Top 50 Energy Startup Investors in South Korea (September 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Korea Credit Guarantee Fund
VC Fund
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14 | South Korea, United States, China | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software | $198k–$15M |
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D3 Jubilee
VC Fund
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13 | South Korea, United States, Kenya | Seed, Series A, Series B | Information Technology, Software, Health Care | $167k–$21M |
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Industrial Bank of Korea
VC Fund
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12 | South Korea, United States, China | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $166k–$28M |
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MYSC
VC Fund
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9 | South Korea, China, France | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Food and Beverage, Health Care, E-Commerce | |
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Smilegate Investment
VC Fund
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9 | South Korea, United States, Vietnam | Series B, Series A, Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care | $694k–$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–$14M |
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POSCO CAPITAL
VC Fund
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8 | South Korea, United States | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, Manufacturing, Information Technology | $171k–$14M |
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BNK Venture Capital
VC Fund
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7 | South Korea, Kuwait | Series A, Series B, Seed | Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Software | $268k–$15M |
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Korea Technology Finance Corporation
VC Fund
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7 | South Korea, Russian Federation | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Manufacturing, Medical | $383k–$15M |
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Center for Creative Economy and Innovation
VC Fund
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6 | South Korea | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Health Care, Manufacturing, Information Technology | $27k–$2.5M |
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Korea Development Bank
VC Fund
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6 | South Korea, United States, China | Series B, Series A, Series C | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $1.9M–$51M |
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L&S Venture Capital
VC Fund
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5 | South Korea, United States, Israel | Series A, Series B, Seed | Information Technology, Manufacturing, Software | $600k–$39M |
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Shinhan Venture Investment
VC Fund
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5 | South Korea, United States, India | Venture - Series Unknown, Series B, Series A | Manufacturing, Health Care, Biotechnology | $1.7M–$78M |
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AI Angel Club
VC Fund
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5 | South Korea | Seed, Series A, Angel | Health Care, Medical, E-Commerce | $87k–$5.8M |
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ENSL Partners
VC Fund
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5 | South Korea | Seed, Convertible Note | Artificial Intelligence, Pet, Apps | $74k–$1.1M |
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Antler
VC Fund
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5 | Singapore, Australia, United Kingdom | Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $100k–$29M |
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Magna Investment
VC Fund
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5 | South Korea, United States, Japan | Seed, Series A, Series B | Health Care, Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical | $147k–$18M |
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Strong Ventures
VC Fund
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5 | South Korea, United States, Poland | Seed, Series A, Series B | E-Commerce, Software, Health Care | $135k–$26M |
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Enlight Ventures
VC Fund
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5 | South Korea, Indonesia, United States | Seed, Series A, Series B | Manufacturing, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $94k–$20M |
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Hyundai Motor Company
VC Fund
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5 | South Korea, United States, Israel | Seed, Series A, Corporate Round | Automotive, Software, Artificial Intelligence | $100k–$475M |
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Hana Financial Investment
VC Fund
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4 | South Korea, Singapore, India | Series A, Series B, Seed | Biotechnology, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $213k–$28M |
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Lighthouse Combined Investment
VC Fund
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4 | South Korea, United States, Singapore | Series A, Seed, Series B | Food and Beverage, Information Technology, Sensor | $421k–$27M |
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TheVentures
VC Fund
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4 | South Korea, United States, Vietnam | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $72k–$5.1M |
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GS Ventures
VC Fund
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4 | South Korea, United States | Series A, Seed, Series B | Manufacturing, Industrial, Health Care | $3.3M–$42M |
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Kakao Ventures
VC Fund
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4 | South Korea, United States, Indonesia | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $297k–$27M |
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Shinhan Capital
VC Fund
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4 | South Korea, United States, India | Series A, Seed, Series B | Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce | $424k–$20M |
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Series Ventures
VC Fund
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4 | South Korea, Singapore | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Health Care, Manufacturing, Biotechnology | $86k–$4.4M |
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Nextdream Angel Club
VC Fund
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4 | South Korea, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed | Mobile Apps, Software, Health Care | $89k–$5.1M |
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DSC Investment
VC Fund
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4 | South Korea, United States, Israel | Series A, Series B, Seed | Artificial Intelligence, Health Care, Biotechnology | $594k–$54M |
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Yuhan-Kimberly
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea | Seed | Environmental Consulting, Product Design, Information Technology | $108k–$749k |
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Korea Angel Investment Association
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea | Seed, Angel, Venture - Series Unknown | Apps, Manufacturing, Information Technology | $40k–$2.3M |
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Daesung Private Equity
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea, United States, India | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $446k–$17M |
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Future Science and Technology Holdings
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea, United States | Seed, Series A | Biotechnology, Health Care, Information Technology | $231k–$6.7M |
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Anda Asia Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea | Series A, Series B, Seed | Manufacturing, Semiconductor, Sales | $2.4M–$20M |
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TimeWorks investments
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea, United States | Seed, Series A, Series B | Artificial Intelligence, Software, Electronics | $691k–$57M |
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Chonnam National University Technology Holdings
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea | Seed, Series A, Corporate Round | E-Commerce, Renewable Energy, Environmental Engineering | $166k–$4.5M |
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We Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea, United States, Singapore | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $729k–$19M |
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Blue Corner
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea | Series A, Seed, Series B | Artificial Intelligence, Solar, Video | $700k–$6.4M |
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Posco
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea, Australia, United States | Series A, Series B | Manufacturing, Mineral, Renewable Energy | $1.7M–$111M |
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The Jeju Center for Creative Economy & Innovation
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea | Seed | GreenTech, Energy, Events | |
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Simbon Investment Partners
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea | Series A, Seed | Information Technology, Internet, Artificial Intelligence | $1.5M–$5M |
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Hyundai Technology Investment
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea, Iraq, United States | Series A, Series B, Seed | Manufacturing, Robotics, Information Technology | $816k–$17M |
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IBK Capital
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea, United States, India | Series A, Seed, Series B | Health Care, Biotechnology, Information Technology | $436k–$17M |
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Gyeongnam Creative Economy Innovation Center
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Manufacturing, Robotics, Food and Beverage | $84k–$908k |
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Stone Bridge Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea, United States, South Africa | Series A, Seed, Series B | Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology | $1.6M–$22M |
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Applied Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | United States, France, South Korea | Series A, Series B, Series C | Manufacturing, Semiconductor, Electronics | $1.5M–$40M |
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Hana Securities
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea, United States | Series A, Series B, Series C | Information Technology, Software, Manufacturing | $2.3M–$25M |
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KB Investment
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea, United States, Vietnam | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology | $737k–$39M |
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Rising S Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea | Seed, Series A, Series B | Manufacturing, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $215k–$1.5M |
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Timepolio Asset Management
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, Russian Federation | Series A, Series B, Series C | Biotechnology, Manufacturing, Health Care | $9k–$81M |
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Korea Credit Guarantee Fund operates as a public financial institution.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: South Korea, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 344
- Round size: Seed $198k–$2.9M; Series A $881k–$7.8M; Venture - Series Unknown $884k–$15M
- Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Locuskorea — Locuskorea is an early-stage firm that focuses on local distribution and logistics businesses.
