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Top 50 Hardware Startup Investors in South Korea (November 2026)

The most active venture capital funds and angel investors investing in South Korea Hardware startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in South Korea Hardware startup companies. Find investors to raise a Seed, Series A or Series B round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
Korea Credit Guarantee Fund
VC Fund
45 South Korea, United States, China Seed, Series A, Debt Financing Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software $229k–$8.8M
KB Investment
VC Fund
44 South Korea, United States, Vietnam Series A, Seed, Series B Software, Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology $737k–$44M
Kakao Ventures
VC Fund
42 South Korea, United States, Indonesia Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $266k–$27M
Korea Development Bank
VC Fund
32 South Korea, United States, Japan Series B, Series A, Series C Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology $1.9M–$51M
Mirae Asset Venture Investment
VC Fund
31 South Korea, United States, India Series A, Series B, Seed Software, Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology $692k–$52M
Capstone Partners
VC Fund
30 South Korea, United States, India Series A, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Software, Mobile, Artificial Intelligence $276k–$44M
Industrial Bank of Korea
VC Fund
30 South Korea, United States, China Series A, Series B, Seed Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software $166k–$28M
DSC Investment
VC Fund
24 South Korea, United States, Israel Series A, Series B, Seed Artificial Intelligence, Health Care, Software $441k–$60M
InfoBank
VC Fund
22 South Korea, United States, South Africa Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software $85k–$11M
Smilegate Investment
VC Fund
22 South Korea, United States, Vietnam Seed, Series A, Series B Artificial Intelligence, Software, Health Care $694k–$47M
Shinhan Capital
VC Fund
21 South Korea, United States, Japan Series A, Seed, Series B Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $424k–$20M
Korea Investment Partners
VC Fund
21 South Korea, United States, China Series A, Series B, Seed Biotechnology, Health Care, Information Technology $973k–$50M
Company K Partners
VC Fund
19 South Korea, United States, Singapore Series A, Venture - Series Unknown, Series B Biotechnology, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence $2.5M–$42M
IMM Investment
VC Fund
19 South Korea, United States, Japan Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Series B Biotechnology, Health Care, Software $1.3M–$78M
Strong Ventures
VC Fund
19 South Korea, United States, Poland Seed, Series A, Series B E-Commerce, Software, Health Care $89k–$26M
SBVA
VC Fund
19 South Korea, United States, China Series A, Series B, Seed Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $878k–$60M
Shinhan Venture Investment
VC Fund
18 South Korea, United States, India Venture - Series Unknown, Series B, Series A Manufacturing, Health Care, Software $1.7M–$78M
Mashup Ventures
VC Fund
17 South Korea, United States, Japan Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $100k–$3.2M
Hana Ventures
VC Fund
17 South Korea, United States, Indonesia Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care $273k–$13M
KDB Capital
VC Fund
16 South Korea, United States, India Series A, Series B, Seed Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care $500k–$39M
Enlight Ventures
VC Fund
15 South Korea, Indonesia, United States Seed, Series A, Series B Manufacturing, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $94k–$20M
L&S Venture Capital
VC Fund
15 South Korea, United States, Israel Series A, Series B, Seed Manufacturing, Information Technology, Software $692k–$39M
LB Investment
VC Fund
15 South Korea, United States, China Series B, Series A, Series C Health Care, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $2.5M–$71M
Stone Bridge Ventures
VC Fund
13 South Korea, United States, South Africa Seed, Series A, Series B Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology $1.6M–$22M
Atinum Partners
VC Fund
13 South Korea, United States, Singapore Series A, Series B, Series C Software, Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence $3M–$40M
We Ventures
VC Fund
13 South Korea, United States, Singapore Series A, Seed, Series B Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $729k–$19M
Korea Technology Finance
VC Fund
12 South Korea, Russian Federation Seed, Series A, Series B Manufacturing, Software, Health Care $383k–$15M
Kolon Investment
VC Fund
12 South Korea, India, Indonesia Series A, Series B, Seed Biotechnology, Software, Artificial Intelligence $1.2M–$24M
IBK Capital
VC Fund
12 South Korea, United States, India Series A, Seed, Series B Health Care, Biotechnology, Information Technology $148k–$17M
Magna Investment
VC Fund
12 South Korea, United States, Japan Seed, Series A, Series B Health Care, Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical $147k–$18M
Mirae Asset Capital
VC Fund
12 South Korea, United States, India Series B, Series A, Seed Health Care, Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence $817k–$105M
SBI Investment Korea
VC Fund
12 South Korea, United States, Japan Series A, Series B, Series C Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence $2.7M–$38M
Hyundai Motor Company
VC Fund
11 South Korea, United States, Israel Seed, Series A, Corporate Round Automotive, Software, Artificial Intelligence $100k–$475M
LG Electronics
VC Fund
11 South Korea, United States, Germany Seed, Series B, Series A Artificial Intelligence, Software, Robotics $219k–$58M
Center for Creative Economy and Innovation
VC Fund
11 South Korea Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Health Care, Manufacturing, Information Technology $27k–$2.5M
Stonebridge Capital
VC Fund
11 South Korea, United States, China Series A, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown Software, Information Technology, Mobile $829k–$91M
Big Basin Capital
VC Fund
11 South Korea, United States, Singapore Seed, Series A, Series B E-Commerce, Software, Apps $448k–$11M
SV Investment Corp
VC Fund
11 South Korea, United States, China Series A, Series B, Seed Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $1.2M–$60M
Coolidge Corner Investment
VC Fund
10 South Korea, United States, Belgium Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Health Care, Manufacturing $260k–$14M
Quantum Ventures Korea
VC Fund
10 South Korea, United States Series A, Series B, Seed Artificial Intelligence, Software, Medical $1M–$30M
ENSL Partners
VC Fund
10 South Korea Seed, Convertible Note Artificial Intelligence, Pet, Apps $74k–$1.1M
Naver
VC Fund
10 South Korea, United States, Indonesia Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce $45k–$39M
Samsung Venture Investment
VC Fund
10 South Korea, United States, India Series A, Series B, Seed Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Software $83k–$25M
Hyundai Motor Group
VC Fund
9 South Korea, United States, Canada Seed, Series A, Series C Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Software $77k–$45M
TBT
VC Fund
9 South Korea, United States Series A, Seed, Series B Software, Information Technology, Health Care $678k–$18M
Kakao Investment
VC Fund
9 South Korea, United States, Japan Seed, Series A, Series C Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Software $811k–$123M
Lotte Ventures
VC Fund
9 South Korea, United States, China Seed, Series A Information Technology, Software, Manufacturing
InterVest Co.
VC Fund
9 South Korea, United States, Singapore Series B, Series A, Series C Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology $2.3M–$56M
Korea Science and Technology Holdings
VC Fund
9 South Korea Seed, Series A, Angel Manufacturing, Software, Information Technology $253k–$8.2M
POSCO CAPITAL
VC Fund
9 South Korea, United States Series A, Seed, Series B Software, Manufacturing, Information Technology $171k–$14M
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Korea Credit Guarantee Fund
VC Fund · Daegu, Taegu-jikhalsi, South Korea · 45 investments in South Korea Hardware startups

