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Top 25 eSports Startup Investors in South Korea (October 2026)

The most active venture capital funds and angel investors investing in South Korea eSports startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in South Korea eSports startup companies. Find investors to raise a Seed, Series A or Series B round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
Neptune
VC Fund
2 South Korea Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Gaming, Content, Sports $88k–$4.2M
Mirae Asset Venture Investment
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States, India Series A, Series B, Seed Software, Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology $692k–$52M
Dongmoon Partners
VC Fund
1 South Korea Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Software, Artificial Intelligence, EdTech
Pearl Abyss Capital
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States, Indonesia Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Information Technology, EdTech $259k–$12M
WONIK Investment Partners
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States, United Kingdom Series B, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Biotechnology, Health Care, Manufacturing $2.5M–$19M
JS Corp
VC Fund
1 South Korea Series A Sports, eSports, Wellness $3.4M–$10M
Daesung Private Equity
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States, India Series A, Series B, Seed Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $446k–$17M
Kaist Venture Investment Holdings
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States, Australia Seed, Grant, Angel Health Care, Information Technology, Medical $7k–$1.5M
Seoul Investment Partners
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States, Germany Series A, Series B, Seed Biotechnology, Medical, Software $6k–$18M
Magna Investment
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States, Japan Seed, Series A, Series B Health Care, Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical $147k–$18M
Quantum Ventures Korea
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States Series A, Series B, Seed Artificial Intelligence, Software, Medical $1M–$30M
Smilegate Investment
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States, Vietnam Seed, Series A, Series B Artificial Intelligence, Software, Health Care $694k–$47M
Devsisters Ventures
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States, Russian Federation Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Seed Software, Biotechnology, Gaming $441k–$11M
Sejong Venture Partners
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States Series B, Series A, Seed Software, Biotechnology, Health Care $251k–$21M
Midas Doang-A Investment
VC Fund
1 South Korea, Pakistan Series A, Series B, Seed Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology, Food and Beverage $88k–$17M
Central Investment Partners
VC Fund
1 South Korea Series A, Seed, Series B Software, Mobile, Medical $442k–$21M
Altos Ventures
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States, Canada Series A, Series B, Series C Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence $2.1M–$57M
Kite Foundation
VC Fund
1 South Korea Seed Gaming, eSports, Robotics $268k–$2.5M
Industrial Bank of Korea
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States, China Series A, Series B, Seed Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software $166k–$28M
Evergreen Investment Partners
VC Fund
1 South Korea Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software $256k–$5.2M
Shinhan Capital
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States, India Series A, Seed, Series B Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce $424k–$20M
K and Investment Partners
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States Series B, Series A, Seed Software, Artificial Intelligence, Automotive $383k–$60M
Solon Inversiones
VC Fund
1 South Korea Series A Content, eSports, Education $2.3M–$6.2M
Kakao Entertaiment
VC Fund
1 South Korea Seed Gaming, eSports, Digital Entertainment
Alumni Partners
VC Fund
1 South Korea, Brazil Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, E-Commerce, Mobile $177k–$3.3M
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Neptune
VC Fund · Bundangdong, Kyonggi-do, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea eSports startups

Neptune (넵튠) is a Korean online game center. It provides services for game developers to create games for smartphones and tablet PCs. Neptune was launched in 2012 in Gyeonggi-do, Korea.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Gaming, Content, Sports
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 13
  • Round size: Seed $88k–$725k; Series A $1.7M–$4.2M
  • Lead/follow: 62% lead, 38% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Grumpy — Grumpy is a gaming company that specializes in developing console-based games as well as action and character.
  • Albus — Albus is a content company that creates games and VR content services.
  • ZERO X AND — ZERO X AND is a a developer of blockchain games and services that helps users with a decentralized metaverse world.
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Mirae Asset Venture Investment
VC Fund · Seongnam, Kyonggi-do, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea eSports startups