- Limpid — Limpid is a Bio pet food startup. It set new standards in pet nutrition through continuous innovation.
- DoubleT — DoubleT is an innovative tech enterprise specialized in industrial workplace safety and business automation. Its premier product, HEIMDALL, utilizes artificial intelligence and real-time location systems to prevent industrial accidents. They also operate DoubleWorks for corporate management and Jikguraound to streamline global B2B sourcing forbusinesses.
D3 is headquartered in Seoul and San Francisco, pioneering the domestic and global impact investment areas. D3 redefines the role of capital by investing in entrepreneurial innovation that improves the lives of low-income families, women, and immigrants, and creates an environmentally sustainable world.Invest in ICT start-ups with highsocio-environmental value in low-income countries such as Korea, USA and South America, Africa and India.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 119
- Round size: Seed $167k–$2M; Series A $890k–$4.3M; Series B $3.3M–$21M
- Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $15M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- GREENDA — GREENDA is a bio-aviation oil and gas raw material manufacturing company.
- Pion Electric — Pion Electric is a company that is reimagining the future of the energy industry and the worldwide market for emerging technologies.
- Metal Link — Rio MNC is a company that has grown by focusing on steel wire for submarine cable sheathing.
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, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 314
- Round size: Seed $166k–$4.5M; Series A $2.3M–$17M; Series B $4.8M–$28M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
Portfolio highlights
- BIGC — BIGC is a technology company that offers digital marketing, content creation, and advertising services.
- Gadget Korea — Gadget korea offers data roaming services.
- Raion Robotics — Raion Robotics manufactures walking robots for industrial applications and offers prospects in potential industries such as defense, construction, and logistics.
MYSC is an innovative company that helps innovation through consulting, social venture accelerating, and impact investing.
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- Industry: Food and Beverage, Health Care, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: South Korea, China, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 70
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Rovigos — Rovigos analyzes data from your whole business to help you make better forecasts and choices.
- Welfare Union — Welfare Union focused on customized senior care meals and nutritional services.
- Phyto Research — Phyto Research offers virus-free, high-quality seedlings as OEM through tissue culture and seed manufacturing.
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, Series A, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Vietnam
Investor stats
- Total investments: 294
- Round size: Seed $694k–$6.6M; Series A $1.3M–$16M; Series B $3.6M–$47M
- Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Cosmos Lab — Cosmos Lab is a battery manufacturer.
- Prazer Therapeutics — Prazer Therapeutics assists patients suffering from intractable diseases through the use of logical and innovative drug design approaches. They willaccomplished this through the use of new and innovative drug development platforms, such as rational molecular drug design technology and next-generation protein degradation technology.
- Accorde Entertainment — Accorde Entertainment operates as a South Korean virtual entertainment agency.
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: 114
- Round size: Seed $223k–$1.8M; Series A $891k–$5.4M; Series B $7.2M–$14M
- Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $8.9M in 2017
Portfolio highlights
- Frefins — Frefins is a specialized Rental Transformation (RX) company that generates value by connecting businesses, financial institutions, and consumers.
- Plantner — PLANTNER develops environmentally friendly polymers that utilizes the controlled-release characteristics of alginate, a polymer derived from seaweed, along with natural controlled-release fertilizers to substitute current chemical products. Concurrently, the company is engaged in research and development as well as local field trials in Korea andVietnam. These innovations are directly aimed at promoting low-input sustainable agriculture. The organization is committed to tackling the unsustainable practices prevalent in conventional agriculture through the use of slow-release fertilizers, aspiring to foster eco-friendly advancements rooted in natural materials, beginning with agriculture, which is the cornerstone of the industry. In traditional agricultural settings, the significant loss of chemical fertilizers has resulted in nutrient depletion, leading to soil degradation issues such as acidification. This reduction in soil productivity compels farmers to resort to even greater quantities of chemicals to enhance yields, thereby perpetuating a detrimental cycle of increasing overuse. As a response, coated slow-release fertilizers have been introduced; however, their synthetic polymer coatings have contributed to the buildup of microplastics in the soil, harming the habitats of beneficial microorganisms and generating additional environmental challenges. To mitigate these concerns, ongoing research and development efforts are focused on substituting the conventional coating materials of slow-release fertilizers which are responsible for environmental issues like residual microplastics with alginate, a biodegradable polymer sourced from seaweed.
- Partridge Systems — Partridge Systems develops an automotive data platform that enables real-time data transfer, sharing, and structured data management. The platform offers end-to-end capabilities, including data collection, storage, and deployment pipelines for processing vehicle big data through web-based visualization tools. It allows users to access streamingdata without local downloads and supports seamless collaboration among engineers worldwide.
POSCO Capital offers financial services.