Korea Credit Guarantee Fund operates as a public financial institution.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 350
  • Round size: Seed $229k–$2.9M; Series A $881k–$8.8M; Debt Financing $380k–$3.6M
  • Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • 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.
  • Studio Meta K — Studio Meta K is a content creation company that provides artificial intelligence and virtual reality services.
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KB Investment
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 44 investments in South Korea Hardware startups

Founded in 1990, KB Investment Co., Ltd. (KBIC) is one of Korea’s leading investment firms of venture capital and private equity funds with over USD 2.6 Billion of asset under management as of December 2023. KBIC is a subsidiary of KB Financial Group, Korea’s premier financial group with the largest domestic customer base as well as the widest network of service branches in Korea. KBIC’s team is recognized for industry thought leadership, a broad network of powerful industry relationships, and a unique professional investment approach to investing. KBIC passionately support our portfolio companies with active guidance in all key aspects of team building, strategy, operations and governance

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 441
  • Round size: Seed $737k–$7.2M; Series A $2.5M–$36M; Series B $5.2M–$44M
  • Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • H&B Asia — H&B Asia specializes in sourcing, importing, and distributing fresh fruits and agricultural products. The company works closely with global growers and suppliers to bring high-quality produce into the Korean market. It focuses on building strong partnerships, ensuring consistent supply, and supporting efficient logistics across the fooddistribution value chain.
  • GMI Cloud — Run production AI workloads on GMI Cloud. Deploy serverless inference, dedicated GPU clusters, and bare metal AI infrastructure on one scalable platform.
  • ACT-ion Battery Technologies — ACT-ion Battery Technologies is a manufacturing company that offers cathode active materials for lithium batteries.
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Kakao Ventures
VC Fund · Seongnam, Kyonggi-do, South Korea · 42 investments in South Korea Hardware 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, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, Indonesia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 430
  • Round size: Seed $266k–$4.2M; Series A $988k–$11M; Series B $3.4M–$27M
  • Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $40B in 2025

Portfolio highlights

  • OQT — OQT is focusing on developing QPUs utilizing neutral atoms.
  • Corologic — Korologic develops cardiovascular imaging AI solutions for medical procedures.
  • Tect Group — We deliver real beauty based on distinctive brands and innovative marketing solutions, fostering confidence and positivity around the world.
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Korea Development Bank
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 32 investments in South Korea Hardware startups, 47 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 other borrowings 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: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology
  • Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 396
  • Round size: Series A $1.9M–$26M; Series B $4.7M–$31M; Series C $7.1M–$51M
  • Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Trioar — Trioar is a biotechnological research company that manufacture pharmaceutical products and drugs.
  • FuriosaAI — FuriosaAI develops system semiconductors optimized for AI, enabling efficient processing of large amounts of data in a short period of time.
  • NanoForge AI — Nanoforge AI merges AI-driven material design with robotics automation to cut material development time from years to weeks
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Mirae Asset Venture Investment
VC Fund · Seongnam, Kyonggi-do, South Korea · 31 investments in South Korea Hardware startups

A fundamental investment philosophy of ‘Building on principles’ guides us at Mirae Asset. Over the years, these principles have enabled us to become Asia’s premier financial group and created new trends in the Asian capital market. Above all, we put our clients’ interests first, always adhering to high ethical standards. Because our success clearly comes from their success, we use fundamental investment principles to identify opportunities that generate value and lasting profits. We are strong believers in teamwork and are determined to recruit the best and brightest people as we open new horizons in Asia and expand globally. Just as we strive to continually improve our own performance, Mirae Asset is committed to helping every community it joins. On behalf of the entire Mirae Asset Financial Group, I would like to convey the sense of responsibility your trust in us merits and pledge to do all that we can to exceed your expectations.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 344
  • Round size: Seed $692k–$14M; Series A $2M–$40M; Series B $5M–$52M
  • Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $118M in 2026

Portfolio highlights

  • Medifab — Medifab is a bio-healthcare center that offers 3D system testing, measurement analysis, and OEM service.
  • NanoForge AI — Nanoforge AI merges AI-driven material design with robotics automation to cut material development time from years to weeks
  • The Pant Project — The Pant Project is an e-tailoring company that specializes in customizing pants according to individual fit and style. They offer a curated range of premium fabrics including poly viscose, knit, and wool. The company also provides a 4-way stretch technology in their formal pants for enhanced comfort and mobility. Customers can track their ordersthrough the company's website.
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Capstone Partners
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 30 investments in South Korea Hardware startups

Capstone Partners is a venture capital firm specializing in early-stage companies operating in the Information technology, wireless technology, architecture, pharmaceutical, internet, online game, software, solid state disk, and IP television sectors. It primarily invests in China and South Korea, with a focus in Seoul and Gyeonggi province. The firm prefers to exit its investments through a trade sale. Capstone Partners was founded in 2008 and is based in Seoul, South Korea. Capstone Partners is a venture capital firm that invests in entrepreneurs seeking success with fresh ideas. Capstone Partners values the funds of union investors better than our own, working for the interests of investors and following the objective of the investments.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Mobile, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 316
  • Round size: Seed $276k–$3.1M; Series A $442k–$11M; Venture - Series Unknown $458k–$44M
  • Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $42M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • ABLE Labs — ABLE Labs provide liquid handling robots and protocols so that all researchers can focus on constructing assay, leaving the execution to robots.​ If you want would contact them please contact them via phone call or email.
  • Intellicia — AI-powered Synthetic Consumers platform for market research. 91.2% Spearman Correlation, 93.6% accuracy validated across 120+ PoC projects.
  • Wrtn Technologies — Bring AGI Close to People
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Industrial Bank of Korea
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 30 investments in South Korea Hardware 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 making every 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: Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, China

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 316
  • Round size: Seed $166k–$4.5M; Series A $2.3M–$17M; Series B $4.8M–$28M
  • Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • BIGC — BIGC is a technology company that offers digital marketing, content creation, and advertising services.
  • Hurotics — Hurotics is a company with deep-tech technology related to human-robot fusion.Hurotix's wearable robots, notably the 'H-Flex', are modular and give personalized support based on the user's demands, assisting users in overcoming physical restrictions.
  • Airbility — Korean anti-drone and counter-drone company founded in 2023 by aerospace, defense and mobility engineers. Team, milestones and careers.
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DSC Investment
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 24 investments in South Korea Hardware startups, 14 in the past 12 months

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 270
  • Round size: Seed $441k–$9.7M; Series A $1.7M–$17M; Series B $4.8M–$60M
  • Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • OQT — OQT is focusing on developing QPUs utilizing neutral atoms.
  • FuriosaAI — FuriosaAI develops system semiconductors optimized for AI, enabling efficient processing of large amounts of data in a short period of time.
  • NanoForge AI — Nanoforge AI merges AI-driven material design with robotics automation to cut material development time from years to weeks
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InfoBank
VC Fund · Gyeongju, Kyongsang-bukto, South Korea · 22 investments in South Korea Hardware startups

