Top 50 Education Startup Investors in South Korea (June 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Strong Ventures
VC Fund
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16 | South Korea, United States, Poland | Seed, Series A, Series B | E-Commerce, Software, Health Care | $18k–$30M |
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Kakao Ventures
VC Fund
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16 | South Korea, United States, Indonesia | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $297k–$27M |
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Korea Credit Guarantee Fund
VC Fund
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11 | South Korea, United States | Seed, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $3k–$7.1M |
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KB Investment
VC Fund
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11 | South Korea, United States, Vietnam | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology | $335k–$40M |
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Capstone Partners
VC Fund
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10 | South Korea, United States, India | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, Mobile, Gaming | $223k–$15M |
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Korea Investment Partners
VC Fund
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9 | South Korea, United States, China | Series A, Series B, Seed | Information Technology, Biotechnology, Health Care | $743k–$50M |
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InfoBank
VC Fund
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8 | South Korea, South Africa, United States | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Apps | $25k–$9.2M |
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DSC Investment
VC Fund
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8 | South Korea, United States, Israel | Series A, Series B, Seed | Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology | $594k–$47M |
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Coolidge Corner Investment
VC Fund
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8 | South Korea, United States, Belgium | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Manufacturing, Health Care | $223k–$11M |
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Fast Ventures
VC Fund
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8 | South Korea, Hungary, United States | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Apps, Health Care, E-Commerce | $111k–$6.9M |
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Smilegate Investment
VC Fund
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7 | South Korea, United States, Vietnam | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care | $817k–$47M |
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Sazze Partners
VC Fund
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6 | South Korea, United States, Japan | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $200k–$15M |
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Yoonmin Foundation
VC Fund
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6 | South Korea, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, Information Technology, Apps | $74k–$1.6M |
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Stonebridge Capital
VC Fund
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5 | South Korea, United States, China | Series A, Series B | Software, Information Technology, Mobile | $743k–$15M |
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Company K Partners
VC Fund
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5 | South Korea, United States, Gibraltar | Series A, Series B | Biotechnology, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence | $2.2M–$42M |
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TheVentures
VC Fund
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5 | South Korea, United States, Vietnam | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Information Technology, Health Care | $74k–$4.8M |
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IBK Capital
VC Fund
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4 | South Korea, United States, India | Series A, Seed, Series B | Health Care, Biotechnology, Information Technology | $2k–$21M |
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Laguna Investment
VC Fund
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4 | South Korea, United States, Japan | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Information Technology, Apps | $743k–$35M |
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SBVA
VC Fund
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4 | South Korea, United States, China | Series A, Series B, Series C | Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce | $1.9M–$100M |
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Murex Partners
VC Fund
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4 | South Korea, United States, India | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, Health Care, Information Technology | $6k–$16M |
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TBT
VC Fund
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4 | South Korea, United States | Series A, Seed, Series B | Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Beauty | $678k–$18M |
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Big Basin Capital
VC Fund
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4 | South Korea, United States, Singapore | Seed, Series A | E-Commerce, Apps, Software | $371k–$7M |
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Altos Ventures
VC Fund
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4 | South Korea, United States, Canada | Series A, Series B, Series C | Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services | $2.1M–$102M |
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HB Investment
VC Fund
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4 | South Korea, United States, Vietnam | Series B, Series A | Biotechnology, Software, Health Care | $1.1M–$23M |
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KT Investment
VC Fund
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4 | South Korea, United States, Singapore | Series A, Series B, Series C | Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology | $1.7M–$104M |
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Seoul Business Agency(SBA)
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Information Technology, E-Commerce, Health Care | |
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PKSHA Capital
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, South Korea, China | Seed, Series A | Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Internet | $1.9M–$43M |
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Nice Investment Partners
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea, Japan | Series A, Series B, Seed | Health Care, Information Technology, Software | $1k–$22M |
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Enlight Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea, Indonesia | Seed, Series A, Series B | Manufacturing, Information Technology, E-Commerce | $3k–$12M |
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JB Investment
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea, United States, Pakistan | Series A, Series B, Seed | E-Commerce, Manufacturing, Information Technology | $483k–$16M |
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SL Investment
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea, United States | Series A, Series B, Seed | Medical, Software, Biotechnology | $2k–$21M |
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D3 Jubilee
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea, United States, Kenya | Seed, Series A | Information Technology, Software, Health Care | $149k–$4.5M |
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TBT Partners
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea | Series A, Seed, Series B | Information Technology, Finance, Software | $891k–$20M |
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VNTG Corp.
