Top 50 Internet Startup Investors in South Korea (July 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Kakao Ventures
VC Fund
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28 | South Korea, United States, Indonesia | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $297k–$27M |
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Strong Ventures
VC Fund
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28 | South Korea, United States, Poland | Seed, Series A, Series B | E-Commerce, Software, Health Care | $18k–$30M |
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Capstone Partners
VC Fund
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24 | South Korea, United States, India | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, Mobile, Gaming | $223k–$12M |
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Korea Credit Guarantee Fund
VC Fund
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19 | South Korea, United States, China | Seed, Series A, Debt Financing | Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software | $254k–$7.5M |
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Shinhan Capital
VC Fund
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18 | South Korea, United States, India | Series A, Seed, Series B | Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce | $347k–$19M |
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Korea Investment Partners
VC Fund
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18 | South Korea, United States, China | Series A, Series B, Seed | Biotechnology, Information Technology, Health Care | $973k–$50M |
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Industrial Bank of Korea
VC Fund
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14 | South Korea, United States, China | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $149k–$29M |
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TheVentures
VC Fund
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13 | South Korea, United States, Vietnam | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $72k–$4.8M |
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Mirae Asset Venture Investment
VC Fund
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13 | South Korea, United States, India | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence | $594k–$54M |
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KB Investment
VC Fund
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13 | South Korea, United States, Vietnam | Series A, Series B, Seed | Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology | $743k–$40M |
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InfoBank
VC Fund
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13 | South Korea, South Africa, United States | Seed, Series A, Series B | Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software | $76k–$16M |
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DSC Investment
VC Fund
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11 | South Korea, United States, Israel | Series A, Series B, Seed | Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology | $594k–$47M |
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Korea Development Bank
VC Fund
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11 | South Korea, United States, China | Series B, Series A, Series C | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $1.9M–$45M |
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CRIT Ventures
VC Fund
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10 | South Korea, United States, Hong Kong | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A | Information Technology, Gaming, Blockchain | $287k–$42M |
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SBVA
VC Fund
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9 | South Korea, United States, China | Series A, Series B, Series C | Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce | $1.7M–$168M |
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Evergreen Investment Partners
VC Fund
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9 | South Korea | Seed, Series A | Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software | $223k–$4.6M |
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Naver
VC Fund
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9 | South Korea, United States, Indonesia | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence | $1k–$59M |
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KDB Capital
VC Fund
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8 | South Korea, United States, India | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $743k–$39M |
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Sazze Partners
VC Fund
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8 | South Korea, United States, Japan | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $200k–$19M |
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Coolidge Corner Investment
VC Fund
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8 | South Korea, United States, Belgium | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Manufacturing, Health Care | $223k–$11M |
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Yoonmin Foundation
VC Fund
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8 | South Korea, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | Software, Information Technology, Apps | $74k–$1.8M |
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Magna Investment
VC Fund
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8 | South Korea, United States, Japan | Seed, Series A, Series B | Health Care, Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical | $145k–$18M |
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Altos Ventures
VC Fund
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8 | South Korea, United States, Canada | Series A, Series B, Series C | Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services | $2.1M–$60M |
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SV Investment Corp
VC Fund
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8 | South Korea, United States, China | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $1.2M–$60M |
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Nau IB Capital
VC Fund
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7 | South Korea | Series A, Series B, Seed | Information Technology, Food and Beverage, Software | $1k–$26M |
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Hana Ventures
VC Fund
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7 | South Korea, United States, India | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care | $223k–$25M |
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Ascendo Ventures
VC Fund
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7 | South Korea, United States, Taiwan | Seed, Series A, Series B | E-Commerce, Information Technology, Medical | $2k–$21M |
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KOSME
VC Fund
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7 | South Korea, United States | Seed, Series A, Series B | Manufacturing, Health Care, E-Commerce | $74k–$37M |
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Samsung Venture Investment
VC Fund
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6 | South Korea, United States, India | Series A, Series B, Seed | Information Technology, Software, Health Care | $45k–$28M |
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Seoul Business Agency(SBA)
VC Fund
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6 | South Korea | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Information Technology, E-Commerce, Health Care | |
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Big Basin Capital
VC Fund
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6 | South Korea, United States, Singapore | Seed, Series A | E-Commerce, Software, Apps | $371k–$7M |