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, South Korea.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 167
  • Round size: Seed $85k–$1.5M; Series A $88k–$9.4M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.8M–$11M
  • Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Pmatch — Pmatch is a comprehensive platform designed to provide reliable, accurate medication information to help users make informed decisions about their healthcare. By offering detailed insights into various medications, including their uses, dosages, side effects, and interactions, Pmatch ensures that individuals can use medicines in a smarter and saferway. The platform aims to enhance patient safety, reduce medication errors, and improve overall health outcomes by empowering users with the knowledge they need to manage their treatments effectively. Whether for healthcare professionals or patients, Pmatch serves as a trusted resource for promoting informed decision-making and better health management.
  • Switchwon — Switchwon provides currency exchange services.
  • Limpid — Limpid is a Bio pet food startup. It set new standards in pet nutrition through continuous innovation.
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Smilegate Investment
VC Fund · Seongnam, Kyonggi-do, South Korea · 22 investments in South Korea Hardware startups, 24 in the past 12 months

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 companies with promising growth potential.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 297
  • Round size: Seed $694k–$6.6M; Series A $1.4M–$15M; Series B $3.6M–$47M
  • Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • RX — RX is a startup that provides an on-site analysis solution for material properties, mainly serving environment, energy, inspection, and testing needs. It also develops technology related to next-generation nuclear power plants and agentic AI, supported by national R&D activity.This company helps industries assess materials and engineeringconditions more efficiently and accurately.
  • Vectorial AI — Vectorial is a human behavior simulation platform that helps teams understand how their target audience thinks, reacts, and responds before building a product, launching a campaign, or making a strategic decision. The platform allows users to simulate distinct audiences to predict their reactions to product ideas, designs, messaging, content, and experiences.
  • AD System — AD System focuses on the development, manufacturing, sales and repairing of drones and other unmanned aerial vehicles.
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Shinhan Capital
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 21 investments in South Korea Hardware 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: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 216
  • Round size: Seed $424k–$4M; Series A $2.1M–$11M; Series B $4.2M–$20M
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Trioar — Trioar is a biotechnological research company that manufacture pharmaceutical products and drugs.
  • Nventric — Nventric is a medical device company that develops core products for neurovascular, coronary heart, and peripheral vascular applications.
  • KB-Element — KB-Element is a graphene development and production company that also turns graphene into intermediate items and novel materials.
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Korea Investment Partners
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 21 investments in South Korea Hardware 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), YG Entertainment(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: Biotechnology, Health Care, Information Technology
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, China

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 548
  • Round size: Seed $973k–$10M; Series A $2.2M–$19M; Series B $4.9M–$50M
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $60M in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • Zamface — Zamface is an app that makes beauty video.
  • Wakebunny — Wakebunny is a company that specializes in IP-based commerce, leveraging intellectual property to create, market, and monetize unique products and experiences. By focusing on the strategic use of copyrights, trademarks, and brand assets, Wakebunny transforms original ideas, characters, and stories into commercially viable offerings across variousplatforms such as e-commerce, digital media, merchandising, and licensing.
  • Inovio Pharmaceuticals — INOVIO is advancing novel immunotherapy technologies to reshape the future of treating and preventing infectious diseases and cancer.
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Company K Partners
VC Fund · Ilsangu, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 19 investments in South Korea Hardware startups, 15 in the past 12 months

Company K Partners Limited is a principal investment firm specializing in investments in culture content, electronic components, computer, machinery, broadcasting, arts, sports, and leisure industries. The firm primarily invests in South Korea with a focus in Seoul, Gyeongnam, and Gyeonggi. Company K Partners Limited was established in 2006 and is based in Gyeonggi-do, South Korea.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Series A, Venture - Series Unknown, Series B
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 250
  • Round size: Series A $2.5M–$15M; Series B $5.1M–$42M; Venture - Series Unknown $2.8M–$30M
  • Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • RX — RX is a startup that provides an on-site analysis solution for material properties, mainly serving environment, energy, inspection, and testing needs. It also develops technology related to next-generation nuclear power plants and agentic AI, supported by national R&D activity.This company helps industries assess materials and engineeringconditions more efficiently and accurately.
  • Turing — Reinvent Education with Technology
  • KaliVir Immunotherapeutics — multiple therapies, one virus.KALIVIR is developing cutting edge, next-generation oncolytic viral immunotherapy programs for treatment of cancer. LEARN MORE NEWS AND EVENTSAugust 19, 2026 - KaliVir Immunotherapeutics Announces Closing of $14 Million Series A Extension Financing READ MORE November 19, 2025 - KaliVir Immunotherapeutics Announces Clinical Trial Collaboration and Supply Agreement with Roche to Evaluate
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IMM Investment
VC Fund · Kangnam, Cholla-namdo, South Korea · 19 investments in South Korea Hardware startups, 18 in the past 12 months

Korean alternative asset investment firm

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
  • Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 333
  • Round size: Series A $2.3M–$46M; Series B $5.8M–$54M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.3M–$78M
  • Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $18M in 2026

Portfolio highlights

  • Enhans — Viralpick provides IT services for organizations including data analysis, automation, acquisition, and advertising services.
  • SK Horizon — SK Horizon is an AI data center (AIDC) infrastructure company whose name reflects its ambition to “open new horizons” in the AIDC sector, will be responsible for expanding its infrastructure to a total capacity of 318 MW, encompassing eight data centers already in operation - Seocho, Ilsan (two locations), Bundang, Gasan, Centum, Yangju, and Pangyo- and new AIDCs currently under construction, including those in Ulsan and Guro.
  • Kyoto Fusioneering — Kyoto Fusioneering is a research & development, design, and manufacture of parts related to fusion reactors.
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Strong Ventures
VC Fund · Los Angeles, California, United States · 19 investments in South Korea Hardware startups, 15 in the past 12 months

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: 395
  • Round size: Seed $89k–$3M; Series A $1M–$10M; Series B $2.4M–$26M
  • Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $38M in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • WeGlee — WeGlee is a food and beverage startup that operates 'WeGlee,' a fast-casual dining brand centered around pasta bowls.
  • Neardoc — Neardoc operates on a business-to-business subscription model providing an ambient artificial intelligence scribe solution for healthcare facilities. The platform leverages a proprietary medical reasoning engine to automatically generate structured clinical SOAP notes by analyzing doctor-patient conversations in real time. Its core valueproposition centers on eliminating administrative overhead, reducing charting time for medical professionals, and increasing patient throughput.
  • READi Robust Machine — Ready Robust Machine is a company that makes carbon reduction and fuel cost improvement systems.
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SBVA
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 19 investments in South Korea Hardware startups, 8 in the past 12 months

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 a renewed commitment to fostering innovation and technological advancement.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 311
  • Round size: Seed $878k–$9.5M; Series A $1.5M–$38M; Series B $3.7M–$60M
  • Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $23M in 2026

