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Top 50 Food and Beverage VC Funds & Investors in South Korea (June 2026)

The most active venture capital funds investing in South Korea Food and Beverage startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in South Korea Food and Beverage startup companies. Find investors to raise a Seed, Series A or Series B round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
Strong Ventures
VC Fund
17 South Korea, United States, Poland Seed, Series A, Series B E-Commerce, Software, Health Care $18k–$30M
MYSC
VC Fund
11 South Korea, China, France Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Food and Beverage, Health Care, E-Commerce
Nau IB Capital
VC Fund
10 South Korea Series A, Series B, Seed Information Technology, Food and Beverage, Software $1k–$13M
Korea Credit Guarantee Fund
VC Fund
8 South Korea, United States Seed, Series A Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology $223k–$7.1M
Translink Investment
VC Fund
8 South Korea, United States, Singapore Seed, Series A Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology $300k–$12M
Hana Ventures
VC Fund
8 South Korea, Japan, Malaysia Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care $223k–$42M
Future Science and Technology Holdings
VC Fund
7 South Korea, United States Seed, Series A Health Care, Biotechnology, Food and Beverage $297k–$3.7M
Big Basin Capital
VC Fund
7 South Korea, United States, Singapore Seed, Series A E-Commerce, Apps, Software $371k–$7M
Series Ventures
VC Fund
7 South Korea, Singapore Seed, Series A Health Care, Manufacturing, Biotechnology $74k–$4.5M
Industrial Bank of Korea
VC Fund
7 South Korea, United States, China Series A, Series B, Seed Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care $149k–$29M
BNK Venture Capital
VC Fund
7 South Korea, Kuwait Series A, Series B, Seed Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Software $4k–$13M
Timewise Investment
VC Fund
6 South Korea, United States, Russian Federation Series A, Series B, Seed Biotechnology, Health Care, E-Commerce $2k–$29M
Capstone Partners
VC Fund
6 South Korea, United States, India Series A, Seed, Series B Software, Mobile, Gaming $223k–$15M
SBVA
VC Fund
6 South Korea, United States, China Series A, Series B, Series C Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce $1.9M–$100M
Kakao Ventures
VC Fund
6 South Korea, United States, Indonesia Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $297k–$27M
Sazze Partners
VC Fund
6 South Korea, United States, Japan Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $200k–$19M
UTC Investment Co.
VC Fund
6 South Korea, United States, Japan Series A, Series B Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical $2M–$20M
Bass Investment
VC Fund
6 South Korea, United States, Singapore Seed, Series A, Series B E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology $669k–$15M
Donghoon Investment
VC Fund
5 South Korea Series A, Series B, Seed Food and Beverage, Health Care, Information Technology $5k–$44M
CJ Investment
VC Fund
5 South Korea, United States Series A, Seed, Series B Software, Food and Beverage, Apps $366k–$21M
Mirae Asset Venture Investment
VC Fund
5 South Korea, United States, India Series A, Series B, Seed Software, Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence $12k–$77M
Lighthouse Combined Investment
VC Fund
5 South Korea, United States, Singapore Series A, Seed, Series B Food and Beverage, Information Technology, Manufacturing $1k–$27M
Korea Investment Partners
VC Fund
5 South Korea, United States, China Series A, Series B, Seed Information Technology, Biotechnology, Health Care $743k–$60M
HITEJINRO CO
VC Fund
4 South Korea, Japan, United States Seed, Series A, Series B E-Commerce, Agriculture, Food and Beverage $1k–$1.5M
CJ CheilJedang Corp.
VC Fund
4 South Korea, United States, Israel Seed, Series A, Series B Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Nutrition $446k–$105M
Signite Partners
VC Fund
4 South Korea, United States, Singapore Series B, Series A, Seed Beauty, Health Care, Biotechnology $22k–$35M
Magna Investment
VC Fund
4 South Korea, United States, Japan Seed, Series A, Series B Health Care, Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical $141k–$26M
Stone Bridge Ventures
VC Fund
4 South Korea, United States, South Africa Series A, Seed, Series B Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology $1.4M–$23M
DSC Investment
VC Fund
4 South Korea, United States, Israel Series A, Series B, Seed Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $594k–$47M
Korea Development Bank
VC Fund
4 South Korea, United States, India Series B, Series A, Series C Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $17k–$45M
Hyundai Technology Investment
VC Fund
4 South Korea, Iraq, United States Series A, Series B, Seed Manufacturing, Information Technology, Robotics $5k–$16M
Smilegate Investment
VC Fund
4 South Korea, United States, Vietnam Series B, Seed, Series A Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care $694k–$47M
Shinhan Venture Investment
VC Fund
4 South Korea, United States, Japan Series B, Series A Biotechnology, Health Care, Information Technology $2.6M–$55M
Altos Ventures
VC Fund
4 South Korea, United States, Canada Series A, Series B, Series C Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services $2.1M–$102M
NongHyup Financial Group
VC Fund
4 South Korea Series A, Series B, Seed Food and Beverage, Manufacturing, E-Commerce $1.7M–$104M
HG Initiative
VC Fund
4 South Korea, United States Series A, Seed, Series B Biotechnology, Health Care, Information Technology $35k–$5.2B
Seoul Investment Partners
VC Fund
4 South Korea, United States, Germany Series A, Series B, Seed Biotechnology, Medical, Software $1k–$18M
L&S Venture Capital
VC Fund
4 South Korea, United States, Israel Series A, Series B, Seed Information Technology, Manufacturing, Software $594k–$37M
POSCO CAPITAL
VC Fund
4 South Korea, United States Series A, Seed, Series B Software, Manufacturing, Information Technology $149k–$13M
JB Investment
VC Fund
4 South Korea, United States, Pakistan Series A, Series B, Seed Information Technology, E-Commerce, Manufacturing $483k–$16M
GS Retail
VC Fund
4 South Korea, Iraq, United States Series A, Seed, Series B Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Information Technology $186k–$15M
Seoul National University of Science and Technology
VC Fund
4 South Korea Seed, Series A Apps, Retail, E-Commerce
Daesung Private Equity
VC Fund
4 South Korea, United States, India Series A, Series B Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce $1.1M–$15M
Lotte Ventures
VC Fund
4 South Korea, United States, China Seed, Series A Information Technology, Software, Manufacturing
IBK Capital
VC Fund
4 South Korea, United States, India Series A, Seed, Series B Health Care, Biotechnology, Information Technology $2k–$21M
Alumni Partners
VC Fund
3 South Korea Seed, Series A E-Commerce, Bakery, Local Business
Hana Financial Investment
VC Fund
3 South Korea, Singapore, India Series A, Series B Information Technology, Biotechnology, Software
InfoBank
VC Fund
3 South Korea, South Africa, United States Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Health Care
Shinhan Capital
VC Fund
3 South Korea, United States, India Series A, Seed, Series B Information Technology, Software, Apps
SL Investment
VC Fund
3 South Korea, United States Series A, Series B Medical, Biotechnology, Manufacturing
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Strong Ventures
VC Fund · Los Angeles, California, United States · 17 investments in South Korea Food and Beverage startups