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Smilegate Investment
VC Fund
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6 | South Korea, United States, Vietnam | Series B, Series A, Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care | $694k–$35M |
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Stonebridge Capital
VC Fund
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6 | South Korea, United States, China | Series A, Series B, Series C | Software, Information Technology, Mobile | $743k–$33M |
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Devsisters Ventures
VC Fund
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6 | South Korea, United States, Russian Federation | Series A, Seed | Software, Gaming, Biotechnology | $1k–$7.8M |
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LB Investment
VC Fund
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6 | South Korea, United States, China | Series B, Series A, Series C | Health Care, E-Commerce, Software | $3M–$50M |
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Lotte Ventures
VC Fund
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6 | South Korea, United States, China | Seed, Series A | Information Technology, Software, Manufacturing | |
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DS Asset Management
VC Fund
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5 | South Korea, United States, Japan | Series B, Series A, Series C | Biotechnology, Medical, E-Commerce | $2k–$51M |
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ENSL Partners
VC Fund
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5 | South Korea | Seed, Convertible Note | Artificial Intelligence, Pet, Apps | $74k–$1.1M |
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TS Investment
VC Fund
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5 | South Korea, Singapore | Series A, Series B | Health Care, Manufacturing, Pharmaceutical | $1.7M–$22M |
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Kakao Investment
VC Fund
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5 | South Korea, United States, Japan | Seed, Series A | Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Software | $743k–$20M |
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We Ventures
VC Fund
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5 | South Korea, United States, Singapore | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $743k–$19M |
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KEB Hana Bank
VC Fund
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5 | South Korea, Vietnam, United States | Series A, Series B, Seed | Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology | $639k–$13M |
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POSCO Venture Capital
VC Fund
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5 | South Korea, United States, China | Series A, Series B | Software, Health Care, Information Technology | $1.7M–$44M |
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Partners Investment
VC Fund
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5 | South Korea, United States, Japan | Series A, Series B, Series C | Biotechnology, Health Care, Software | $2.1M–$117M |
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Innopolis Partners
VC Fund
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5 | South Korea, United States, United Kingdom | Series A, Seed | Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Health Care | $1k–$11M |
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L&S Venture Capital
VC Fund
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5 | South Korea, United States, Israel | Series A, Series B, Seed | Information Technology, Manufacturing, Software | $594k–$39M |
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Korea Technology Finance Corporation
VC Fund
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5 | South Korea, Russian Federation | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Manufacturing, Medical | $1k–$15M |
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IMM Investment
VC Fund
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4 | South Korea, United States, Japan | Series B, Series A | Biotechnology, Health Care, Software | $3M–$80M |
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POSCO CAPITAL
VC Fund
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4 | South Korea, United States | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, Manufacturing, Information Technology | $149k–$13M |
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NH Investment & Securities
VC Fund
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4 | South Korea, United States, India | Series B, Series C, Series A | Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical | $3k–$45M |
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 320
- Round size: Seed $297k–$4.2M; Series A $891k–$14M; Series B $3M–$27M
- Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $9.6M in 2012
Portfolio highlights
- Tect Group — We deliver real beauty based on distinctive brands and innovative marketing solutions, fostering confidence and positivity around the world.
- Pridge Crew — Pridge Crew offers a range of services primarily focused on pet care and app development. Their services include pet care shop reservations and customer management, automatic dispatch of reservation guidance through KakaoTalk, electronic consent forms, and notifications. They also provide services related to pet grooming and pet hotels. Inaddition, Pridge Crew is involved in app development, creating solutions that cater to the needs of their customers in the pet care industry.
- Consumer Bridge — Consumer Bridge is an electronics company.
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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- Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Poland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 301
- Round size: Seed $223k–$2.7M; Series A $966k–$10M; Series B $18k–$30M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $3.3M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Serpot — Serpot is a production service platform that offers film shooting products and support services.
- Bosalpim —
- Winegraph — Winegraph is an SNS-based wine search and recommendation platform.
Capstone Partners is a venture capital firm that invests in entrepreneurs seeking success with fresh ideas.
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- Industry: Software, Mobile, Gaming
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 234
- Round size: Seed $223k–$3.1M; Series A $334k–$9.7M; Series B $743k–$12M
- Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $37M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Rapeech — Rapeech is an AI voice technology company that provides product development services.
- TR — TR is a digital healthcare company that designs and develops medical devices and electronic products.
- Brave Company — Brave Company is an internet publishing company. Well, the lusts, but not the burdens of the ZZP existence. BraveCompany is for self-employed people who want to do more and manage less. Are you in paid employment and do you doubt whether you dare to make the leap? Even then, BraveCompany offers a warm bath with 'colleagues' that you havegone for, a network with potential assignments and invoicing services. BraveCompany is for successful professionals who are or want to become independent. What can we mean for each other? We share knowledge, trends and help with professional issues. And all that in the atmosphere of a home port. So you benefit from the benefits of experienced colleagues. Do you see any more possibilities with your current client to do work, or do you regularly refer projects to colleagues? We offer the framework to seize these opportunities and also be rewarded for your talent as a matchmaker.
