Top 50 Consumer Startup Investors in South Korea in May 2026
Top 50 Consumer Startup Investors in South Korea in May 2026
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- Artificial Intelligence, Software, Manufacturing
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- South Korea, United States
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- Crosshub — Crosshub is a fast-growing blockchain-based company focused on next-generation identity authentication and global payment solutions, gaining attention as a key deep-tech fintech player in the domestic market.
- Unit Lab — "Unitlab is an innovative company that offers a comprehensive, integrated platform for modular architecture, streamlining every stage of the building process—from initial planning and design to final construction.
- 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.
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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- E-Commerce, Software, Health Care
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- South Korea, United States, Poland
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- Pay Months — Korean Buy Now Pay Later(BNPL) fintech startup that solves financing problems in e-Commerce
- Unastella — Unastella operates its own launch vehicles to provide human space travel platform services.
- UModeler — UModeler is a Unity3D editor extension to empower you to designer your level and mesh without leaving Unity.
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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- Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- South Korea, United States, Indonesia
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- SeedN — SeedN provides air conditioning system temperature management solutions for office spaces.
- Portrai — Portrai leverages cutting-edge spatial transcriptomics to reveal unprecedented biological insights, transforming target discovery into transformative therapies.
- Intelon Optics — Intelon Optics is a medical device company that focuses on the development and commercialization of the Brillouin Optical Scanner System.
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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- Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Series A, Series B, Seed
- South Korea, United States, Vietnam
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- Acon3D — Digital Asset Store. Use brushes, 3D backgrounds & animated deformes for all creative fields!
- 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.
- Habit Factory — Habit Factory provides financial big data analytics solutions.
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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- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Series A, Series B, Seed
- South Korea, United States, China
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- Mycel — IMAGINATION TRANSITION REGENERATION
- Habit Factory — Habit Factory provides financial big data analytics solutions.
- Korea Deep Learning — Korea Deep Learning is an artificial intelligence technology company that offers OCR, analytics, and 3D DX solutions.
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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- Information Technology, Biotechnology, Health Care
- Series A, Series B, Seed
- South Korea, United States, China
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- LumanLab — LumanLab develops digital therapeutics to solve developmental delay problems.
- Enlivex Therapeutics — Enlivex is a clinical-stage macrophage reprogramming immunotherapy company that targets diseased macrophages in patients with sepsis. The company develops an autologous and allogeneic drug pipeline for the treatment of autoimmune and inflammatory conditions such as Graft versus Host Disease (GvHD), solid organ transplant rejection, Crohn'sDisease, and other autoimmune and inflammatory disorders.The company's revolutionary approach is to induce immune tolerance by injecting apoptotic cells and facilitating their interaction with dendritic cells activates the body's innate, physiologic mechanism for down-regulating inflammation and autoimmunity.Enlivex is an Israeli-based cell immunotherapy company established in October 2005 by Professor Dror Mevorach, a world-renowned expert on clearance of dying (apoptotic) cells.
- Animoca Brands — Animoca Brands is a metaverse and gaming venture capital firm that focuses on driving digital property rights to gamers and internet users through NFTs. It utilizes gamification and blockchain to develop and market a portfolio of mobile applications, games, and additional products oriented to educational learning to ensure transparency, security,and new business models.
Mirae Asset Venture Investment invests in specialized enterprises and provides technology, funding and management consulting.
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- Software, Biotechnology, Information Technology
- Series A, Series B, Seed
- South Korea, United States, India
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- Playad.ai — The AI Ad Workspace
- Ohouse — No.1 Interior Onestop Platform
- Jupiter — Getting access to Jupiter before others. 100% digital banking with no pain. Zero balance accounts, no hidden fees. Master your money, reap rewards on Jupiter app - partnered with an RBI licensed bank for max trust.
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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- Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- South Korea, South Africa, United States
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- AutoHands — AutoHands is a South Korea-based mobility company that offers comprehensive integrated mobility services including vehicle buying and selling, management, online used-car auctions, car rentals, extended warranties, residual value guarantees, mobile maintenance, and accident compensation programs.
- Ride — RideNow: An app-based platform for test drives and vehicle purchases. RideCare: App-based B2B and B2C vehicle care services. RideContents: Educational services for automotive brands, aimed at enhancing the quality of manufacturers and importers. RideOn: After-sales management services for electric vehicle chargers.
