Top 5 ESports VC Funds in South Korea
A list of 5 VC funds that invest in Esports startups based in South korea. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Esports companies from South korea. We update this investor list every month.Top 5 ESports VC Funds in South Korea
Investor | eSports South Korea investments |
---|---|
WONIK Investment Partners | 1 |
Quantum Ventures Korea | 1 |
Seoul Investment Partners | 1 |
Shinhan Capital | 1 |
JS Corp | 1 |
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.
Show more
Investment focus
- Health Care, Biotechnology, Software
- Series B, Series A, Seed
- South Korea, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Willog — Start control your product quality in transit proactively with Willog! Take back control over your products anytime anywhere!
- VSI — 1st high bandwidth automotive Serdes chip, supporting ASA (Automotive Serdes Alliance) motion link. Vsitech.
- Saige Research — Saige Research specializes in artificial intelligence solutions for industrial inspection and quality control. The company provides a deep learning vision inspection platform optimized for the manufacturing industry to solve inspectors' difficulties and increase work efficiency; its technology provides power detection, speed detection, wideversatility, and development convenience.
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.
Show more
Investment focus
- Biotechnology, Biopharma, Artificial Intelligence
- Series A, Funding Round, Series B
- South Korea, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Panmnesia — True composable resource disaggregation, CXL hardware/software infrastructure from the beginning to the end.
- Awexome Ray — Awexome Ray is a company that manufactures next-generation X-ray generator.
- Quad Miners — Quad Miners is a developer of cybersecurity software that is used to combat security threats. Customers can protect their data from malware attacks by using the company's software, which uses a machine learning-based artificial intelligence analysis engine to store network traffic without data loss and detect threats and anomalies. It provideseasy and accurate cyber defense solutions to the world.
Seoul Investment Partners is a private equity and venture capital firm focused on investments in small and medium businesses.
Show more
Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Medical
- Series A, Series B, Funding Round
- South Korea, United States, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- Pluto — Pluto provides a SaaS solution that includes both discovery and academic search engines customized for the institution.
- Best Graphene — Graphene specialized company_BESTGRAPHENE
- Works Mate — Works Mate is a job search matching platform for daily workers in the field of construction and architecture sectors.
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.
Show more
Investment focus
- Information Technology, Software, Apps
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- South Korea, United States, India
Portfolio highlights
- CURAUM — CURAUM is a specialist in oral care and sleep-related health care products.
- CLE — CLE provides software packages, scanning, 3D reconstruction, and modeling services for factory automation.
- ELROILAB — ELROILAB provides an AI hyperspectral imaging solution to find foreign objects in food materials.
JS Corp engaged in the manufacture and distribution of fashion products.
Show more
Investment focus
- Sports, eSports
- Series A
- South Korea
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.
Investors by industry
Health Care
Biotech
Community
Marketplace
FinTech
Impact
Proptech
Media (entertainment)
EdTech
Consumer
Climate
Energy
Hardware
Gaming
Artificial intelligence
Sustainability
Agriculture (agtech)
Venture Capital
Restaurants
Publishing
Beauty
Oil and Gas
Web3
Video Games
Food and Beverage
Clean Energy
Real Estate
Infrastructure
Big Data
Organic Food
Photography
Fashion
Education
B2B
Renewable Energy
Payments
Financial Services
Sporting Goods
Finance
Retail
Medical
Email
Wellness
Social Media
Music
Franchise
Celebrity
Android
Internet
Legal
Google
eSports
Construction
Local
Mobile
Enterprise Software
Sports
Social Network
Manufacturing
Digital Media
Facebook
Recruiting
Art
Platforms
Travel
Fitness
Social Impact
Mobile Advertising
Cannabis
Biotechnology
Hospitality
CleanTech
Automotive
Transportation
Crowdfunding
Wine And Spirits
Medical Device
Social
Mobile Apps
InsurTech
Enterprise
Film
LGBT
Life Science
Theatre
Non Profit
Cryptocurrency
SaaS
Software
Blockchain
Investors by country
Canada
United Kingdom
Ireland
Germany
South Korea
Australia
United States
India
New Zealand
Oceania
Armenia
China
Europe
Indonesia
LATAM
Middle East
Spain
Asia
Japan
South Africa
Qatar
Vietnam
Saudi Arabia
Singapore
Sri Lanka
Brazil
Africa
Czech Republic
Bahrain
Belize
Bermuda
Costa Rica
Belarus
Bulgaria
Denmark
Algeria
Georgia
Gibraltar
Cameroon
Chile
Finland
Estonia
Faroe Islands
Greece
Ethiopia
Ghana
Hungary
Croatia
Egypt
Belgium
Barbados
Ecuador
France
Kuwait
Israel
Jersey
Kazakhstan
Nicaragua
Philippines
Hong Kong
Italy
Mali
Lithuania
Cambodia
Liechtenstein
Kenya
Liberia
Lebanon
Mauritius
Morocco
Malaysia
Seychelles
Norway
Peru
Myanmar
Cayman Islands
Panama
Slovenia
Malta
Mexico
Russian Federation
Nigeria
Rwanda
Serbia
Bahamas
Azerbaijan
Uzbekistan
Iraq
Iceland
Togo
Namibia
Taiwan
United Arab Emirates
Ukraine
Honduras
Isle of Man
Bolivia
Sierra Leone
Turkey
Luxembourg
Tunisia
Thailand
Pakistan
Albania
Tajikistan
Poland
Uganda
Zimbabwe
Tanzania
San Marino
Uruguay
Venezuela
Zambia
Argentina
Bangladesh
Senegal
Grenada
Jordan
Romania
Austria
Puerto Rico
Portugal
Sweden
El Salvador
Switzerland
Cyprus
Latvia
Oman
Colombia
Guatemala
Marshall Islands
VC Funds in South Korea by industry
Enterprise
Health Care
Climate
EdTech
Clean Energy
Impact
SaaS
Marketplace
Artificial intelligence
Hardware
Agriculture (agtech)
Media (entertainment)
Gaming
Community
Energy
Restaurants
Venture Capital
Real Estate
Legal
Mobile Apps
Beauty
Web3
Financial Services
Life Science
Crowdfunding
Film
Big Data
Cryptocurrency
Payments
Finance
Wine And Spirits
Video Games
Food and Beverage
Medical
Organic Food
Wellness
Medical Device
CleanTech
Proptech
Internet
Social Network
Social Media
Art
Manufacturing
Mobile
Digital Media
Android
Blockchain
Construction
Software
Sports
Enterprise Software
eSports
Hospitality
Fitness
Automotive
Travel
InsurTech
Platforms
Recruiting
Biotechnology
Music
Social
Fashion
Retail
B2B
Publishing
Photography
Renewable Energy
Education
FinTech
Transportation
Consumer
Sustainability
Biotech