Korea Credit Guarantee Fund operates as a public financial institution.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Debt Financing
- Geography: South Korea, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 265
- Round size: Seed $314k–$2.9M; Series A $743k–$7.5M; Debt Financing $254k–$4.9M
- Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Ettifos — Ettifos provides flexible, reliable, and innovative V2X solutions to enable communication between all stakeholders on the road.
- 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.
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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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 157
- Round size: Seed $347k–$4.6M; Series A $1.5M–$10M; Series B $2.2M–$19M
- Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% 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.
Korea Investment Partners (KIP) is a leading venture capital & private equity firm that has over 30 years of experience in providing venture capital to bold and innovative entrepreneurs who want to change the world. Korea Investment Partners invests in leading pioneers like Kakao(KOSDAQ:035720), Naver(KRX:035420), YGEntertainment(KOSDAQ:122870), Bodyfriend, Osstem Implant(KOSDAQ:048260), Doubleu Games(KOSDAQ:192080) and Didi Chuxing. KIP manages over 20 venture and private equity funds with US$1.8 billion in total assets under management. The company operates globally from its Seoul headquarters office with other locations in Shanghai, Beijing, and Sunnyvale.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Information Technology, Health Care
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 434
- Round size: Seed $973k–$11M; Series A $1.9M–$23M; Series B $2.7M–$50M
- Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $6.7M in 2014
Portfolio highlights
- 90days — 90days is an electronic bill-based P2B investment brokerage platform.
- New Id —
- Art Together — Art Together is a crowdfunding platform to buy an artwork.
Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK) is committed to honoring its charter of financing small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). The Bank has extended the scope of its expertise to provide a comprehensive range of financial services to individual customers in a quest to emerge as a leading financial services group. In pursuit of that goal, IBK is makingevery effort to enhance its competitiveness, achieve balanced growth and strengthen its global presence.The Bank employs around 10,000 staff and operates a distribution network of 612 branches including 12 overseas branches. Providing complementary services, the Bank also operates several subsidiaries: IBK Capital Corporation, IBK-SG Asset Management, IBK System Co., Ltd., and IBK Credit Information Corporation. In 2008, IBK Investment & Securities was launched, focused on meeting the needs of SME customers for services such as IPOs and M&As. Moreover, strategic alliance with Korea Investment Holdings enhances product competitiveness and affiliation with the National Post Office promoting easy customer access to IBK banking services.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 287
- Round size: Seed $149k–$8.3M; Series A $2M–$17M; Series B $4.8M–$29M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
Portfolio highlights
- BIGC — BIGC is a technology company that offers digital marketing, content creation, and advertising services.
- Gadget Korea — Gadget korea offers data roaming services.
- Raion Robotics — Raion Robotics manufactures walking robots for industrial applications and offers prospects in potential industries such as defense, construction, and logistics.
TheVentures provides their portfolio companies access to on staff world class experts in recruiting, PR, marketing, early stage customer acquisition, raising money, and strategy. They even provide engineering and design support, co-building products with the founding team, while assiting in hiring those difficult to recruit early engineers.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Vietnam
Investor stats
- Total investments: 146
- Round size: Seed $73k–$1.5M; Pre-Seed $72k–$2M; Series A $2.5M–$4.8M
- Lead/follow: 46% lead, 54% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Kilofarms — Kilofarms is a tech-enabled platform that aims to help farmers overcome inefficiencies in the traditional farming practices and produce residue-free fruits and vegetables.
- Sans — Sans is the first alternative coffee brand in Korea to replicate the taste and aroma of coffee without using beans, and it is the only brand in the world to operate specialty alternative coffee stores. Instead of coffee beans, which are designated as one of the "five endangered crops," Sans developed an alternative coffee similar toAmericano by combining 12 ingredients, such as jujube seeds, chicory roots, and barley, which are easy to grow in greenhouses in any country regardless of climate change.
- Wecare — Wecare is an e-commerce business that shares childcare-related product information through the community and sells content and products.
Mirae Asset Venture Investment invests in specialized enterprises and provides technology, funding and management consulting.
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- Industry: Software, Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 283
- Round size: Seed $594k–$12M; Series A $1.7M–$38M; Series B $3.7M–$54M
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- Medifab — Medifab is a bio-healthcare center that offers 3D system testing, measurement analysis, and OEM service.
- Asteromorph — We are an AI for Science lab in Seoul. Our mission is to accelerate scientific advancements through the pursuit of superintelligence.
- Ohouse — No.1 Interior Onestop Platform
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 widestnetwork 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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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Vietnam
Investor stats
- Total investments: 378
- Round size: Seed $743k–$7.2M; Series A $1.9M–$36M; Series B $4.5M–$40M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
Portfolio highlights
- TESOLLO — TESOLLO develops robot and motion presenter products.