- Rootfinders — RouteFinders develops an AI-based media platform to support independent living for visually impaired individuals in an increasingly digital world.
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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- E-Commerce, Apps, Software
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- South Korea, United States, Singapore
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- Dentlink — Next Generation Dental Lab Service
- Purple AI — Purple AI is a brain disease AI platform company.
- My Herb & Healthcare — MyHerb Healthcare proivdes a specialized analysis for nutritional supplements.
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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- Software, Health Care, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- South Korea, United States, Vietnam
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- AiderX — AiderX is a technology startup that creates AI assistants for everyone. We believe that AI should be available to everyone and that it has the potential to change the way we live and work. Our goal is to make AI simple, intuitive, and simple to use.
- Habit Factory — Habit Factory provides financial big data analytics solutions.
- PineTree Therapeutics — PineTree Therapeutics engages in the development of disruptive therapies in Oncology and Immuno-oncology.
Capstone Partners is a venture capital firm that invests in entrepreneurs seeking success with fresh ideas.
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- Software, Mobile, Gaming
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- South Korea, United States, India
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- Aberra — Aberra is using "Dister," an AI data analysis tool, to optimize sales for Coupang, one of South Korea's largest e-commerce platforms.
- Brave Company — Brave Company is an internet publishing company. Well, the lusts, but not the burdens of the ZZP existence. BraveCompany is for self-employed people who want to do more and manage less. Are you in paid employment and do you doubt whether you dare to make the leap? Even then, BraveCompany offers a warm bath with 'colleagues' that you havegone for, a network with potential assignments and invoicing services. BraveCompany is for successful professionals who are or want to become independent. What can we mean for each other? We share knowledge, trends and help with professional issues. And all that in the atmosphere of a home port. So you benefit from the benefits of experienced colleagues. Do you see any more possibilities with your current client to do work, or do you regularly refer projects to colleagues? We offer the framework to seize these opportunities and also be rewarded for your talent as a matchmaker.
- Wrtn Technologies — Bring AGI Close to People
CCEI is a frontline post of creative economy to create new industries and markets.
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- Health Care, Manufacturing, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- South Korea
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- 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.
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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- Information Technology, Software, Fashion
- Series A, Series B, Series C
- South Korea, United States, Japan
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- ENERZAi — As your AI catalyst, we are dedicated to spearheading an AI breakthrough with our cutting-edge AI optimization technology.
- Raywatt — Raywatt is a startup that develops medical devices for cardiovascular interventions.
- Studio Lab — Studio Lab offers artificial intelligence technology for the fashion industry.
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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- Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services
- Series A, Series B, Series C
- South Korea, United States, Canada
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- Kueski — Kueski is the online lender for the Middle Class of Mexico and Latin America. The company uses big data and advanced analytics to approve and deliver loans in a matter of minutes. Simple, paperless and available 24/7, Kueski is the most convenient lending platform for those who need an immediate loan. The company has become the fastest growingplatform of its kind in the region and has already granted thousands of loans.
- Testlio — Tackle the most demanding software testing challenges with Testlio in any location, on any device, in any language, or on any payment system.
- Lendit — Lendit is the leading personal loan oriented marketplace lending company in Korea that operates fully online and manages a marketplace platform where investors can provide capital to people seeking loans. Through our advanced risk ranking algorithm and cost- effective operational process, borrowers can access to an appealing interest rate andinvestors can enjoy ‘high and stable’ yield. We offer borrowers an APR between 4.5% and 18.0%, and investors an average return of 10.66%. By transforming the traditional banking system, we aim to help both borrowers and investors to achieve financial goals.
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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- Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- South Korea, United States, Japan
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- Paywork — PayWal is a payment platform that provides dedicated project teaming, task execution checks, and contract management services.
- Retentics — Maximize repeat purchases with targeted user segmentation and dynamic product recommendation at Retentics, powered by AI
- Exosphere Labs — Exosphere Labs is an information technology company that offers information security services.
IBK Capital is the venture capital arm of the Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK).
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- Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- South Korea, United States, India
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- Ucube — Ucube is an Information and Communication Technology (ICT) specialist company that is actively accelerating its preparations for a public listing. The company is undergoing a series of strategic initiatives, such as refining its financial operations, enhancing its product offerings, and aligning its corporate structure to meet the regulatory andmarket demands necessary for a successful initial public offering (IPO).