Portfolio highlights

  • Nums AI — New predictions from the examples in your data, without task-specific retraining.
  • 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.
  • WIRobotics — My First-Ever Robot
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Shinhan Venture Investment
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 18 investments in South Korea Hardware 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: Manufacturing, Health Care, Software
  • Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series B, Series A
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 260
  • Round size: Series A $1.9M–$23M; Series B $4.5M–$45M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.7M–$78M
  • Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Return Zero — AI, ASR, Diarization, Speech, ML
  • Linq — We are creating ‘hyper-automated insurance platforms’ to comprehensively support underwriters and claim adjusters and to facilitate communication between insurers and reinsurers using AI and deep learning.
  • Inserasolution — Inserasolution produces high-performance Fast & Fine Steering Mirrors for laser-based space optical communications and sophisticated defense systems.
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Mashup Ventures
VC Fund · Seongnam, Kyonggi-do, South Korea · 17 investments in South Korea Hardware startups

Mashup Ventures is a Seoul based early-stage VC led by Taekkyung Lee, co-founder of Daum Communications, focusing on AI, SaaS, and IT.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 177
  • Round size: Seed $180k–$1.7M; Pre-Seed $100k–$3.2M
  • Lead/follow: 47% lead, 53% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Rosherin — Rosherin is a healthcare startup that researches, develops and manufactures various medical supplies and medical devices.
  • Airbility — Korean anti-drone and counter-drone company founded in 2023 by aerospace, defense and mobility engineers. Team, milestones and careers.
  • NanoForge AI — Nanoforge AI merges AI-driven material design with robotics automation to cut material development time from years to weeks
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Hana Ventures
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 17 investments in South Korea Hardware 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, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, Indonesia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 256
  • Round size: Seed $273k–$4.4M; Series A $1.6M–$13M; Venture - Series Unknown $882k–$11M
  • Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2024

Portfolio highlights

  • BIGC — BIGC is a technology company that offers digital marketing, content creation, and advertising services.
  • Bbodek — Bbodek provider of tableware rental and washing services intended for restaurants and school cafeterias. They provide products for children's tableware and hygiene management services. They specialize in using their self-developed smart factory to render low defect services to consumers, enabling them to just focus on cooking without worryingabout cleaning up. They are expanding their business to customized washing machine manufacture and sales.
  • 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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KDB Capital
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 16 investments in South Korea Hardware startups, 7 in the past 12 months

KDB Capital Corp. operates as a credit specialized and corporate restructuring company in South Korea. It provides equipment leasing services for various properties, including machineries, ships, IT equipments, medical equipments, automation equipments, transportation machineries, educational research equipments, construction machineries, heavy, and other equipments for social services. The company provides venture capital for companies operating in various areas, including computer and related components, semiconductors and equipment, telecommunication and accessories, software, multimedia, precision chemistry, environment, biotechnology, content/fashion, mechatronics, and entertainment. In addition, the company offers services to help distressed companies, including merger and acquisition, business consulting, merger and acquisition loan, rescheduling, acquisition of stocks, operating loan fund for restructuring, and consulting for corporate reinforcement; funding services, such as working capital, project financing, and equipment funding; financing via acquiring account receivables from corporations; and credit card services. The company was established in 1972 and is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. KDB Capital Corp. is subsidiary of The Korea Development Bank.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 126
  • Round size: Seed $500k–$15M; Series A $1.8M–$15M; Series B $5.9M–$39M
  • Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • NexThera — Nexcera provides innovative and sustainable medical solutions.
  • FuriosaAI — FuriosaAI develops system semiconductors optimized for AI, enabling efficient processing of large amounts of data in a short period of time.
  • Unastella — Unastella is an aerospace company developing human spaceflight technologies, including launch vehicles and suborbital tourism systems. The company focuses on advancing reusable rocket technology and future space travel infrastructure for civilian space exploration missions. Unastella aims to support the growth of private human spaceflight andnext-generation aerospace innovation.
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Enlight Ventures
VC Fund · 15 investments in South Korea Hardware startups, 8 in the past 12 months

Enlight Ventures, one of the fastest growing VCs in the world, invests in early-stage startups with unique and sustainable business models.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 106
  • Round size: Seed $94k–$3.3M; Series A $1.8M–$14M; Series B $2.7M–$20M
  • Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • TESOLLO — Explore Tesollo multi-finger robotic grippers and dexterous robotic hands for precise manipulation, industrial automation, humanoid robotics, and Physical AI.
  • Aigencore — Aigencore is a specialized, advanced technology company focused on tritium solutions, nuclear fusion fuel cycles, and tritium-applied industrial products.
  • Stress Solution — Based on unique medical and scientific information and ECG waveforms, Stress Solution creates sound that regulates and initiates the equilibrium of the autonomic nervous system. Currently, Healing Bit is utilizing wearable technology to detect stress in real time. Through this, an autonomous feedback system that uses artificial intelligence topredict individual stress level situations and take preventative measures is being developed.
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L&S Venture Capital
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 15 investments in South Korea Hardware startups, 7 in the past 12 months

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 118
  • Round size: Seed $692k–$5.1M; Series A $2M–$9.8M; Series B $4.8M–$39M
  • Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Enhans — Viralpick provides IT services for organizations including data analysis, automation, acquisition, and advertising services.
  • Awexome Ray — Awexome Ray is a company that manufactures next-generation X-ray generator.
  • Inserasolution — Inserasolution produces high-performance Fast & Fine Steering Mirrors for laser-based space optical communications and sophisticated defense systems.
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LB Investment
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 15 investments in South Korea Hardware startups, 14 in the past 12 months

LB Investment is a venture capital firm that specializes in technology, content, bio-healthcare, semiconductor, energy, IT, and LCD investments. It offers funding, IPO, and M&A advisory, and portfolio management services to support high-growth companies. The firm emphasizes governance and sustainable development in its partner selection process.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, China

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 177
  • Round size: Series A $2.5M–$36M; Series B $6.4M–$45M; Series C $7.8M–$71M
  • Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • ImpriMed — Find the best chemo drugs for treating your dog's lymphoma BEFORE treatment begins. You and your veterinarian can make the best cancer treatment decisions just for your dog.
  • Pascal — Pascal, founded in 2023, develops innovative low-pressure solid refrigerant systems for cooling applications including air conditioning and industrial uses. Join us in building better cooling solutions.
  • AD System — AD System focuses on the development, manufacturing, sales and repairing of drones and other unmanned aerial vehicles.
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Stone Bridge Ventures
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 13 investments in South Korea Hardware 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:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, South Africa

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 101
  • Round size: Seed $1.6M–$10M; Series A $2.5M–$18M; Series B $2.7M–$22M
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $138M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • OQT — OQT is focusing on developing QPUs utilizing neutral atoms.
  • Enhans — Viralpick provides IT services for organizations including data analysis, automation, acquisition, and advertising services.
  • 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.
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Atinum Partners
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 13 investments in South Korea Hardware startups