- 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.
- ACT-ion Battery Technologies — ACT-ion is pioneering a transformative approach to battery material manufacturing, specializing in advanced lithium battery cathode active materials (CAMs). Our innovative, clean, and efficient continuous process revolutionizes production, driving cost savings and enhanced performance for the energy
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Browse database — It's Free!InfoBank develops and provides mobile messaging solutions and other related services.The company offers business messaging services such as SMS, LMS, and multimedia message services; interactive media services; smart car solutions; and integrated online and offline payment services.InfoBank was founded in 1995 and is based in Gyeongju, SouthKorea.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, South Africa, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 140
- Round size: Seed $76k–$1.5M; Series A $761k–$9.4M; Series B $8.2M–$16M
- Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Solarstic — Solarstic is an innovative, eco-friendly energy technology startup specializing in the development of lightweight, high-efficiency solar modules designed to make clean energy more accessible, scalable, and sustainable for residential, commercial, and off-grid applications.
- Limpid — Limpid is a Bio pet food startup. It set new standards in pet nutrition through continuous innovation.
- Walkie Doki — Walkie Doki provides offline store management customized platform and job recommendations.
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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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 215
- Round size: Seed $594k–$9.1M; Series A $1.5M–$17M; Series B $4.5M–$47M
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
Portfolio highlights
- FastView — FastView provides content commerce services and online marketing services.
- Clobe AI — Clobe AI is a SaaS-based financial management platform designed for businesses to monitor and manage cash flow and financial operations. The company provides services such as real-time aggregation of financial data from bank accounts, corporate cards, and tax invoices, along with automated accounting and tax handling. The platform also supportscash flow tracking, profit and loss analysis, and automated settlement workflows, including transaction mapping and invoice processing, enabling centralized financial reporting and operational control.
- Kong Studios, Inc. — We truly believe in Gameplay First. Kong Studios is a U.S game developer, and a 'Unicorn' valued at 1B USD.
The Korea Development Bank (KDB) provides long-term financing for projects designed to assist Koreaâ€:tm:s economic growth and development. It offers equipment capital loans and working capital loans to Korean private enterprises that undertake major industrial projects. The bank also extends guarantees to its clients to facilitate their otherborrowings and to finance major industrial projects. KDB guarantees Won-denominated corporate debentures, local currency loans, and other Won liabilities and foreign currency loans from domestic and overseas Korean financial institutions and from foreign institutions. The bankâ€:tm:s other activities include engagement in a range of industrial development activities, including conducting economic and industrial research; performing engineering surveys; providing business analyses and managerial assistance; and offering trust services. As of June 30, 2007, KDB had 40 local branches, 6 overseas branches, and 2 overseas offices. The bank was founded in 1954 and is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
- Geography: South Korea, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 270
- Round size: Series A $1.9M–$24M; Series B $4.5M–$39M; Series C $7.1M–$45M
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Leecell — Leecell is a solar cell manufacturing company that produces organic and perovskite thin‑film photovoltaic cells.
- Perseus — World Best Hypervisor Security Solutions for SDV
- Flexell Space — FLEXELL SPACE primarily focuses on the development and manufacturing of space solar cells, aiming to provide differentiated products for our customers in the space industry
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- Industry: Information Technology, Gaming, Blockchain
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Hong Kong
Investor stats
- Total investments: 124
- Round size: Seed $686k–$6.5M; Series A $1.6M–$36M; Venture - Series Unknown $287k–$42M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Neubility — Connecting the physical world with robotic autonomy
- Spaceport Technologies — Accelerating the growth of the next digital economy
- Yoyogi Animation Academy — Yoyogi Animation Academy is a Japanese vocational‑style education company that operates Yoyogi Animation Academy, one of Japan’s largest and oldest specialized schools for animation, manga, voice acting, and game design.The academy offers practical, industry‑oriented programs in fields such as animator training, background art, illustration, manga,voice‑acting (seiyuu), and digital content creation, mainly at campuses in major cities like Tokyo and Osaka.
Established in 2000 as an early-stage venture capital arm of SoftBank Group, SBVA has a storied history of empowering extraordinary entrepreneurs across the globe. In 2023, we joined forces with The Edgeof, a global startup ecosystem builder founded by Taizo Son, JP Lee, and Atsushi Taira and began our new chapter as an independent entity with arenewed commitment to fostering innovation and technological advancement.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
- Geography: South Korea, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 252
- Round size: Series A $1.7M–$38M; Series B $4M–$60M; Series C $8.9M–$168M
- Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- BEJEWEL — A new tool that blends your everyday work apps into one. It's the all-in-one workspace for you and your team
- Dentlink — Next Generation Dental Lab Service
- WIRobotics — My First-Ever Robot
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 34
- Round size: Seed $223k–$2.2M; Series A $743k–$4.6M
- Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Ettifos — Ettifos provides flexible, reliable, and innovative V2X solutions to enable communication between all stakeholders on the road.