- AutoHands — AutoHands is a South Korea-based mobility company that offers comprehensive integrated mobility services including vehicle buying and selling, management, online used-car auctions, car rentals, extended warranties, residual value guarantees, mobile maintenance, and accident compensation programs.
- HydroXpand — HydroXpand is an innovative developer and manufacturer specializing in the design and production of anion exchange membrane (AEM) electrolysis stacks, which are key components in the efficient and sustainable production of hydrogen through water electrolysis.
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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- Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Series B, Series A, Series C
- South Korea, United States, China
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- AiderX — AiderX is a technology startup that creates AI assistants for everyone. We believe that AI should be available to everyone and that it has the potential to change the way we live and work. Our goal is to make AI simple, intuitive, and simple to use.
- Yeoshin — Yeoshin is a skin treatment information platform.
- Habit Factory — Habit Factory provides financial big data analytics solutions.
Lotte Ventures is a venture capital firm that is based in South Korea.
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- Information Technology, Software, Manufacturing
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- South Korea, United States, China
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- 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.
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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- E-Commerce, Health Care, Software
- Series B, Series A, Series C
- South Korea, China, United States
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- Modhaus — Modhaus is a K-pop startup which aims to create the world's first open architecture entertainment ecosystem.
- Beyond Honeycomb — Beyond Honeycomb is a food-tech company developing an AI-driven kitchen robot solution. Our AI Chef reproduces the texture and taste of the world-class chef’s dish at the molecular level.
- Illimis Therapeutics — We translate cutting-edge science into innovative medicine
Bass Investment is a Investment Firm.
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- E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- South Korea, United States, Singapore
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- PRTN — PRTN is the company that owns and operates Proteinner, a high-protein fast food brand focused on delivering convenient, nutritious meals designed to support active and health-conscious lifestyles.
- Money Walk — The step-counting app that rewards you with cash for every step
- Cuckoo — Cuckoo is an always-available, in-house realtime translator. Cuckoo instantly learns the technical details of your conversation from your keywords and documents and interprets into over 20 languages—customized for your specific industry and organization. Global teams like Snowflake, PagerDuty, Weights & Biases, dbt Labs, and SeAH rely onCuckoo for multilingual meetings, events, business trips, and more.
MYSC is an innovative company that helps innovation through consulting, social venture accelerating, and impact investing.
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- Food and Beverage, Health Care, E-Commerce
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- South Korea, China, France
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- 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.
Hana Ventures is a corporate venture capital of Hana Financial Group.
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- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- South Korea, Japan, Malaysia
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- Nex Eye — Nex Eye is a start-up that develops first-in-class antibodies targeting refractory factors of immuno-oncology drugs.
- Rentree — Rentree is a data-driven lifestyle rental product recommendation service.
- Illimis Therapeutics — We translate cutting-edge science into innovative medicine
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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- Information Technology, Software, Apps
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- South Korea, United States, India
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- KB-Element — KB-Element is a graphene development and production company that also turns graphene into intermediate items and novel materials.
- Avelos Therapeutics — Avelos Therapeutics is a precision medicine company in the clinical stage that finds, creates, and sells targeted therapeutics.
- DewCell — Dewcell Biotherapeutics develops synthetic platelets using biomimetic technology. The company's system secures stem cell differentiation technology into megakaryocytes that generate platelets and mass-produces artificial platelets.
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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- Information Technology, Software, Health Care
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- South Korea, United States, Vietnam
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- 8A Group — 8A builds strong study habits and helps students accelerate their mastery of knowledge. The 8A program focuses on in-depth academic skills, ensuring students master the necessary knowledge at an advanced level and achieve excellent results.
- Cashmore — Cashmore is an app service that analyzes consumers' store visits, mobility paths, and consumption history to deliver customized discount benefits.
- Filum.ai — In the new digital transformation era, connecting every touchpoint for every stakeholder on the journey is crucial in helping businesses create a competitive advantage. Filum enables businesses to build a foundation that promotes creativity and the power of inner strengths to make journeys of excellence. We empower businesses by helping them createexcellent experiences with the power of data and cutting-edge technologies.