Atinum Partners is a venture capital firm that invests in the growth stage startups in the IT, biotech, and healthcare sectors.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 198
  • Round size: Series A $3M–$24M; Series B $5M–$29M; Series C $12M–$40M
  • Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $596M in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • Hurotics — Hurotics is a company with deep-tech technology related to human-robot fusion.Hurotix's wearable robots, notably the 'H-Flex', are modular and give personalized support based on the user's demands, assisting users in overcoming physical restrictions.
  • Liner — LINER is Asia’s first AI Agent that helps users accomplish more with less time and effort “AI Workspace”, known as the autonomous agent, performs various and complex tasks requested by users using LLM-based AI, differentiated by LINER’s highlighter database. More than 94% of LINER's users are from outside Korea & more than 100 countries.We are reducing our customer’s research time from hundreds of minutes to tens of seconds every day with our product.
  • Subtle Medical — Subtle Medical is a healthcare technology company that provides AI-powered medical imaging. Its products, SubtlePET and SubtleMR, are FDA Cleared and CE Marked AI product that enhances images in PET and MR exams aimed for faster & safer workflow.The company's SubtleGAD technology is also awarded by RSNA and a $1.6M NIH SBIR Grant tofacilitate the adoption using AI to make imaging exams safer. They provide a vendor-agnostic AI infrastructure powering its products and providing service and analytics to clinical imaging providers.Subtle Medical's goal is to improve the quality, value, and accessibility of medical imaging by significantly reducing cost, imaging time, and radiation dose.
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We Ventures
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 13 investments in South Korea Hardware startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 95
  • Round size: Seed $729k–$4.3M; Series A $2.2M–$19M; Series B $3M–$16M
  • Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • GraphAI — GraphAI AI enables seamless integration of diverse data sources for fast and user-friendly AI-powered Business Intelligence (BI).GraphAI-A leverages neural networks to maintain a comprehensive graph view and swiftly reveals valuable insights from enterprise data, facilitating trend analysis and a 360-degree customer perspective. This is achievedthrough In-DB AI technology with an intuitive low-code interface.GraphAI-T delivers accelerated and robust BI analytics by leveraging the valuable insights obtained from GraphAI-A. It further facilitates transaction processing on business data through structured queries like SQL and Cypher.
  • KB-Element — KB-Element is a graphene development and production company that also turns graphene into intermediate items and novel materials.
  • Bunker Kids — Bunker Kids is a startup that provides solutions optimized for achieving personal health goals using data and algorithms.
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Korea Technology Finance
VC Fund · Busan, Pusan-jikhalsi, South Korea · 12 investments in South Korea Hardware startups, 9 in the past 12 months

Korea Technology Finance is a government-affiliated financial institution that supports technology-based startups and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Its services include technology appraisal, credit guarantees, equity investments, intellectual property protection, and technology transfer. Korea Technology Finance helps businesses access financing based on their technological capabilities and supports the commercialization of innovative technologies.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Manufacturing, Software, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: South Korea, Russian Federation

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 94
  • Round size: Seed $383k–$4.1M; Series A $1.8M–$8.4M; Series B $1.2M–$15M
  • Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • K-Bio Gateway — K-Bio Gateway is a green bio healthcare startup specializing in the research and development of room temperature stable, anti obesity probiotics and functional microbiome materials. The company utilizes its proprietary DH24 functional probiotic strain to deliver weight-management solutions, serving both B2B functional material markets and B2C consumers
  • Multiscale Instruments — Multiscale Instruments is a pioneering technology company focused on advancing precision metrology tools for the semiconductor industry. The company is currently developing a state-of-the-art atomic force microscope (AFM) specifically designed for inline semiconductor process monitoring.
  • Unmanned Exploration Laboratory — Unmanned Exploration Laboratory manufactures multirotor drones, fixed-wing aircraft, and unmanned vehicles for space exploration.
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Kolon Investment
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 12 investments in South Korea Hardware startups, 11 in the past 12 months

Kolon Investment, Inc. is a venture capital and private equity firm specializing in buyouts, mezzanine, corporate restructuring, growth capital, and turnaround investment. It prefers to invest in electronic components, petroleum, energy, computer, and telecommunications equipment. The firm primarily invests in South Korea with a focus in Seoul, Gyeonggi, Incheon, and Gyeongbuk. Kolon Investment, Inc. was established in 2000 and is based in Seoul, South Korea. Source: Businessweek

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 123
  • Round size: Seed $1.2M–$18M; Series A $2.4M–$11M; Series B $5.1M–$24M
  • Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • IHW — iHW is an AI semiconductor company that develops ultra-low-power analog AI chips using Analog Compute-in-Memory (ACiM) technology for mobile and edge devices. The company builds analog-digital computing architectures to improve power efficiency and performance in on-device AI processing.
  • Bunker Kids — Bunker Kids is a startup that provides solutions optimized for achieving personal health goals using data and algorithms.
  • Turing — Reinvent Education with Technology
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IBK Capital
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 12 investments in South Korea Hardware startups, 12 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: 119
  • Round size: Seed $148k–$4M; Series A $1.5M–$11M; Series B $3M–$17M
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • BEYLESS — BEYLESS is an embedded platform for autonomous driving.
  • IHW — iHW is an AI semiconductor company that develops ultra-low-power analog AI chips using Analog Compute-in-Memory (ACiM) technology for mobile and edge devices. The company builds analog-digital computing architectures to improve power efficiency and performance in on-device AI processing.
  • Kitronyx — Tactile Pressure Distribution System
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Magna Investment
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 12 investments in South Korea Hardware 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: 99
  • Round size: Seed $147k–$3.1M; Series A $1.8M–$12M; Series B $3.8M–$18M
  • Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • ABLE Labs — ABLE Labs provide liquid handling robots and protocols so that all researchers can focus on constructing assay, leaving the execution to robots.​ If you want would contact them please contact them via phone call or email.
  • AIT STUDIO — AIT Studio is a digital health startup that develops AI-powered, contactless gait analysis solutions for early detection of mobility decline and age-related conditions such as sarcopenia. Our flagship products—GAIT Studio (App) and MediStep M Pro (hardware package)—deliver full gait assessments in under 1 minute, without wearables or specializedstaff.
  • Featuring — Featuring’s goal is to make it easy for anyone to see and utilize the power of influencers. Today, as companies are accelerating their transition to digital business due to COVID-19, the number of companies leveraging The number of influencers is explosively increasing. Featuring allows brands and marketers to discover product-fit influencers andhelps matching based on their needs. Currently, over 3,600 brands are using Featuring, and more than 8,500 influencer campaigns have been done. As a Korea-based startup, Featuring plans on expanding the business to Far East Asia, including Japan and China.
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Mirae Asset Capital
VC Fund · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · 12 investments in South Korea Hardware startups