- Cushion — Cutshion is a company that specializes in AI factories and robotic application platforms. We provide customized robot solutions for a wide range of industries, from industrial robots such as palletizing and welding robots to service robots including drawing robots.
- Inventera Pharmaceuticals — Inventera Pharmaceutical is a biotechnology company that specializes in the development of imaging diagnostic contrast agents.
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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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 119
- Round size: Seed $743k–$15M; Series A $1.5M–$15M; Series B $3.8M–$39M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- Asteromorph — We are an AI for Science lab in Seoul. Our mission is to accelerate scientific advancements through the pursuit of superintelligence.
- Coxwave — Coxwave provides product analytics and observability for AI applications. The Skylight platform instruments LLM prompts, responses, context, and user interactions via SDKs and ingestion APIs. It aggregates metrics such as quality, latency, token usage, and cost, and presents dashboards to monitor trends and detect regressions. Teams use it tocollect human feedback, build evaluation datasets, and compare prompt or model variants before and after releases. Tracing links events across sessions and workflows, helping correlate outcomes with inputs and application state. Integrations connect to common LLM providers, orchestration frameworks, and data pipelines, allowing data to flow into existing analytics stacks and workflows.
Primer Sazze Partners - We like to find founders who are making the impossible happen through sheer force of will and a refusal to accept hard truths.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 159
- Round size: Seed $200k–$4.5M; Pre-Seed $200k–$2.8M; Series A $334k–$19M
- Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $127M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Acro — Acro is a startup building AI-based global business infrastructure, developing intelligent solutions that help enterprises streamline cross-border operations, optimize business processes, and enhance decision-making through advanced artificial intelligence technologies.
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- Exosphere Labs — Exosphere Labs is an information technology company that offers information security services.
Coolidge Corner Investment (CCVC) provides Seed and Seed+ funding to the most innovative tech startup companies in Korea. They proudly provide their portfolio companies a customized support in professional incubating, growth hacking, strategy, network and more.
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- Industry: Software, Manufacturing, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Belgium
Investor stats
- Total investments: 112
- Round size: Seed $223k–$1.5M; Series A $891k–$5.4M; Series B $4.7M–$11M
- Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2017
Portfolio highlights
- Frefins — Frefins is a specialized Rental Transformation (RX) company that generates value by connecting businesses, financial institutions, and consumers.
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- Partridge Systems — Partridge Systems develops automotive data platform that provides web-based visualization, filtering, and post-processing of vehicle data.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: South Korea, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 61
- Round size: Seed $74k–$1.8M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Jaranda — One-on-one child-oriented play sitter / learning sheeter for working parents and children's happiness.
- Semonyeo — Semonyeo is a senior lifestyle brand dedicated to enhancing the dining experience of older adults. The company designs, develops, and sells specialized tableware tailored to the unique needs of seniors, focusing on comfort, safety, and ease of use.
- Plancklab — Plancklab develops compact AI-powered maskless lithography systems that make semiconductor and microfabrication tools more accessible to research labs, universities, and emerging semiconductor ecosystems. Its platform uses UV-DLP and DMD-based digital patterning to expose high-precision micro/nano patterns directly from digital files withoutphysical photomasks or full cleanroom infrastructure. Plancklab’s technology supports semiconductor education, microfabrication research, MEMS, biochips, microfluidics, 2D material devices, and advanced packaging R&D.
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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- Industry: Health Care, Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 94
- Round size: Seed $145k–$3M; Series A $1.5M–$8.2M; Series B $1.4M–$18M
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
Portfolio highlights
- AIT STUDIO — AIT Studio is a digital health startup that develops AI-powered, contactless gait analysis solutions for early detection of mobility decline and age-related conditions such as sarcopenia. Our flagship products—GAIT Studio (App) and MediStep M Pro (hardware package)—deliver full gait assessments in under 1 minute, without wearables or specializedstaff.
- Featuring — Featuring’s goal is to make it easy for anyone to see and utilize the power of influencers. Today, as companies are accelerating their transition to digital business due to COVID-19, the number of companies leveraging influencers is explosively increasing. Feauturing allows brands and marketers to discover product fit influencers and helps matchingbased on their needs. Currently, over 3,600 brands are using Featuring and more than 8,500 influencer campaigns have been done. As a Korea-based startup, Featuring plans on expanding the business to Far East Asia including Japan and China.
