systems to integrate with existing enterprise infrastructure.
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Kolon Investment
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 13 investments in South Korea Consumer startups, 14 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, Information Technology
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: South Korea, India, Indonesia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 123
  • Round size: 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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Atinum Partners
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 12 investments in South Korea Consumer startups

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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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 191
  • Round size: Series A $3M–$24M; Series B $5.8M–$29M; Series C $12M–$40M
  • Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% 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.
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Shinhan Capital
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 11 investments in South Korea Consumer 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: 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.
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Center for Creative Economy and Innovation
VC Fund · Daegu, Taegu-jikhalsi, South Korea · 11 investments in South Korea Consumer 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 — Cloud Stone provides delivery services for college students.
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Enlight Ventures
VC Fund · 11 investments in South Korea Consumer startups, 9 in the past 12 months

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 106
  • Round size: Seed $94k–$3.3M; Series A $1.8M–$14M; Series B $2.7M–$20M
  • Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% 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.
  • Aigencore — Aigencore is a specialized, advanced technology company focused on tritium solutions, nuclear fusion fuel cycles, and tritium-applied industrial products.
  • Stress Solution — Based on unique medical and scientific information and ECG waveforms, Stress Solution creates sound that regulates and initiates the equilibrium of the autonomic nervous system. Currently, Healing Bit is utilizing wearable technology to detect stress in real time. Through this, an autonomous feedback system that uses artificial intelligence topredict individual stress level situations and take preventative measures is being developed.
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Naver
VC Fund · Seongnam, Kyonggi-do, South Korea · 10 investments in South Korea Consumer startups, 9 in the past 12 months

Naver operates as a search engine and e-commerce platform providing fintech, digital content, and cloud services.The company introduces innovative search services such as ‘Comprehensive Search,’ ‘Knowledge iN,’ and ‘Real-time Rising Keyword.' It also offers UGC services such as Blog and Cafe; Junior Naver, a children’s portal; Happybean, anonline donation portal. NAVER launched its Webtoon service in June 2004 and has pioneered the distribution and consumption of webtoons, also known as digital comics. In addition, NAVER also offers services for the global market, including the mobile messenger LINE through LINE Corporation, NAVER’s subsidiary; the video messenger Snow; and the group communication service BAND.NAVER is also involved in software development and distribution; performances and exhibitions business; mobile content development and distribution; search advertising; internet commerce and customer service business; the operation and security services of IT infrastructure; operating online shopping services, and mobile applications marketing.Lee Hae-Jin and Lee Joon-ho headquartered the company in Seongnam, Kyonggi-do, South Korea in 1999.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 132
  • Round size: Seed $45k–$3.9M; Series A $3.1M–$20M; Series B $2.8M–$39M
  • Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • UVify — UVify is designer and manufacturer of swarm drones and autonomous drones for research, industrial, and drone light shows.
  • PROMEDIUS — We are on a mission to redefine the way we age.
  • Panthalassa — We're harnessing renewable energy in the open ocean and delivering it around the world. Engineered in Portland, Oregon.
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Lotte Ventures
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 10 investments in South Korea Consumer startups

Lotte Ventures is a venture capital firm that is based in South Korea.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 116
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Sugarblade — Sugarblade is a non-destructive test-based used golf goods certification and trading platform.
  • SpaceVision — Space Vision is an artificial intelligence-powered digital advertising platform.
  • City Storage — City Storage is a side dish platform that produces and sells salads, soups, and pickles.
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Daekyo Investment
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 9 investments in South Korea Consumer 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: 71
  • Round size: Seed $712k–$13M; Series A $1.7M–$9.8M; Series B $584k–$17M
  • Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • MOAIS — MOAIS develops a smartphone AI solution that analyzes golf swing problem and offers a lesson solution. It is an on-device AI optimized for smart phones, has a video pose estimation, video segmentation, video classification, video object detection, and image processing of golf swing video.
  • Redrob — McKinley & Rice is a software development and outsourcing company.
  • Inserasolution — Inserasolution produces high-performance Fast & Fine Steering Mirrors for laser-based space optical communications and sophisticated defense systems.
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We Ventures
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 9 investments in South Korea Consumer 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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IBK Capital
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 9 investments in South Korea Consumer startups, 15 in the past 12 months

