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Top 50 Food and Beverage VC (Venture Capital) Funds in South Korea in January 2025

Last updated: Jan 2025 A list of 50 VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Food and beverage startups based in South korea. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Food and beverage companies from South korea. We update this investor list every month.

Top 50 Food and Beverage VC (Venture Capital) Funds in South Korea in January 2025

Investor	Food and Beverage South Korea investments
Strong Ventures	15
MYSC	11
Nau IB Capital	10
Korea Credit Guarantee Fund	8
Hana Ventures	7
Translink Investment	7
Series Ventures	7
Industrial Bank of Korea	7
Future Science and Technology Holdings	7
Big Basin Capital	6
Kakao Ventures	6
UTC Investment Co.	6
Bass Investment	6
Capstone Partners	6
Primer Sazze Partners	6
Mirae Asset Venture Investment	5
BNK Venture Capital	5
Lighthouse Combined Investment	5
Daesung Private Equity	4
Seoul Investment Partners	4
HG Initiative	4
Smilegate Investment	4
SBVA	4
GS Retail	4
JB Investment	4
Donghoon Investment	4
Shinhan Venture Investment	4
DSC Investment	4
Stone Bridge Ventures	4
Seoul National University of Science and Technology	4
Timewise Investment	4
Lotte Ventures	4
CJ CheilJedang Corp.	4
POSCO CAPITAL	4
We Ventures	3
NongHyup Financial Group	3
Base Investment	3
Altos Ventures	3
Alumni Partners	3
Hana Financial Investment	3
L&S Venture Capital	3
CJ Investment	3
SL Investment	3
Korea Investment Partners	3
SBI Investment Korea	3
Coolidge Corner Investment	3
Stonebridge Ventures	3
InfoBank	3
Pathfinder H	3
BNK Ventures	3

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Strong Ventures is a seed fund, based in California, that finances, supports, and mentors Korean/Asian/Global entrepreneurs, empowering them to build strong ventures and to break successfully into the global market.With proven experience as operators, executives, and entrepreneurs, they provide hands-on assistance and guidance. On topof their financial investment, they aim to provide tangible value to their entrepreneurs, through network reach, strategic thinking, and execution collaboration. And, as they engage together in their venture endeavors, they hope to make the entrepreneurial ecosystem, where they build companies and labor in, a better, stronger, and more fun place for all.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Software, Health Care
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
South Korea, United States, Poland

Portfolio highlights

Class101 — Class101 is an online platform where people can make and enjoy hobbies.
Unastella — Unastella operates its own launch vehicles to provide human space travel platform services.
Pinderland — Pinderland is a mobile app that offers a shared map and allows users to share and communicate location information with one another.

MYSC is an innovative company that helps innovation through consulting, social venture accelerating, and impact investing.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Health Care, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
South Korea, China, France

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.

Nau IB Capital is a private equity and venture capital firm.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Food and Beverage, Software
Series A, Series B, Seed
South Korea

Portfolio highlights

Wefun — Wefun operates as a company specializing in managing office snacks, providing a wide selection of snacks to cater to the preferences of workers. The company sends a dedicated snack curator who provides personalized consultations and suggests new products, ensuring clients can order weekly snacks that perfectly match their preferences.
Willog — Start control your product quality in transit proactively with Willog! Take back control over your products anytime anywhere!
Best Graphene — Graphene specialized company_BESTGRAPHENE

Korea Credit Guarantee Fund operates as a public financial institution.

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, Software, Manufacturing
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
South Korea, United States

Portfolio highlights

VUS — VUS is a public transportation company that offers traffic analysis, transportation card data analysis, and visualization services.
Wello — Wello is a government business solution that offers a natural language processing-based business recommendation-application-management service.
Worker's high — Worker's high Co. is a commerce company that offers an IOT based unmanned store service.

Hana Ventures is a corporate venture capital of Hana Financial Group.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
South Korea, Japan, Malaysia

Portfolio highlights

Delivus — Delivus offers small package delivery in major U.S. cities in the shortest amount of time, with real-time delivery tracking, at the same cost as the current courier To facilitate this, we provide Delivery as a Service.
Storelink — Storelink is an open market optimization platform that analyzes and processes accurate online sales data.
Unastella — Unastella operates its own launch vehicles to provide human space travel platform services.