- Endorobotics — Endorobotics is a healthcare centre that offers endoscopic surgery services.
We are privileged to invest on behalf of institutional investors, most with charitable, educational, or non-profit missions. Serving entrepreneurs is a calling for us, and we look to partner with companies with an equally strong sense of purpose.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 321
- Round size: Series A $2.1M–$30M; Series B $4.1M–$33M; Series C $5.2M–$60M
- Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $450M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- PushPress — Automate and scale your fitness business with an easy-to-use solution that your clients and your team will love. Cut your costs and save time with PushPress.
- MyRealTrip — MyRealTrip operates an online travel booking platform for accommodations, transportation, tours, and activity reservations. The company provides travel itinerary services, ticket booking systems, local experience listings, and payment processing tools used for domestic and international travel planning.
- NexGenT — Launch Your IT Career in Networking or Cyber Security Online With Our Military Grade Inspired Next Generation Training Programs. Go From Zero To Engineer within 6 months! Zero Up Front Tuition Options Available!
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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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 105
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$31M; Series A $1.6M–$24M; Series B $7.1M–$60M
- Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% 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.
- Asteromorph — We are an AI for Science lab in Seoul. Our mission is to accelerate scientific advancements through the pursuit of superintelligence.
- Contents Technologies — Content Technologies is a content IP-based company builder.
Nau IB Capital is a private equity and venture capital firm.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Food and Beverage, Software
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 76
- Round size: Seed $1k–$4.8M; Series A $3k–$9.4M; Series B $4.7M–$26M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- BIGC — BIGC is a technology company that offers digital marketing, content creation, and advertising services.
- Ecis Cosmetic — Ecis Cosmetic transcends the boundaries of cosmetics to provide customized solutions for each skin type, incorporating derma technology. The company produce reliable products through the proprietary EPQS system and a corporate research institute equipped with top-tier technology and global competitiveness.
- SN BioScience — SN BioScience provide nano-formulation screening services for small molecule, oligonucleotide (siRNA, DNA), peptide and protein to deliver in the form of nano-micelle, nanoparticle or liposome. Their proprietary “double core-shell technology” and pool of acceptable lipids and polymers could help your research that having difficulties in solubilityor delivery.
Hana Ventures is a corporate venture capital of Hana Financial Group.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 203
- Round size: Seed $223k–$4.5M; Series A $1.5M–$13M; Series B $3.3M–$25M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
Portfolio highlights
- BIGC — BIGC is a technology company that offers digital marketing, content creation, and advertising services.
- Wig Hill — Wig Hill is a seller of pet products.
- Green Lamp — Green Lamp is a mobile app that provides reading room.
Ascendo Ventures is a Seoul, Korea-based venture capital firm that strives to be a true lifecycle partner for the fastest growing, game-changing Asian tech companies. From the moment we invest in our portfolio companies, we commit to being a long-term partner and ascend together embracing the treme
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Information Technology, Medical
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Taiwan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 41
- Round size: Seed $12k–$5M; Series A $2k–$7.7M; Series B $3.6M–$21M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $33M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- A.drop — A.drop is an advertising solution that effectively leverages first-party (1P) in-app data from both web and mobile app developers to deliver highly personalized and targeted marketing campaigns, driving better engagement, higher conversion rates, and improved return on investment (ROI).
- ASET — ASET is a technology-based startup developing all-solid-state, composite electrolyte membrane technology that simultaneously improves fire safety and energy density.
- Reset Company — Reset Company specializes in building sustainable energy production and resource circulation ecosystems.
KOSME specializes in providing youth entrepreneurship services. It offers support for all the stages of the startup lifecycle. it has contents that major programs, entrepreneurship education, practical education for startups, multiple coaching systems focusing on practical business. additional, follow-up supports for graduate companies forovercoming the Death Vally and innovation growth.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Health Care, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 50
- Round size: Seed $74k–$1M; Series A $743k–$37M; Series B $2.6M–$13M
- Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow
Portfolio highlights
- iTNew — iTNew Corp is a company focused on using Web3 and blockchain technologies to drive innovation and create customized digital solutions.
- VivaLabs — VivaLabs is a health tech company that analyzes senior health data with AI technology and implements a personalized exercise prescription system to provide scientific strength training programs.
- Dfinite Inc. — DARVIS 2.0 is an AI-powered data operations platform designed to streamline, automate, and optimize the entire data lifecycle, leveraging advanced machine learning, intelligent analytics, and workflow automation to help enterprises manage, interpret, and act on complex data efficiently, enabling faster decision-making and improved operationalperformance.