Strong Ventures is a generalist VC firm based in LA and Seoul, backing early-stage startups with a focus on Korean founders.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, Poland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 271
  • Round size: Seed $223k–$2.2M; Series A $743k–$10M; Series B $18k–$30M
  • Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $3.3M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Soroh
  • Stan World — Stan World is a Fandom Party World where fans can party & win rewards for their Stars, 24/7.
  • Specter — Specter is a reputation sharing platform for applicants who are sincere and do their job well, but cannot do enough self-PR in interviews.
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MYSC
VC Fund · Seongdong, Kyonggi-do, South Korea · 11 investments in South Korea Food and Beverage startups, 12 in the past 12 months

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Food and Beverage, Health Care, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: South Korea, China, France

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 70
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Rovigos — Rovigos analyzes data from your whole business to help you make better forecasts and choices.
  • Welfare Union — Welfare Union focused on customized senior care meals and nutritional services.
  • Phyto Research — Phyto Research offers virus-free, high-quality seedlings as OEM through tissue culture and seed manufacturing.
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Nau IB Capital
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 10 investments in South Korea Food and Beverage startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Food and Beverage, Software
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 64
  • Round size: Seed $1k–$9.6M; Series A $3k–$7.4M; Series B $5.4M–$13M
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • BIGC — BIGC is a technology company that offers digital marketing, content creation, and advertising services.
  • Willog — As a fast-growing startup, Willog provides a “item-level condition monitoring” that innovates the supply chain of sensitive, perishable or valuable goods where condition monitoring is required, and its efforts are to create a transparent and connected logistics flow. Based on its patented sensor technology and its cloud-based software, Willog helpscompanies gain seamless visibility down to the item-level and control over their shipments across their supply chain so they can have condition foresights and insights to improve their bottom line.Willog acquired 25 enterprise customers including MNCs like Hyundai Motor Group and DHL Express since its establishment. Willog is rapidly expanding its presence in various industries including bio-pharmaceutical, fresh food, and special logistics, where condition monitoring is key to business continuity. Going forward, while strengthening its leadership position in Korea, Willog will accelerate global expansion with partnerships in America, Kazakhstan, and Malaysia.
  • SN BioScience — SN BioScience provide nano-formulation screening services for small molecule, oligonucleotide (siRNA, DNA), peptide and protein to deliver in the form of nano-micelle, nanoparticle or liposome. Their proprietary “double core-shell technology” and pool of acceptable lipids and polymers could help your research that having difficulties in solubilityor delivery.
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Korea Credit Guarantee Fund
VC Fund · Daegu, Taegu-jikhalsi, South Korea · 8 investments in South Korea Food and Beverage startups