Translink Investment is a startup investment company.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
South Korea, United States, Canada

Portfolio highlights

ControlM — ControlM is a food technology company that provides optimum AI solutions to F&B and franchise operators.
Kai Health — Kai Health uses Artificial Intelligence to empower fertility clinics to make better treatment decisions.
Habit Factory — Habit Factory provides financial big data analytics solutions.

Series Ventures is an investment company for the beauty care, engineering, healthcare, social platform, and enterprise sectors.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Food and Beverage, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
South Korea, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Dentifle — Dentifle specializes in providing advanced technologies for producing customized implant prosthetics solutions for dental professionals and patients, enhancing implant procedures' overall efficiency and effectiveness.
SkinSeoul — Skin Seoul Lab utilizes AI agents to secure product assortments and design processes for Korean beauty products, advancing overseas through sustainable inventory management, logistics, and marketing based on the LLM model.
ICU Corporation — ICU Corporation offers skilled and high-level optics from opticians with master's and doctoral degrees in optics, ensuring ease and sharp vision, which is the essence of glasses.

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.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
Series A, Series B, Seed
South Korea, United States, China

Portfolio highlights

HyperAccel — HyperAccel provides hardware solutions for developing AI applications.
Gadget korea — Gadget korea offers data roaming services.
INKA Entworks — INKA Entworks specializes in the field of digital rights management and mobile application security.

Future Science and Technology Holdings is an investment company that specializes in technology-based services.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Food and Beverage
Seed, Series A
South Korea, United States

Portfolio highlights

Apollon — Apollon develops noninvasive continuous glucose monitoring systems.
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Copper Innovation Technology — CIT Co, Ltd utilizes metal single crystals and the ASE method to ensure the accurate, lossless transmission of every signal.

Big Basin Capital is a venture capital firm based in Silicon Valley, investing in early-stage startups in Korea and the United States.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
South Korea, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Recl — Recl is an application that collects and recycles old clothes.
mAy-I — mAy-I is a tech startup that develops advanced human tracking solution based on machine learning techniques.
Lynens — Linenance prioritizes operational excellence by systematizing the entire process, from customer contracts through washing. We believe that operational excellence leads to affordable rates and that reasonable rates lead to customer happiness.

We are an independent subsidiary of Kakao Corp. & the most active, startup-friendly early stage VC of Korea. (Limited Partnerships, not strategic.).

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Series A, Series B
South Korea, United States, Indonesia

Portfolio highlights

Albus — Albus is a content company that creates games and VR content services.
Kompass — Kompass is building the world's first comprehensive fertility monitor that is portable, easy to use, and low cost. We're breaking barriers to fertility care and redefining blood testing for accessibility and affordability.
Trillion Labs — Trillion Labs operates as an AI company.

Since its incorporation in 1988, UTC Investment has been implementing and developing private equity investments with deep roots in buyout area, diversified human resources, and an impressive track record as a leading global investment firm.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical
Funding Round, Series A, Series B
South Korea, United States, Japan

Portfolio highlights

Bold9 — Bold9 provides logistics services to online sellers.
Lucas — Medical AI Solution, MONCAD Monitor Corporation aim to achieve innovation in the field of medical imaging through artificial intelligence technology.
Allround Doctors — Allround Doctors is a digital healthcare startup that develops digital medical devices for cancer patients.

Bass Investment is a venture capital firm based in South Korea.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Series B
South Korea, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Bakatio — Bakatio enables accommodation providers to perform direct transactions on social media without using a platform.
Kompass — Kompass is building the world's first comprehensive fertility monitor that is portable, easy to use, and low cost. We're breaking barriers to fertility care and redefining blood testing for accessibility and affordability.
Reprise — Reprise offers an automation system that creates patterns and work instructions based on a design image.

Capstone Partners is a venture capital firm that invests in entrepreneurs seeking success with fresh ideas.

Investment focus

Software, Mobile, Gaming
Series A, Seed, Series B
South Korea, United States, India

Portfolio highlights

NUUA — Reinventing a better future for the travel industry.
Aberra — Aberra is using "Dister," an AI data analysis tool, to optimize sales for Coupang, one of South Korea's largest e-commerce platforms.
DeepSmartech — Innovative thin film coating Process, Equipment, Recipe, Turn-key provider

Primer Sazze Partners - We like to find founders who are making the impossible happen through sheer force of will and a refusal to accept hard truths.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
South Korea, United States, Japan

Portfolio highlights

Bakatio — Bakatio enables accommodation providers to perform direct transactions on social media without using a platform.
Blux — Blux offers customized advertising solutions to customers.
Liberty Labs — Liberty Labs specializes in prompt engineering that allows them to build applications that showcase AI potential. Liberty Labs offers products such as Toolbuilder, regex.ai, Opencharacter, and CLN.me.