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea, France, United States | Seed, Grant | Manufacturing, Product Design, Service Industry | $37k–$891k |
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Grand Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea | Seed, Series A | Apps, Education, E-Learning | |
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Dt& Investment
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea, Vietnam | Series B, Series A, Seed | Biotechnology, E-Commerce, Health Care | $1k–$19M |
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We Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea, United States, Singapore | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $335k–$15M |
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KDB Capital
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, Mexico | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, Biotechnology, Information Technology | |
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Banking Youth Startup Foundation
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea | Seed | Education, EdTech, Software | |
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Daekyo Investment
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea | Series A, Convertible Note | Education, Software, Apps | $2.2M–$4.8M |
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S Cubic Angels
Angel
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2 | South Korea | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Education, Apps, EdTech | |
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Kolon Investment
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, Indonesia, United States | Series A, Series B | Biotechnology, Software, Apps | |
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CRIT Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, Hong Kong | Seed, Series B | Information Technology, Blockchain, Gaming | $686k–$20M |
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Korea Development Bank
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, China | Series B, Series A, Series C | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $7k–$45M |
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Premier Partners
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, Russian Federation | Series B, Series A | Biotechnology, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence | $3M–$45M |
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Seoul Investment Partners
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, Germany | Series A, Series B, Seed | Biotechnology, Medical, Software | $1k–$18M |
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Shinhan Capital
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, India | Series A, Seed, Series B | Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce | $371k–$19M |
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Industrial Bank of Korea
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, China | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence | $149k–$29M |
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DS Asset Management
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, Japan | Series A, Series B, Series C | Biotechnology, Software, E-Commerce | $2k–$65M |
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MOCA Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea | Seed, Series A | News, EdTech, Internet | $15M–$18M |
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Strong Ventures is a generalist VC firm based in LA and Seoul, backing early-stage startups with a focus on Korean founders.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Poland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 265
- Round size: Seed $223k–$2.2M; Series A $1M–$8M; Series B $18k–$30M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $3.3M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Pay Months — Korean Buy Now Pay Later(BNPL) fintech startup that solves financing problems in e-Commerce
- Winegraph — Winegraph is an SNS-based wine search and recommendation platform.
- TeamElysium — TeamElysium is a medical software development company.
We are an independent subsidiary of Kakao Corp. & the most active, startup-friendly early stage VC of Korea. (Limited Partnerships, not strategic.).
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 297
- Round size: Seed $297k–$4.6M; Series A $817k–$14M; Series B $3M–$27M
- Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $9.6M in 2012
Portfolio highlights
- Jaranda — One-on-one child-oriented play sitter / learning sheeter for working parents and children's happiness.
- Moyo — Moyo is a phone plan comparison platform that recommends all communication products.
- Vivid Health — Vivid Health is a platform that provides obesity treatment management services. It provides a convenient platform for users to easily access reviews on obesity medicine products by their specific ingredients.
Korea Credit Guarantee Fund operates as a public financial institution.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: South Korea, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 178
- Round size: Seed $223k–$2.8M; Series A $3k–$7.1M
- Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% 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.
- Searchdoc — Searchdoc is a large-scale AI startup specializing in advanced document and drawing analysis, leveraging cutting-edge machine learning technologies to extract insights, automate workflows, and enhance data interpretation across various industries.
- 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.
Founded in 1990, KB Investment Co., Ltd. (KBIC) is one of Korea’s leading investment firms of venture capital and private equity funds with over USD 2.6 Billion of asset under management as of December 2023. KBIC is a subsidiary of KB Financial Group, Korea’s premier financial group with the largest domestic customer base as well as the widestnetwork of service branches in Korea.KBIC’s team is recognized for industry thought leadership, a broad network of powerful industry relationships, and a unique professional investment approach to investing. KBIC passionately support our portfolio companies with active guidance in all key aspects of team building, strategy, operations and governance
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Vietnam
Investor stats
- Total investments: 321
- Round size: Seed $335k–$7M; Series A $1.5M–$36M; Series B $3.4M–$40M
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Logpresso — Logpresso is an automated security operation platform that integrates on-premise, cloud, and SaaS environments.
- AiM Future — AiM Future provides AI processors, software, and AI system integration services.
- Gomi Corporation — Gomi Corporation is a Overseas market.
Capstone Partners is a venture capital firm that invests in entrepreneurs seeking success with fresh ideas.
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- Industry: Software, Mobile, Gaming
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 222
- Round size: Seed $223k–$3.9M; Series A $223k–$11M; Series B $743k–$15M
- Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $37M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Rapeech — Rapeech is an AI voice technology company that provides product development services.
- 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
Korea Investment Partners (KIP) is a leading venture capital & private equity firm that has over 30 years of experience in providing venture capital to bold and innovative entrepreneurs who want to change the world. Korea Investment Partners invests in leading pioneers like Kakao(KOSDAQ:035720), Naver(KRX:035420), YGEntertainment(KOSDAQ:122870), Bodyfriend, Osstem Implant(KOSDAQ:048260), Doubleu Games(KOSDAQ:192080) and Didi Chuxing. KIP manages over 20 venture and private equity funds with US$1.8 billion in total assets under management. The company operates globally from its Seoul headquarters office with other locations in Shanghai, Beijing, and Sunnyvale.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Biotechnology, Health Care
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 378
- Round size: Seed $743k–$10M; Series A $1.7M–$30M; Series B $2.2M–$50M
- Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $6.7M in 2014
Portfolio highlights
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- viAct — viAct optimises construction safety, productivity and environmental compliance. Ensuring higher ESG preposition with AI. Offering services for construction industry of Asia & Europe & operational in China, Singapore, Japan, Australia, Vietnam, Indonesia and Hong Kong.
- Prokarium — Prokarium is pioneering the field of microbial immunotherapy. Our pipeline is designed to unlock the next level of immuno-oncology by building on the most recent advances in cancer immunology. Prokarium’s lead program is focused on transforming the treatment paradigm in bladder cancer by orchestrating immune-driven, long-lasting antitumor effects.
InfoBank develops and provides mobile messaging solutions and other related services.The company offers business messaging services such as SMS, LMS, and multimedia message services; interactive media services; smart car solutions; and integrated online and offline payment services.InfoBank was founded in 1995 and is based in Gyeongju, SouthKorea.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: South Korea, South Africa, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 113
- Round size: Seed $74k–$1.7M; Pre-Seed $25k–$150k; Series A $761k–$9.2M
- Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow
Portfolio highlights
- All Conec — All Conec is a digital platform that connects dental clinics and laboratories around the world. The platform also provides dental equipment shopping. The user can plan implant surgery quickly and precisely through the platform.