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- Industry: Software, Manufacturing, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 98
- Round size: Seed $171k–$6.1M; Series A $1.2M–$10M; Series B $3.7M–$14M
- Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Leecell — Leecell is a solar cell manufacturing company that produces organic and perovskite thin‑film photovoltaic cells.
- MID — MID specializes in the development, testing, and production of space-related components.
- Daedong Robotics — Daedong Robotics, a Daedong Group affiliate, offers AI robot solutions that understand agricultural sites, reducing time-consuming and hazardous tasks.
BNK Venture Capital is an investment firm.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Software
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, Kuwait
Investor stats
- Total investments: 82
- Round size: Seed $268k–$5.5M; Series A $1.9M–$9M; Series B $3.8M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $191k in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- BEYLESS — BEYLESS is an embedded platform for autonomous driving.
- GREENDA — GREENDA is a bio-aviation oil and gas raw material manufacturing company.
- Camello Tech Co. — Camello Tech Co. is an agricultural products company that sells tea capsules and aloesonic pills.
Korea Technology Finance Corporation is a South Korea-based fund for small and medium enterprises.
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- Industry: Software, Manufacturing, Medical
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, Russian Federation
Investor stats
- Total investments: 92
- Round size: Seed $383k–$4.1M; Series A $1.8M–$8.4M; Series B $1.2M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Leecell — Leecell is a solar cell manufacturing company that produces organic and perovskite thin‑film photovoltaic cells.
- Intergravity — Intergravity is a company that is developing orbital transportation technologies to support the future of in-space activity. Intergravity is to enable a space environment in which mobility, service, and logistics are seamlessly integrated, creating the framework for long-term operations beyond Earth.
- Unmanned Exploration Laboratory — Unmanned Exploration Laboratory manufactures multirotor drones, fixed-wing aircraft, and unmanned vehicles for space exploration.
CCEI is a frontline post of creative economy to create new industries and markets.
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- Industry: Health Care, Manufacturing, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 56
- Round size: Seed $27k–$1.4M; Series A $1.5M–$1.7M; Venture - Series Unknown $748k–$2.5M
- Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Yoitang — Yoitang is a brokerage platform that combines online and offline real estate transactions by utilizing big data and artificial intelligence from public institutions. CEO Heo Ji-soo acquired the 26th certified real estate agent license in 2015 and experienced 20 real estate brokerage businesses.
- Semos — Semos app offers water sports with certified trainers to enable users to learn anywhere anytime.
- Cloud Stone — Cloud Stone provides delivery services for college students.
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Browse database — It's Free!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: 386
- Round size: Series A $1.9M–$26M; Series B $4.7M–$31M; Series C $7.2M–$51M
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Nexeon — Nexeon is a world leader in engineered silicon materials for battery applications. Its Li-ion battery anode technology uses silicon instead of graphite.
- Turing — Reinvent Education with Technology
- Flexell Space — FLEXELL SPACE primarily focuses on the development and manufacturing of space solar cells, aiming to provide differentiated products for our customers in the space industry
L&S Venture Capital is a venture capital firm. L&S Venture Capital is specializing in incubation, seed, early, and expansion stage investments. L&S Venture Capital invests in electronic components, including smart phones, pads, televisions and grid; telecommunications equipments; green energy sector, such as solar, wind, fuel cell, LED,and EV; machineries; broadcasting; nanotechnology; intelligent robotics; telematics; medical equipments; media contents, which inlcude creation, distribution and new media. L&S Venture Capital primarily invests in South Korea with a focus in Seoul, Gyeonggi region, and Chungnam province. L&S Venture Capital was founded in 2006 and is based in Seoul, South Korea.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Manufacturing, Software
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 117
- Round size: Seed $600k–$5.1M; Series A $1.9M–$9.8M; Series B $4.8M–$39M
- Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Awexome Ray — Awexome Ray is a company that manufactures next-generation X-ray generator.
- 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
- Inserasolution — Inserasolution produces high-performance Fast & Fine Steering Mirrors for laser-based space optical communications and sophisticated defense systems.
Shinhan Venture Investment operates as an investment company. Shinhan Venture Investment focuses on earlier-stage venture capital investments and later-stage control investments opportunities derived from the latest megatrends such as the aging population, disruptive technologies, IT convergence, alternative energy and etc.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Health Care, Biotechnology
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series B, Series A
- Geography: South Korea, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 238
- Round size: Series A $2.5M–$26M; Series B $4.5M–$45M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.7M–$78M
- Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Return Zero — AI, ASR, Diarization, Speech, ML
- Linq — We are creating ‘hyper-automated insurance platforms’ to comprehensively support underwriters and claim adjusters and to facilitate communication between insurers and reinsurers using AI and deep learning.
- Inserasolution — Inserasolution produces high-performance Fast & Fine Steering Mirrors for laser-based space optical communications and sophisticated defense systems.
AI Angel Club is an angel investment club that specializes in seed investment in the medical and bio healthcare field.
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- Industry: Health Care, Medical, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 59
- Round size: Seed $87k–$930k; Angel $87k–$131k; Series A $1.3M–$5.8M
- Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Dumion — Dumion develops transdermal drug-delivery and dermatological ingredient technologies.
- Plantner — PLANTNER develops environmentally friendly polymers that utilizes the controlled-release characteristics of alginate, a polymer derived from seaweed, along with natural controlled-release fertilizers to substitute current chemical products. Concurrently, the company is engaged in research and development as well as local field trials in Korea andVietnam. These innovations are directly aimed at promoting low-input sustainable agriculture. The organization is committed to tackling the unsustainable practices prevalent in conventional agriculture through the use of slow-release fertilizers, aspiring to foster eco-friendly advancements rooted in natural materials, beginning with agriculture, which is the cornerstone of the industry. In traditional agricultural settings, the significant loss of chemical fertilizers has resulted in nutrient depletion, leading to soil degradation issues such as acidification. This reduction in soil productivity compels farmers to resort to even greater quantities of chemicals to enhance yields, thereby perpetuating a detrimental cycle of increasing overuse. As a response, coated slow-release fertilizers have been introduced; however, their synthetic polymer coatings have contributed to the buildup of microplastics in the soil, harming the habitats of beneficial microorganisms and generating additional environmental challenges. To mitigate these concerns, ongoing research and development efforts are focused on substituting the conventional coating materials of slow-release fertilizers which are responsible for environmental issues like residual microplastics with alginate, a biodegradable polymer sourced from seaweed.