Mirae Asset Venture Investment invests in specialized enterprises and provides technology, funding and management consulting.

Investment focus

Software, Biotechnology, Information Technology
Series A, Series B, Seed
South Korea, United States, India

Portfolio highlights

Class101 — Class101 is an online platform where people can make and enjoy hobbies.
Baropharm — Baropharm is an online e-commerce platform that sells pharmaceutical products for improved individual care.
HyperAccel — HyperAccel provides hardware solutions for developing AI applications.

BNK Venture Capital is an investment firm.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
Series A, Series B, Seed
South Korea, Kuwait

Portfolio highlights

Finda Auto — Finda Auto is an internal business of Finda, a finance company that specializes in financing.
AIDIN ROBOTICS — AIDIN ROBOTICS redefine interactive sensors. Advanced force/torque sensor, proximity sensor for human-robot collaboration.
Korea Precision Materials Industry — Korea Precision Materials Industry is a manufacturer of next-generation composite materials used for weight reduction.

Lighthouse Combined Investment Homepage

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Manufacturing, Information Technology
Series A, Seed, Series B
South Korea, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

CTNS — CTNS develops and produces secondary battery packs.
Lightyear — Lightyear One is a Long-Range Solar Car Designed & Engineered by Lightyear in The Netherlands. Designed for Independence.
Wave — Wave is a food tech company that offers robot-based kitchen operation services for the food service industry.

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

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Biotechnology
Series A, Series B, Funding Round
South Korea, India, United States

Portfolio highlights

BIGC — BIGC is a technology company that offers digital marketing, content creation, and advertising services.
Vueron — VUERON provides the lidar perception software for ADAS, autonomous vehicle, industrial safety and security system.
Panmnesia — True composable resource disaggregation, CXL hardware/software infrastructure from the beginning to the end.

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

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Software, Information Technology
Series A, Series B, Seed
South Korea, United States, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Vinssen — Vinssen is a manufacturer of electric and hydrogen ships.
Pluto — Pluto provides a SaaS solution that includes both discovery and academic search engines customized for the institution.
Best Graphene — Graphene specialized company_BESTGRAPHENE

HGI runs an impact-driven business, seeking to address diverse social issues through sustainable innovations.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Apps
Seed, Series A, Series B
South Korea, United States

Portfolio highlights

phoneGO — phoneGO is a mobile repair cost comparison estimate platform.
ASWEMAKE — ASWEMAKE is a shopping app that delivers groceries.
CastingN — CastingN is a B2B trading platform that helps companies outsource.

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.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Information Technology
Series A, Seed, Series B
South Korea, United States, Vietnam

Portfolio highlights

AI SPERA — AI Spera provides AI driven security based on cyber threat intelligence
Nirvanana — Nirvanana is a game developer that develops an online gaming platform to connect gamers across the world.
Anabatic Semiconductor — Anabatic Manufacturing of electronic components, computers, video, audio, and communication equipment

Established in 2000 as an early-stage venture capital arm of SoftBank Group, SBVA has a storied history of empowering extraordinary entrepreneurs across the globe. In 2023, we joined forces with The Edgeof, a global startup ecosystem builder founded by Taizo Son, JP Lee, and Atsushi Taira and began our new chapter as an independent entity with arenewed commitment to fostering innovation and technological advancement.

Investment focus

Information Technology, E-Commerce, Software
Series A, Series B, Series C
South Korea, United States, China

Portfolio highlights

Class101 — Class101 is an online platform where people can make and enjoy hobbies.
HyperAccel — HyperAccel provides hardware solutions for developing AI applications.
Gole Robotics — Gole Robotics is an intelligent robotics company that focuses on developing robots specially to transporting construction materials to help on-site workers.