A fundamental investment philosophy of ‘Building on principles’ guides us at Mirae Asset. Over the years, these principles have enabled us to become Asia’s premier financial group and created new trends in the Asian capital market. Above all, we put our clients’ interests first, always adhering to high ethical standards. Because our success clearly comes from their success, we use fundamental investment principles to identify opportunities that generate value and lasting profits. We are strong believers in teamwork and are determined to recruit the best and brightest people as we open new horizons in Asia and expand globally. Just as we strive to continually improve our own performance, Mirae Asset is committed to helping every community it joins. On behalf of the entire Mirae Asset Financial Group, I would like to convey the sense of responsibility your trust in us merits and pledge to do all that we can to exceed your expectations.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 341
  • Round size: Seed $692k–$14M; Series A $2M–$40M; Series B $5M–$52M
  • Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $118M in 2026

Portfolio highlights

  • Hurotics — Hurotics is a company with deep-tech technology related to human-robot fusion.Hurotix's wearable robots, notably the 'H-Flex', are modular and give personalized support based on the user's demands, assisting users in overcoming physical restrictions.
  • Medifab — Medifab is a bio-healthcare center that offers 3D system testing, measurement analysis, and OEM service.
  • AD System — AD System focuses on the development, manufacturing, sales and repairing of drones and other unmanned aerial vehicles.
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Dongmoon Partners
VC Fund · 1 investments in South Korea eSports startups

Dongmoon Partners is an investment firm.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, EdTech
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Postmath — Postmath is a leader in digital transformation, leveraging Software as a Service (SaaS) to enhance educational efficiency. The company specializes in developing advanced AI technologies for content generation and process automation, with a focus on standardizing mathematical and editorial formats.
  • 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.
  • PS Analytics — PS Analytics is a gaming data and esports content company that began as the “Pro Spectator P.S.” YouTube channel focused on data-driven League of Legends analysis. The company later expanded into statistics-based game analysis platforms, esports media content, and digital services that provide strategic insights, match analysis, and player data forgaming audiences.
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Pearl Abyss Capital
VC Fund · 1 investments in South Korea eSports startups

Korea-based investment firm, Investment arm of Pearl Abyss

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, EdTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, Indonesia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 24
  • Round size: Seed $259k–$12M; Series A $2.3M–$9M; Series B $4.5M–$12M
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • BIGC — BIGC is a technology company that offers digital marketing, content creation, and advertising services.
  • Portrai — Portrai leverages cutting-edge spatial transcriptomics to reveal unprecedented biological insights, transforming target discovery into transformative therapies.
  • Security Platform — Connecting Trusted! Welcome to Security Platform's website. Introducing the global leader of hardware based Device Security Solutions for IoT. SoT solutions.
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WONIK Investment Partners
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea eSports startups, 6 in the past 12 months

Wonik Investment Partners, formerly known as Hanmi Technology Investment Co., Ltd., is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in investments in incubation, start-up, early and mid-stage companies, growth capital and corporate restructuring. The firm prefers to invest in gaming contents, electronic components, computer, telecommunications equipment, petroleum, energy, machinery and equipment industries. It seeks to exit through an IPO or merger and acquisition. Wonik Investment Partners was established in 1997 and is based in Seoul, South Korea.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 99
  • Round size: Series A $2.5M–$19M; Series B $3.2M–$18M; Venture - Series Unknown $2.7M–$6M
  • Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Dentlink — A state-of-the-art digital dental lab, made by masters. All-on-X, veneers, implant crowns. One dedicated master technician on every case. First case free.
  • Hurotics — Hurotics is a company with deep-tech technology related to human-robot fusion.Hurotix's wearable robots, notably the 'H-Flex', are modular and give personalized support based on the user's demands, assisting users in overcoming physical restrictions.
  • Awexome Ray — Awexome Ray is a company that manufactures next-generation X-ray generator.
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JS Corp
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea eSports startups

JS Corp engaged in the manufacture and distribution of fashion products.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Sports, eSports, Wellness
  • Stage:Series A
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Round size: Series A $3.4M–$10M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • DRX — DRX is an esports management organization and runs a professional League of Legends (LOL) team. It has a strong global fandom, which helped DRX reach 270k average viewers in this spring season and 3rd place in global viewership across all global LOL teams. DRX has developed a proprietary method of quantitative and qualitative metrics analysis uponwhich builds a structured team training system.
  • Cover Summon — CVSM Cruelty-free Savvy tech
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Daesung Private Equity
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea eSports startups

Daesung Private Equity is a Korean venture capital firm offering investment, corporation restructuring, and incubation services.