- DentalCall — DentalCall is a dental technology company that offers an AI voice receptionist and CRM platform for dental clinics.
ENSL Partners is an investment accelerator firm that invests in startup companies.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Pet, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Convertible Note
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 45
- Round size: Seed $74k–$1.1M
- Lead/follow: 49% lead, 51% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Rivetta — Rivetta provides a web novel translation platform that supports global publishing through translation, distribution, promotion, and settlement services. It enables writers to share their work with international audiences while managing publishing and monetization processes. The platform helps creators grow readership and expand their presenceacross diverse global markets.
- TalentSeeker — TalentSeeker is an AI-powered recruitment platform developing global talent sourcing and hiring automation solutions. The company provides AI-based candidate search, resume parsing, talent database management, and personalized outreach tools to help businesses streamline recruitment workflows.
- Meta Energy Frontier — Meta Energy Frontier is a carbon-neutral smart energy solution company utilizing high-transmittance artificial photovoltaics. It contributes to improving building energy ratings through proprietary technology that converts 20% of existing unused lighting light energy into electricity. The company aims to recycle wasted light from indoor LEDlighting and utilize it as a distributed power source in urban areas.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Geography: Singapore, Australia, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2377
- Round size: Seed $158k–$4.5M; Pre-Seed $100k–$590k; Series A $4.1M–$29M
- Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $7.5M in 2026
Portfolio highlights
- Two — Buy Now, Pay Later for your business customers. Two makes it easy and safe to offer invoice as a payment method on your e-commerce site.
- Forti Foods — The mission of Forti Foods is to enhance communities and change lives beyond the plate by fostering resilience and dignity via sustainable food innovation.
- Neighbourhood — Neighbourhood transform unused spaces in restaurants, hotels and residences, into local hubs for co-working, creating and collaborating.
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- Industry: Health Care, Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 99
- Round size: Seed $147k–$3.1M; Series A $1.8M–$12M; Series B $3.8M–$18M
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
Portfolio highlights
- ABLE Labs — ABLE Labs provide liquid handling robots and protocols so that all researchers can focus on constructing assay, leaving the execution to robots. If you want would contact them please contact them via phone call or email.
- AIT STUDIO — AIT Studio is a digital health startup that develops AI-powered, contactless gait analysis solutions for early detection of mobility decline and age-related conditions such as sarcopenia. Our flagship products—GAIT Studio (App) and MediStep M Pro (hardware package)—deliver full gait assessments in under 1 minute, without wearables or specializedstaff.
- 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 The number of influencers is explosively increasing. Featuring allows brands and marketers to discover product-fit influencers andhelps matching based 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.
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: 382
- Round size: Seed $135k–$3M; Series A $1M–$10M; Series B $2.4M–$26M
- Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $38M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- WeGlee — WeGlee is a food and beverage startup that operates 'WeGlee,' a fast-casual dining brand centered around pasta bowls.
- Neardoc — Neardoc operates on a business-to-business subscription model providing an ambient artificial intelligence scribe solution for healthcare facilities. The platform leverages a proprietary medical reasoning engine to automatically generate structured clinical SOAP notes by analyzing doctor-patient conversations in real time. Its core valueproposition centers on eliminating administrative overhead, reducing charting time for medical professionals, and increasing patient throughput.
- READi Robust Machine — Ready Robust Machine is a company that makes carbon reduction and fuel cost improvement systems.
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, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 106
- Round size: Seed $94k–$3.3M; Series A $1.8M–$14M; Series B $2.7M–$20M
- Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow
Portfolio highlights
- TESOLLO — TESOLLO develops multi-joint robotic grippers and robotic hands for precise grasping and manipulation in industrial automation, humanoid robotics, and research.
- Aigencore — Aigencore is a specialized, advanced technology company focused on tritium solutions, nuclear fusion fuel cycles, and tritium-applied industrial products.
- Stress Solution — Based on unique medical and scientific information and ECG waveforms, Stress Solution creates sound that regulates and initiates the equilibrium of the autonomic nervous system. Currently, Healing Bit is utilizing wearable technology to detect stress in real time. Through this, an autonomous feedback system that uses artificial intelligence topredict individual stress level situations and take preventative measures is being developed.
The Hyundai Motor Company is a South Korean multinational automotive manufacturer. It has various vehicle lineups, brand vision, and global campaigns like clean mobility, sustainability, art, and sports partnership.The company was founded in 1967 and, along with its 32.8% owned subsidiary, Kia Motors, together comprise the Hyundai Motor Group,which is the world's fifth-largest automaker based on annual vehicle sales in 2012. In 2008, Hyundai Motor (without Kia) was ranked as the eighth largest automaker. As of 2012, the company sold over 4.4 million vehicles worldwide in that year, and together with Kia total sales were 7.12 million.
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- Industry: Automotive, Software, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Corporate Round
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 101
- Round size: Seed $100k–$9M; Series A $5M–$100M; Corporate Round $4.3M–$475M
- Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Qnovo — Trusted worldwide to power the products that power your life.
- Upstage — Upstage AI develops artificial intelligence technologies focused on large language models and document processing systems designed to support enterprise workflows. Its platform includes tools that convert unstructured data such as PDFs, scans, and emails into structured, machine-readable formats, enabling downstream analysis and automation. Thecompany also provides models like its Solar LLM, which are optimized for tasks such as text generation, information extraction, and question answering within business environments. Its solutions are applied across industries including finance, healthcare, insurance, and manufacturing to handle tasks like document parsing, data extraction, and workflow automation. Additionally, its services can be deployed through APIs, cloud environments, or on-premise systems to integrate with existing enterprise infrastructure.