GS Retail sells beauty and skincare products, candles, gifts, perfumes, bathroom accessories and other products.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Information Technology, Food Processing
Series A, Seed, Series B
South Korea, United States

Portfolio highlights

Dayoff — Dayoff wants to be a sensual content and product-curating platform for travel media commerce. It promotes taste-based domestic and international unknown travel products and provides differentiating services in the current travel market, where well-known products and information centered on the lowest price are the main focus. In addition tosupplying limited direct contract products, it intends to expand the current accommodation service to include excursions and activities in the market.
Robros — Robros is constantly creating technology to break through the barrier between people and robots in order to build a world in which everyone in the service industry can live a physically and emotionally happy life.
Snackfor — Snackfor is a B2B company that curates and delivers snacks to offices.

Investment Firm

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Apps, Logistics
Series A, Series B, Seed
South Korea, United States

Portfolio highlights

Vueron — VUERON provides the lidar perception software for ADAS, autonomous vehicle, industrial safety and security system.
AI SPERA — AI Spera provides AI driven security based on cyber threat intelligence
ASWEMAKE — ASWEMAKE is a shopping app that delivers groceries.

Dooghoon Investment is an investment firm that invests in biotechnology and information technology companies.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Information Technology, Health Care
Series A, Series B, Seed
South Korea

Portfolio highlights

Sweet Bio — Sweet Bio is a food-based biotech company that changes the lifestyle of everyone in the world to be healthy and happy.
NeoCannBio — NeoCannBio provides natural product processing facilities for generating new medications derived from natural goods and built a cannabinoid library of hemp, and medical cannabis.
Endorobotics — Endorobotics is a healthcare centre that offers endoscopic surgery services.

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.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Information Technology
Funding Round, Series B, Seed
South Korea, United States, India

Portfolio highlights

NUUA — Reinventing a better future for the travel industry.
EMCRAFTS — EMCRAFTS specializes in the manufacturing and designing of scanning electron microscopes.
Novelty Nobility — Novelty Nobility Inc. is a private biotech company. They are currently focused on the research of novel angiogenesis targets and develop antibody-based therapeutics in ophthalmology and oncology, where angiogenesis plays a key pathogenic role.In ophthalmology, Novelty Nobility first discovered a novel angiogenesis target, Stem Cell Factor(SCF)and c-KIT, which was initially known for its engagement with proliferation and survival of primitive hematopoietic stem cells for a couple of past decades. We believe that anti-SCF/c-KIT could effectively address the unmet medical needs, mostly caused by inherent limitations of anti-VEGFs, in terms of treatment efficacy and long-term safety. Our target discovery is widely and strongly patent-protected in US/KOR and the lead pipeline, NN2101(a full-human monoclonal antibody), is currently under preclinical development.

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.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
Series A, Series B, Seed
South Korea, United States, Israel

Portfolio highlights

MID — MID specializes in the development, testing, and production of space-related components.
INKA Entworks — INKA Entworks specializes in the field of digital rights management and mobile application security.
Pin Therapeutics — Pin Therapeutics is founded in Feb 2017, fast growing stage with member composition of 25% in USA and 75% in Korea. Drug discovery leaderships are from global pharma and biotech companies along with talented scientists both in Korea and USA.* Active Focus - PinE3: E3 ligase screening cascade for identifying novel warheads - PinGLUE: Assaycascade for molecular glue degrader screening* Programs - Selective Molecular Glue Degrader (CK1α) - Molecular Glue Degrader Programs (5-6 Undisclosed) - PROTAC Program (1 Undisclosed)

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.

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Series B
South Korea, United States, South Africa

Portfolio highlights

ANAFLASH — ANAFLASH Inc. is an NSF, DoD, NASA funded semiconductor startup, developing a brain inspired solution for energy efficient smart edge devices with a standard logic based non-volatile neuromorphic processor.
EcoRemix — EcoRemix produces recycled soil by developing Customized Concrete Mixing Technology.
INKA Entworks — INKA Entworks specializes in the field of digital rights management and mobile application security.

Seoul National University of Science and Technology is a school in Seoul.

Investment focus

Apps, Food and Beverage, Health Care
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
South Korea

Portfolio highlights

Kihya — Kihya is a distributor of alcoholic beverages.
Build B — Build B sells mattress covers, carpets, cushions, furniture, and kitchen accessories.
JeCLEAN — JeCLEAN is a washing company that provides bedding, laundry and delivery service.