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Investment focus

  • 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 $2M–$17M
  • Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $24M in 2014

Portfolio highlights

  • 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.
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Kaist Venture Investment Holdings
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea eSports startups

Kaist Venture Investment Holdings is a startup company that invests in startups that solve social problems through innovative technologies. They invest in businesses that maximize synergy by pursuing both social and financial values at the same time. It focuses on five sectors including health, environment, education, elimination of inequality, andsocial infrastructure. Kaist Venture Investment Holdings was founded on October 31, 2014, and is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Information Technology, Medical
  • Stage:Seed, Grant, Angel
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 47
  • Round size: Seed $162k–$1.5M; Grant $7k–$1.3M
  • Lead/follow: 51% lead, 49% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Metealth — Metealth is a company that provides simple, non-invasive genetic testing and personalized healthcare solutions using fingernails. It focuses on pain-free genetic testing and health monitoring by extracting high-quality DNA from 0.05g of fingernails rather than blood or saliva.
  • SnapScale — SnapScale develops an ontology-driven, agentic AI platform designed to automate FEED-EPC design and document verification processes for the plant engineering industry. Operating entirely on-premise to protect proprietary data, the system utilizes specialized engineering knowledge graphs to autonomously modify CAD drawings, execute hydrauliccalculations, and verify cross-document consistency. This approach eliminates structural data mismatches and slashes engineering verification cycles from weeks to a single day, preventing costly project delivery penalties.
  • K-Work Partners — K-Work Partners provide comprehensive living support services essential to foreign workers in Korea.
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Seoul Investment Partners
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea eSports startups

Seoul Investment Partners is a private equity and venture capital firm focused on investments in small and medium businesses.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Medical, Software
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 64
  • Round size: Seed $266k–$3.1M; Series A $1.5M–$13M; Series B $6k–$18M
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $16M in 2024

Portfolio highlights

  • Flatdis — Flatis is a corporation that specializes in naval engine control equipment and ship maintenance.
  • MediMabBio — Creating therapeutic opportunities for the most serious diseases.
  • Eurobotics — Eurobotics is a cutting-edge startup focused on developing autonomous walking robot technology capable of navigating and operating effectively in irregular, complex, or unpredictable environments.
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Magna Investment
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea eSports startups

As a Venture Capital / Accelerator / Private Equity Manager specialized in initial companies, SMEs and SMEs, They are generating profits by finding and investing in companies with promising growth potential.

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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Quantum Ventures Korea
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea eSports startups

Quantum Ventures Korea actively invests in companies within the Technology and Bio/Healthcare industries. The firm manages a portfolio of early to growth-stage companies and continues to look for opportunities across a range of company stages.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 79
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$7.6M; Series A $1.5M–$16M; Series B $3.6M–$30M
  • Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $34M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Plastal — Plastal is a mechanical and chemical engineering company that offers polymer, metal, and mold injection services. The company specializes in using its core technology required for bonding between metal and plastic resin, mold technology, injection conditions, and milling capabilities, enabling manufacturing companies to avail themselves of theproducts they desire.
  • S-Innovations — S-Innovations is a robotics software company that develops SynK, a cyber-physical AI operating system for robot deployment, integration, and recovery across different robot brands and industrial facilities. The company provides automation software that enables faster robot setup, system connectivity, and operational management for sectors usingautonomous mobile robots
  • READi Robust Machine — Ready Robust Machine is a company that makes carbon reduction and fuel cost improvement systems.
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Smilegate Investment
VC Fund · Seongnam, Kyonggi-do, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea eSports startups, 27 in the past 12 months

Smilegate Investment, founded in 1999 originally as MVP Capital, is a venture capital and private equity firm that grows remarkably alongside invested companies. Since initial venture capital funding in 2000, the firm has since organized and managed more than 30 venture capital and private equity funds and has invested in more than 200 companies with promising growth potential.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 296
  • Round size: Seed $694k–$6.6M; Series A $1.4M–$15M; Series B $3.6M–$47M
  • Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • RX — RX is a startup that provides an on-site analysis solution for material properties, mainly serving environment, energy, inspection, and testing needs. It also develops technology related to next-generation nuclear power plants and agentic AI, supported by national R&D activity.This company helps industries assess materials and engineeringconditions more efficiently and accurately.
  • AD System — AD System focuses on the development, manufacturing, sales and repairing of drones and other unmanned aerial vehicles.
  • Accorde Entertainment — Accorde Entertainment operates as a South Korean virtual entertainment agency.
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Devsisters Ventures
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea eSports startups