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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- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Series A, Series B, Seed
- South Korea, United States, Israel
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- Handys — Handys manages accommodation facilities without on-site human resources by automating all operational flows.
- Phantom AI — Phantom AI is democratizing the use of advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) to reduce accidents, save lives and make driving more enjoyable, while delivering tomorrow’s self-driving technology. The company provides a comprehensive autonomous driving platform featuring computer vision, sensor fusion and control capabilities.Phantom AI hascreated the most accurate and highest-performing AI solutions available today that meet car manufacturer requirements, at a much lower price than existing solutions. Delivered through a modular, software-based vehicle stack, OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers can select the components they wish to integrate and customize the configuration for unparalleled flexibility.
- PineTree Therapeutics — PineTree Therapeutics engages in the development of disruptive therapies in Oncology and Immuno-oncology.
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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- Software, Gaming, Biotechnology
- Funding Round, Series A, Seed
- South Korea, United States, Russian Federation
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- Oncosoft — Oncosoft develops software solutions with a focus on anti-cancer treatment. Their offerings include an Oncology Information Management Solution (OIMS) and artificial intelligence-based technologies for radiologists. The software aids in the detection of cancer, contributing to the medical community's efforts in precision cancer therapy.
- StudioBside — StudioBside is a mobile game developer based in Korea.
- Beyond Honeycomb — Beyond Honeycomb is a food-tech company developing an AI-driven kitchen robot solution. Our AI Chef reproduces the texture and taste of the world-class chef’s dish at the molecular level.
Korea Technology Finance Corporation is a South Korea-based fund for small and medium enterprises.
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- Software, Manufacturing, Medical
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- South Korea, Russian Federation
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- AIRS Medical — AIRS Medical's AI-powered platform reduces MRI scan times by up to 50%, improves image quality, and delivers deeper clinical insights. Trusted by 1,700+ institutions across 40+ countries.
- AIRS Inc. — AIRS is at the forefront of advancing orthopedic surgery, setting the stage for the future with its innovative surgical platforms. The company is preparing for the next era in surgical technology, known as SURGERY 4.0. By leading the way with cutting-edge solutions, AIRS aims to transform orthopedic procedures, enhance precision, and redefinestandards in surgical care.
- Ubix Therapeutics — Ubix Therapeutics is a research and development company that develops anti-cancer drugs.
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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- Software, Biotechnology, Information Technology
- Series A, Series B, Seed
- South Korea, United States, Mexico
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- 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.
- Tefa Robotics — The aim of Tefa Robotics is to alleviate the lack of qualified robotics engineers. One of the main components of the fourth industrial revolution is industrial robots, however, their effective deployment was hampered by technical limitations. This is one of the major barriers to the adoption of industrial robots, and Tefa Robotics is working toovercome it by creating a low-code solution in an effort to make things simpler and more effective.
- Raion Robotics — Raion Robotics manufactures walking robots for industrial applications and offers prospects in potential industries such as defense, construction, and logistics.
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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- Biotechnology, Software, Apps
- Series A, Series B, Funding Round
- South Korea, Indonesia, United States
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- ActionFit — ActionFit is a video game company with expertise in developing and publishing video games for the mobile platform.
- SCBIO — SCBIO is a pharmaceutical company that makes drugs with specialized technologies in immuno-oncology. The company discovers and develops novel therapeutics for future medicine.
- Habit Factory — Habit Factory provides financial big data analytics solutions.
Korean alternative asset investment firm
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- Biotechnology, Software, Health Care
- Series B, Funding Round, Series A
- South Korea, United States, Japan
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- LumanLab — LumanLab develops digital therapeutics to solve developmental delay problems.
- Ohouse — No.1 Interior Onestop Platform
- Pure Harvest Smart Farms — Pure Harvest Smart Farms is a regional innovator in sustainable agriculture focused on the production of premium fruits and vegetables in the challenging climates of the Arab Gulf region using world-leading controlled-environment agriculture technologies. Pure Harvest seeks to leverage innovative growing technologies and horticultural bestpractices in order to pioneer year-round production of affordable, premium quality fresh produce.
Translink Investment is a startup investment company.
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- Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
- Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
- South Korea, United States, Canada
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- ActionFit — ActionFit is a video game company with expertise in developing and publishing video games for the mobile platform.