TIMEWISE INVESTMENT, formerly known as CJ Venture Investment, is a principal investment firm specializing in investments in video broadcasting, animation, movies, culture contents, games, communications equipment, arts, sports, leisure, manufacturing and service, mobile devices and solutions, information technology, SI, web agency, cell therapy andbiotechnology sectors. The firm primarily invests in South Korea with a focus in Seoul, Gyeonggi, and Jeju. CJ Venture Investment was established in 2000 and is based in Seoul, South Korea.

Investment focus

Health Care, Biotechnology, Information Technology
Series A, Series B, Seed
South Korea, United States

Portfolio highlights

Genesis lab — Genesis lab is a authentic machine to human communication to improve the way human and machine communicate.
Datumo — Selectstar got your back!Obtaining the proper data has always been the top issue for many companies using AI. To solve this problem, Selectstar provides a platform that connects your company to the crowd-workers.It's MORE than just a connection! We passionately research crowd-workers and your project to develop cutting-edge technologiesfor the optimized mobile crowd-sourcing.Keep disrupting the world! Just for your project, we are here to maintain the quality, cost-efficiency, or any other burdens related to the data. SelectStar was founded in 2018 and is based in Seoul, South Korea.
ProxiHealthcare USA — ProxiHealthcare USA is a biotechnology research focused personal and environmental healthcare organization.

Lotte Ventures is a venture capital firm that is based in South Korea.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Software, Manufacturing
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
South Korea, United States, China

Portfolio highlights

Sugarblade — Sugarblade is a non-destructive test-based used golf goods certification and trading platform.
SpaceVision — Space Vision is an artificial intelligence-powered digital advertising platform.
City Storage — City Storage is a side dish platform that produces and sells salads, soups, and pickles.

A global lifestyle company that creates health, happiness and convenience

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Nutrition
Seed, Series A, Series B
South Korea, United States, Israel

Portfolio highlights

Michroma — Michroma is a biotech platform producing natural ingredients in a sustainable, scalable, and cost-effective way. We are using synthetic biology to unleash the potential of filamentous fungi and develop proprietary strains capable of producing high-performance ingredients in bioreactors.
New Culture — New Culture is a food and beverage company that focuses on revolutionizing how cheese is made. It was founded in 2018 and headquartered in San Francisco, California.
AQUA Cultured Foods — Whole muscle-cut sustainable seafood alternatives made using biomass fermentation. Our product looks and tastes just like traditional seafood.

POSCO Capital offers financial services.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Biotechnology
Series A, Seed, Funding Round
South Korea, United States

Portfolio highlights

Surginex — Surginex is a biological drug development company that offers molecular biology, genetics, physical, and chemical analysis services.
H Energy — H Energy provides optimal operation of distributed resources and power brokerage services.
AIDIN ROBOTICS — AIDIN ROBOTICS redefine interactive sensors. Advanced force/torque sensor, proximity sensor for human-robot collaboration.

we ventures is a VC industry with innovative venture capitalists, who invest in creative, honest, and outstanding entrepreneurs.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Information Technology
Series A, Seed, Series B
South Korea, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

ASWEMAKE — ASWEMAKE is a shopping app that delivers groceries.
Wello — Wello is a government business solution that offers a natural language processing-based business recommendation-application-management service.
Pin Therapeutics — Pin Therapeutics is founded in Feb 2017, fast growing stage with member composition of 25% in USA and 75% in Korea. Drug discovery leaderships are from global pharma and biotech companies along with talented scientists both in Korea and USA.* Active Focus - PinE3: E3 ligase screening cascade for identifying novel warheads - PinGLUE: Assaycascade for molecular glue degrader screening* Programs - Selective Molecular Glue Degrader (CK1α) - Molecular Glue Degrader Programs (5-6 Undisclosed) - PROTAC Program (1 Undisclosed)

NongHyup Financial Group offers property & casualty insurance, investment & securities, asset management, and banking services.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Manufacturing, Food Processing
Series B, Series A, Seed
South Korea

Portfolio highlights

Agreable — Agreable is a brand commerce startup that manufactures and distributes lifestyle products.
Nodit — Founded in 2012, Dunamu (CEO Lee Seok-woo) is currently providing services as the largest cryptocurrency exchange in Korea, 'Upbit' and stock trading platform based on social network, ‘Kakao Stock'. Both services are leading in the industry and ecosystems. (Upbit launched in Oct. 2017, Kakao Stock launched in Feb. 2014) Dunamuprovides the best service in the fields of cryptocurrency, securities, and asset management. Dunamu is getting much attention in both domestic and global market with professional specialists, innovative services and excellent technology. Recently, it announced to make investment of 100 billion dollars in the blockchain industry, leading the way in creating blockchain ecosystem.
We Hudling — White Delight is a food production and distribution company.