- Openull — Openull offers BNPL products and services.
- Futurism Labs — Futurims Labs is a consignment management service that specializes in blockchain technology.
DSC Investments invests in early stage and growth companies in the field of corporate identify and focus, IT, software, biotechnology, machinery, and future high-growth areas such as environment and resources.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 202
- Round size: Seed $594k–$9.6M; Series A $1.5M–$16M; Series B $4.5M–$47M
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Handys — Handys manages accommodation facilities without on-site human resources by automating all operational flows.
- MAKEUS — MAKEUS provides advertising solutions based on digital media in seoul.
- Brandi — Brandi sells clothes, cosmetics, and home interior products.
Coolidge Corner Investment (CCVC) provides Seed and Seed+ funding to the most innovative tech startup companies in Korea. They proudly provide their portfolio companies a customized support in professional incubating, growth hacking, strategy, network and more.
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- Industry: Software, Manufacturing, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Belgium
Investor stats
- Total investments: 109
- Round size: Seed $223k–$1.5M; Series A $891k–$5M; Series B $4.5M–$11M
- Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2017
Portfolio highlights
- Frefins — Frefins is a specialized Rental Transformation (RX) company that generates value by connecting businesses, financial institutions, and consumers.
- Relay — Relay is a second-hand market solution that provides technology, logistics, and operational solutions required for the used business.
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Fast Ventures is a venture capital investment firm.
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- Industry: Apps, Health Care, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: South Korea, Hungary, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 61
- Round size: Seed $111k–$2.5M; Series A $2M–$6.9M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% 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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Browse database — It's Free!Smilegate Investment, founded in 1999 originally as MVP Capital, is a venture capital and private equity firm that grows remarkably alongside invested companies. Since initial venture capital funding in 2000, the firm has since organized and managed more than 30 venture capital and private equity funds and has invested in more than 200 companieswith promising growth potential.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Vietnam
Investor stats
- Total investments: 204
- Round size: Seed $817k–$6.8M; Series A $1M–$16M; Series B $3M–$47M
- Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Freewheelin — Freewheelin is an edtech company developing AI-powered tools to personalize math education. Their platform offers services such as generating homework books, integrating with textbooks, managing student errors, and analyzing performance data to assist educators in course preparation. The company has curated a database of math resources inpartnership with textbook publishers, ensuring teachers can use materials without copyright concerns.
- Habit Factory — Habit Factory provides financial big data analytics solutions.
- Anabatic Semiconductor — Anabatic Manufacturing of electronic components, computers, video, audio, and communication equipment
Primer Sazze Partners - We like to find founders who are making the impossible happen through sheer force of will and a refusal to accept hard truths.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 143
- Round size: Seed $200k–$4.5M; Pre-Seed $200k–$1.5M; Series A $334k–$15M
- Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $127M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- BIGC — BIGC is a technology company that offers digital marketing, content creation, and advertising services.
- SWING — SWING is a micro-mobility service provider.
- DirectCloud — DirectCloud is a company that develops a cloud storage service business for corporations.
Yunmin Foundation provides start-up support, youth challenge school, and online start-up education.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 58
- Round size: Seed $74k–$1.6M
- Lead/follow: 34% lead, 66% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Jaranda — One-on-one child-oriented play sitter / learning sheeter for working parents and children's happiness.
- Digital Natives — Digital Natives is an advertising agency that develops digital advertising transaction comparison platform for marketers.
- 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.
Stonebridge capital, Stonebridge ventures, Specializing in Venture Capital, Private Equity Fund Management
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Mobile
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 154
- Round size: Series A $743k–$7.4M; Series B $743k–$15M
- Lead/follow: 34% lead, 66% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $30M in 2010
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- Playtag — Playtag uses AI technology to analyze infant behavior and provide customized education in kindergartens.
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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- Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Gibraltar
Investor stats
- Total investments: 153
- Round size: Series A $2.2M–$10M; Series B $6.7M–$42M
- Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- Wave — We are a team trying to developing mind-blowing products.
- Upstage — Upstage AI is an artificial intelligence (AI) startup that helps companies focus on their core businesses.
- WIRobotics — My First-Ever Robot
TheVentures provides their portfolio companies access to on staff world class experts in recruiting, PR, marketing, early stage customer acquisition, raising money, and strategy. They even provide engineering and design support, co-building products with the founding team, while assiting in hiring those difficult to recruit early engineers.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Vietnam
Investor stats
- Total investments: 117
- Round size: Seed $74k–$2.2M; Pre-Seed $750k–$770k; Series A $3M–$4.8M
- Lead/follow: 45% lead, 55% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Hifen —
- Amously — Amously builds production-ready process control software for advanced fabs using digital twins, virtual metrology, and run-to-run control to improve stability, yield, and operational efficiency.
- 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.
IBK Capital is the venture capital arm of the Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK).
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- Industry: Health Care, Biotechnology, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 102
- Round size: Seed $2k–$7.6M; Series A $3k–$8.2M; Series B $5k–$21M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
Portfolio highlights
- AutoHands — AutoHands is a South Korea-based mobility company that offers comprehensive integrated mobility services including vehicle buying and selling, management, online used-car auctions, car rentals, extended warranties, residual value guarantees, mobile maintenance, and accident compensation programs.