Samsung Venture Investment is plays the role of driving the discovery and development of new businesses and technologies.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Health Care
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 134
- Round size: Seed $45k–$4.1M; Series A $1.7M–$28M; Series B $3M–$23M
- Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow
Portfolio highlights
- N.THING — Established in January 2014, N.THING is a Seoul-based Agri-Food tech company leading innovation in agricultural products, by extension, in the farm-to-table food value chain by combining IoT technology and data. It developed the world’s first modular vertical farm ‘CUBE’ which is easy to expand. N.THING CUBE is a modularized farm with massproductivity where a dedicated OS provides the most optimized environment for each crop so as to create maximized efficiency. N.THING is the world’s first smart farming company that won the iF Design Award, Architecture in 2020. Also, it is a winner of Best of Innovation at the CES 2020 for its excellence in technology, which is the first ever in the agricultural field. N.THING is planning to expand its business on a large scale this year after it successfully completes the PoC process in the U.A.E. Our North American branch office located in New York. N.THING hopes to connect people to nature, things to things, people to things, and people to people through IoT technologies by creating Number of Things out of Nothing. .CUBE : CUBE is internet connected modular container vertical farm. It's an ultimate indoor farm which contains LED technology, real time monitoring system through IoT sensors, collected cultivation data, and upgradable software. We deliver the farm of the desired container form to the desired place.SQUARE : SQUARE is modular hydroponic kit. SQUARE can connect each module and share water. Users can connect as many as they want, grow greens and herbs, and make food great themselves. Each Square consists of four Pickcells, which contains special nutrient-rich sponge. With special sponge and hydroponic, it gives the most simple and effective gardening experience.Planty : Planty is the first Internet-connected social pot in the world. Planty gives pleasure to grow plants with your family, friend, and colleague. Planty enables the user to monitor the environmental information on temperature, soil moisture, and ambient light around plants and give water to plants any me or anywhere.Life : Life is a smart gardening journal aimed at the gardening sector. Plant lovers and gardeners are able to record their gardening activities and information and share them through Social Media. The user can easily insert weather data, location data, gardening activities, and plants’ events. Moreover, all the gardening data can be shared through social media.Sikmulsung: Sikmulsung is our show room to explore 'freshness' of our product and service. It is a place for everyone seeking for 'freshness' in visual, in texture, in taste, in flavor or even in atmosphere with, N.THING's in-store farm, exclusively made for Sikmulsung, special F&B's and our end products.
- 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.
- 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
Seoul Business Agency (서울산업통상진흥원) is a Koran startup providing support services for small businesses to increase their efficiency and foster a stable business. The company provides support in the areas of technology, management, human resources, and more.
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- Industry: Information Technology, E-Commerce, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 32
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- Dot Mill — Dot Mill is a mixed reality content production company.
- Foody Worm — Foody Worm is an insect research company that practices and develops ESG and sustainability management through insects.
- Works Mate — Works Mate is a job search matching platform for daily workers in the field of construction and architecture sectors.
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Browse database — It's Free!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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- Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 84
- Round size: Seed $371k–$2.5M; Series A $1M–$7M
- Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% 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 — Next Generation Dental Lab Service
- 276 Holdings — 276 Holdings is a finance company that offers corporate financial service flow and a new flow of trade receivables value to companies.
Smilegate Investment, founded in 1999 originally as MVP Capital, is a venture capital and private equity firm that grows remarkably alongside invested companies. Since initial venture capital funding in 2000, the firm has since organized and managed more than 30 venture capital and private equity funds and has invested in more than 200 companieswith promising growth potential.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
- Stage:Series B, Series A, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Vietnam
Investor stats
- Total investments: 255
- Round size: Seed $694k–$6.6M; Series A $1M–$11M; Series B $3.4M–$35M
- Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow
Portfolio highlights
- AstralQ — AstralQ builds an AI-powered end-to-end materials development cloud lab. It develops Machine-learned Hamiltonian models for large-scale electronic structure computations and Machine-learned Force Field models trained on proprietary DFT datasets. The company operates an automated inorganic synthesis lab to validate AI predictions through physicalexperiments.
- GGWP — We provide game developers the tools to create more positive experience for their players
- WIRobotics — My First-Ever Robot
Stonebridge capital, Stonebridge ventures, Specializing in Venture Capital, Private Equity Fund Management
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Mobile
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
- Geography: South Korea, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 158
- Round size: Series A $743k–$10M; Series B $743k–$15M; Series C $743k–$33M
- Lead/follow: 34% lead, 66% 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.
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- Playtag — Playtag operates an AI-based platform that uses behavioral analytics for early childhood education. The company develops learning tools for infants and toddlers and provides systems for kindergartens and daycare centers. These systems support the use of data-driven methods in teaching and classroom activities.
