Top 50 Education Startup Investors in South Korea (June 2026)
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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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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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Korea Credit Guarantee Fund
VC Fund
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11 | South Korea, United States | Seed, Series A | Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology | $297k–$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 | $743k–$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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Coolidge Corner Investment
VC Fund
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9 | South Korea, United States, Belgium | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Manufacturing, Health Care | $223k–$11M |
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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–$60M |
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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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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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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–$52M |
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Smilegate Investment
VC Fund
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7 | South Korea, United States, Vietnam | Series B, Seed, Series A | 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–$19M |
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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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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–$44M |
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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, Artificial Intelligence | $74k–$4.8M |
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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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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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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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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–$21M |
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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, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence | $678k–$18M |
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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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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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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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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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JB Investment
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea, United States, Pakistan | Series A, Series B, Seed | Information Technology, E-Commerce, Manufacturing | $483k–$16M |
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We Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea, United States, Singapore | Series A, Seed, Series B | Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology | $335k–$15M |
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Enlight Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea, Indonesia | Seed, Series A, Series B | Manufacturing, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $3k–$12M |
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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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Grand Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea | Seed, Series A | Apps, Education, E-Learning | |
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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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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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SL Investment
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea, United States | Series B, Series A, Seed | Medical, Software, Health Care | $2k–$21M |
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Stick Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea | Series B, Series A | Biotechnology, Information Technology, Pharmaceutical | |
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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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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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MOCA Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea | Seed, Series A | News, EdTech, Internet | $15M–$18M |
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CJ Investment
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, Therapeutics, Information Technology | |
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Wantedlab
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea | Seed, Series A, Series B | Sports, Fitness, Software | |
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Kiwoom Investment
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, Japan, Germany | Series B, Series A | Information Technology, Software, Biotechnology | |
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Yellowdog
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, Singapore | Series A, Seed, Series B | Food and Beverage, Health Care, Software | |
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IMM Investment
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, Japan | Series B, Series A | Biotechnology, Software, Health Care | |
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Atinum Partners
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, Hong Kong | Series B, Series A, Series C | Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence | |
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Base Investments
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Series B | E-Commerce, Information Technology, Software | |
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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: 301
- Round size: Seed $297k–$4.6M; Series A $817k–$14M; Series B $3M–$27M
- Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $9.6M in 2012
Portfolio highlights
- Dable — Dable, a leading global content discovery platform, announced that the number of partnered premium media in Asia surpassed 3,000 in number and exceeded 5 billion monthly pageviews.Dable recorded an average annual sales growth of more than 50% since its establishment in 2015. Currently, Dable is the most used personalized recommendation platformin Indonesia, Vietnam and Korea. In Taiwan, the sales tripled over the past year whilst Malaysia recorded an average monthly sales growth of 30%. Dable also ranked 46th place out of the top 500 Asia-Pacific High-Growth Companies announced by the Financial Times, and proved its growth potential by ranking 1st in the media category.
- Datumo — Selectstar got your back!Obtaining the proper data has always been the top issue for many companies using AI. To solve this problem, Selectstar provides a platform that connects your company to the crowd-workers.It's MORE than just a connection! We passionately research crowd-workers and your project to develop cutting-edge technologiesfor the optimized mobile crowd-sourcing.Keep disrupting the world! Just for your project, we are here to maintain the quality, cost-efficiency, or any other burdens related to the data. SelectStar was founded in 2018 and is based in Seoul, South Korea.
- 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.
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: 268
- Round size: Seed $223k–$2.2M; Series A $966k–$8M; Series B $18k–$30M
- Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $3.3M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Soroh —
- Stan World — Stan World is a Fandom Party World where fans can party & win rewards for their Stars, 24/7.
- TeamElysium — TeamElysium is a medical software development company.
Korea Credit Guarantee Fund operates as a public financial institution.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: South Korea, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 187
- Round size: Seed $297k–$2.6M; Series A $743k–$7.1M
- Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% 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.
- Limpid — Limpid is a Bio pet food startup. It set new standards in pet nutrition through continuous innovation.
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: 337
- Round size: Seed $743k–$7M; Series A $1.6M–$36M; Series B $3.4M–$40M
- Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
Portfolio highlights
- AI SPERA — AI Spera provides AI driven security based on cyber threat intelligence
- Channel Talk — Channel Corp. provide a chat platform Channel Talk to create a customer-centric culture.
- ACT-ion Battery Technologies — ACT-ion is pioneering a transformative approach to battery material manufacturing, specializing in advanced lithium battery cathode active materials (CAMs). Our innovative, clean, and efficient continuous process revolutionizes production, driving cost savings and enhanced performance for the energy
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: 223
- Round size: Seed $223k–$3.9M; Series A $223k–$11M; Series B $743k–$15M
- Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% 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.