Korea Credit Guarantee Fund operates as a public financial institution.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 199
  • Round size: Seed $223k–$2.8M; Series A $743k–$7.1M
  • Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • MOAIS — MOAIS develops a smartphone AI solution that analyzes golf swing problem and offers a lesson solution. It is an on-device AI optimized for smart phones, has a video pose estimation, video segmentation, video classification, video object detection, and image processing of golf swing video.
  • Limpid — Limpid is a Bio pet food startup. It set new standards in pet nutrition through continuous innovation.
  • DoubleT — DoubleT is an innovative tech enterprise specialized in industrial workplace safety and business automation. Its premier product, HEIMDALL, utilizes artificial intelligence and real-time location systems to prevent industrial accidents. They also operate DoubleWorks for corporate management and Jikguraound to streamline global B2B sourcing forbusinesses.
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Hana Ventures
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 8 investments in South Korea Food and Beverage startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: South Korea, Japan, Malaysia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 163
  • Round size: Seed $223k–$4.1M; Series A $1.4M–$13M; Series B $3.3M–$42M
  • Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Sasung power — Sasung power enhances energy storage performance using advanced structural battery source technology, developing new batteries for structural support and eco-friendly lightweight structures.
  • 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 influencers is explosively increasing. Feauturing allows brands and marketers to discover product fit influencers and helps matchingbased 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.
  • Welcon Systems — WELCON Systems is a company that makes electronic control equipment used in machines. Their main products include servo drives and motion controllers, which help control the movement of motors in industrial machines and robots.
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Future Science and Technology Holdings
VC Fund · Daejeon, Taejon-jikhalsi, South Korea · 7 investments in South Korea Food and Beverage startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Biotechnology, Food and Beverage
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: South Korea, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 32
  • Round size: Seed $297k–$1.8M; Series A $1.9M–$3.7M
  • Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Caretive
  • Protier Biotech — PROTIER Biotech is a company leading the development of therapeutics through innovative biotechnology .
  • Caredoc — CareDoc is an elderly care professional platform that provides information on proven elderly care facilities. Consumers looking for elderly care services were not able to find the information they wanted online or getting inaccurate information through word of mouth.On the other hand, providers of care services were having difficulty incollecting elderly customers. Caredoc solves these problems by providing verified care servise provider information on the mobile.
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Big Basin Capital
VC Fund · Cupertino, California, United States · 7 investments in South Korea Food and Beverage startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Apps, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 83
  • Round size: Seed $371k–$2.5M; Series A $1M–$7M
  • Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2013

Portfolio highlights

  • Dentlink — Next Generation Dental Lab Service
  • Purple AI — Purple AI is a brain disease AI platform company.
  • 276 Holdings — 276 Holdings is a finance company that offers corporate financial service flow and a new flow of trade receivables value to companies.
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Series Ventures
VC Fund · Changwon, Kyongsang-namdo, South Korea · 7 investments in South Korea Food and Beverage startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Manufacturing, Biotechnology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: South Korea, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 84
  • Round size: Seed $74k–$1.6M; Series A $2.4M–$4.5M
  • Lead/follow: 67% lead, 33% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Ladit — Ladit provides camping provides peaceful relaxation after a rough travel and gives extensive outdoor services so that all outdoor activities
  • Mold — Mold develops, manufactures, and distributes automobile parts and new material parts.
  • Linkup
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Industrial Bank of Korea
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 7 investments in South Korea Food and Beverage 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 makingevery effort to enhance its competitiveness, achieve balanced growth and strengthen its global presence.The Bank employs around 10,000 staff and operates a distribution network of 612 branches including 12 overseas branches. Providing complementary services, the Bank also operates several subsidiaries: IBK Capital Corporation, IBK-SG Asset Management, IBK System Co., Ltd., and IBK Credit Information Corporation. In 2008, IBK Investment & Securities was launched, focused on meeting the needs of SME customers for services such as IPOs and M&As. Moreover, strategic alliance with Korea Investment Holdings enhances product competitiveness and affiliation with the National Post Office promoting easy customer access to IBK banking services.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 229
  • Round size: Seed $149k–$8.3M; Series A $1.7M–$16M; Series B $4.9M–$29M
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Gadget Korea — Gadget korea offers data roaming services.
  • Flexell Space — FLEXELL SPACE primarily focuses on the development and manufacturing of space solar cells, aiming to provide differentiated products for our customers in the space industry
  • 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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BNK Venture Capital
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 7 investments in South Korea Food and Beverage startups, 6 in the past 12 months

BNK Venture Capital is an investment firm.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 73
  • Round size: Seed $743k–$4.8M; Series A $4k–$9M; Series B $5k–$13M
  • Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2024

Portfolio highlights

  • Leesol — Leesol is a sleep technology company engaged in the production of AI based neuromodulation devices for the prevention and treatment solutions for modern-day people’s healthy brains. The company's product range includes the sleepisol which is a functional smart wearable device that utilizes CES (Cranial Electrotherapy Stimulation) and is aneffective product for the customer’s quality of sleep and life. The product can also be used with a user-oriented data based App.
  • Future Connect — Livfarm is an online platform that delivers fresh vegetables and salad samplers.
  • Solarize — Solarize is a company that develops inverters for solar power and green hydrogen facilities.
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Timewise Investment
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 6 investments in South Korea Food and Beverage startups

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.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, Russian Federation

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 63
  • Round size: Seed $2k–$3.7M; Series A $3k–$7.4M; Series B $3M–$29M
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Carlet Store — Carlet Bio is a wholesale supplier of packaging solutions.
  • 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.
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Capstone Partners
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 6 investments in South Korea Food and Beverage startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Mobile, Gaming
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 224
  • Round size: Seed $223k–$3.9M; Series A $223k–$11M; Series B $743k–$15M
  • Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $37M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Rapeech — Rapeech is an AI voice technology company that provides product development services.
  • TR — TR is a digital healthcare company that designs and develops medical devices and electronic products.
  • Brave Company — Brave Company is an internet publishing company. Well, the lusts, but not the burdens of the ZZP existence. BraveCompany is for self-employed people who want to do more and manage less. Are you in paid employment and do you doubt whether you dare to make the leap? Even then, BraveCompany offers a warm bath with 'colleagues' that you havegone for, a network with potential assignments and invoicing services. BraveCompany is for successful professionals who are or want to become independent. What can we mean for each other? We share knowledge, trends and help with professional issues. And all that in the atmosphere of a home port. So you benefit from the benefits of experienced colleagues. Do you see any more possibilities with your current client to do work, or do you regularly refer projects to colleagues? We offer the framework to seize these opportunities and also be rewarded for your talent as a matchmaker.
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SBVA
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 6 investments in South Korea Food and Beverage startups