- Video Rebirth — Video Rebirth Limited is a private limited company that is established with shares.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, Singapore, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 93
- Round size: Seed $213k–$3.3M; Series A $2M–$26M; Series B $1.7M–$28M
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Trustay — Trustay is a real estate asset management company.
- earlysloth — Earlysloth is an AI based survey on the messenger for the enterprise.
- Kimu Studio — Kimu discovers servant artists, plans education and exhibitions with the artist's unique sensibility.
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- Industry: Food and Beverage, Information Technology, Sensor
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 50
- Round size: Seed $421k–$3M; Series A $2.7M–$9.3M; Series B $1.1M–$27M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
Portfolio highlights
- H2 — H2 is a Korea-based advanced energy storage company specialized in vanadium redox flow battery which is an optimal solution especially for large-scale and long-duration energy storage. H2 has developed cutting-edge EnerFLOW series energy storage using its own vanadium redox flow batteries, which is commercially available at the moment. H2 isexpected to grow fast and big due to H2's unique design and manufacturing capabilities, and a promising market of large-scale energy storage.
- Seadronix — Seadronix is a AI technology-based autonomous navigation solutions developed by PhD researchers. It saves cost and secures safety based on various learning data.
- BRUSH Theatre — BRUSH Theatre is a theatre for live performances.
TheVentures provides their portfolio companies access to on staff world class experts in recruiting, PR, marketing, early stage customer acquisition, raising money, and strategy. They even provide engineering and design support, co-building products with the founding team, while assiting in hiring those difficult to recruit early engineers.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Vietnam
Investor stats
- Total investments: 152
- Round size: Seed $73k–$1.4M; Pre-Seed $72k–$2M; Series A $1.1M–$5.1M
- Lead/follow: 47% lead, 53% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $7M in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- ObliView — Oblivieu oversees the entire production process and plans running and gym attire immediately.
- Sans — Sans is the first alternative coffee brand in Korea to replicate the taste and aroma of coffee without using beans, and it is the only brand in the world to operate specialty alternative coffee stores. Instead of coffee beans, which are designated as one of the "five endangered crops," Sans developed an alternative coffee similar toAmericano by combining 12 ingredients, such as jujube seeds, chicory roots, and barley, which are easy to grow in greenhouses in any country regardless of climate change.
- Libra Health — Libra Health develops menstrual-cycle-focused sports nutrition products for female athletes.
GS Ventures provides Investment in domestic companies.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Industrial, Health Care
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 19
- Round size: Series A $3.3M–$19M; Series B $3.6M–$42M
- Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
Portfolio highlights
- RXC — RXC is a startup that creates a differentiated next-gen media commerce platform that helps brands succeed.
- Elice — Elice develops a digital education platform for employee digital transformation training. With a three-step structure of training, evaluation, and recruitment, Elice creates opportunities for growth and social innovation. Individuals may study in the same setting as in the real world thanks to Elice's practice-based education service, whichthey can then readily apply to real-life problem-solving.
- GREENDA — GREENDA is a bio-aviation oil and gas raw material manufacturing 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, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 403
- Round size: Seed $297k–$4.2M; Series A $988k–$11M; Series B $3.4M–$27M
- Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $40B in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- Kids Note — KidsNote (키즈노트) is a Korean childcare-based web and mobile application that connects teachers with parents. Established in 2012, KidsNote enables parents to get notified of announcements made by teachers.
- A33 Studio — A-33 Studio team is led by the chief executive officer ‘Kim Dong Sun’ who was in charge of the development, launch and operation of ‘Counter Strike Online’ which is one of the top 3 online FPS games in Korea. The team consists of developers who have worked together for ‘CS Online’ and ‘Combat Arms’ at Nexon, one of the top online game makers in theworld.
- Tect Group — We deliver real beauty based on distinctive brands and innovative marketing solutions, fostering confidence and positivity around the world.
Shinhan Capital is a credit-specialized company offering corporate finance services for its clients. It provides financial services, lease, corporate loans, investment financing, housing loans, installment financing, etc. Shinhan Capital was established in 1991. The company is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 215
- Round size: Seed $424k–$4M; Series A $2.1M–$11M; Series B $4.2M–$20M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Trioar — Trioar is a biotechnological research company that manufacture pharmaceutical products and drugs.
- Nventric — Nventric is a medical device company that develops core products for neurovascular, coronary heart, and peripheral vascular applications.
- KB-Element — KB-Element is a graphene development and production company that also turns graphene into intermediate items and novel materials.
Series Ventures is an investment company for the beauty care, engineering, healthcare, social platform, and enterprise sectors.
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- Industry: Health Care, Manufacturing, Biotechnology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: South Korea, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 98
- Round size: Seed $86k–$1.9M; Series A $2.9M–$4.4M
- Lead/follow: 70% lead, 30% follow
Portfolio highlights
- ROBOS — Robos is a hybrid robot system built by evaluating biological object vision data using Lidar Vision and Open CV-based Object Detection. By combining self-developed biomaterial machine vision technology and robot technology, it intends to expand into a company that delivers core services to diverse industrial sites such as manufacturing, food, andmedical.
- With Doctors — With Doctors growth care solution precisely evaluates and analyzes physical, nutritional, psychological, and environmental factors affecting growth to derive the child's key management factors, and design and provide safe, scientifically proven, customized growth care programs for children through collaboration between exercise, nutrition, andpsychology experts and medical staff.
- Golden Brain Care — Golden Brain Care develops "Brain Friends," an AI-powered platform designed for speech and cognitive rehabilitation targeting patients with neurological communication disorders. The platform digitizes the speech therapy lifecycle by integrating self-assessments, tailored vocal training, real-time performance data analysis, and guardianreporting mechanisms into a single workflow. Its core value proposition focuses on extending rehabilitation from clinical environments to daily life, bypassing limitations in face-to-face medical expert capacity through personalized home care systems.