Mirae Asset Capital Market is a leading global investment banking, securities and institutional business firm that provides a wide range of financial services to a substantial and diversified client base.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 152
  • Round size: Seed $817k–$18M; Series A $3.1M–$47M; Series B $8.4M–$105M
  • Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Medifab — Medifab is a bio-healthcare center that offers 3D system testing, measurement analysis, and OEM service.
  • TraceWeave — TraceWeave develops runtime intelligence and world-model technology for software-defined vehicles, machines, and interactive systems.
  • Precision Neuroscience — Restoring freedom through brain-computer interfaces
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SBI Investment Korea
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 12 investments in South Korea Hardware startups, 8 in the past 12 months

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.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 117
  • Round size: Series A $2.7M–$15M; Series B $4.9M–$32M; Series C $8.5M–$38M
  • Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% 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.
  • Automata — Automata builds ontology-driven enterprise systems that execute. Zenith verifies decisions, grades knowledge, and turns institutional memory into software you can run.
  • Cenyx Biotech — Cenyx Biotech develops diagnostic and therapeutic nano-compounds formed based on nanozymes and nanoparticles.
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Hyundai Motor Company
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 11 investments in South Korea Hardware startups

The Hyundai Motor Company is a South Korean multinational automotive manufacturer. It has various vehicle lineups, brand vision, and global campaigns like clean mobility, sustainability, art, and sports partnership. The company was founded in 1967 and, along with its 32.8% owned subsidiary, Kia Motors, together comprise the Hyundai Motor Group, which is the world's fifth-largest automaker based on annual vehicle sales in 2012. In 2008, Hyundai Motor (without Kia) was ranked as the eighth largest automaker. As of 2012, the company sold over 4.4 million vehicles worldwide in that year, and together with Kia total sales were 7.12 million.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Automotive, Software, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Corporate Round
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 102
  • Round size: Seed $100k–$9M; Series A $5M–$100M; Corporate Round $4.3M–$475M
  • Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • VAST Data — VAST delivers the first AI Operating System, unifying storage, database, and compute to drive agentic computing and data intensive workloads. Learn more.
  • Upstage — Upstage AI develops artificial intelligence technologies focused on large language models and document processing systems designed to support enterprise workflows. Its platform includes tools that convert unstructured data such as PDFs, scans, and emails into structured, machine-readable formats, enabling downstream analysis and automation. Thecompany also provides models like its Solar LLM, which are optimized for tasks such as text generation, information extraction, and question answering within business environments. Its solutions are applied across industries including finance, healthcare, insurance, and manufacturing to handle tasks like document parsing, data extraction, and workflow automation. Additionally, its services can be deployed through APIs, cloud environments, or on-premise systems to integrate with existing enterprise infrastructure.
  • Video Rebirth — Video Rebirth Limited is a private limited company that is established with shares.
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LG Electronics
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 11 investments in South Korea Hardware startups

Entdecken Sie die neuesten Consumer und Business Electronics von LG. Lassen Sie sich von unseren aktuellen Produktinnovationen inspirieren| LG Deutschland

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 57
  • Round size: Seed $219k–$8.7M; Series A $837k–$35M; Series B $4.2M–$58M
  • Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Atomer — Atomer operates a asset-light materials fabless business model, focusing entirely on the internal design and technical development of functional materials without owning manufacturing plants. The company collaborates with specialized external partners to execute the verification, production, and commercialization phases of its products. Its initialvalue proposition centers on supplying an ultra-thin thermal barrier coating designed to prevent thermal runaway fires in electric vehicle and energy storage system batteries.
  • MachineFlow — MachineFlow is a South Korean deep tech startup that develops an AI-powered enterprise coding platform. The platform utilizes unique Logic Graphs to structurally organize code and seamlessly orchestrate multiple specialized AI coding agents.
  • Free Kitchen Lab — Free Kitchen Lab is an F&B automation and robotics startup.
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Center for Creative Economy and Innovation
VC Fund · Daegu, Taegu-jikhalsi, South Korea · 11 investments in South Korea Hardware startups

CCEI is a frontline post of creative economy to create new industries and markets.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Manufacturing, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 56
  • Round size: Seed $27k–$1.4M; Series A $1.5M–$1.7M; Venture - Series Unknown $748k–$2.5M
  • Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Yoitang — Yoitang is a brokerage platform that combines online and offline real estate transactions by utilizing big data and artificial intelligence from public institutions. CEO Heo Ji-soo acquired the 26th certified real estate agent license in 2015 and experienced 20 real estate brokerage businesses.
  • Semos — Semos app offers water sports with certified trainers to enable users to learn anywhere anytime.
  • Cloud Stone — CloudStones Company Limited designs and runs fun consumer brands from Bangkok: Mirabelle&Co, BooBook Studio and Tale & Me.
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Stonebridge Capital
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 11 investments in South Korea Hardware startups

Stonebridge capital, Stonebridge ventures, Specializing in Venture Capital, Private Equity Fund Management

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Mobile
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, China

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 183
  • Round size: Series A $838k–$10M; Series B $829k–$15M; Venture - Series Unknown $852k–$91M
  • Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $30M in 2010

Portfolio highlights

  • BIGC — BIGC is a technology company that offers digital marketing, content creation, and advertising services.
  • N.Light — N.Light is a Metaverse 3D design software that allows individuals to effortlessly turn their ideas into reality.
  • SK Horizon — SK Horizon is an AI data center (AIDC) infrastructure company whose name reflects its ambition to “open new horizons” in the AIDC sector, will be responsible for expanding its infrastructure to a total capacity of 318 MW, encompassing eight data centers already in operation - Seocho, Ilsan (two locations), Bundang, Gasan, Centum, Yangju, and Pangyo- and new AIDCs currently under construction, including those in Ulsan and Guro.
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Big Basin Capital
VC Fund · Cupertino, California, United States · 11 investments in South Korea Hardware 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, Software, Apps
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 90
  • Round size: Seed $448k–$2M; Series A $1.1M–$7M; Series B $2.5M–$11M
  • Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2013

Portfolio highlights

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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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SV Investment Corp
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 11 investments in South Korea Hardware startups, 10 in the past 12 months

SV Investment Corp is a venture capital firm that provides companies with finance, strategic advice and information at critical stages of their development.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 112
  • Round size: Seed $1.2M–$31M; Series A $2.8M–$36M; Series B $7.5M–$60M
  • Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Linq — We are creating ‘hyper-automated insurance platforms’ to comprehensively support underwriters and claim adjusters and to facilitate communication between insurers and reinsurers using AI and deep learning.
  • Inserasolution — Inserasolution produces high-performance Fast & Fine Steering Mirrors for laser-based space optical communications and sophisticated defense systems.
  • KaliVir Immunotherapeutics — multiple therapies, one virus.KALIVIR is developing cutting edge, next-generation oncolytic viral immunotherapy programs for treatment of cancer. LEARN MORE NEWS AND EVENTSAugust 19, 2026 - KaliVir Immunotherapeutics Announces Closing of $14 Million Series A Extension Financing READ MORE November 19, 2025 - KaliVir Immunotherapeutics Announces Clinical Trial Collaboration and Supply Agreement with Roche to Evaluate
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Coolidge Corner Investment
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 10 investments in South Korea Hardware startups