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.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 245
  • Round size: Series A $1.9M–$44M; Series B $4M–$63M; Series C $8.9M–$100M
  • Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2024

Portfolio highlights

  • Syncly — Syncly is an AI-native customer intelligence platform for fast-growing brands. Turn customer conversations into actionable insights to help your brand grow faster.
  • Payhere — Payhere is a fintech company that provides card terminals and online payment gateway services for multiple industries.
  • 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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Kakao Ventures
VC Fund · Seongnam, Kyonggi-do, South Korea · 6 investments in South Korea Food and Beverage startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 304
  • Round size: Seed $297k–$4.6M; Series A $817k–$14M; Series B $3M–$27M
  • Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $9.6M in 2012

Portfolio highlights

  • Swit — An Employee Productivity Hub for Collaboration Essentials
  • Restream — Restream is a super simple live video platform that empowers you to create beautiful videos and multistream them to your favorite channels.
  • Bunker Kids — Bunker Kids is a startup that provides solutions optimized for achieving personal health goals using data and algorithms.
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Sazze Partners
VC Fund · San Jose, California, United States · 6 investments in South Korea Food and Beverage startups

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.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 147
  • Round size: Seed $200k–$4.8M; Pre-Seed $200k–$2.8M; Series A $334k–$19M
  • Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $127M in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • BIGC — BIGC is a technology company that offers digital marketing, content creation, and advertising services.
  • Paywork — PayWal is a payment platform that provides dedicated project teaming, task execution checks, and contract management services.
  • DirectCloud — DirectCloud is a company that develops a cloud storage service business for corporations.
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UTC Investment Co.
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 6 investments in South Korea Food and Beverage startups

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.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 114
  • Round size: Series A $2.2M–$13M; Series B $2M–$20M
  • Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Beamworks — Beamworks is a research-centered company in medical imaging and conversational AI, that enables expert-level cancer diagnosis anywhere in the world and providing reliable medical consultations at any time. The company's platform utilizes an on-device AI system that processes ultrasound data in real-time without the need for serverconnectivity, achieving detection sensitivity and differential diagnosis performance, enabling healthcare providers to offer precise and timely diagnostics and improve patient outcomes, and reduce unnecessary procedures.
  • CanLab — CanLab is a developer of AI sensors that focuses on creating optical and thermal cameras, as well as real-time image processing platforms for ground, aerial, and marine mobility. Its product offerings include the Vision Camera, Edge AI Platform, Equipment for Thermal Cameras, and Automotive Camera MES.
  • AD System — AD System focuses on the development, manufacturing, sales and repairing of drones and other unmanned aerial vehicles.
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Bass Investment
VC Fund · Seocho, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 6 investments in South Korea Food and Beverage startups

Bass Investment is a Investment Firm.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 121
  • Round size: Seed $669k–$9.1M; Series A $1.9M–$15M; Series B $6.7M–$12M
  • Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • Magnendo — Advancing neurovascular care with cutting-edge robotic technologies.
  • Tect Group — We deliver real beauty based on distinctive brands and innovative marketing solutions, fostering confidence and positivity around the world.
  • 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.
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Donghoon Investment
VC Fund · Yeoksamdong, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 5 investments in South Korea Food and Beverage startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Food and Beverage, Health Care, Information Technology
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 29
  • Round size: Seed $371k–$1.8M; Series A $1.5M–$6.3M; Series B $5k–$44M
  • Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Future Connect — Livfarm is an online platform that delivers fresh vegetables and salad samplers.
  • 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.
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CJ Investment
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 5 investments in South Korea Food and Beverage startups

CJ Investment operates as an investment firm.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Food and Beverage, Apps
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: South Korea, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 51
  • Round size: Seed $366k–$6.7M; Series A $2.2M–$10M; Series B $2M–$21M
  • Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Playtag — Playtag uses AI technology to analyze infant behavior and provide customized education in kindergartens.
  • Aurumplanet — A new tool that blends your everyday work apps into one. It's the all-in-one workspace for you and your team
  • City Storage — City Storage is a side dish platform that produces and sells salads, soups, and pickles.
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Mirae Asset Venture Investment
VC Fund · Seongnam, Kyonggi-do, South Korea · 5 investments in South Korea Food and Beverage startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 254
  • Round size: Seed $12k–$12M; Series A $1.5M–$30M; Series B $3.7M–$77M
  • Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • AITRICS — AITRICS is taking on the ultimate role of giving everyone access to the power of data-driven health intelligence by developing advanced clinical solutions that will revolutionize their lives. With a shared vision and a common purpose, passionate and dedicated professionals from diverse backgrounds came together to create the most exceptional team.
  • Medifab — Medifab is a bio-healthcare center that offers 3D system testing, measurement analysis, and OEM service.
  • NextBillion — An open forum for discussion of social enterprise, poverty alleviation and business development in emerging markets and beyond.
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Lighthouse Combined Investment
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 5 investments in South Korea Food and Beverage startups