- Arocell — Arocell is a bio-beauty brand that employs stem cell culture fluid in its cosmetic products. Its flagship offering is the Arocell Super Collagen Mask, which is a mask pack that incorporates stem cell culture fluid derived from human umbilical cord blood. This fluid is categorized as a skin conditioning agent within the classification of cosmeticingredients and is recognized for its ability to enhance moisture retention. Additionally, the company has introduced a mask pack that utilizes botulinum toxin, the primary component of Botox. This product is distinguished by its improved absorption facilitated by a bio-drug delivery system, and the company has secured a patent for a cosmetic aimed at reducing wrinkles that contains botulinum toxin as its active ingredient.
- 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.
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: 110
- Round size: Seed $223k–$1.5M; Series A $891k–$5M; Series B $4.5M–$11M
- Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2017
Portfolio highlights
- Team Upgrade — Tublet is a 1:1 online education platform that helps students prepare for US university entrance exams.
- Frefins — Frefins is a specialized Rental Transformation (RX) company that generates value by connecting businesses, financial institutions, and consumers.
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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: 392
- Round size: Seed $743k–$10M; Series A $1.7M–$30M; Series B $2.6M–$60M
- Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $6.7M in 2014
Portfolio highlights
- MORAI — MORAI offers an accurate, true-to-life autonomous vehicle driving simulator.
- Appota — Appota is a pioneer in providing technology solutions and digital entertainment content in Vietnam. Their strengths reside in producing and distributing online entertainment content, e-sports, advertising, payment, cloud computing, and IoT. In addition, the company also regularly publishes market reports on mobile, advertising, fintech, e-sports toprovide market information and promote foreign investment activities into the market.Appota has gone through three complete investment rounds, received funding from investors across Vietnam, Singapore, South Korea, and Japan.Currently, Appota has four subsidiaries: Gamota (game publishing company), Adsota (advertising company), Appota Pay (payment solutions company), Kdata (cloud solutions company)
- 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: 118
- Round size: Seed $74k–$1.6M; Pre-Seed $25k–$150k; Series A $761k–$9.2M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Solarstic — Solarstic is an innovative, eco-friendly energy technology startup specializing in the development of lightweight, high-efficiency solar modules designed to make clean energy more accessible, scalable, and sustainable for residential, commercial, and off-grid applications.
- Rootfinders — RouteFinders develops an AI-based media platform to support independent living for visually impaired individuals in an increasingly digital world.
- Openull — Openull offers BNPL products and services.
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.
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: 204
- Round size: Seed $594k–$9.6M; Series A $1.5M–$16M; Series B $4.5M–$52M
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Handys — Handys manages accommodation facilities without on-site human resources by automating all operational flows.
- Brandi — Brandi sells clothes, cosmetics, and home interior products.
- MicrobiotiX — MicrobiotiX develops bacteriophage and microbiome-based therapeutics to combat multidrug-resistant infections and autoimmune diseases.
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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:Series B, Seed, Series A
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Vietnam
Investor stats
- Total investments: 212
- Round size: Seed $817k–$6.8M; Series A $1M–$16M; Series B $3M–$47M
- Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Big Mobility — Big Mobility is a start-up that is addressing the issue of unlawful overnight truck parking brought on by a lack of truck parking spaces. In order to generate additional revenue for landowners and provide fixed parking spaces for truck owners, we operate a truck parking lot as a corporate type and develop and manage vacant land in the city as atruck parking lot.
- 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: 144
- Round size: Seed $200k–$4.5M; Pre-Seed $200k–$1.5M; Series A $334k–$19M
- Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $127M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- SWING — SWING is a micro-mobility service provider.
- DirectCloud — DirectCloud is a company that develops a cloud storage service business for corporations.
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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.
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: 158
- Round size: Series A $2.2M–$11M; Series B $6.7M–$44M
- 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.
- Space Lintech — Space Lintech provides novel medical research, development, and manufacture in the microgravity environment of satellites and space stations.
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, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Vietnam
Investor stats
- Total investments: 121
- Round size: Seed $74k–$2.2M; Pre-Seed $714k–$770k; Series A $2.5M–$4.8M
- Lead/follow: 44% lead, 56% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Hifen —
- 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.
- Out of Set —
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: 155
- Round size: Series A $743k–$7.9M; 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
- BIGC — BIGC is a technology company that offers digital marketing, content creation, and advertising services.
- Emocog — Emocog monitors and provides customized cognitive training to increase memory for dementia patients.
- Playtag — Playtag uses AI technology to analyze infant behavior and provide customized education in kindergartens.
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: 103
- 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.