- Pop-Up Studio — Pop-Up Studio is a joint venture between Singapore-based venture studio Wilt Venture Builders (WVB) and AI studio DubDubDub, bringing together venture creation expertise and advanced artificial intelligence capabilities to develop innovative, technology-driven solutions for brands and digital platforms.
- Korea Deep Learning — Korea Deep Learning is an artificial intelligence technology company that offers OCR, analytics, and 3D DX solutions.
Yunmin Foundation provides start-up support, youth challenge school, and online start-up education.
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- Software, Information Technology, Apps
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- South Korea, United States
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- Jaranda — One-on-one child-oriented play sitter / learning sheeter for working parents and children's happiness.
- 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.
- H Charging Research Institute — H Charging Research Institute is an electric vehicle company. Aside from fire prevention and PNC (Plug & Charge) charging services, the company plans to build a V2G power business using electric vehicles by using advanced charging technology. The company distributes PLC-embedded charger H chargers to the market and diversifies futurebusinesses, including V2G, in order to create the future of electric vehicle charging.
Korea Science and Technology Holdings specializes in technology commercialization services by government-funded research institutes.
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- Manufacturing, Software, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Angel
- South Korea
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- 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.
we ventures is a VC industry with innovative venture capitalists, who invest in creative, honest, and outstanding entrepreneurs.
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- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- South Korea, United States, Singapore
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- Glovv — Glovv is a short-form beauty content development platform.
- Sapien Semiconductors — Sapien Semiconductors is a semiconductor design and manufacturing company that specializes in display driver ICs for micro‑LED and OLED technologies. The company develops custom ASICs and silicon‑proven IPs, including CMOS backplane drivers for AR/MR micro‑LED and pixel‑level driver ICs for TVs and digital signage. The firm also providesdisplay‑driver IP licensing and chip customization services.
- Next Level Studio — Next Level Studio is a group of creative experts dedicated to generating new value for intellectual property.
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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- Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Beauty
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- South Korea, United States
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- FREECO — FREECO is a content provider for businesses. Consultation, sales, and software development and supply Cosmetics wholesale and retail business Marketing consulting and advertising business.
- Two Slash For — Two Slash For is a beauty brand.
- Medistream — Medistream operates an integrated platform for oriental medicine.
Hansae Yes 24 Partners is a 3D webtoon content company.
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- E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
- Seed, Series A
- South Korea
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- Pyler — Filer is an artificial intelligence Martech startup.
- Wilco — Wilco a start-up specialized in thermal management of electronic products and new space era.
- KRISTIN — KRISTIN is a supplier of flat, sneakers, and boots.
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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- Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- South Korea, United States, South Africa
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- NEWEN AI — RSN provides solutions that analyze changes in social awareness and trends in the flow of digital information and suggest their meaning.
- MobilTech — MobilTech is an AI-based 3D GIS startup company that supplies 3D spatial information, hardware, and software solutions for smart cities.
- De novo Biotherapeutics — De novo Biotherapeutics is a biotechnology company developing mRNA-encoded antibodies and NK cell-engaging antibodies for cancer treatment.
The Hyundai Motor Company is a South Korean multinational automotive manufacturer. It has various vehicle lineups, brand vision, and global campaigns like clean mobility, sustainability, art, and sports partnership.The company was founded in 1967 and, along with its 32.8% owned subsidiary, Kia Motors, together comprise the Hyundai Motor Group,which is the world's fifth-largest automaker based on annual vehicle sales in 2012. In 2008, Hyundai Motor (without Kia) was ranked as the eighth largest automaker. As of 2012, the company sold over 4.4 million vehicles worldwide in that year, and together with Kia total sales were 7.12 million.
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- Automotive, Software, Transportation
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- South Korea, United States, Israel
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- Ola — Ola operates a mobile technology platform that integrates city transportation for customers and driver partners in India. Its mobile application allows its customers to book a range of cabs, auto-rickshaws, bikes, and shuttle buses. Ola's mobile application allows customers to book city taxi, outstation travel, car rental, and corporatetravel services. Its mobile application is available on Windows, Android, and iOS platforms. Ankit Bhati and Bhavish Aggarwal founded Ola on December 1, 2010. It has its headquarters with additional offices in Bengaluru in India.