- Automata — Automata creates AI-powered tools like AI agents and smart integrations that simplify how teams plan, communicate, and work. The company solves business problems by enabling AI to build, manage, and evolve software workflows while humans guide the AI to deliver real value.Automata provides industry-tailored AI solutions
- PEOPLE & TECHNOLOGY — PEOPLE AND TECHNOLOGY provides DX-based AI solutions on INDOOR GEOLOCATION AND SMART SENSING through its INDOORPLUS+ IoT, Location Based System (LBS) and Real Time Location System (RTLS) platform in the fields of healthcare, manufacturing, defense, smart cities, and the public sector.More than 100 corporate customers in various business sectorssuch as healthcare, banking, manufacturing, retail, energy and public services have already chosen PEOPLE AND TECHNOLOGY to deploy industry grade solutions for employee safety, asset tracking & monitoring, security & access control, flow management and process efficiency. They have gained improvements in productivity and process efficiency while reducing their corporate risks and optimizing their procurement. Since its foundation in 2013, PEOPLE AND TECHNOLOGY has become a leading provider in South Korea and is expanding overseas.
Laguna Investment is a venture capital firm focused on professional entrepreneurial investments.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 81
- Round size: Seed $743k–$4.6M; Series A $1.8M–$7.7M; Series B $1.9M–$35M
- Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
Portfolio highlights
- infludeo — infludeo is a fan membership platform that connects global Kpop fans with Kpop artists.
- Hourplace — Hourplace operates a filming place sharing platform.
- Numeric Song Company — Numeric Song Company is a start-up founded in September 2020 by Kim Hee-bin, CEO of the mega hit songs 'Number Song' and 'Carrot Song', in collaboration with IT companies such as NAVER, LINE, and CJ E&M.
Established in 2000 as an early-stage venture capital arm of SoftBank Group, SBVA has a storied history of empowering extraordinary entrepreneurs across the globe. In 2023, we joined forces with The Edgeof, a global startup ecosystem builder founded by Taizo Son, JP Lee, and Atsushi Taira and began our new chapter as an independent entity with arenewed commitment to fostering innovation and technological advancement.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
- Geography: South Korea, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 241
- Round size: Series A $1.9M–$44M; Series B $4M–$63M; Series C $8.9M–$100M
- Lead/follow: 44% lead, 56% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- WIRobotics — My First-Ever Robot
- Syncly — Syncly is an AI-native customer intelligence platform for fast-growing brands. Turn customer conversations into actionable insights to help your brand grow faster.
- Payhere — Payhere is a fintech company that provides card terminals and online payment gateway services for multiple industries.
Murex Partners is a VC firm specializing in thesis-driven investing.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 86
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$16M; Series A $1.9M–$10M; Series B $6k–$12M
- Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- Pet Friends — Pet Friends is a one-hour delivery service for pet supplies.
- Habit Factory — Habit Factory provides financial big data analytics solutions.
- Macarong Factory — Macarong Factory is an Android developer that has been active since 2014 and has one app in Google Play. Its app is listed in the category "Auto & Vehicles". It is highly ranked in at least one country and is also one of the more popular apps in Google Play with more than 100 thousand installs.
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Browse database — It's Free!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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- Industry: Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Beauty
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 50
- Round size: Seed $743k–$4.5M; Series A $678k–$18M; Series B $3M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow
Portfolio highlights
- S.LAB Asia — S.LAB is a platform for supply chain logistics for an efficient and cost-saving end to end transportation service. Through its cold chain technology, the company significantly reduces the cost during the first mile and middle mile delivery. Real-time tracking service will collect all the data to actively respond to the incident and keep thecustomer satisfied. With the data, S.LAB optimizes the temperature, packaging, and routing to increase the efficiency in cold chain delivery per country.
- Shopl & Company — From Scheduling to Task management and Communication. Collaborate easily with teams on site with Shopl.
- Sky Labs — Our company, Sky Labs, is developing a ring-type Cardio Tracker, CART to help continuous monitoring of atrial fibrillation which is difficult to diagnose even in a hospital in daily life.According to a disease statistics study released in 2004, atrial fibrillation is a very common chronic disease that occurs in 1 out of 4 people in their 40s orolder. As stated in the Atrial Fibrillation Report from the UK's Atrial Fibrillation Association in 2012, the biggest problem is that atrial fibrillation is not diagnosed in 1 in 2 patients because it is not accompanied by severe subjective symptoms and hard to find due to the intermittent properties.To diagnose atrial fibrillation, the following three features of continuous monitoring are essential. Our product, CART, is equipped with these features to fully maximize the benefits of continuous monitoring.1) Comfortability as a wearable device : You can always wear CART on a daily basis. Additionally, it is even water-proof and dust-proof. So, you don't have to take it off while taking a shower, or washing hands.2) No-user intervention : By just wearing it on any finger which fits for you, every measurement is performed on the background basis without any intervention.3) Medical proof & Accuracy : Diagnosis is based on the conventional diagnosis method of cardiologists.By simply wearing CART on user's finger, CART continuously detects atrial fibrillation without any user intervention. CART detects and records atrial fibrillation, so users can track and manage their heart health status. In addition, users can diagnose atrial fibrillation whenever they want and see the results on their smartphone. By merely tapping CART, users can make event logs and analyze atrial fibrillation data at that moment when it occurs. Finally, the collected atrial fibrillation data can be used to help the physician diagnose of the atrial fibrillation.Initial target market is 0.2 million atrial fibrillation patients in Finland. Total target market is 300 million people to diagnose atrial fibrillation and tens of million subjects in clinical trials.Sky Labs is currently conducting clinical trials with the Seoul National University Hospital to verify the device's performance and is analyzing clinical data on heart disease. And, Sky Labs is working with global pharmaceutical company Bayer to make innovative healthcare business.