Venture Capital firm in Korea. We are interested in early-stage investment in gaming, healthcare/biotech, IT services and high technology companies.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Biotechnology, Gaming
  • Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Seed
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, Russian Federation

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 109
  • Round size: Seed $441k–$3.5M; Series A $1.7M–$8.7M; Venture - Series Unknown $7.7M–$11M
  • Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $23M in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • Deeply — Deeply provides AI-powered sound analysis solutions for real-time monitoring across manufacturing, industrial safety, and security environments.
  • Red Brick House — Red Brick House is a specialized South Korean indie game publisher dedicated to discovering, supporting, and publishing innovative independent games, helping talented developers bring creative and engaging gaming experiences to players across domestic and global markets.
  • AWESOME Entertainment — AWESOME Entertainment is a media and digital content company that provides YouTube content production, influencer and MCN management, advertising and branded content creation, and media commerce services. The comapny supports brands with campaign planning, viral video production, and distribution across multiple social platforms, while alsooffering production outsourcing and partnership services to maximize audience reach and engagement.
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Sejong Venture Partners
VC Fund · Fort Lee, New Jersey, United States · 1 investments in South Korea eSports startups

SEJONG LLP was established in 2003 to better serve growing businesses like you with quality services at reasonable fees.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 23
  • Round size: Seed $251k–$772k; Series A $1.8M–$5.6M; Series B $1.4M–$21M
  • Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Ire IS — Ire IS is an IT company that develops, manufactures, and supplies IT software solutions.
  • Armored Fresh — Tasty Cheese Zero Dairy
  • Autotelic Bio — Autotelic Bio is a bio technology company that researches and develops anti-cancer drugs.
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Midas Doang-A Investment
VC Fund · 1 investments in South Korea eSports startups

Midas Doang-A Investment

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology, Food and Beverage
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: South Korea, Pakistan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 24
  • Round size: Seed $1.2M–$1.3M; Series A $88k–$7.7M; Series B $1.9M–$17M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • growV — GrowV Labs develops AI-based educational technology platforms focused on interactive learning and child development. The company provides digital learning content, voice-based interaction systems, and data collection tools used for educational applications, language learning, and child-focused AI model development through multimedia and interactiveplatforms.
  • Astrogen, inc. — Astrogen, inc. is a South Korea-based biopharmaceutical company specializing in the development of innovative small molecule therapies for neurological and rare diseases. Founded in 2017 by a pediatric neurologist, Astrogen leverages its clinical expertise and cutting-edge research to address unmet medical needs in conditions such as AutismSpectrum Disorder (ASD), Rett syndrome, Parkinson’s disease, and more.
  • GPCR Therapeutics — GPCR Therapeutics is a clinical-stage international biopharmaceutical firm that develops therapeutics based on proprietary GPCR data. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. The company’s proprietary data driven approach has identified over 1000 GPCR pairs upon which drug screening campaigns can be pursued.Identification of the best GPCR pair to target for specific disease indications and patient subpopulations creates a personalized approach to combination therapy. By targeting the unique pharmacology of GPCR pairs, we aim to develop life changing treatments for cancer and other diseases.
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Central Investment Partners
VC Fund · Yeoksamdong, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea eSports startups

Central Investment Partners is a financial service provider company.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Mobile, Medical
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 16
  • Round size: Seed $442k–$581k; Series A $837k–$21M; Series B $6M–$7.7M
  • Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Factosquare — Factosquare develops goods and brands, manufactures them in-house, and innovates the factory manufacturing process.
  • Estate Cloud — Estate Cloud is a proptech platform focused on apartment real estate brokerage and transactions. It connects buyers and sellers directly through an app-based system, aiming to reduce fake listings and improve transparency. The company also provides data-driven tools for pricing, listings, and faster property transactions through its brokeragenetwork.
  • TODOC — Explore advanced neural solutions and hearing technologies by Todoc, including innovative cochlear implants and healthcare innovations for better communication.
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Altos Ventures
VC Fund · Menlo Park, California, United States · 1 investments in South Korea eSports startups