Base Investment connects private equity, strategic buyers, and private individuals with opportunities to invest. The company works with well-known, enormous national firms that are looking to acquire a business that will help them extend their brand or make better use of their current facilities.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
South Korea, United States

Portfolio highlights

cafe nono — Gathering together for quality discussions. Making your stories stand out. Join the community here and now!
Money Walk — Money Walk is a novel pedometer program that allows users to earn money simply by walking.' Creddy,' the yellow companion who loves to walk, will look after your health and your wallet. Install the Money Walk app right now and you'll be able to catch both health and money.
Building Care — Building Care is a building care management company that provides schedule management, cloud, and building statistics services.

Altos Ventures was founded in 1996 to invest in early-stage technology companies. After starting with $30 million in committed capital, they currently manage more than $8 billion in regulatory assets under management, supporting the full lifecycle of companies from inception to global growth and profitability. They have been the first and leadinstitutional investor in 100+ companies around the world. They invest in both consumer and enterprise tech companies, with a particular interest in enterprise SaaS, FinTech, e-commerce, and consumer brands and services. They look to invest in high-growth, capital-efficient, founder-led companies. Initial investments can start as small as $500,000 while our follow-on investments can exceed $100 million in a single round, purchasing both primary and secondary shares.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services
Series A, Series B, Series C
South Korea, United States, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Nirvanana — Nirvanana is a game developer that develops an online gaming platform to connect gamers across the world.
PushPress — Automate and scale your fitness business with an easy-to-use solution that your clients and your team will love. Cut your costs and save time with PushPress.
Soombit.AI — AIRead-CXR is a web-based AI solution for radiologist.

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

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Bakery, Local Business
Seed, Series A
South Korea

Portfolio highlights

Dalol — Dalol is a bakery that sells snacks, cakes, and rice chips.
DEEPX — DEEPX is a Korean AI hardware system solution company.
Freshstore — We Love To Eat The Fresh Food

Hana Financial Investment Company Limited offers brokerage, securities dealing, underwriting, mutual funds, and online trading services

Investment focus

Information Technology, Biotechnology, Health Care
Series A, Series B, Seed
South Korea, Singapore, India

Portfolio highlights

Trustay — Trustay is a real estate asset management company.
AIZEN Global — AIZEN is redesigning Digital Banking with CreditConnect, powered by our proprietary ABACUS AutoML platform specialized in the financial services industry. CreditConnect is an AI lending platform designed to bridge the gap between banks and data economy platforms, and automate key decision-making processes in accordance with the credit cycle. Thecompany has secured Series B round funding from a state-led fintech innovation fund (K-Growth) led by major Korean banks to roll out CreditConnect in Southeast Asia.We are also leading the digital transformation in the financial services industry using proprietary AutoML platform ABACUS, with successful use cases in underwriting, fraud detection, product development, claim analysis, and more.
Kuntian New Energy — Hebei Kuntian New Energy is a producer of anode materials for lithium-ion batteries.

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.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Software, Manufacturing
Series A, Series B, Seed
South Korea, Israel, United States

Portfolio highlights

Poen — Poen is a venture company of hyundai motors that focuses on battery upcycling using technology.
ANAFLASH — ANAFLASH Inc. is an NSF, DoD, NASA funded semiconductor startup, developing a brain inspired solution for energy efficient smart edge devices with a standard logic based non-volatile neuromorphic processor.
Uniqconn — Uniqconn is a telecommunication company that offers wireless and mechanical interference services.

CJ Investment operates as an investment firm.

Investment focus

Software, Therapeutics, Information Technology
Series A, Seed, Series B
South Korea, United States

Portfolio highlights

DOD — DOD is data-driven musical business platform.
Storelink — Storelink is an open market optimization platform that analyzes and processes accurate online sales data.
Worker's high — Worker's high Co. is a commerce company that offers an IOT based unmanned store service.