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Food and Beverage, Information Technology, Manufacturing
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 46
  • Round size: Seed $1k–$3M; Series A $3k–$7.8M; Series B $3M–$27M
  • Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • H2 — H2 is a Korea-based advanced energy storage company specialized in vanadium redox flow battery which is an optimal solution especially for large-scale and long-duration energy storage. H2 has developed cutting-edge EnerFLOW series energy storage using its own vanadium redox flow batteries, which is commercially available at the moment. H2 isexpected to grow fast and big due to H2's unique design and manufacturing capabilities, and a promising market of large-scale energy storage.
  • Seadronix — Seadronix is a AI technology-based autonomous navigation solutions developed by PhD researchers. It saves cost and secures safety based on various learning data.
  • BRUSH Theatre — BRUSH Theatre is a theatre for live performances.
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Korea Investment Partners
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 5 investments in South Korea Food and Beverage startups

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.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 403
  • Round size: Seed $743k–$10M; Series A $1.7M–$26M; Series B $2.6M–$60M
  • Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $6.7M in 2014

Portfolio highlights

  • Adriel — Adriel provides the necessary tools to handle complex campaigns and reach your advertising goals. Drive results at maximum efficiency with a centralized dashboard.
  • StealthMole — Uncover hidden threats in the dark web and enhance your cybersecurity with StealthMole's advanced dark web threat intelligence platform. Learn more.
  • I-Sense — i-SENS, Inc. is a global company dedicated to improving the lives of people with diabetes and those who care for them.
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HITEJINRO CO
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 4 investments in South Korea Food and Beverage startups

Going global beyond number one in KOREA, HITEJINRO is grateful for your support.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Agriculture, Food and Beverage
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: South Korea, Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 21
  • Round size: Seed $1k–$1.5M
  • Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Herb Today — Herb Today is a supplier of vegetable, seaweed, and mushroom products for the food industry.
  • Mr. Dad — Mr. Dad is a seller of food products.
  • Charging Pig — Charging Pig is a mobile app that provides auxiliary battery rental services.
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CJ CheilJedang Corp.
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 4 investments in South Korea Food and Beverage startups

A global lifestyle company that creates health, happiness and convenience

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Nutrition
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 15
  • Round size: Seed $446k–$10M; Series A $1.5M–$22M; Series B $18M–$105M
  • Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow

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.
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Signite Partners
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 4 investments in South Korea Food and Beverage startups

Signite Partners is a venture capital arm of Shinsegae Group.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 26
  • Round size: Seed $3.7M–$4.5M; Series A $1.5M–$4.8M; Series B $22k–$35M
  • Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Rael — Designed for women by women, our self-care solutions are made with natural, effective ingredients to keep you looking and feeling your best all cycle long.
  • Sans — Sans is the first alternative coffee brand in Korea to replicate the taste and aroma of coffee without using beans, and it is the only brand in the world to operate specialty alternative coffee stores. Instead of coffee beans, which are designated as one of the "five endangered crops," Sans developed an alternative coffee similar toAmericano by combining 12 ingredients, such as jujube seeds, chicory roots, and barley, which are easy to grow in greenhouses in any country regardless of climate change.
  • Sweet Spot — Sweet Spot is a platform for companies and retailers who need space for marketing and sales.
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Magna Investment
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 4 investments in South Korea Food and Beverage 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: 91
  • Round size: Seed $141k–$3M; Series A $1.5M–$7.4M; Series B $1.4M–$26M
  • Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • 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 influencers is explosively increasing. Feauturing allows brands and marketers to discover product fit influencers and helps matchingbased 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.
  • Endorobotics — Endorobotics is a healthcare centre that offers endoscopic surgery services.
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Stone Bridge Ventures
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 4 investments in South Korea Food and Beverage startups

Stone Bridge Ventures invests in entrepreneurs with bold ideas that improve and expand people's lives, industries, and markets. They provide professional assistance and a network of contacts geared towards businesses in order to help them expand.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 92
  • Round size: Seed $1.4M–$9.7M; Series A $2.2M–$18M; Series B $4.3M–$23M
  • Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Amber Road — Amber Road is the creator of an operation management-focused data analysis program. By analyzing the data based on the input data, the company's platform generates a customized AI model and business insight report that requires the input of manufacturing process data.
  • Higher Diversity — Higher Diversity provides foreigners with a platform for administrative and convenient services.
  • Holiday Robotics — Meet FRIDAY, the world's most advanced humanoid robot with 63 DoF and dexterous hands. Powered by Holiday Sim and World Model AI technology.
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DSC Investment
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 4 investments in South Korea Food and Beverage startups