- Kardome — Kardome offers a real-time software suite that can be inserted in a variety of processing environments. The company engages a real-time software beamformer to improve speech signals from several speakers. It offers high-quality sound output without the need to shout or position the users mouths close to the microphone. The company developssolutions such as voice controlled devices, hands-free speakerphones, tablets and cellphones, and conference call devices.Kardome was founded on 2018 and is headquartered in Mazor, Hamerkaz, Israel.
- Metawave — Metawave develops AI-powered radar and 5G solutions for autonomous vehicles, enabling safer mobility and faster wireless connectivity.
Aju IB Investment is a venture capital firm that offers SMEs with investments and consulting services.Aju IB Investment offers consulting services that focus on business management, tax, accounting, legal, mergers and acquisitions, additional funding, marketing, and technology support.Aju IB Investment was founded in September 1974 and is basedin Seoul, South Korea.
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- Biotechnology, Health Care, Therapeutics
- Series A, Series B, Series C
- South Korea, United States, Japan
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- Gangnam Unni — Gangnam Unni is in the field of beauty medical services, helping users choose a treatment and a plastic surgery hospital. The difficulty of navigating the process of seeking medical treatment and choosing a hospital continues to persist. Kangnam Unni recognizes the need for change and firmly believes that a combination of transparent medicalinformation and an IT platform can foster a consumer-oriented medical service market. Their ultimate goal is to challenge negative perceptions surrounding plastic surgery and spearhead a significant transformation in the beauty and medical service industries.The Gangnam Unni team is dedicated to innovation, fueled by an unwavering desire to provide exceptional beauty and medical services. With the aim of assisting individuals in selecting a suitable hospital, they have amassed an impressive database of one million user reviews. Additionally, their efforts to promote transparency in medical information have garnered the support of 3,000 subscribers through Gangnam Sister. Furthermore, their mobile application has facilitated hospital consultations for a staggering 3.8 million individuals, resulting in 1.6 million successful cases.As the team continuously clarifies its mission and forges ahead with determination, its collective strength and resolve only grow stronger. Kangnam Unni remains committed to revolutionizing the healthcare industry, ensuring that individuals receive the highest quality of care and a positive experience throughout their medical journeys.
- Healing Paper — Healing Paper is a mobile healthcare and information technology company.
- Kovis Technology — Kovis Technology is a manufacturer of measurement and inspection equipment intended for global semiconductor and electronic industries.
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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- Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence
- Series A, Series B, Series C
- South Korea, United States, Singapore
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- MarqVision — Effortlessly discover and remove counterfeits to protect your sales and reputation.
- CODIT — At CODIT, we believe that access to government data should be made easy. Companies need to find out about risks and opportunities related to legal and regulatory changes that impact their business in order to take timely action. In response, CODIT has developed a data-monitoring platform that enables our clients to quickly find, monitor, andanalyze critical changes in local legislature, regulation and policy.Our mission is to assist Policy Managers in their day-to-day legal and regulatory research, including monitoring relevant news, tracking legislative bills, policy, and regulations as well as engaging with relevant government stakeholders. Through the use of AI, CODIT gathers scattered data across hundreds of government or ministerial sites and systematically makes the data available to you via a smart database, helping to reduce time and cost. CODIT can also turn long documents and papers into synthesized, easily digestible information.The CODIT platform has attracted significant coverage by mainstream news & media, with a growing number of users. CODIT is paving its way to going global, with a vision to become the main hub for information across South Korea, Singapore, and the United States.To learn more visit us at http://thecodit.com.CODIT Legislation・Regulation・Policy Data Platform
- De novo Biotherapeutics — De novo Biotherapeutics is a biotechnology company developing mRNA-encoded antibodies and NK cell-engaging antibodies for cancer treatment.
Fast Ventures is a venture capital investment firm.
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- Apps, Health Care, E-Commerce
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- South Korea, Hungary, United States
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- 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.
DS Asset Management is a firm that invests in listed companies and venture firms.
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- Biotechnology, Software, E-Commerce
- Series A, Series B, Series C
- South Korea, United States, Japan
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- AIMMO — AIMMO is the developer of a data annotation platform with custom workflow designs, labeler analytics, and real-time communication functions. The company was founded in 2016 by SeungTaek Oh and is headquartered in Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea.