SL investment (SLi) aims at a company with global standards through management by principle and transparency.SLi is a venture capital firm founded in February 2000 and has widely invested in the companies from early to mezzanine stage, in the field of semiconductors, display (AMOLED, LED, LCD), renewable energy, and health care industry.Since its incorporation, SLi has recorded black-ink balances for 12 consecutive years with zero debt and also has successfully dissolved all the five funds with outstanding earning rates.SLi tries to raise the value of venture companies not only by offering funds but by supporting the management omnidirectionally after its investment. Consequently, 31 companies have been successfully listed in KOSDAQ market for 12 years and all the companies have positioned as leading firms in their specific fields.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Software, Manufacturing
Series B, Series A, Seed
South Korea, United States

Portfolio highlights

Aldavar — ALDAVER provides incredibly realistic personalized surgical training models using innovative biopolymer materials that closely resemble human tissues and 3D printing technology.
Panmnesia — True composable resource disaggregation, CXL hardware/software infrastructure from the beginning to the end.
Novelty Nobility — Novelty Nobility Inc. is a private biotech company. They are currently focused on the research of novel angiogenesis targets and develop antibody-based therapeutics in ophthalmology and oncology, where angiogenesis plays a key pathogenic role.In ophthalmology, Novelty Nobility first discovered a novel angiogenesis target, Stem Cell Factor(SCF)and c-KIT, which was initially known for its engagement with proliferation and survival of primitive hematopoietic stem cells for a couple of past decades. We believe that anti-SCF/c-KIT could effectively address the unmet medical needs, mostly caused by inherent limitations of anti-VEGFs, in terms of treatment efficacy and long-term safety. Our target discovery is widely and strongly patent-protected in US/KOR and the lead pipeline, NN2101(a full-human monoclonal antibody), is currently under preclinical development.

Korea Investment Partners (KIP) is a leading venture capital & private equity firm that has over 30 years of experience in providing venture capital to bold and innovative entrepreneurs who want to change the world. Korea Investment Partners invests in leading pioneers like Kakao(KOSDAQ:035720), Naver(KRX:035420), YGEntertainment(KOSDAQ:122870), Bodyfriend, Osstem Implant(KOSDAQ:048260), Doubleu Games(KOSDAQ:192080) and Didi Chuxing. KIP manages over 20 venture and private equity funds with US$1.8 billion in total assets under management. The company operates globally from its Seoul headquarters office with other locations in Shanghai, Beijing, and Sunnyvale.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Information Technology, Health Care
Series A, Series B, Seed
South Korea, United States, China

Portfolio highlights

HyperAccel — HyperAccel provides hardware solutions for developing AI applications.
Pin Therapeutics — Pin Therapeutics is founded in Feb 2017, fast growing stage with member composition of 25% in USA and 75% in Korea. Drug discovery leaderships are from global pharma and biotech companies along with talented scientists both in Korea and USA.* Active Focus - PinE3: E3 ligase screening cascade for identifying novel warheads - PinGLUE: Assaycascade for molecular glue degrader screening* Programs - Selective Molecular Glue Degrader (CK1α) - Molecular Glue Degrader Programs (5-6 Undisclosed) - PROTAC Program (1 Undisclosed)
Twelve Labs — Twelve Labs helps developers make programs that can see, listen, and understand the world as we do by giving them the most powerful video search API

SBI Investment Co., Ltd. has established itself as a true partner of the Republic of Korea venture business development in the past 28 years as a venture capital concept introduced first in Korea in 1986 was even unfamiliar concept of 'venture'. SBI Investment Co., Ltd. is a direct excavation domestic / other promising venturesinvestment as well as domestic / external funding attracted through cooperation with institutional investors and technology, marketing, public offering (IPO), the law, adhere to the role which has been providing comprehensive services such as Value-up tax.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce
Series A, Series B, Series C
South Korea, United States, Japan

Portfolio highlights

XCENA(formerly MetisX) — MetisX is a startup firm that develops intelligent memory and memory-centric computing architectures based on CXL.
Mepsgen — Mepsgen is a biotechnology research organization that focuses on pharmaceutical services and drug development.
Unastella — Unastella operates its own launch vehicles to provide human space travel platform services.

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.

Investment focus

Software, Mobile Apps, Manufacturing
Seed, Series A, Series B
South Korea, United States, Belgium

Portfolio highlights

Relay — Relay is a second-hand market solution that provides technology, logistics, and operational solutions required for the used business.
Sendy — sendy Korea is a cloud-based logistics platform that provides on-demand freight transportation services.
Geek Planner — Geek Planner provides an ultra-short-term work optimization platform and manpower management tool.