DSC Investments invests in early stage and growth companies in the field of corporate identify and focus, IT, software, biotechnology, machinery, and future high-growth areas such as environment and resources.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 208
  • Round size: Seed $594k–$9.6M; Series A $1.5M–$16M; Series B $4.5M–$47M
  • Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Handys — Handys manages accommodation facilities without on-site human resources by automating all operational flows.
  • Phantom AI — Phantom AI is democratizing the use of advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) to reduce accidents, save lives and make driving more enjoyable, while delivering tomorrow’s self-driving technology. The company provides a comprehensive autonomous driving platform featuring computer vision, sensor fusion and control capabilities.Phantom AI hascreated the most accurate and highest-performing AI solutions available today that meet car manufacturer requirements, at a much lower price than existing solutions. Delivered through a modular, software-based vehicle stack, OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers can select the components they wish to integrate and customize the configuration for unparalleled flexibility.
  • MicrobiotiX — MicrobiotiX develops bacteriophage and microbiome-based therapeutics to combat multidrug-resistant infections and autoimmune diseases.
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Korea Development Bank
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 4 investments in South Korea Food and Beverage startups, 8 in the past 12 months

The Korea Development Bank (KDB) provides long-term financing for projects designed to assist Koreaâ€:tm:s economic growth and development. It offers equipment capital loans and working capital loans to Korean private enterprises that undertake major industrial projects. The bank also extends guarantees to its clients to facilitate their otherborrowings and to finance major industrial projects. KDB guarantees Won-denominated corporate debentures, local currency loans, and other Won liabilities and foreign currency loans from domestic and overseas Korean financial institutions and from foreign institutions. The bankâ€:tm:s other activities include engagement in a range of industrial development activities, including conducting economic and industrial research; performing engineering surveys; providing business analyses and managerial assistance; and offering trust services. As of June 30, 2007, KDB had 40 local branches, 6 overseas branches, and 2 overseas offices. The bank was founded in 1954 and is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 150
  • Round size: Series A $17k–$16M; Series B $3.8M–$42M; Series C $5.6M–$45M
  • Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Qunova Computing, Inc. — Quantum computing based computing innovations for new materials and drug discovery, and advanced technology solution consulting services.
  • Yeoshin — Yeoshin is a skin treatment information platform.
  • Upstage — Upstage AI is an artificial intelligence (AI) startup that helps companies focus on their core businesses.
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Hyundai Technology Investment
VC Fund · Seongnam, Kyonggi-do, South Korea · 4 investments in South Korea Food and Beverage startups

Hyundai Technology Investment is a venture capital firm that mainly invests in early-stage companies and is based in South Korea.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Manufacturing, Information Technology, Robotics
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: South Korea, Iraq, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 53
  • Round size: Seed $743k–$10M; Series A $1.5M–$6.4M; Series B $5k–$16M
  • Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Scone — Scone provides virtual youtuber and video conferencing services.
  • Omelet — Omelet, Transforming Industry Decisions with AI
  • Cafe Manwolgyeong — Cafe Manwolgyeong is a customer-centered cafe brand that values different cafes and related products.​​
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Smilegate Investment
VC Fund · Seongnam, Kyonggi-do, South Korea · 4 investments in South Korea Food and Beverage startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 225
  • Round size: Seed $694k–$6.8M; Series A $1M–$15M; Series B $3M–$47M
  • Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Freewheelin — Freewheelin is an edtech company developing AI-powered tools to personalize math education. Their platform offers services such as generating homework books, integrating with textbooks, managing student errors, and analyzing performance data to assist educators in course preparation. The company has curated a database of math resources inpartnership with textbook publishers, ensuring teachers can use materials without copyright concerns.​
  • Big Mobility — Big Mobility is a start-up that is addressing the issue of unlawful overnight truck parking brought on by a lack of truck parking spaces. In order to generate additional revenue for landowners and provide fixed parking spaces for truck owners, we operate a truck parking lot as a corporate type and develop and manage vacant land in the city as atruck parking lot.
  • Anabatic Semiconductor — Anabatic Manufacturing of electronic components, computers, video, audio, and communication equipment
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Shinhan Venture Investment
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 4 investments in South Korea Food and Beverage startups