Big Basin Capital is a venture capital firm based in Silicon Valley, investing in early-stage startups in Korea and the United States.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Apps, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 82
- Round size: Seed $371k–$2.5M; Series A $1M–$7M
- Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2013
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
We are privileged to invest on behalf of institutional investors, most with charitable, educational, or non-profit missions. Serving entrepreneurs is a calling for us, and we look to partner with companies with an equally strong sense of purpose.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 282
- Round size: Series A $2.1M–$22M; Series B $3.7M–$30M; Series C $4.3M–$102M
- Lead/follow: 34% lead, 66% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $450M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Toss — Toss is a South Korea-based mobile financial service platform operated by fintech startup Viva Republica. Its application offers peer-to-peer money transfers, manages credit scores and bank accounts, access loan and insurance plans, split bill options, QR payment and other similar services that enable users to manage their finance.
- MyRealTrip — MyRealTrip is leading tours&activities marketplace in South Korea. MyRealTrip is the best free travel platform in Korea where you can book flights, accommodations, tours & tickets, and special offers. Starting with guided tour service in 2012, it has been growing rapidly since it successfully launched air service in 2018. MyRealTrip isconstantly striving to provide travelers with a personalized experience and provide them with a more valuable experience.
- Sweet Spot — Sweet Spot is a platform for companies and retailers who need space for marketing and sales.
HB Investment Inc. was founded on November 11, 1999 starting with paid-in Capital of KRW 10 billion.Since its foundation, HB Investment Inc. has been investing small and medium businesses that have the potential for steady growth and profitability and helping the invested companies to grow well by giving various consulting services. As a result,HB Investment Inc.constructed comprehensive portfolio out of various industrial areas, such as game, entertainment, as well as representative high-tech industries related to semiconductor, Internet, LCD, and a smart phone, bio, health care. In addition, HB Investment Inc. has experiences in implementing business Success-fully by organizing several partnership funds for recent years.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Software, Health Care
- Stage:Series B, Series A
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Vietnam
Investor stats
- Total investments: 134
- Round size: Series A $1.1M–$14M; Series B $2.2M–$23M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Robros — Robros is constantly creating technology to break through the barrier between people and robots in order to build a world in which everyone in the service industry can live a physically and emotionally happy life.
- Dnotitia — Dnotitia is a pioneering AI (Artificial Intelligence) company driving innovative value by integrating AI and data. Founded in October 2023, Dnotitia specializes in developing; Seahorse, a high-performance vector database powered by its proprietary Vector Data Processing Units (VDPU), and Mnemos, a cutting-edge service solution for Large LanguageModels (LLMs). The company also leads the development of sLMs (Small Language Models) and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems, crucial for advancing generative AI technologies and positioning itself at the forefront of AI technology.
- BOS Semiconductors — Driving the Future of Automotive, BOS Semiconductors
KT Investment, established in 2015 as the venture capital arm of KT Group, is dedicated to driving social impact while achieving maximum investment returns. We stand with founders every step of the way, providing the support and resources necessary to transform innovative ideas into impactful ventures. By partnering with promising startups andventure companies, we create win-win opportunities that pave the way for long-term success. With a global perspective, we actively seek value-driven investments that shape the future.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 74
- Round size: Series A $1.7M–$26M; Series B $5.9M–$104M; Series C $11M–$42M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Medipal — Medipal provides personal health for a health consultation. It provides subscription-based personal nurse service for patients.
- MangoBoost — Data Processing Unit (DPU) is a next-generation server accelerator designed to orchestrate various intra-server devices (e.g., CPU, GPU, SSD, NPU, NIC). By maximizing the datacenter’s overall performance and cost efficiency, DPU is now considered as the most important HW/SW solution to realize the next-generation extreme-scale AI serverinfrastructure. However, despite its critical necessity from the datacenter and AI infrastructure, there is no market-leading DPU solution which can meet the customer’s actual demand due to its HW/SW complexity and the application/model heterogeneity. MangoBoost is currently the world’s most highly recognized DPU startup located in US and Korea. We provide the world’s most advanced and flexible DPU HW/SW solutions in order to fully satisfy the needs of various customers. Our DPU HW is fully composable by integrating its rich set of DPU features to construct our customer-optimal DPUs. At the same time, our DPU SW enables to seamlessly deploy the solution to any customer environment. As a result, our DPU solutions are considered very promising to realize the next-generation AI/datacenter infrastructure, and thus they are currently evaluated at various global-leading companies. MangoBoost was founded in early 2022 to commercialize 7 year of top-tier DPU research outcomes achieved at Seoul National University (e.g., many full-system DPU prototypes, many ISCA/MICRO/ASPLOS/OSDI/ATC papers). The current team consists of 45+ system engineers including ~20 top-tier PhDs from Carnegie Mellon University, Seoul National University, POSTECH, U Toronto, and ~20 industry experts from Intel, Microsoft, Samsung, and Naver.
- Twinny — Twinny specializes in the development of self-driving robots.
Seoul Business Agency (서울산업통상진흥원) is a Koran startup providing support services for small businesses to increase their efficiency and foster a stable business. The company provides support in the areas of technology, management, human resources, and more.
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- Industry: Information Technology, E-Commerce, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 32
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Dot Mill — Dot Mill is a mixed reality content production company.
- Foody Worm — Foody Worm is an insect research company that practices and develops ESG and sustainability management through insects.
- Works Mate — Works Mate is a job search matching platform for daily workers in the field of construction and architecture sectors.