- AIMEDBIO — AIMEDBIO provides therapeutic solutions to patients with serious brain diseases.
- Graphene Square — Graphene Square is a pioneer in the commercialization of graphene material and graphene films for use as a transparent conductor and in other electronics applications. Established as a spin-off of the research of Prof. Byung Hee Hong at Seoul National University and with headquarters in Seoul, Korea. Graphene Square will continue to stay as theworld leader of the graphene commercialization research, also will continue to provide the best quality graphene and equipment to all over the world for the continuous development of carbon and 2D materials for the bright future of the science and technology for mankind.
Hashed is a global, early stage venture fund focused on backing founders who are pioneering the future of blockchain and cryptocurrency. Hashed is based in Seoul and San Francisco.
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- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, South Korea, Singapore
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- Ad-Shield — Start measuring revenue lost to ad blockers and learn how to get additional revenue through Ad-Shield Recovery today
- Injective — Explore Injective: the high-performance blockchain powering decentralized finance, governance, and next-gen Web3 apps with unmatched speed and scale.
- Decentralised Gaming Ventures — D.G.Pals is a virtual pet, NFT Game Project that focuses on Squad-battler (PvP and Competitive), Siege Defence, Clan System, and various types of genre revolving around the IP as part of the ecosystem in the D.G.Verse.
Wadiz is Asia's largest crowdfunding platform company.
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- E-Commerce, Sales, Retail
- Seed, Equity Crowdfunding, Series A
- South Korea
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- GrowingMom — GrowingMom is an online parenting consultation/analysis platform.
- 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.
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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- Manufacturing, E-Commerce, Health Care
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- South Korea
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- Studio Galilei — Studio Galilei is an SFO platform company that operates and manages mobility services.
- Worker's high — Worker's high Co. is a commerce company that offers an IOT based unmanned store service.
- Bell Therapeutics — New generation Digital Therapeutics.
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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- Software, Manufacturing, Health Care
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- South Korea, United States, Belgium
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- Frefins — Frefins is a specialized Rental Transformation (RX) company that generates value by connecting businesses, financial institutions, and consumers.
- Relay — Relay is a second-hand market solution that provides technology, logistics, and operational solutions required for the used business.
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L&S Venture Capital is a venture capital firm. L&S Venture Capital is specializing in incubation, seed, early, and expansion stage investments. L&S Venture Capital invests in electronic components, including smart phones, pads, televisions and grid; telecommunications equipments; green energy sector, such as solar, wind, fuel cell, LED,and EV; machineries; broadcasting; nanotechnology; intelligent robotics; telematics; medical equipments; media contents, which inlcude creation, distribution and new media. L&S Venture Capital primarily invests in South Korea with a focus in Seoul, Gyeonggi region, and Chungnam province. L&S Venture Capital was founded in 2006 and is based in Seoul, South Korea.
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- Information Technology, Manufacturing, Software
- Series A, Series B, Seed
- South Korea, United States, Israel
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- Ettifos — Ettifos provides flexible, reliable, and innovative V2X solutions to enable communication between all stakeholders on the road.
- 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.
- 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
STIC Ventures invests in small and mid-sized venture companies with core technologies and new business models.
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- Biotechnology, Software, Health Care
- Funding Round, Series A, Series B
- South Korea, Vietnam, United States
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- Portrai — Portrai leverages cutting-edge spatial transcriptomics to reveal unprecedented biological insights, transforming target discovery into transformative therapies.
- 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.
- PineTree Therapeutics — PineTree Therapeutics engages in the development of disruptive therapies in Oncology and Immuno-oncology.
Stonebridge capital, Stonebridge ventures, Specializing in Venture Capital, Private Equity Fund Management
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- Software, Information Technology, Mobile
- Series A, Series B, Funding Round
- South Korea, United States, China
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- Emocog — Emocog monitors and provides customized cognitive training to increase memory for dementia patients.
- iTruck — iTruck is a transportation application that offers an integrated trading platform for used trucks.
- Ace Engineering — Ace Engineering company manufactures containers for aerospace, semiconductors, military, and other industries. Its product line includes aircraft parts, cryogenic refrigeration, bulletproof containers, and energy storage containers, as well as equipment designed for marine and aviation special projects.
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