Stonebridge Ventures was founded in 2008

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Food and Beverage
Series B, Series A, Series D
South Korea, United States, Japan

Portfolio highlights

Snaptag — Snaptag is a developer of an invisible watermark technology intended for image data engine processing.
TissenBioFarm — TissenBioFarm is a food technology company that can mass-produce cultured meat with real texture and marbling.
Onconic Therapeutics — Onconic Therapeutics specialises in the research and development of cancer treatments.

InfoBank develops and provides mobile messaging solutions and other related services.The company offers business messaging services such as SMS, LMS, and multimedia message services; interactive media services; smart car solutions; and integrated online and offline payment services.InfoBank was founded in 1995 and is based in Gyeongju, SouthKorea.

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Health Care
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
South Korea, South Africa, United States

Portfolio highlights

Kihya — Kihya is a distributor of alcoholic beverages.
Blux — Blux offers customized advertising solutions to customers.
Rootfinders — Rootfinders is a digital solutions startup focused on empowering the visually impaired community by providing accessible, innovative technology solutions. The company’s mission is to break down barriers to independence, mobility, and social participation by creating intuitive, accessible, and inclusive digital tools for individuals who are blind orhave low vision.

Pathfinder H is a venture capital firm.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Software, Food and Beverage
Series A, Series B, Seed
South Korea

Portfolio highlights

iTruck — iTruck is a transportation application that offers an integrated trading platform for used trucks.
CastingN — CastingN is a B2B trading platform that helps companies outsource.
Cool Sign — Coolsign is an EV specialist that offers a complete set of hardware and platforms based on its own technology for the reliable operation of electric car charging stations.

BNK Ventures

Investment focus

E-Commerce, AgTech, Retail
Series B, Seed, Series A
South Korea, India, Kuwait

Portfolio highlights

N.THING — Established in January 2014, N.THING is a Seoul-based Agri-Food tech company leading innovation in agricultural products, by extension, in the farm-to-table food value chain by combining IoT technology and data. It developed the world’s first modular vertical farm ‘CUBE’ which is easy to expand. N.THING CUBE is a modularized farm with massproductivity where a dedicated OS provides the most optimized environment for each crop so as to create maximized efficiency. N.THING is the world’s first smart farming company that won the iF Design Award, Architecture in 2020. Also, it is a winner of Best of Innovation at the CES 2020 for its excellence in technology, which is the first ever in the agricultural field. N.THING is planning to expand its business on a large scale this year after it successfully completes the PoC process in the U.A.E. Our North American branch office located in New York. N.THING hopes to connect people to nature, things to things, people to things, and people to people through IoT technologies by creating Number of Things out of Nothing. .CUBE : CUBE is internet connected modular container vertical farm. It's an ultimate indoor farm which contains LED technology, real time monitoring system through IoT sensors, collected cultivation data, and upgradable software. We deliver the farm of the desired container form to the desired place.SQUARE : SQUARE is modular hydroponic kit. SQUARE can connect each module and share water. Users can connect as many as they want, grow greens and herbs, and make food great themselves. Each Square consists of four Pickcells, which contains special nutrient-rich sponge. With special sponge and hydroponic, it gives the most simple and effective gardening experience.Planty : Planty is the first Internet-connected social pot in the world. Planty gives pleasure to grow plants with your family, friend, and colleague. Planty enables the user to monitor the environmental information on temperature, soil moisture, and ambient light around plants and give water to plants any me or anywhere.Life : Life is a smart gardening journal aimed at the gardening sector. Plant lovers and gardeners are able to record their gardening activities and information and share them through Social Media. The user can easily insert weather data, location data, gardening activities, and plants’ events. Moreover, all the gardening data can be shared through social media.Sikmulsung: Sikmulsung is our show room to explore 'freshness' of our product and service. It is a place for everyone seeking for 'freshness' in visual, in texture, in taste, in flavor or even in atmosphere with, N.THING's in-store farm, exclusively made for Sikmulsung, special F&B's and our end products.
CellMEAT — Cultured meat
Floward — Send fresh flowers and a variety of gifts online with Floward. Browse through our numerous products and get same-day flowers delivery

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