We are a venture capital firm accelerating the innovation and the algorithm transformation of existing industries with artificial intelligent technology.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, South Korea, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 28
- Round size: Seed $1.9M–$43M; Series A $2.4M–$25M
- Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Taxnap — Taxnap develops tax management software for freelancers.
- LobbyAI — LobbyAI provides a wide range of services related to artificial intelligence, particularly around database construction and management.
- Ludens AI — Ludens AI develops AI systems for companion robots, focusing on interactive and responsive robotic experiences.
NICE Investment Partners is a new technology finance company whose main job is to increase corporate value by discovering and investing in new technology businesses with promising growth, providing various management support, business alliances, and strategic consulting to the invested companies.
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- Industry: Health Care, Information Technology, Software
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 47
- Round size: Seed $1k–$1.7M; Series A $4k–$22M; Series B $5k–$11M
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Nature Loud — Nature Loud is an online store that supplies health and wellness products.
- Vibeon — Vibeon is a data company that provides artificial intelligence services for education.
- Gadget korea — Gadget korea offers data roaming services.
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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- Industry: Manufacturing, Information Technology, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 51
- Round size: Seed $371k–$10M; Series A $1.7M–$12M; Series B $3k–$4.8M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
Portfolio highlights
- TESOLLO — TESOLLO develops robot and motion presenter products.
- Stockeeper — Stockeeper creates and operates a Korean beef asset platform, Bankau, that connects consumers and producers.
- Stress Solution — Based on unique medical and scientific information and ECG waveforms, Stress Solution creates sound that regulates and initiates the equilibrium of the autonomic nervous system. Currently, Healing Bit is utilizing wearable technology to detect stress in real time. Through this, an autonomous feedback system that uses artificial intelligence topredict individual stress level situations and take preventative measures is being developed.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Manufacturing, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Pakistan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 42
- Round size: Seed $483k–$2.2M; Series A $1.4M–$16M; Series B $3.7M–$13M
- Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow
Portfolio highlights
- TEUIDA — Learn and speak Korean and Japanese app
- WIRobotics — My First-Ever Robot
- Anabatic Semiconductor — Anabatic Manufacturing of electronic components, computers, video, audio, and communication equipment
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Browse database — It's Free!SL investment (SLi) aims at a company with global standards through management by principle and transparency.SLi is a venture capital firm founded in February 2000 and has widely invested in the companies from early to mezzanine stage, in the field of semiconductors, display (AMOLED, LED, LCD), renewable energy, and health care industry.Since its incorporation, SLi has recorded black-ink balances for 12 consecutive years with zero debt and also has successfully dissolved all the five funds with outstanding earning rates.SLi tries to raise the value of venture companies not only by offering funds but by supporting the management omnidirectionally after its investment. Consequently, 31 companies have been successfully listed in KOSDAQ market for 12 years and all the companies have positioned as leading firms in their specific fields.
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- Industry: Medical, Software, Biotechnology
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 72
- Round size: Seed $2k–$13M; Series A $7k–$14M; Series B $1.5M–$21M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Ark — Ark is an AI-based early screening company focused on identifying and preventing complications associated with chronic diseases, developing and supplying advanced medical AI solutions that enable early detection, risk assessment, and proactive disease management to support healthcare providers in delivering more precise and timely care.
- Twinny — Twinny specializes in the development of self-driving robots.
- Cenyx Biotech — Cenyx Biotech develops diagnostic and therapeutic nano-compounds formed based on nanozymes and nanoparticles.
D3 is headquartered in Seoul and San Francisco, pioneering the domestic and global impact investment areas. D3 redefines the role of capital by investing in entrepreneurial innovation that improves the lives of low-income families, women, and immigrants, and creates an environmentally sustainable world.Invest in ICT start-ups with highsocio-environmental value in low-income countries such as Korea, USA and South America, Africa and India.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 106
- Round size: Seed $149k–$2M; Series A $1M–$4.5M
- Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $14M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- UBATT — UBATT manufactures polymorphic thin lithium batteries using flame-retardant polymer solid electrolytes and uniform, large-capacity anode technology to produce polymer solid-state batteries, electrolytes, and lithium metal conductors, enabling companies to procure batteries for electric mobility and other uses.
- RECO — Integrated waste and resource management platform copmany
- Pion Electric — Pion Electric is a company that is reimagining the future of the energy industry and the worldwide market for emerging technologies.
TBT Partners is an investment firm.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Finance, Software
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 26
- Round size: Seed $891k–$10M; Series A $2.6M–$20M; Series B $7.4M–$11M
- Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Difon — Difon is a developer of smart window solution technology, which is designed to regulate sunlight transmittance.Difon Co., Ltd. emerged as a spin-off from Hyundai Motor Group in 2021, with a vision to evolve into a leading provider of smart film solutions. The company is dedicated to enhancing consumers' living spaces by conducting researchand development while manufacturing smart films.To accelerate the adoption of smart film technology, Difon has established a robust supply chain through strategic alliances and investments in system integration with various relevant companies, including glass manufacturers, automobile OEMs, and construction firms.With a strong commitment to sustainability and social responsibility, Difon aims to foster a better environment and future through its endeavors. The company strives to maximize its impact by continually innovating and creating products that benefit both consumers and society as a whole.
- HT Beyond — HT Beyond provides IoT solutions.