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: 244
- Round size: Series A $1.9M–$44M; Series B $4M–$63M; Series C $8.9M–$100M
- Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- Clairo Robotics — CLE provides software packages, scanning, 3D reconstruction, and modeling services for factory automation.
- 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.
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: 83
- 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.
- 276 Holdings — 276 Holdings is a finance company that offers corporate financial service flow and a new flow of trade receivables value to companies.
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: 291
- Round size: Series A $2.1M–$22M; Series B $3.7M–$30M; Series C $4.3M–$102M
- Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% 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.
- chunmyung — online-to-offline (O2O) platforms that connect customers with fortune-telling services and consultations
- Generation Esports — Generation Esports provides an innovative platform for schools, businesses, clubs and communities alike to come together, engage and compete easily.
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Browse database — It's Free!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: 135
- Round size: Series A $1.1M–$14M; Series B $2.2M–$21M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
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- 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.
- Banban Taxi — Banban Taxi is a taxi-booking app that offers ride-hailing, AI-optimized matching, fare-splitting, and loyalty points. The company provides personalized mobility that fits perfectly with granular call product options. Banban Taxi operates taxi and designated driver services and garnered attention as a platform that connects passengers with matchingorigins and destinations for ride-sharing.
- BOS Semiconductors — Driving the Future of Automotive, BOS Semiconductors
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: 88
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$16M; Series A $1.9M–$10M; Series B $6k–$12M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- Mycle — Mycle is an app for vehicle management.
- LIVEKLASS — LIVEKLASS is an online education platform for educators and students.
- Contents Technologies — Content Technologies is a content IP-based company builder.
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, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 51
- Round size: Seed $743k–$4.5M; Series A $678k–$18M; Series B $3M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- 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.
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: 75
- Round size: Series A $1.7M–$26M; Series B $5.9M–$104M; Series C $11M–$97M
- 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.
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.
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.
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: 107
- 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
- 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.
- Wintec Glovis — Wintec Glovis manufactures water treatment and air purification equipment that solves the drawbacks of activated carbon. With the help of superheated steam, the company recycles activated carbon with eco-friendly technology, which allows humans to breathe clean air and drink clear water without concern.
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- Industry: Information Technology, E-Commerce, Manufacturing
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Pakistan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 48
- Round size: Seed $483k–$2.2M; Series A $1.4M–$16M; Series B $3.7M–$13M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
Portfolio highlights
- TEUIDA — Learn and speak Korean and Japanese app
- VIRCLE —
- Mass Adoption — Simplify Connection Amplify Experience
we ventures is a VC industry with innovative venture capitalists, who invest in creative, honest, and outstanding entrepreneurs.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 83
- Round size: Seed $335k–$4.5M; Series A $1.2M–$12M; Series B $3M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 33M2 — 33M2 is a housing rental platform.
- KB-Element — KB-Element is a graphene development and production company that also turns graphene into intermediate items and novel materials.
- 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.
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, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 56
- Round size: Seed $371k–$10M; Series A $1.7M–$12M; Series B $3k–$4.8M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% 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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Browse database — It's Free!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: 61
- 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.
- HANCOM InSpace — Inspace is an aerospace and geospatial intelligence company specializing in satellite ground systems and AI-based Earth observation services. It develops platforms for processing and analyzing satellite, drone, SAR, optical, and infrared imagery to support defense, environment, and commercial monitoring applications. The company also provides droneoperation systems and space data solutions, turning complex geospatial data into actionable intelligence for government and enterprise users.
- 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.
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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
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
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.
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: 29
- Round size: Seed $1.9M–$43M; Series A $2.4M–$25M
- Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% 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: 48
- Round size: Seed $1k–$1.7M; Series A $4k–$22M; Series B $5k–$11M
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Vibeon — Vibeon is a data company that provides artificial intelligence services for education.
- Gadget korea — Gadget korea offers data roaming services.
- Doctorblet Healthcare — dr.blet and wellness brand that bridges the gap between clinical expertise and daily nutrition. The company distinguishes itself by emphasizing "doctor-developed" formulas, aiming to provide science-backed supplements that are both effective and safe for long-term consumption.
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, Health Care
- Stage:Series B, Series A, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 73
- 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.
Stick Ventures is a venture capital firm based in South Korea that prefers to invest in seed-stage, early-stage, and later-stage companies.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Information Technology, Pharmaceutical
- Stage:Series B, Series A
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 38
- Lead/follow: no public data
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.
- Ettifos — Ettifos provides flexible, reliable, and innovative V2X solutions to enable communication between all stakeholders on the road.