Nextdream Angel Club provides startup angel investment and solutions.
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- Industry: Mobile Apps, Software, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 29
- Round size: Seed $89k–$616k; Pre-Seed $92k–$5.1M
- Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Midvar — Midvar is an aeroponics-based smart farm solution startup that leverages advanced automation, IoT, and data-driven technologies to enable efficient, sustainable, and high-yield crop production in controlled environments.
- Blue Cap Can — Blue Cap offers a wide range of innovative and customized solutions related to secondary batteries, a rapidly growing and highly regarded sector in the global energy market.
- Fortel My Health — Fortel My Health provides an innovative liquid biopsy service, 'Magnolia,' designed to simultaneously screen for ovarian and endometrial cancers. The service utilizes platelet-derived RNA analysis combined with an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm for cancer diagnosis. This advanced technology was developed to address thelimitations of traditional imaging diagnostics and tissue biopsies.
DSC Investments invests in early stage and growth companies in the field of corporate identify and focus, IT, software, biotechnology, machinery, and future high-growth areas such as environment and resources.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Health Care, Biotechnology
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 258
- Round size: Seed $594k–$9.1M; Series A $1.6M–$17M; Series B $4.8M–$54M
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
Portfolio highlights
- IHW — iHW is an AI semiconductor company that develops ultra-low-power analog AI chips using Analog Compute-in-Memory (ACiM) technology for mobile and edge devices. The company builds analog-digital computing architectures to improve power efficiency and performance in on-device AI processing.
- MID — MID specializes in the development, testing, and production of space-related components.
- CarbonSix — CarbonSix delivers cutting-edge robotics automation for manufacturing, combining Six-Sigma robot dexterity and intelligence to transform industrial operations worldwide.
Yuhan-Kimberly is the joint venture between Korea’s Yuhan Corporation
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- Industry: Environmental Consulting, Product Design, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Round size: Seed $108k–$749k
- Lead/follow: 67% lead, 33% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Shunytech — Shunytech owns an experienced aquaculture technology company that aims to revolutionize the industry. The company provides smart aquaculture equipment and monitoring systems, allowing aquaculture farms to function more efficiently
- Sinseongo — Sinseongo develops smart refrigerator systems using IoT and mobile tech to help users manage food storage efficiently.
- Plantner — PLANTNER develops environmentally friendly polymers that utilizes the controlled-release characteristics of alginate, a polymer derived from seaweed, along with natural controlled-release fertilizers to substitute current chemical products. Concurrently, the company is engaged in research and development as well as local field trials in Korea andVietnam. These innovations are directly aimed at promoting low-input sustainable agriculture. The organization is committed to tackling the unsustainable practices prevalent in conventional agriculture through the use of slow-release fertilizers, aspiring to foster eco-friendly advancements rooted in natural materials, beginning with agriculture, which is the cornerstone of the industry. In traditional agricultural settings, the significant loss of chemical fertilizers has resulted in nutrient depletion, leading to soil degradation issues such as acidification. This reduction in soil productivity compels farmers to resort to even greater quantities of chemicals to enhance yields, thereby perpetuating a detrimental cycle of increasing overuse. As a response, coated slow-release fertilizers have been introduced; however, their synthetic polymer coatings have contributed to the buildup of microplastics in the soil, harming the habitats of beneficial microorganisms and generating additional environmental challenges. To mitigate these concerns, ongoing research and development efforts are focused on substituting the conventional coating materials of slow-release fertilizers which are responsible for environmental issues like residual microplastics with alginate, a biodegradable polymer sourced from seaweed.
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Browse database — It's Free!Korea Angel Investment Association is a small and medium-sized enterprise that supports startups and angel investors.
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- Industry: Apps, Manufacturing, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 25
- Round size: Seed $78k–$2.3M; Angel $40k–$112k
- Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Linsol — Linsol develops life-saving and environmental detection solutions based on defense-derived search and detection technology.
- Jan153 Biotech — Jan153 Biotech is a biopesticide development company that develops advanced biological control technology to protect the environment.
- Advance Battery Recycle — Advance Battery Recycle is an eco-friendly battery recycling technology company. It produces positive and negative electrode materials by recycling byproducts generated during the battery manufacturing process.
Daesung Private Equity is a Korean venture capital firm offering investment, corporation restructuring, and incubation services.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 71
- Round size: Seed $446k–$8.4M; Series A $2.2M–$10M; Series B $1.5M–$17M
- Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $24M in 2014
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- Lee Eum-Gil — Lee Eum-Gil is a consulting firm specializing in career transition support services.
- DAIM Research — DAIM Research is an AI-based automation system solution company that provides logistics automation solutions.
- Autonomous a2z — Autonomous a2z is a driving mobility platform that provides autonomous driving service with judgement, control and recognition technologies.
Future Science and Technology Holdings is an investment company that specializes in technology-based services.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: South Korea, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 36
- Round size: Seed $231k–$1.7M; Series A $2.2M–$6.7M
- Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow
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- Protier Biotech — PROTIER Biotech is a company leading the development of therapeutics through innovative biotechnology .
- ArcGen Bioscience — Embark on a Voyage in Immuno-Oncology
Anda Asia Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Seoul, South Korea they invest in, manufacturing, artificial intelligence & big data
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Semiconductor, Sales
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 13
- Round size: Series A $2.4M–$7M; Series B $7.4M–$20M
- Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow
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- Nexusbe — Nexusbe is a manufacturer of atomic layer equipment technology intended to provide vacuum deposition equipment.
- HunetPlus — HunetPlus is a specialty chemicals company with expertise in the display and electronics industries.
- Colosseum — Colosseum is a logistics company that provides e-commerce logistics services to various locations.
TimeWorks investments is a investment firm.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Electronics
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 25
- Round size: Seed $691k–$15M; Series A $1.1M–$57M; Series B $833k–$22M
- Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
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- MHS — MHS operates as a thermal management company specializing in cooling technology and thermal fluid analysis for high-heat environments. The company applies experience from multiple industries and knowledge of heatsink design to assess customer requirements and operating conditions at the design stage. It develops and provides thermal solutions forengineering applications.