- PeopleFund — Founded in 2015, PeopleFund is Korea's leading data-driven digital lender focused on consumer finance. Our mission is to give financial freedom to all consumers through more affordable loans and better investment opportunities. Leveraging its proprietary, data-driven credit model and eliminating inefficiencies with technology, PeopleFunddelivers better loan rates for borrowers while maintaining an industry low loss rate to benefit retail and institutional investors. PeopleFund is the first digital lender in Korea to surpass $1B in loan originations and has provided an innovative way to invest to nearly 400,000 retail investors. It is notably the first fintech platform to offer loan and investment products directly on KakaoTalk, Korea's equivalent of WhatsApp. To date, PeopleFund has completed its Series C round of funding with a total of $63.4M of equity capital raised. For more information, visit www.peoplefund.co.kr.
VNTG Corp. creates an end-to-end digital ecosystem across the value chain.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Product Design, Service Industry
- Stage:Seed, Grant
- Geography: South Korea, France, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 25
- Round size: Seed $37k–$891k
- Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Petch — Petch is a digital services provider that offers business consulting, content provision, food supply, and collaborative branding for pet.
- Dear Monday — Dear Monday is a work service platform that specializes in balancing work and vacation. It provides high-end work equipment to provide a superior experience to working in the office or from home.
- Safe Kitchen Company — Safe Kitchen Company is a kitchen cleaning and maintenance services company.
Building the Future
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- Industry: Apps, Education, E-Learning
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 12
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
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- Herbbloom — Herbbloom creates and sells skin care products.
- Career Day — Career Day is a business networking comapany that offers information to companies and experienced talents to facilitate connection.
- Additional Company — Additional Company provides tax support services such as regular reporting, late reporting, and correction claims for various tax items to workers, freelancers, and business customers who are in a tax blind spot.
Dt& Investment brings the spirit of Ubuntu to the world of Venture Capital.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, E-Commerce, Health Care
- Stage:Series B, Series A, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, Vietnam
Investor stats
- Total investments: 60
- Round size: Seed $1k–$3.7M; Series A $743k–$11M; Series B $5k–$19M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Ettifos — Ettifos provides flexible, reliable, and innovative V2X solutions to enable communication between all stakeholders on the road.
- ROBOS — Robos is a hybrid robot system built by evaluating biological object vision data using Lidar Vision and Open CV-based Object Detection. By combining self-developed biomaterial machine vision technology and robot technology, it intends to expand into a company that delivers core services to diverse industrial sites such as manufacturing, food, andmedical.
- Works Mate — Works Mate is a job search matching platform for daily workers in the field of construction and architecture sectors.
we ventures is a VC industry with innovative venture capitalists, who invest in creative, honest, and outstanding entrepreneurs.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 79
- Round size: Seed $335k–$4.5M; Series A $1.2M–$12M; Series B $3M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 33M2 — 33M2 is a housing rental platform.
- Grepp — Grepp, Inc. supports all activities for education, exchange and problem solving to enhance developers' competitiveness and helps everyone participate in software development. they also teach their children to understand and use the value of software to develop creative problem solving skills. Helping developers find the right career path fortheir dreams and helping them find valuable people to create software that can deliver the highest value to their customers. Excellent and enthusiastic developers and companies can meet and help us realize their dreams.
- 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.
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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- Industry: Software, Biotechnology, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Mexico
Investor stats
- Total investments: 101
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- INTAKE foods — INTAKE foods (인테이크푸즈) is a company focused on food content development and food branding, specialized in the innovation of leading food brands. It is focused on brand development, content development and publishing, such as food activities, intake of foods, and a food culture of innovation.
- 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.
Banking Youth Startup Foundation
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- Industry: Education, EdTech, Software
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Slid — Slid is a tool that helps online learners capture, record, and take notes while watching online lectures.
- Mockingbird — Mockingbird gives personalized mock exams for the CSAT utilizing an AI item suggestion system.
Daekyo Seeks to apply business philosophies such as value-, customer-, and outcome-oriented management as well as the reinforcement of change management. Based on the principles, the company tries to ensure the continued growth of its flagship operations with stable growth basis and to launch new projects with higher growth potential. The companyalso plans to realize remarkable advancement by discovering and implementing new business models that reflect the changes in the educational environment and propose high value-added.
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- Industry: Education, Software, Apps
- Stage:Series A, Convertible Note
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Series A $2.2M–$4.8M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Geekble — Geekble is a media startup that produces new media content on science and technology to bridge the gap between geeks and the world. With revenue from workshops and branded content, Geekble is building its own "maker space" for geeks to experiment. Teachers and professors are using Geekble's content for educational purposes, andGeekble videos have been used for public TV.
- PeLeMed — PeLeMed is a drug development company working on the discovery of anti-cancer drugs. The company's innovative therapeutic candidates through type 1 kinase inhibitor development platform.
- WizSchool — We employ real-time user code analysis algorithm based on compiler technology to diagnose learners’ levels and status of the software education. And our AI tutor for coding education using deep learning technology offers learner-centered customized learning contents to the users. Aiming for the global market, we are developing and growing ourbusiness to solve the shortage problem of software education instructors and also provide the market with the best quality software education service.
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- Industry: Education, Apps, EdTech
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Savle — Savle is a purpose-based asset management and fun saving platform service for asset management beginners.
- KRG Group — KRG Group is a rental guarantee company that offers rental management and rent deposit management services.
- Turing — Reinvent Education with Technology
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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- Industry: Biotechnology, Software, Apps
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, Indonesia, United States
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- Total investments: 96
- Lead/follow: no public data
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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.
The Road Not Taken
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- Industry: Information Technology, Blockchain, Gaming
- Stage:Seed, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Hong Kong
Investor stats
- Total investments: 101
- Round size: Seed $686k–$9M; Series B $2.3M–$20M
- Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 1Self.World — 1Self.World is a blockchain technology company provides web 3 services.