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: 119
  • Round size: Seed $436k–$4M; Series A $1.5M–$11M; Series B $3M–$17M
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • BEYLESS — BEYLESS is an embedded platform for autonomous driving.
  • 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.
  • Kitronyx — Tactile Pressure Distribution System
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Korea Technology Finance Corporation
VC Fund · Busan, Pusan-jikhalsi, South Korea · 9 investments in South Korea Consumer startups, 8 in the past 12 months

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Manufacturing, Medical
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: South Korea, Russian Federation

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 92
  • Round size: Seed $383k–$4.1M; Series A $1.8M–$8.4M; Series B $1.2M–$15M
  • Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Leecell — Leecell is a solar cell manufacturing company that produces organic and perovskite thin‑film photovoltaic cells.
  • Intergravity — Intergravity is a company that is developing orbital transportation technologies to support the future of in-space activity. Intergravity is to enable a space environment in which mobility, service, and logistics are seamlessly integrated, creating the framework for long-term operations beyond Earth.
  • Unmanned Exploration Laboratory — Unmanned Exploration Laboratory manufactures multirotor drones, fixed-wing aircraft, and unmanned vehicles for space exploration.
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KDB Capital
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 9 investments in South Korea Consumer startups, 8 in the past 12 months

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 124
  • Round size: Seed $500k–$15M; Series A $1.8M–$15M; Series B $5.9M–$39M
  • Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Unastella — Unastella is an aerospace company developing human spaceflight technologies, including launch vehicles and suborbital tourism systems. The company focuses on advancing reusable rocket technology and future space travel infrastructure for civilian space exploration missions. Unastella aims to support the growth of private human spaceflight andnext-generation aerospace innovation.
  • Asteromorph — We are an AI for Science lab in Seoul. Our mission is to accelerate scientific advancements through the pursuit of superintelligence.
  • Coxwave — Coxwave provides product analytics and observability for AI applications. The Skylight platform instruments LLM prompts, responses, context, and user interactions via SDKs and ingestion APIs. It aggregates metrics such as quality, latency, token usage, and cost, and presents dashboards to monitor trends and detect regressions. Teams use it tocollect human feedback, build evaluation datasets, and compare prompt or model variants before and after releases. Tracing links events across sessions and workflows, helping correlate outcomes with inputs and application state. Integrations connect to common LLM providers, orchestration frameworks, and data pipelines, allowing data to flow into existing analytics stacks and workflows.
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MYSC
VC Fund · Seongdong, Kyonggi-do, South Korea · 9 investments in South Korea Consumer 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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Company K Partners
VC Fund · Ilsangu, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 8 investments in South Korea Consumer startups, 17 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 isbased 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: 235
  • Round size: Series A $2.5M–$17M; Series B $5.1M–$42M; Venture - Series Unknown $3.1M–$30M
  • Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • StepLab — StepLab is a microsatellite systems company specializing in space mechanism technology, developing innovative satellite platforms and advanced aerospace solutions that support efficient satellite deployment, in-orbit operations, and a wide range of commercial and scientific space missions.
  • 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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Wadiz
VC Fund · Bundangdong, Kyonggi-do, South Korea · 8 investments in South Korea Consumer 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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KOSME
VC Fund · Jinju, Kyongsang-namdo, South Korea · 8 investments in South Korea Consumer startups

KOSME specializes in providing youth entrepreneurship services. It offers support for all the stages of the startup lifecycle. it has contents that major programs, entrepreneurship education, practical education for startups, multiple coaching systems focusing on practical business. additional, follow-up supports for graduate companies forovercoming the Death Vally and innovation growth.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Manufacturing, Health Care, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: South Korea, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 52
  • Round size: Seed $84k–$2.4M; Series A $886k–$43M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.7M–$4M
  • Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • VivaLabs — VivaLabs is a health tech company that analyzes senior health data with AI technology and implements a personalized exercise prescription system to provide scientific strength training programs.
  • Dfinite Inc. — DARVIS 2.0 is an AI-powered data operations platform designed to streamline, automate, and optimize the entire data lifecycle, leveraging advanced machine learning, intelligent analytics, and workflow automation to help enterprises manage, interpret, and act on complex data efficiently, enabling faster decision-making and improved operationalperformance.
  • Unmanned Exploration Laboratory — Unmanned Exploration Laboratory manufactures multirotor drones, fixed-wing aircraft, and unmanned vehicles for space exploration.
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Shinhan Venture Investment
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 8 investments in South Korea Consumer startups

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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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 238
  • 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.
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Devsisters Ventures
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 8 investments in South Korea Consumer 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 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.
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Fast Ventures
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 7 investments in South Korea Consumer startups

Fast Ventures is a venture capital investment firm.