- Pickle Plus — Pickle Plus provides an account sharing service for the OTT platform.
Chonnam National University Technology Holdings is a financial service company that specializes in investment and funding services.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Renewable Energy, Environmental Engineering
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Corporate Round
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 12
- Round size: Seed $166k–$4.5M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
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- Leecell — Leecell is a solar cell manufacturing company that produces organic and perovskite thin‑film photovoltaic cells.
- Refeely — Refeely is a refill-focused packaging company that offers B2B packaging solutions using refillable paper cartons for products. The company develops eco-friendly refill products and paper-based packaging system.
- Nature Allo — Nature Allo is a pet healthcare brand that provides functional pet food.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 95
- Round size: Seed $729k–$4.3M; Series A $2.2M–$19M; Series B $3M–$16M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- GraphAI — GraphAI AI enables seamless integration of diverse data sources for fast and user-friendly AI-powered Business Intelligence (BI).GraphAI-A leverages neural networks to maintain a comprehensive graph view and swiftly reveals valuable insights from enterprise data, facilitating trend analysis and a 360-degree customer perspective. This is achievedthrough In-DB AI technology with an intuitive low-code interface.GraphAI-T delivers accelerated and robust BI analytics by leveraging the valuable insights obtained from GraphAI-A. It further facilitates transaction processing on business data through structured queries like SQL and Cypher.
- KB-Element — KB-Element is a graphene development and production company that also turns graphene into intermediate items and novel materials.
- Bunker Kids — Bunker Kids is a startup that provides solutions optimized for achieving personal health goals using data and algorithms.
Blue Corner is a venture capital firm that provides investments for startups and venture organizations.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Solar, Video
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Round size: Series A $700k–$6.4M
- Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
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- Dropshot — Dudum is a video production company that provides graphics, product advertisements, and in-house training.
- BEYLESS — BEYLESS is an embedded platform for autonomous driving.
- Playtag — Playtag operates an AI-based platform that uses behavioral analytics for early childhood education. The company develops learning tools for infants and toddlers and provides systems for kindergartens and daycare centers. These systems support the use of data-driven methods in teaching and classroom activities.
POSCO (formerly Pohang Iron and Steel Company) is a multinational steel-making company. Has become the world's number one steel company POSCO through continuous plant efficiency and production of conductive and practical power beyond the limits. They constantly strive to create better products for new materials development energy.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Mineral, Renewable Energy
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, Australia, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 24
- Round size: Series A $1.7M–$12M; Series B $10M–$111M
- Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
Portfolio highlights
- BRILS — BRILS Corporation, a leading professional system engineering organization, takes pleasure in providing pioneering automation system designs and integrated solutions.
- Enforus — Enforus is building project represents a new model for rapidly commercializing large corporations technologies.
- Mineral Resources - Operational Lithium Business — Mineral Resources - Operational Lithium Business operates lithium mines.
The Jeju Center for Creative Economy & Innovation for investing in startups
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- Industry: GreenTech, Energy, Events
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: South Korea
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- Total investments: 13
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- CareSix — The future of veterinary care. We envision a world where all companions receive the quality healthcare they're entitled to. Our first line of production - Cotons AI Sense 1 series presents wearable devices, where shaving, gel or electrode is not required for vital data collection. Simply wear the device on your dog's neck to receive notonly vital data, but clinical and behavioral via app or web.
- Spacebeam — Spacebeam is a startup creating space optical communication technology, a space-to-earth data transfer technique that uses light.
- JIN System — JIN System uses location-based spatial information technology to identify customers' potential needs and offers market-friendly solutions by integrating and converging relevant technologies. They aim to cater to increasing consumer needs in transportation, social welfare, and safety sectors, and expand into the digital twin field.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Internet, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- Round size: Series A $1.5M–$5M
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
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- EnergyX — Energy X is an AI-driven online energy platform company based in Seoul, Republic of Korea. Energy X connects various energy market participants from individual households to EPC contractors and investors via its online and mobile Social Energy Platform. Backed by socially responsible venture capital investors, Energy X strives to become the globalstandard for clean energy development and energy securitization.
- Xquare — Xquare is an AI-driven energy fintech company. Xquare provides a crowdfunding platform and a securitized marketplace focused on renewable energy across the globe. Backed by its parent company Energy X and venture capital investors, Xquare offers its users a stable, reliable, and attractive investment opportunity in the renewable clean energymarket.
- Wayne Hills Bryant AI — Wayne Hills Bryant A.I. is a pioneering AI SaaS platform that transforms text and voice data into digital video content. Our technology uses machine learning and natural language processing to create cohesive narratives, significantly reducing content creation time and costs. Since our establishment, we've earned prestigious awards anddeveloped a portfolio of 33 patents. We're also expanding our offerings with innovative products like our Text-To -Video(TTV) solution. With successful Series A funding and an ongoing Series B round, we're shaping the future of video storytelling content generation.
Hyundai Technology Investment is a venture capital firm that mainly invests in early-stage companies and is based in South Korea.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Robotics, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, Iraq, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 55
- Round size: Seed $816k–$10M; Series A $1.2M–$7M; Series B $4.5M–$17M
- Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow
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- AddedBiome — AddedBiome is a Korean wellness food company focused on gut-health snacks and kombucha.
- Scone — Meechu (Scone) is a virtual creator and entertainment platform focused on VTuber-style digital characters. It enables users to create, animate, and stream 3D avatars using motion tracking and interactive tools. The platform supports immersive online performances, audience engagement, and digital content creation through AI-assisted avatartechnology and real-time virtual interaction systems.
- Cafe Manwolgyeong — Cafe Manwolgyeong is a customer-centered cafe brand that values different cafes and related products.
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: 119
- Round size: Seed $436k–$4M; Series A $1.5M–$11M; Series B $3M–$17M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
Portfolio highlights
- BEYLESS — BEYLESS is an embedded platform for autonomous driving.
