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

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• 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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• Nexedge — Nexedge is a wealth management firm that offers investment management, estate planning, and business advisory services.
• 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.
• Medifab — Medifab is a bio-healthcare center that offers 3D system testing, measurement analysis, and OEM service.

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• 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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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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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• 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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• 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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• XCENA — XCENA is a semiconductor company that develops data-centric computing systems designed for AI and large-scale data processing environments. The company builds computational memory technology that combines high-capacity pooled DDR5 memory with near-data processing capabilities, allowing computation to occur closer to where data is stored. Its coreplatform is based on the Compute Express Link (CXL) standard, which enables memory expansion beyond traditional CPU limitations while improving data movement efficiency and reducing latency in data center workloads. XCENA’s architecture is designed to support applications such as artificial intelligence workloads, vector databases, and large-scale analytics by addressing memory bandwidth and capacity constraints. The company provides a hardware-software ecosystem that includes computational memory systems and a full-stack software development kit. This SDK offers APIs, runtime tools, and drivers that allow applications to use computational memory without major changes to existing software architectures while also supporting low-level control for performance optimization.XCENA’s flagship product line includes MX1, a CXL-based computational memory solution that integrates near-data processing engines with memory infrastructure to support AI inference and data-intensive workloads. The platform is designed to improve throughput and scalability in environments where traditional memory architectures become a bottleneck. The company operates in the broader field of AI infrastructure and memory innovation, working with customers such as hyperscalers, telecom providers, and research institutions that manage large-scale computing workloads. Its solutions are intended to improve efficiency in systems handling AI, big data processing, and scientific computing.
• 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.
• Awexome Ray — Awexome Ray is a company that manufactures next-generation X-ray generator.

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• Deeply — Deeply is a sound AI specialized in the unmanned surveillance industry. It also develops AI voice analysis technology designed to analyze non-verbal sounds and extract information. They serve city surveillance, infrastructure, military, rail, air, and port systems.
• 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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• 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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• Dalol — Dalol is a bakery that sells snacks, cakes, and rice chips.
• AtTracker — AtTracker is a sales and business management platform that offers analysis and data services for stores.
• 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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• 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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• 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.
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• Ire IS — Ire IS is an IT company that develops, manufactures, and supplies IT software solutions.
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• Autotelic Bio — Autotelic Bio is a bio technology company that researches and develops anti-cancer drugs.

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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• Flatdis — Flatis is a corporation that specializes in naval engine control equipment and ship maintenance.
• 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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• Wavelord — Wavelord is a semiconductor company founded in 2019 that develops and manufactures gallium nitride (GaN)–based wafers and chips used in power electronics, RF devices, and microLED displays. The company focuses on compound semiconductor technologies, including GaN epitaxial wafers and microLED components, for applications in communications, energy,and display industries.
• 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.
• READi Robust Machine — Ready Robust Machine is a company that makes carbon reduction and fuel cost improvement systems.

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• 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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• Soraban — The cloud-based platform modernizing and automating menial work for tax firms.
• PureSpace — PureSpace has developed a novel technology in extending shelf-life of fresh products that is applicable to all types of produce along the supply chain. Grocery stores and road transportation is a major application for shelf-life extension.
• Channel Talk — Channel Corp. provide a chat platform Channel Talk to create a customer-centric culture.