- Puzzle Monsters — Puzzle Monsters is a game production company.
- Spaceport Technologies — Accelerating the growth of the next digital economy
The Korea Development Bank (KDB) provides long-term financing for projects designed to assist Koreaâ€:tm:s economic growth and development. It offers equipment capital loans and working capital loans to Korean private enterprises that undertake major industrial projects. The bank also extends guarantees to its clients to facilitate their otherborrowings and to finance major industrial projects. KDB guarantees Won-denominated corporate debentures, local currency loans, and other Won liabilities and foreign currency loans from domestic and overseas Korean financial institutions and from foreign institutions. The bankâ€:tm:s other activities include engagement in a range of industrial development activities, including conducting economic and industrial research; performing engineering surveys; providing business analyses and managerial assistance; and offering trust services. As of June 30, 2007, KDB had 40 local branches, 6 overseas branches, and 2 overseas offices. The bank was founded in 1954 and is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
- Geography: South Korea, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 207
- Round size: Series A $7k–$24M; Series B $3.7M–$37M; Series C $45k–$45M
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 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
- Habit Factory — Habit Factory provides financial big data analytics solutions.
- Featuring — Featuring’s goal is to make it easy for anyone to see and utilize the power of influencers. Today, as companies are accelerating their transition to digital business due to COVID-19, the number of companies leveraging influencers is explosively increasing. Feauturing allows brands and marketers to discover product fit influencers and helps matchingbased on their needs. Currently, over 3,600 brands are using Featuring and more than 8,500 influencer campaigns have been done. As a Korea-based startup, Featuring plans on expanding the business to Far East Asia including Japan and China.
Premier Partners (프리미어 파트너스) is a Korean domestic funds management company. It provides investment services for individuals and businesses. Premier Partners was established in September 2005 in Seoul, Korea.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series B, Series A
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Russian Federation
Investor stats
- Total investments: 139
- Round size: Series A $3M–$22M; Series B $5.3M–$45M
- Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $82M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Mediwhale — Mediwhale develops AI medical devices that analyze retinal images to predict cardiovascular, kidney, and eye disease risks early.
- Upstage — Upstage AI is an artificial intelligence (AI) startup that helps companies focus on their core businesses.
- Connext — Connext is developing biological therapeutics in the field of immuno-oncology and regenerative medicine.
Seoul Investment Partners is a private equity and venture capital firm focused on investments in small and medium businesses.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Medical, Software
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 63
- Round size: Seed $743k–$3M; Series A $1k–$11M; Series B $6k–$18M
- Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
Portfolio highlights
- MediMabBio — Creating therapeutic opportunities for the most serious diseases.
- Nine Biopharm — Nine Biopharm is biotechnology company that develops new peptidomimetic materials, compound new materials, and drug repositioning.
- Eurobotics — Eurobotics is a cutting-edge startup focused on developing autonomous walking robot technology capable of navigating and operating effectively in irregular, complex, or unpredictable environments.
Shinhan Capital is a credit-specialized company offering corporate finance services for its clients. It provides financial services, lease, corporate loans, investment financing, housing loans, installment financing, etc. Shinhan Capital was established in 1991. The company is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 133
- Round size: Seed $371k–$3M; Series A $1.5M–$10M; Series B $2.2M–$19M
- Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Mustbio — MustBio is a biotechnology company that leverages multi-antibody technology to develop therapeutics primarily in the field of immuno-oncology. The company was founded in 2021 and is based in Seoul, South Korea.
- KB-Element — KB-Element is a graphene development and production company that also turns graphene into intermediate items and novel materials.
- Spark Biopharma — SPARK BioPharma Co., Ltd. was established in Seoul National University in January 2016 based on the unique drug molecule diversity technology, the image-based screening technology using the unique fluorescent skeleton probe, and the target protein identification technology in the initial drug development stage. We are currently exploring anddeveloping new drug candidates using these three core technologies, and we will continue to accelerate the development of new drugs and increase the success rate through strategic cooperation research with domestic and overseas research institutes and pharmaceutical institutions. '
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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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 209
- Round size: Seed $149k–$8.3M; Series A $1.7M–$15M; Series B $4.9M–$29M
- Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 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
- Habit Factory — Habit Factory provides financial big data analytics solutions.
- Featuring — Featuring’s goal is to make it easy for anyone to see and utilize the power of influencers. Today, as companies are accelerating their transition to digital business due to COVID-19, the number of companies leveraging influencers is explosively increasing. Feauturing allows brands and marketers to discover product fit influencers and helps matchingbased on their needs. Currently, over 3,600 brands are using Featuring and more than 8,500 influencer campaigns have been done. As a Korea-based startup, Featuring plans on expanding the business to Far East Asia including Japan and China.
DS Asset Management is a firm that invests in listed companies and venture firms.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Software, E-Commerce
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 89
- Round size: Series A $2k–$12M; Series B $4.5M–$50M; Series C $4.2M–$65M
- Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
Portfolio highlights
- AIMEDBIO — AIMEDBIO provides therapeutic solutions to patients with serious brain diseases.
- Labrador Labs —
- 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.
MOCA Ventures is an independent specialized firm that develops, designs, engineers and procures high quality Italian kitchen and bathroom .
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- Industry: News, EdTech, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Series A $15M–$18M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Ringle — Have an in-depth discussion with tutors from the top 30 universities in the U.S. and the U.K.
- beSUCCESS — Easily create and manage personalized short links that collect invaluable insights. Available on iPhone, Mac, iPad and your browser.
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