- IHW — iHW is an AI semiconductor company that develops ultra-low-power analog AI chips using Analog Compute-in-Memory (ACiM) technology for mobile and edge devices. The company builds analog-digital computing architectures to improve power efficiency and performance in on-device AI processing.
- Kitronyx — Tactile Pressure Distribution System
Gyeongnam Center for Creative Economy & Innovation is a support center for corporate growth from prospective entrepreneurs to entrepreneurs.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Robotics, Food and Beverage
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 13
- Round size: Seed $84k–$908k
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
Portfolio highlights
- POSCORE — POSCORE creates significant added value by creating magnetic powder and minimizing sunk processing costs through the recycling of unwanted steel scrap.POSCORE is transform the motor core manufacturing process, which is at the heart of the eco-friendly vehicle industry's transition from internal combustion engines to electric drives, into aneco-friendly, high-efficiency, and low-cost process.
- GSF System — GSF System is an artificial intelligence factory that specializes in factory construction and government support projects.
- Cethe Corporation — Cethe Corporation manufactures and distributes a variety of product lines and develops a consumer-focused new concept platform.
Stone Bridge Ventures invests in entrepreneurs with bold ideas that improve and expand people's lives, industries, and markets. They provide professional assistance and a network of contacts geared towards businesses in order to help them expand.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 99
- Round size: Seed $1.6M–$9.7M; Series A $2.5M–$18M; Series B $2.7M–$22M
- Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $138M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Nums AI — Nums AI is a single foundation model that predicts across commerce, healthcare, finance, manufacturing, and defense.
- Airbility — Airability is a developer for potential airline mobility solutions.
- Amber Road — Amber Road is the creator of an operation management-focused data analysis program. By analyzing the data based on the input data, the company's platform generates a customized AI model and business insight report that requires the input of manufacturing process data.
Applied Ventures, LLC, is the venture capital arm of Applied Materials, Inc., (NASDAQ: AMAT) investing in innovative startups for over a decade.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Semiconductor, Electronics
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
- Geography: United States, France, South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 106
- Round size: Series A $1.5M–$30M; Series B $6.5M–$40M; Series C $9.4M–$35M
- Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2017
Portfolio highlights
- Qolab — Qolab mission is to build high quality qubits by leveraging the most advanced semiconductor manufacturing processes.
- Augmentus — We pioneer easy and intelligent 3D scanning and robot motion planning technologies that autonomously scan, localize and plan robot paths without the need for skilled operators or programmers.
- Mixx Technologies — Mixx Technologies is a technology company.
Hana Securities is a subsidiary of Hana Financial Group.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Manufacturing
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
- Geography: South Korea, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 62
- Round size: Series A $2.3M–$12M; Series B $4.1M–$25M; Series C $3.4M–$21M
- Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Solivis — Solivis is the manufacturer of solid-state batteries designed for next-generation battery packs. The company's product is used as a secondary battery for electric vehicles and has developed a wet synthesis method that can mass-produce a sulfide-based solid electrolyte with homogeneous high ionic conductivity, enabling clients to significantlyimprove productivity by reducing process costs and shortening the synthesis time.
- KB-Element — KB-Element is a graphene development and production company that also turns graphene into intermediate items and novel materials.
- Autonomous a2z — Autonomous a2z is a driving mobility platform that provides autonomous driving service with judgement, control and recognition technologies.
Founded in 1990, KB Investment Co., Ltd. (KBIC) is one of Korea’s leading investment firms of venture capital and private equity funds with over USD 2.6 Billion of asset under management as of December 2023. KBIC is a subsidiary of KB Financial Group, Korea’s premier financial group with the largest domestic customer base as well as the widestnetwork of service branches in Korea.KBIC’s team is recognized for industry thought leadership, a broad network of powerful industry relationships, and a unique professional investment approach to investing. KBIC passionately support our portfolio companies with active guidance in all key aspects of team building, strategy, operations and governance
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Vietnam
Investor stats
- Total investments: 437
- Round size: Seed $737k–$7.2M; Series A $2.5M–$36M; Series B $5.2M–$39M
- Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow
Portfolio highlights
- TESOLLO — TESOLLO develops multi-joint robotic grippers and robotic hands for precise grasping and manipulation in industrial automation, humanoid robotics, and research.
- H&B Asia — H&B Asia specializes in sourcing, importing, and distributing fresh fruits and agricultural products. The company works closely with global growers and suppliers to bring high-quality produce into the Korean market. It focuses on building strong partnerships, ensuring consistent supply, and supporting efficient logistics across the fooddistribution value chain.
- ACT-ion Battery Technologies — ACT-ion is pioneering a transformative approach to battery material manufacturing, specializing in advanced lithium battery cathode active materials (CAMs). Our innovative, clean, and efficient continuous process revolutionizes production, driving cost savings and enhanced performance for the energy
Rising S Ventures is a venture investment company specializing in early-stage technology start-ups.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- Round size: Seed $215k–$889k; Series A $1.3M–$1.5M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
Portfolio highlights
- SuperBin — SuperBin is a company that uses AI to create a culture where our society can share and practice the value of circulating resources.
- Linsol — Linsol develops life-saving and environmental detection solutions based on defense-derived search and detection technology.
- AccuOptotech — AccuOptotech develops advanced semiconductor inspection equipment, including ultra-high-resolution thermal imaging and non-destructive glass core substrate inspection systems
Timepolio Asset Management is an asset management firm.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Manufacturing, Health Care
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Russian Federation
Investor stats
- Total investments: 51
- Round size: Series A $2.4M–$17M; Series B $9k–$19M; Series C $9.1M–$81M
- Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Meissa — Meissa is a drone-based construction tech startup that provides real-time 3D mapping and modeling.
- The SMC Group — The SMC Group is a social marketing company.
- Next Level Studio — Next Level Studio is a group of creative experts dedicated to generating new value for intellectual property.
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