We are privileged to invest on behalf of institutional investors, most with charitable, educational, or non-profit missions. Serving entrepreneurs is a calling for us, and we look to partner with companies with an equally strong sense of purpose.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 405
  • Round size: Series A $2.1M–$27M; Series B $4.2M–$35M; Series C $5.2M–$57M
  • Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $350M in 2026

Portfolio highlights

  • Soraban — The cloud-based platform modernizing and automating menial work for tax firms.
  • PureSpace — Shelf-Life Extension Technology: Remarkably effective ethylene scrubber designed to keep fruits and vegetables fresher for longer. 50% food waste reduction in the supply chain. Explore more.
  • Branders.com — Branders.com sells instantly customizable promotional items suchs as pens, hats, magnets, etc for marketing, sales, and event planning. They provide a single source to locate, design, order, and track promotional items online. Branders.com experience also offers you the following benefits to help you with your purchase: - Provides aone-stop shop for customizing merchandise - Aids in product selection with advanced, custom search and recommendation services - Allows you to customize and decorate your own products online and in real-time - Reduces fulfillment activities - Improves corporate identity management
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Kite Foundation
VC Fund · 1 investments in South Korea eSports startups

Kite Foundation

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Gaming, eSports, Robotics
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Round size: Seed $268k–$2.5M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Minkonet — Founded in 2014, Minkonet’s mission is to change the way we watch and play video games. Based in Seoul and Los Angeles, Minkonet has developed a proprietary 3D replay technology system for gaming, streaming content, and 5G eSports. Our innovative technology will be able to unleash new content never seen or experienced before during gameplay andadvance the quality and entertainment of live streaming & eSports to a whole new level. Minkonet is comprised of some of the leading computer science & engineering developers around the world and backed by notable Accelerators including Bluepoint Partners, Kite Foundation, and Evergreen Investment Partners. We are excited to continue our passion for connecting the gaming experience to worldwide audiences and revolutionizing video content and cloud gaming for gamers
  • Twinny — Twinny specializes in the development of self-driving robots.
  • Enerwin Korea — Enerwin Korea is a renewable energy firm that offers wind power technology capable of generating power at low wind speed.
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Industrial Bank of Korea
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea eSports startups

Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK) is committed to honoring its charter of financing small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). The Bank has extended the scope of its expertise to provide a comprehensive range of financial services to individual customers in a quest to emerge as a leading financial services group. In pursuit of that goal, IBK is making every effort to enhance its competitiveness, achieve balanced growth and strengthen its global presence. The Bank employs around 10,000 staff and operates a distribution network of 612 branches including 12 overseas branches. Providing complementary services, the Bank also operates several subsidiaries: IBK Capital Corporation, IBK-SG Asset Management, IBK System Co., Ltd., and IBK Credit Information Corporation. In 2008, IBK Investment & Securities was launched, focused on meeting the needs of SME customers for services such as IPOs and M&As. Moreover, strategic alliance with Korea Investment Holdings enhances product competitiveness and affiliation with the National Post Office promoting easy customer access to IBK banking services.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 316
  • 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.
  • Hurotics — Hurotics is a company with deep-tech technology related to human-robot fusion.Hurotix's wearable robots, notably the 'H-Flex', are modular and give personalized support based on the user's demands, assisting users in overcoming physical restrictions.
  • Airbility — Airability is a developer for potential airline mobility solutions.
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Evergreen Investment Partners
VC Fund · England, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany · 1 investments in South Korea eSports startups

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 34
  • Round size: Seed $256k–$2.2M; Series A $829k–$4.6M; Venture - Series Unknown $462k–$5.2M
  • Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Ettifos — Ettifos provides flexible, reliable, and innovative V2X solutions to enable communication between all stakeholders on the road.
  • Cushion — Cutshion is a company that specializes in AI factories and robotic application platforms. We provide customized robot solutions for a wide range of industries, from industrial robots such as palletizing and welding robots to service robots including drawing robots.
  • Inventera Pharmaceuticals — Inventera Pharmaceutical is a biotechnology company that specializes in the development of imaging diagnostic contrast agents.
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Shinhan Capital
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea eSports startups