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.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Health Care, Manufacturing
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, Belgium

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 116
  • Round size: Seed $260k–$1.2M; Series A $891k–$5M; Series B $7.2M–$14M
  • Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $8.9M in 2017

Portfolio highlights

  • Frefins — Frefins is a specialized Rental Transformation (RX) company that generates value by connecting businesses, financial institutions, and consumers.
  • NexThera — Nexcera provides innovative and sustainable medical solutions.
  • Plantner — PLANTNER develops environmentally friendly polymers that utilizes the controlled-release characteristics of alginate, a polymer derived from seaweed, along with natural controlled-release fertilizers to substitute current chemical products. Concurrently, the company is engaged in research and development as well as local field trials in Korea andVietnam. These innovations are directly aimed at promoting low-input sustainable agriculture. The organization is committed to tackling the unsustainable practices prevalent in conventional agriculture through the use of slow-release fertilizers, aspiring to foster eco-friendly advancements rooted in natural materials, beginning with agriculture, which is the cornerstone of the industry. In traditional agricultural settings, the significant loss of chemical fertilizers has resulted in nutrient depletion, leading to soil degradation issues such as acidification. This reduction in soil productivity compels farmers to resort to even greater quantities of chemicals to enhance yields, thereby perpetuating a detrimental cycle of increasing overuse. As a response, coated slow-release fertilizers have been introduced; however, their synthetic polymer coatings have contributed to the buildup of microplastics in the soil, harming the habitats of beneficial microorganisms and generating additional environmental challenges. To mitigate these concerns, ongoing research and development efforts are focused on substituting the conventional coating materials of slow-release fertilizers which are responsible for environmental issues like residual microplastics with alginate, a biodegradable polymer sourced from seaweed.
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Quantum Ventures Korea
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 10 investments in South Korea Hardware startups

Quantum Ventures Korea actively invests in companies within the Technology and Bio/Healthcare industries. The firm manages a portfolio of early to growth-stage companies and continues to look for opportunities across a range of company stages.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 80
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$7.6M; Series A $1.5M–$16M; Series B $3.6M–$30M
  • Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $34M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • FuriosaAI — FuriosaAI develops system semiconductors optimized for AI, enabling efficient processing of large amounts of data in a short period of time.
  • S-Innovations — S-Innovations is a robotics software company that develops SynK, a cyber-physical AI operating system for robot deployment, integration, and recovery across different robot brands and industrial facilities. The company provides automation software that enables faster robot setup, system connectivity, and operational management for sectors usingautonomous mobile robots
  • READi Robust Machine — Ready Robust Machine is a company that makes carbon reduction and fuel cost improvement systems.
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ENSL Partners
VC Fund · Yeoksamdong, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 10 investments in South Korea Hardware startups

ENSL Partners is an investment accelerator firm that invests in startup companies.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Pet, Apps
  • Stage:Seed, Convertible Note
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 45
  • Round size: Seed $74k–$1.1M
  • Lead/follow: 49% lead, 51% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Rivetta — Rivetta provides a web novel translation platform that supports global publishing through translation, distribution, promotion, and settlement services. It enables writers to share their work with international audiences while managing publishing and monetization processes. The platform helps creators grow readership and expand their presenceacross diverse global markets.
  • TalentSeeker — TalentSeeker is an AI-powered recruitment platform developing global talent sourcing and hiring automation solutions. The company provides AI-based candidate search, resume parsing, talent database management, and personalized outreach tools to help businesses streamline recruitment workflows.
  • Meta Energy Frontier — Meta Energy Frontier is a carbon-neutral smart energy solution company utilizing high-transmittance artificial photovoltaics. It contributes to improving building energy ratings through proprietary technology that converts 20% of existing unused lighting light energy into electricity. The company aims to recycle wasted light from indoor LEDlighting and utilize it as a distributed power source in urban areas.
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Naver
VC Fund · Seongnam, Kyonggi-do, South Korea · 10 investments in South Korea Hardware startups, 9 in the past 12 months

Naver operates as a search engine and e-commerce platform providing fintech, digital content, and cloud services. The company introduces innovative search services such as ‘Comprehensive Search,’ ‘Knowledge iN,’ and ‘Real-time Rising Keyword.' It also offers UGC services such as Blog and Cafe; Junior Naver, a children’s portal; Happybean, an online donation portal. NAVER launched its Webtoon service in June 2004 and has pioneered the distribution and consumption of webtoons, also known as digital comics. In addition, NAVER also offers services for the global market, including the mobile messenger LINE through LINE Corporation, NAVER’s subsidiary; the video messenger Snow; and the group communication service BAND. NAVER is also involved in software development and distribution; performances and exhibitions business; mobile content development and distribution; search advertising; internet commerce and customer service business; the operation and security services of IT infrastructure; operating online shopping services, and mobile applications marketing. Lee Hae-Jin and Lee Joon-ho headquartered the company in Seongnam, Kyonggi-do, South Korea in 1999.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, Indonesia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 134
  • Round size: Seed $45k–$1.8M; Series A $3.1M–$20M; Series B $2.8M–$39M
  • Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Apollon — Needle Gone, Data On
  • Hurotics — Hurotics is a company with deep-tech technology related to human-robot fusion.Hurotix's wearable robots, notably the 'H-Flex', are modular and give personalized support based on the user's demands, assisting users in overcoming physical restrictions.
  • Panthalassa — We're harnessing renewable energy in the open ocean and delivering it around the world. Engineered in Portland, Oregon.
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Samsung Venture Investment
VC Fund · Seocho, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 10 investments in South Korea Hardware startups, 9 in the past 12 months

Samsung Venture Investment is plays the role of driving the discovery and development of new businesses and technologies.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 147
  • Round size: Seed $83k–$4.1M; Series A $1.7M–$25M; Series B $2.8M–$23M
  • Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • MangoBoost — Data Processing Unit (DPU) is a next-generation server accelerator designed to orchestrate various intra-server devices (e.g., CPU, GPU, SSD, NPU, NIC). By maximizing the datacenter’s overall performance and cost efficiency, DPU is now considered as the most important HW/SW solution to realize the next-generation extreme-scale AI serverinfrastructure. However, despite its critical necessity from the datacenter and AI infrastructure, there is no market-leading DPU solution which can meet the customer’s actual demand due to its HW/SW complexity and the application/model heterogeneity. MangoBoost is currently the world’s most highly recognized DPU startup located in US and Korea. We provide the world’s most advanced and flexible DPU HW/SW solutions in order to fully satisfy the needs of various customers. Our DPU HW is fully composable by integrating its rich set of DPU features to construct our customer-optimal DPUs. At the same time, our DPU SW enables to seamlessly deploy the solution to any customer environment. As a result, our DPU solutions are considered very promising to realize the next-generation AI/datacenter infrastructure, and thus they are currently evaluated at various global-leading companies. MangoBoost was founded in early 2022 to commercialize 7 year of top-tier DPU research outcomes achieved at Seoul National University (e.g., many full-system DPU prototypes, many ISCA/MICRO/ASPLOS/OSDI/ATC papers). The current team consists of 45+ system engineers including ~20 top-tier PhDs from Carnegie Mellon University, Seoul National University, POSTECH, U Toronto, and ~20 industry experts from Intel, Microsoft, Samsung, and Naver.
  • AIDIN ROBOTICS — AIDIN ROBOTICS redefine interactive sensors. Advanced force/torque sensor, proximity sensor for human-robot collaboration.
  • Aim Intelligence — Leading AI Security & Safety Solutions Provider - Specializing in AI Risk Detection, Mitigation, and Elimination through Advanced Red Teaming and Defensive Systems | Leading provider of AI Security, Safety, and Compliance solutions
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Hyundai Motor Group
VC Fund · Seocho, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 9 investments in South Korea Hardware startups