Shinhan Venture Investment operates as an investment company. Shinhan Venture Investment focuses on earlier-stage venture capital investments and later-stage control investments opportunities derived from the latest megatrends such as the aging population, disruptive technologies, IT convergence, alternative energy and etc.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Information Technology
  • Stage:Series B, Series A
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 182
  • Round size: Series A $2.6M–$55M; Series B $2.8M–$45M
  • Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Trioar — Trioar is a biotechnological research company that manufacture pharmaceutical products and drugs.
  • Dnotitia — Dnotitia is a pioneering AI (Artificial Intelligence) company driving innovative value by integrating AI and data. Founded in October 2023, Dnotitia specializes in developing; Seahorse, a high-performance vector database powered by its proprietary Vector Data Processing Units (VDPU), and Mnemos, a cutting-edge service solution for Large LanguageModels (LLMs). The company also leads the development of sLMs (Small Language Models) and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems, crucial for advancing generative AI technologies and positioning itself at the forefront of AI technology.
  • Return Zero — AI, ASR, Diarization, Speech, ML
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Altos Ventures
VC Fund · Menlo Park, California, United States · 4 investments in South Korea Food and Beverage 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, Financial Services
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 298
  • Round size: Series A $2.1M–$22M; Series B $3.7M–$30M; Series C $4.3M–$102M
  • Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $450M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Toss — Toss is a South Korea-based mobile financial service platform operated by fintech startup Viva Republica. Its application offers peer-to-peer money transfers, manages credit scores and bank accounts, access loan and insurance plans, split bill options, QR payment and other similar services that enable users to manage their finance.
  • Sweet Spot — Sweet Spot is a platform for companies and retailers who need space for marketing and sales.
  • Freewheelin — Freewheelin is an edtech company developing AI-powered tools to personalize math education. Their platform offers services such as generating homework books, integrating with textbooks, managing student errors, and analyzing performance data to assist educators in course preparation. The company has curated a database of math resources inpartnership with textbook publishers, ensuring teachers can use materials without copyright concerns.​
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NongHyup Financial Group
VC Fund · Okdong, Ulsan-gwangyoksi, South Korea · 4 investments in South Korea Food and Beverage startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Food and Beverage, Manufacturing, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 13
  • Round size: Series A $1.7M–$6.7M; Series B $11M–$104M
  • Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Dabeeo — Dabeeo is a platform that offers services of map technology with positioning and geospatial data technology with AI. They use vision data produced through smartphone cameras to create interactive maps, used for gaming, marketing, and logistics.
  • Pensées — Pensées is a 3D bio-printer company that develops cultured meat through 3D bioprinting technology.
  • Korea Digital Asset Custody — Korea Digital Asset Custody provides custodial solutions for digital assets with security and blockchain technology services.
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HG Initiative
VC Fund · Seongdong, Kyonggi-do, South Korea · 4 investments in South Korea Food and Beverage startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 41
  • Round size: Seed $297k–$7.7M; Series A $35k–$7.4M; Series B $4M–$5.2B
  • Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Netspa — Netspa produces recycled nylon by collecting and processing waste fishing nets.
  • Brewguru — Brewguru is an online beverage store that makes and sells healthy beverages.
  • Dolbom-ui-sin — Caregiver is a specialized platform operator that provides hospitals with advanced nursing solutions, streamlining patient care coordination, enhancing clinical workflows, and supporting specialized nursing practices through intelligent tools and integrated digital systems.
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Seoul Investment Partners
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 4 investments in South Korea Food and Beverage 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 $743k–$3M; Series A $1k–$11M; Series B $6k–$18M
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow

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.
  • Nine Biopharm — Nine Biopharm is biotechnology company that develops new peptidomimetic materials, compound new materials, and drug repositioning.
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L&S Venture Capital
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 4 investments in South Korea Food and Beverage startups

L&S Venture Capital is a venture capital firm. L&S Venture Capital is specializing in incubation, seed, early, and expansion stage investments. L&S Venture Capital invests in electronic components, including smart phones, pads, televisions and grid; telecommunications equipments; green energy sector, such as solar, wind, fuel cell, LED,and EV; machineries; broadcasting; nanotechnology; intelligent robotics; telematics; medical equipments; media contents, which inlcude creation, distribution and new media. L&S Venture Capital primarily invests in South Korea with a focus in Seoul, Gyeonggi region, and Chungnam province. L&S Venture Capital was founded in 2006 and is based in Seoul, South Korea.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 105
  • Round size: Seed $594k–$4.7M; Series A $1.4M–$8.2M; Series B $2M–$37M
  • Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Uniqconn — Uniqconn is a telecommunication company that offers wireless and mechanical interference services.
  • Enhans — Viralpick provides IT services for organizations including data analysis, automation, acquisition, and advertising services.
  • Coxwave — Coxwave provides product analytics and observability for AI applications. The Skylight platform instruments LLM prompts, responses, context, and user interactions via SDKs and ingestion APIs. It aggregates metrics such as quality, latency, token usage, and cost, and presents dashboards to monitor trends and detect regressions. Teams use it tocollect human feedback, build evaluation datasets, and compare prompt or model variants before and after releases. Tracing links events across sessions and workflows, helping correlate outcomes with inputs and application state. Integrations connect to common LLM providers, orchestration frameworks, and data pipelines, allowing data to flow into existing analytics stacks and workflows.
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POSCO CAPITAL
VC Fund · Yeoksamdong, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 4 investments in South Korea Food and Beverage startups, 8 in the past 12 months

POSCO Capital offers financial services.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 88
  • Round size: Seed $149k–$6.1M; Series A $1.1M–$13M; Series B $3.7M–$11M
  • Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Mobilint — Mobilint provides integrated sensor fusion and deep learning SoC solutions.
  • Superb AI — Automate data preparation, label and manage images and videos, and find annotation services with one training data platform. Fast, precise, and easy to use.
  • Solarize — Solarize is a company that develops inverters for solar power and green hydrogen facilities.
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JB Investment
VC Fund · 4 investments in South Korea Food and Beverage startups

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 48
  • Round size: Seed $483k–$2.2M; Series A $1.4M–$16M; Series B $3.7M–$13M
  • Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • TEUIDA — Learn and speak Korean and Japanese app
  • VIRCLE
  • Mass Adoption — Simplify Connection Amplify Experience
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GS Retail
VC Fund · Yeoksamdong, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 4 investments in South Korea Food and Beverage startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Information Technology
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: South Korea, Iraq, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 24
  • Round size: Seed $186k–$1.6M; Series A $2.2M–$5.3M; Series B $3M–$15M
  • Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • PO:DL — PO:DL is a beauty and skincare brand. It develops and retails a variety of skincare products, including hydrating masks, pore-cleansing balms, and skin care packs. Its flagship product, the 'Gongju Balm Balm-to-Foam Cleanser,' is a gel-type cleanser that utilizes balm ingredients and eliminates the need for double cleansing.
  • The Grit — The Grit manufactures multi-use container and collection boxes.
  • CafeWhale — the AI intelligence layer transforming physical retail into a continuous, data-driven ecosystem. By integrating real-time machine telemetry, customer behavior analytics, and automated engagement, MoonWhale connects the physical and digital, enabling retailers to optimize conversion, retention, and operations through a unified, adaptiveinfrastructure.
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Seoul National University of Science and Technology
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 4 investments in South Korea Food and Beverage startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Retail, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 15
  • Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow

