Top 5 Franchise Startup Investors in South Korea (August 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Translink Investment
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States, Singapore | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology | $150k–$12M |
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LB Investment
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States, China | Series B, Series A, Series C | Health Care, E-Commerce, Software | $3.8M–$71M |
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Goyang Industry Promotion Agency
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea | Seed | Franchise, Service Industry, Food and Beverage | |
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Intops Investment
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, China, Indonesia | Series A, Seed | Manufacturing, Software, Information Technology | $1k–$8.2M |
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WONIK Investment Partners
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States, United Kingdom | Series B, Series A, Seed | Health Care, Biotechnology, Manufacturing | $785k–$19M |
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Translink Investment is a startup investment company.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 105
- Round size: Seed $300k–$4M; Pre-Seed $150k–$1M; Series A $1.6M–$12M
- Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Dentlink — A state-of-the-art digital dental lab, made by masters. All-on-X, veneers, implant crowns. One dedicated master technician on every case. First case free.
- Namdo Market — Namdo Market is a mobile application for wholesale and retail trading services. It is a online wholesale marketplace that connects buyers with products from major Korean shopping districts. It allows users to browse and order items directly from multiple vendors in one place.
- Pop-Up Studio — Pop-Up Studio is a joint venture between Singapore-based venture studio Wilt Venture Builders (WVB) and AI studio DubDubDub, bringing together venture creation expertise and advanced artificial intelligence capabilities to develop innovative, technology-driven solutions for brands and digital platforms.
LB Investment is one of the top VCs in Korea. LB invests in diverse industries ranging from Technology and Contents to Bio and healthcare
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- Industry: Health Care, E-Commerce, Software
- Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
- Geography: South Korea, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 160
- Round size: Series A $3.8M–$38M; Series B $6.4M–$50M; Series C $7.4M–$71M
- Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow
Portfolio highlights
- CarbonSix — CarbonSix delivers cutting-edge robotics automation for manufacturing, combining Six-Sigma robot dexterity and intelligence to transform industrial operations worldwide.
- The SMC Group — The SMC Group is a social marketing company.
- Point2 Technology — We Develop Innovative, Ultra-Low Power Connectivity SoCs Point2 Technology cloud-optimized range of high-speed SoCs and reference design platforms accelerate deployment of next generation data centers and 5G infrastructure.
Goyang Industry Promotion Agency is supporting the social economy, sharing economy, and fostering of small businesses.
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- Industry: Franchise, Service Industry, Food and Beverage
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow
Portfolio highlights
- ControlM — ControlM is a food technology company that provides optimum AI solutions to F&B and franchise operators.
Intops Investment is a financial investment company.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Software, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, China, Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 73
- Round size: Seed $1k–$4M; Series A $1.6M–$8.2M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Maihub — We deliver cutting-edge healthcare technology faster and more widely than anyone else
- Glovv — Glovv is a short-form beauty content development platform.
- Peanut AI — Peanut AI is a cybersecurity company that specializes in embedded protection for industrial OT and IoT systems. The company help manufacturers secure their factory equipment, PLCs, sensors, and industrial networks with lightweight and real-time defense solutions designed for global compliance.
Wonik Investment Partners, formerly known as Hanmi Technology Investment Co., Ltd., is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in investments in incubation, start-up, early and mid-stage companies, growth capital and corporate restructuring. The firm prefers to invest in gaming contents, electronic components, computer,telecommunications equipment, petroleum, energy, machinery and equipment industries. It seeks to exit through an IPO or merger and acquisition. Wonik Investment Partners was established in 1997 and is based in Seoul, South Korea.
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- Industry: Health Care, Biotechnology, Manufacturing
- Stage:Series B, Series A, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 81
- Round size: Seed $785k–$6.9M; Series A $2.5M–$17M; Series B $1.5M–$19M
- Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow
Portfolio highlights
- XCENA — XCENA is a semiconductor company that develops data-centric computing systems designed for AI and large-scale data processing environments. The company builds computational memory technology that combines high-capacity pooled DDR5 memory with near-data processing capabilities, allowing computation to occur closer to where data is stored. Its coreplatform is based on the Compute Express Link (CXL) standard, which enables memory expansion beyond traditional CPU limitations while improving data movement efficiency and reducing latency in data center workloads. XCENA’s architecture is designed to support applications such as artificial intelligence workloads, vector databases, and large-scale analytics by addressing memory bandwidth and capacity constraints. The company provides a hardware-software ecosystem that includes computational memory systems and a full-stack software development kit. This SDK offers APIs, runtime tools, and drivers that allow applications to use computational memory without major changes to existing software architectures while also supporting low-level control for performance optimization.XCENA’s flagship product line includes MX1, a CXL-based computational memory solution that integrates near-data processing engines with memory infrastructure to support AI inference and data-intensive workloads. The platform is designed to improve throughput and scalability in environments where traditional memory architectures become a bottleneck. The company operates in the broader field of AI infrastructure and memory innovation, working with customers such as hyperscalers, telecom providers, and research institutions that manage large-scale computing workloads. Its solutions are intended to improve efficiency in systems handling AI, big data processing, and scientific computing.
- Dentlink — A state-of-the-art digital dental lab, made by masters. All-on-X, veneers, implant crowns. One dedicated master technician on every case. First case free.
- Awexome Ray — Awexome Ray is a company that manufactures next-generation X-ray generator.
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