Welcome to the Hyundai Motor Group website.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 38
  • Round size: Seed $77k–$3.4M; Series A $1.9M–$45M; Series C $10M–$40M
  • Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Field AI — FieldAI is the leader in deploying general-purpose robots in unstructured environments, providing a universal brain that works across many robots, and many tasks.
  • SSenStone — SSenStone, founded in November 2015, has started from password-less user authentication to prevent privacy information leakage and provide safe and convenient user login process. The integrated authentication platform, called ‘StonePASS’, has been certified by FIDO (Fast Identity Online). Now, we expand our inventive idea to the card industry andlaunch VOTC, which will completely change the card transaction landscape for secured payments.
  • Whale — Whale provides an omnichannel marketing platform that transforms marketing operations, digitalizes store operations and unifies offline & online brand experiences leveraging AI + IoT + Big Data to “Connect Brands with Customer”.Founded in 2017, Whale has since empowered 400+ global FMCG, F&B, Fashion and Automotive brands includingP&G, Unilever, Starbucks, UNIQLO, ARMANI, Watsons, Xiaomi, Midea, Lotus, POP MART etc. with over 150,000 stores across APAC, enabling brands to embrace the full potential of digital transformation.Equipped with AI capabilities, patented ReID technology and enterprise-grade security, Whale platforms comprising of Space Data Platform (SDP), Whale Marketing Cloud (WMC), Whale Open Platform (WOP) and Whale Analytics, serve as the end-to-end digitalization engine that enables brands to seamlessly engage with each customer.Whale is backed by Temasek Holding, NIO Capital, Source Code Capital, Linear Capital, Alpha Commune, BAI Capital and The Jiangmen, with 6 offices across Singapore, Hangzhou, Shanghai, Beijing and Shenzhen.
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TBT
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 9 investments in South Korea Hardware startups

TBT is an Adventure Capital.We are more than your average VC investor; we are always up for an adventure. Investment means more than just transfer of capital for us. We want to be a discussion partner that discovers possibilities beyond risk and aligns growth with progress. We want to share decades of industry knowledge and experience in internetand mobile services to build services and products that can make the world a better place.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 56
  • Round size: Seed $743k–$5.1M; Series A $678k–$18M; Series B $3M–$16M
  • Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Shopl & Company — From Scheduling to Task management and Communication. Collaborate easily with teams on site with Shopl.
  • LIVEKLASS — LIVEKLASS is an operator of a knowledge-based platform intended to offer independent education. LIVEKLASS allows one to learn about any topic they want by creating and operating a variety of live classes.
  • Medistream — Medistream operates an integrated platform for oriental medicine.
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Kakao Investment
VC Fund · Seongnam, Kyonggi-do, South Korea · 9 investments in South Korea Hardware startups

Incorporated in 2015, Kakao Investment is a 100% subsidiary of Kakao which specializes in venture capital investments.Based on Kakao’s philosophy of “Connect Everything”, Kakao Investment seeks to invest and support innovative start-ups that can realize interpersonal connection and the connection of all of us to the things around us. Also Kakao Investment strives to foster a virtuous circle with in the venture environment by facilitating M&As and IPOs.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 57
  • Round size: Seed $811k–$20M; Series A $1.8M–$12M; Series C $7.1M–$123M
  • Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • RLWRLD — RLWRLD specializes in "Physical AI" by creating robotics foundation models (RFMs) designed to enable robots to function autonomously in real-world environments.
  • FuriosaAI — FuriosaAI develops system semiconductors optimized for AI, enabling efficient processing of large amounts of data in a short period of time.
  • Tommoro Robotics — We build the next generation of Physical AI.
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Lotte Ventures
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 9 investments in South Korea Hardware 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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InterVest Co.
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 9 investments in South Korea Hardware startups, 13 in the past 12 months

Creating Innovative Values for Ventures. Knowledgeable & Experienced Professionals. Leading Venture Capital Investor in Korea

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 150
  • Round size: Series A $2.3M–$36M; Series B $2.6M–$54M; Series C $14M–$56M
  • Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $60M in 2017

Portfolio highlights

  • MVRIX — MVRIX is a forward-thinking biotechnology company that focuses on pushing the boundaries of therapeutic innovation. The company specialises in developing new drugs based on platform technology related to membranes and viruses, enabling humans to be free from the attack of viruses and microorganisms. Additionally, it offers engineerable recombinantbotulinum toxin and virucidal therapeutics.
  • Yipscell — Yipscell is a biotech company that develops IPSC stem cell therapy to diagnose and treat incurable diseases.
  • Inserasolution — Inserasolution produces high-performance Fast & Fine Steering Mirrors for laser-based space optical communications and sophisticated defense systems.
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Korea Science and Technology Holdings
VC Fund · Daejeon, Taejon-jikhalsi, South Korea · 9 investments in South Korea Hardware startups

Korea Science and Technology Holdings specializes in technology commercialization services by government-funded research institutes.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Manufacturing, Software, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 30
  • Round size: Seed $253k–$4.7M; Series A $1.4M–$8.2M
  • Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Linsol — Linsol develops life-saving and environmental detection solutions based on defense-derived search and detection technology.
  • OASYS STUDIO — ​OASYS STUDIO is a cloud-native visual effects company that integrates VFX pipeline services and production within a cloud environment. They offer scalable and efficient production solutions, fostering stable collaboration structures for clients.
  • Thermoeye — Thermoeye provides thermal imaging systems utilizing temperature analysis technology.
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POSCO CAPITAL
VC Fund · Yeoksamdong, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 9 investments in South Korea Hardware 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: 99
  • Round size: Seed $171k–$6.1M; Series A $1.2M–$11M; Series B $3.7M–$14M
  • Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • MID — MID specializes in the development, testing, and production of space-related components.
  • Switchwon — Switchwon provides currency exchange services.
  • Daedong Robotics — Daedong Robotics, a Daedong Group affiliate, offers AI robot solutions that understand agricultural sites, reducing time-consuming and hazardous tasks.
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