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.
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Daesung Private Equity
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 4 investments in South Korea Food and Beverage startups, 8 in the past 12 months

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 64
  • Round size: Series A $1.1M–$10M; Series B $1.5M–$15M
  • Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise 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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Lotte Ventures
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 4 investments in South Korea Food and Beverage startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 116
  • Lead/follow: no public data

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.
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IBK Capital
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 4 investments in South Korea Food and Beverage startups, 9 in the past 12 months

IBK Capital is the venture capital arm of the Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK).

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 107
  • Round size: Seed $2k–$7.6M; Series A $3k–$8.2M; Series B $5k–$21M
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • KODA — KODA provides business and institutional customers with digital asset storage services.
  • Automata — Automata creates AI-powered tools like AI agents and smart integrations that simplify how teams plan, communicate, and work. The company solves business problems by enabling AI to build, manage, and evolve software workflows while humans guide the AI to deliver real value.Automata provides industry-tailored AI solutions
  • PEOPLE & TECHNOLOGY — PEOPLE AND TECHNOLOGY provides DX-based AI solutions on INDOOR GEOLOCATION AND SMART SENSING through its INDOORPLUS+ IoT, Location Based System (LBS) and Real Time Location System (RTLS) platform in the fields of healthcare, manufacturing, defense, smart cities, and the public sector.More than 100 corporate customers in various business sectorssuch as healthcare, banking, manufacturing, retail, energy and public services have already chosen PEOPLE AND TECHNOLOGY to deploy industry grade solutions for employee safety, asset tracking & monitoring, security & access control, flow management and process efficiency. They have gained improvements in productivity and process efficiency while reducing their corporate risks and optimizing their procurement. Since its foundation in 2013, PEOPLE AND TECHNOLOGY has become a leading provider in South Korea and is expanding overseas.
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Alumni Partners
VC Fund · Seongnam, Kyonggi-do, South Korea · 3 investments in South Korea Food and Beverage startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Bakery, Local Business
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 6
  • Lead/follow: no public data

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
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Hana Financial Investment
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 3 investments in South Korea Food and Beverage startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Biotechnology, Software
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: South Korea, Singapore, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 89
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Trustay — Trustay is a real estate asset management company.
  • Kimu Studio — Kimu discovers servant artists, plans education and exhibitions with the artist's unique sensibility.
  • Kuntian New Energy — Hebei Kuntian New Energy is a producer of anode materials for lithium-ion batteries.
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InfoBank
VC Fund · Gyeongju, Kyongsang-bukto, South Korea · 3 investments in South Korea Food and Beverage startups, 9 in the past 12 months

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.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: South Korea, South Africa, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 104
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Blux — Blux offers customized advertising solutions to customers.
  • Ride — RideNow: An app-based platform for test drives and vehicle purchases. RideCare: App-based B2B and B2C vehicle care services. RideContents: Educational services for automotive brands, aimed at enhancing the quality of manufacturers and importers. RideOn: After-sales management services for electric vehicle chargers.
  • Rootfinders — RouteFinders develops an AI-based media platform to support independent living for visually impaired individuals in an increasingly digital world.
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Shinhan Capital
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 3 investments in South Korea Food and Beverage 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, Apps
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 130
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Nventric — Nventric is a medical device company that develops core products for neurovascular, coronary heart, and peripheral vascular applications.
  • Avelos Therapeutics — Avelos Therapeutics is a precision medicine company in the clinical stage that finds, creates, and sells targeted therapeutics.
  • DewCell — Dewcell Biotherapeutics develops synthetic platelets using biomimetic technology. The company's system secures stem cell differentiation technology into megakaryocytes that generate platelets and mass-produces artificial platelets.
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SL Investment
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 3 investments in South Korea Food and Beverage startups

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.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Medical, Biotechnology, Manufacturing
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: South Korea, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 69
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Ettifos — Ettifos provides flexible, reliable, and innovative V2X solutions to enable communication between all stakeholders on the road.
  • SCBIO — SCBIO is a pharmaceutical company that makes drugs with specialized technologies in immuno-oncology. The company discovers and develops novel therapeutics for future medicine.
  • AIRS Medical — AIRS Medical's AI-powered platform reduces MRI scan times by up to 50%, improves image quality, and delivers deeper clinical insights. Trusted by 1,700+ institutions across 40+ countries.
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Food and Beverage VC funding in South Korea at a glance

Stats across 336 deals from 329 investors.

329
investors
in South Korea Food and Beverage startups
336
deals
in South Korea Food and Beverage startups
$2.2M
median round
in South Korea Food and Beverage startups
29%
lead investors
lead at least one round
43%
Seed
most common funding stage

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