- Imagoworks — Imagoworks Inc. offers a Web-based Dental CAD solution using AI, streamlining the digital workflow for dental professionals. Together with world-class technology, we are setting new standards for digital dentistry in the global market. Our mission is to <Making the future of digital medicine for everyone>.While we have accumulatedtechnological expertise in the medical field for over 10 years, specializing in AI-based automation, 3D geometric modeling and mesh processing, and software as a service (SaaS), we now turn our focus to commercializing our innovative technologies and transforming the field of digital dentistry. By cooperating with and licensing to leading global dental companies, we are seeing great success as we find ourselves in the industry spotlight.Imagoworks currently offers Dentbird Crown which automatically generates optimal crown designs with a single click and without any software installation required. As we continue to expand our services, Imagoworks aims to be recognized as a chairside design solution for dentists worldwide.
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
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- Total investments: 6
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- 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
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Browse database — It's Free!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 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: 220
- Round size: Series A $7k–$24M; Series B $3M–$42M; 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.
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.
CJ Investment operates as an investment firm.
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- Industry: Software, Therapeutics, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 37
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- DOD — DOD is data-driven musical business platform.
- ProtoPie — Prototyping interactions as easy as pie ProtoPie is an easy but powerful software that allows designers and engineers to plan, communicate, and demonstrate an interactive mobile product. Build a sophisticated prototype without any coding, but leveraging all the native mobile device features. The powerful capabilities are already recognized andadopted by the global top brands and such as Google, Microsoft, R/GA, and Ideo.
- Worker's high — Worker's high Co. is a commerce company that offers an IOT based unmanned store service.
Wanted provides personalized job recommendations and content programs to empower your lifelong career journey. Wanted is here for you, every step of the way.
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- Industry: Sports, Fitness, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Redrob by McKinley Rice — McKinley & Rice is a software development and outsourcing company.
- Learning Spoons — Learning Spoons employs both online and offline ways to give professionals with courses in data science, business, real estate and many more.
- MicrobiotiX — MicrobiotiX develops bacteriophage and microbiome-based therapeutics to combat multidrug-resistant infections and autoimmune diseases.
Kiwoom Investment provides financial assistance with funding for small businesses.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Biotechnology
- Stage:Series B, Series A
- Geography: South Korea, Japan, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 81
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Heum Labs — Heum Labs offers 'Alfred,' an AI-powered financial assistant designed for small businesses and SMEs.
- Healing Paper — Healing Paper is a mobile healthcare and information technology company.
- 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.
The Impact Venture Capital
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- Industry: Food and Beverage, Health Care, Software
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 32
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- RideFlux — RideFlux is a self-driving software company for safe and reliable autonomous transporation service. Since our foundation in 2018, we hope for a better world where everyone can be safer and more comfortable while moving with our self-driving cars and software. We believe in the potential that self-driving technology embraces, how driving canbecome an innovative experience not a mere stress, which inspires us to build up its future with every step on our way.Our headquarter is located in Jeju island, one of the best test-beds in the world for developing reliable AD software technologies. It has a variety of road environments and various weather conditions across the island (1850 square kilometers), and significantly high demands for mobility service (16 million visitors a year without bring own vehicles). We are strategically located for technology enhancement for reliable urban autonomy. For the Safety, Beyond the Safety.
- MY NORMAL — MY NORMAL provides food and services for ketogenic diets.
- Linq — We are creating ‘hyper-automated insurance platforms’ to comprehensively support underwriters and claim adjusters and to facilitate communication between insurers and reinsurers using AI and deep learning.
Korean alternative asset investment firm
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Software, Health Care
- Stage:Series B, Series A
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 162
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- 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.
Atinum Partners is a venture capital firm that invests in the growth stage startups in the IT, biotech, and healthcare sectors.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Hong Kong
Investor stats
- Total investments: 154
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- MADDE — MADDE possesses the technology to use silicon carbide powder in 3D printers to create various forms, which opens up a multitude of possibilities in the manufacturing sector.
- MOVIN — Moovin offers real-time markerless motion capture technology that does not require any additional hardware such as markers or trackers.
- Ubix Therapeutics — Ubix Therapeutics is a research and development company that develops anti-cancer drugs.
Base Investments operates as an investment firm.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Information Technology, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 38
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Delivus — Delivus offers small package delivery in major U.S. cities in the shortest amount of time, with real-time delivery tracking, at the same cost as the current courier To facilitate this, we provide Delivery as a Service.
- RichAlien — Rich Alien was founded with the intention of creating immersive mobile games ranging from worldwide casual social games to mid-core games based on well-known foreign animations and webtoon IPs.
- Epic Corporation — The Epic One platform services will be improved, and Epic Corporation will broaden its business sectors. First, the global bidding system in four significant Asian nations will be improved overall, coupled with an update to the AI function that determines the anticipated contract price, in order to maximize the transaction completion rate for thesale of luxury assets. Additionally, there is a plan to considerably broaden its brands and product categories, which currently include luxury watches, luggage, hypercars, and artwork.
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