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Investment focus

  • 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.
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AMOREPACIFIC
VC Fund · Yongsan, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 7 investments in South Korea Consumer 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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Korea Science and Technology Holdings
VC Fund · Daejeon, Taejon-jikhalsi, South Korea · 7 investments in South Korea Consumer startups

Korea Science and Technology Holdings specializes in technology commercialization services by government-funded research institutes.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Manufacturing, Software, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 30
  • Round size: Seed $253k–$4.7M; Series A $1.4M–$8.2M
  • Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Linsol — Linsol develops life-saving and environmental detection solutions based on defense-derived search and detection technology.
  • OASYS STUDIO — ​OASYS STUDIO is a cloud-native visual effects company that integrates VFX pipeline services and production within a cloud environment. They offer scalable and efficient production solutions, fostering stable collaboration structures for clients.
  • Thermoeye — Thermoeye provides thermal imaging systems utilizing temperature analysis technology.
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STIC Ventures
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 7 investments in South Korea Consumer startups

STIC Ventures invests in small and mid-sized venture companies with core technologies and new business models.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Software, Information Technology
  • Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, Vietnam

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 158
  • Round size: Series A $2M–$44M; Series B $8.8M–$47M; Venture - Series Unknown $3.7M–$17M
  • Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $172M in 2013

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.
  • CYTUR — CYTUR is a leader in ship cyber security, support to shipowner and shipbuilder protect their smart-ships against cyber-attacks.
  • Pebble Square — Pebble Square's new Processing-In-Memory (PIM) architecture is a significant advancement for AI performance and power efficiency.
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Antler
VC Fund · Singapore, Central Region, Singapore · 7 investments in South Korea Consumer startups

Build your next company with Antler, a global day zero investor enabling exceptional founders to start great companies, from the very beginning. Apply now!

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Singapore, Australia, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2377
  • Round size: Seed $158k–$4.5M; Pre-Seed $100k–$590k; Series A $4.1M–$29M
  • Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $7.5M in 2026

Portfolio highlights

  • Two — Buy Now, Pay Later for your business customers. Two makes it easy and safe to offer invoice as a payment method on your e-commerce site.
  • Forti Foods — The mission of Forti Foods is to enhance communities and change lives beyond the plate by fostering resilience and dignity via sustainable food innovation.
  • Neighbourhood — Neighbourhood transform unused spaces in restaurants, hotels and residences, into local hubs for co-working, creating and collaborating.
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Stone Bridge Ventures
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 7 investments in South Korea Consumer startups

Stone Bridge Ventures invests in entrepreneurs with bold ideas that improve and expand people's lives, industries, and markets. They provide professional assistance and a network of contacts geared towards businesses in order to help them expand.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 99
  • Round size: Seed $1.6M–$9.7M; Series A $2.5M–$18M; Series B $2.7M–$22M
  • Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $138M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Nums AI — Nums AI is a single foundation model that predicts across commerce, healthcare, finance, manufacturing, and defense.
  • Airbility — Airability is a developer for potential airline mobility solutions.
  • Amber Road — Amber Road is the creator of an operation management-focused data analysis program. By analyzing the data based on the input data, the company's platform generates a customized AI model and business insight report that requires the input of manufacturing process data.
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SV Investment Corp
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 7 investments in South Korea Consumer startups, 14 in the past 12 months

SV Investment Corp is a venture capital firm that provides companies with finance, strategic advice and information at critical stages of their development.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 112
  • Round size: Seed $1.2M–$31M; Series A $2.8M–$36M; Series B $7.5M–$60M
  • Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • 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.
  • 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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Yoonmin Foundation
VC Fund · Seocho, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 7 investments in South Korea Consumer startups

Yunmin Foundation provides start-up support, youth challenge school, and online start-up education.

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Investment focus

  • 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.
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TBT
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 7 investments in South Korea Consumer 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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Consumer Investor funding in South Korea at a glance

Stats across 1.9k deals from 1.1k investors.

1.1k
investors
in South Korea Consumer startups
1.9k
deals
in South Korea Consumer startups
$2.5M
median round
in South Korea Consumer startups
40%
lead investors
lead at least one round
39%
Seed
most common funding stage
97/3
VC / Angel
share of investor count

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