Shinhan Capital is a credit-specialized company offering corporate finance services for its clients. It provides financial services, lease, corporate loans, investment financing, housing loans, installment financing, etc. Shinhan Capital was established in 1991. The company is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 215
  • Round size: Seed $424k–$4M; Series A $2.1M–$11M; Series B $4.2M–$20M
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Trioar — Trioar is a biotechnological research company that manufacture pharmaceutical products and drugs.
  • Nventric — Nventric is a medical device company that develops core products for neurovascular, coronary heart, and peripheral vascular applications.
  • KB-Element — KB-Element is a graphene development and production company that also turns graphene into intermediate items and novel materials.
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K and Investment Partners
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea eSports startups

K and Investment Partners is a venture capital company that offers venture investment, funding, and consulting services.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 22
  • Round size: Seed $383k–$728k; Series A $1.7M–$60M; Series B $11M–$29M
  • Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • NexThera — Nexcera provides innovative and sustainable medical solutions.
  • Uniqconn — Uniqconn is a telecommunication company that offers wireless and mechanical interference services.
  • BOS Semiconductors — Driving the Future of Automotive, BOS Semiconductors
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Solon Inversiones
VC Fund · 1 investments in South Korea eSports startups

Investment Fund, 100% owned and managed. Seed investing.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Content, eSports, Education
  • Stage:Series A
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Round size: Series A $2.3M–$6.2M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • BIGPICTURE — We give full-service for all level gamers.
  • Best Graphene — Best Graphene specializes in the manufacturing of graphene products tailored for a wide range of industrial sectors. Best Graphene provides a diverse array of products to cater to various needs, such as graphene colloid, graphene ink and paste, additive graphene, and customizable graphene solutions. These offerings ensure optimal processsuitability and compatibility across different materials, empowering users to harness the unique properties of graphene for enhanced performance and applications in their respective industries.
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Kakao Entertaiment
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea eSports startups

Kakao Entertainment provides webtoons, films and dramas, talent management, and K-pop. Kakao Entertainment offers an extensive entertainment experience in collaboration with its tech-driven ecosystem.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Gaming, eSports, Digital Entertainment
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • LEGENDARIES, Inc. — LEGENDARIES is transforming entertainment fandom services by offering unparalleled esports fandom experiences with the world's top entertainment companies. With our expertise in technology, entertainment, and content creation, we're proud to be the leading Digital Collectible platform.Digital Collectibles: esports LEGENDARIES is proudto launch a truly immersive esports Digital Collectibles platform, dedicated to celebrating the legendary players and moments from your favorite games. Our innovative service will set a new standard for the industry, providing fans with an unparalleled and unforgettable experience that takes fandom to the next level.https://lck.legendaries.com/ https://youtu.be/XNcRse2xOos
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Alumni Partners
VC Fund · Seongnam, Kyonggi-do, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea eSports startups

Alumni Partners is a venture capital firm based in South Korea.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Mobile
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: South Korea, Brazil

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 17
  • Round size: Seed $177k–$930k; Series A $421k–$3.3M
  • Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Dalol — Dalol is a bakery that sells snacks, cakes, and rice chips.
  • EmoticBox — EmoticBox is an emoticon B2B platform that allows users to create and sell emoticons.
  • PS Analytics — PS Analytics is a gaming data and esports content company that began as the “Pro Spectator P.S.” YouTube channel focused on data-driven League of Legends analysis. The company later expanded into statistics-based game analysis platforms, esports media content, and digital services that provide strategic insights, match analysis, and player data forgaming audiences.
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eSports Investor funding in South Korea at a glance

Stats across 31 deals from 59 investors.

59
investors
in South Korea eSports startups
31
deals
in South Korea eSports startups
$2.4M
median round
in South Korea eSports startups
14%
lead investors
lead at least one round
48%
Seed
most common funding stage
93/7
VC / Angel
share of investor count

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