Venture Capital firm in Korea. We are interested in early-stage investment in gaming, healthcare/biotech, IT services and high technology companies.
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- Industry: Software, Gaming, Biotechnology
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Russian Federation
Investor stats
- Total investments: 108
- Round size: Seed $1k–$3M; Series A $3k–$7.8M
- Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Deeply — Deeply is a sound AI specialized in the unmanned surveillance industry. It also develops AI voice analysis technology designed to analyze non-verbal sounds and extract information. They serve city surveillance, infrastructure, military, rail, air, and port systems.
- StudioBside — StudioBside is a mobile game developer based in Korea.
- AWESOME Entertainment — AWESOME Entertainment is a media and digital content company that provides YouTube content production, influencer and MCN management, advertising and branded content creation, and media commerce services. The comapny supports brands with campaign planning, viral video production, and distribution across multiple social platforms, while alsooffering production outsourcing and partnership services to maximize audience reach and engagement.
LB Investment is one of the top VCs in Korea. LB invests in diverse industries ranging from Technology and Contents to Bio and healthcare
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- Industry: Health Care, E-Commerce, Software
- Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
- Geography: South Korea, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 150
- Round size: Series A $3M–$36M; Series B $5.2M–$42M; Series C $7.4M–$50M
- Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% 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.
- Nventric — Nventric is a medical device company that develops core products for neurovascular, coronary heart, and peripheral vascular applications.
- The SMC Group — The SMC Group is a social marketing company.
Lotte Ventures is a venture capital firm that is based in South Korea.
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- 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.
DS Asset Management is a firm that invests in listed companies and venture firms.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Medical, E-Commerce
- Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 96
- Round size: Series A $2k–$12M; Series B $4.5M–$29M; Series C $4.2M–$51M
- Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow
Portfolio highlights
- IMBiologics — IMBiologics is a biotechnology company that develops immunomodulatory antibody drugs for physiological balance.
- Labrador Labs —
- Olive International — Olive International is an operator of lifestyle brands intended to develop and grow a targeting brand.
ENSL Partners is an investment accelerator firm that invests in startup companies.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Pet, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Convertible Note
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 32
- Round size: Seed $74k–$1.1M
- Lead/follow: 53% lead, 47% 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.
- BigTech Plus — BigTech Plus is a real estate information based fintech company.
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TS Investment is an investment company.
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- Industry: Health Care, Manufacturing, Pharmaceutical
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 101
- Round size: Series A $1.7M–$16M; Series B $4.5M–$22M
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Upvalue — Upvalue is a data-based real estate auction solution company.
- mangrove — mangrove is a real estate and rental services provider.
- Data Alliance — Data Alliance is an AI infrastructure company providing GPU cloud services through a distributed computing platform. It enables businesses and researchers to access scalable, high-performance computing resources for AI model training, data processing, and advanced analytics, helping reduce costs and accelerate development of machine learning andAI-driven applications.
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 KakaoInvestment strives to foster a virtuous circle with in the venture environment by facilitating M&As and IPOs.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 55
- Round size: Seed $743k–$20M; Series A $1.8M–$12M
- Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% 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.
- Tommoro Robotics — Tommoro Robotics is an AI robotics company spun out from Seoul National University, developing Robot Foundation Models (RFM) for humanoid robots. It builds the HABILIS platform enabling robots to understand language, perceive environments, and perform tasks autonomously. The company focuses on Physical AI, aiming to create scalable humanoidworkforce solutions for real-world industrial and service applications.
- Adrock Adverttainment — Adrock Adverttainment is a mobile application for drivers' license test.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 90
- Round size: Seed $743k–$4.5M; Series A $2.2M–$19M; Series B $3M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow
Portfolio highlights
- KB-Element — KB-Element is a graphene development and production company that also turns graphene into intermediate items and novel materials.
- ActionPower — ActionPower is an AI-based startup company that offers speech recognition and natural language processing technology services.
- Automata — Automata creates AI-powered tools like AI agents and smart integrations that simplify how teams plan, communicate, and work. The company solves business problems by enabling AI to build, manage, and evolve software workflows while humans guide the AI to deliver real value.Automata provides industry-tailored AI solutions
KEB Hana Bank provides commercial banking services.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, Vietnam, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 48
- Round size: Seed $639k–$2.2M; Series A $1.5M–$13M; Series B $5.9M–$12M
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Dunamu — Dunamu owns and operates a digital asset exchange (UPbit), two investment exchange platforms (Stockplus and U-Stockplus), and an equity management platform (Onboard). UPbit is a cryptocurrency exchange platform with presence in Korea, Indonesia, Thailand, and Singapore. Stockplus is a securities information/trading platform with an activepartnership with 11 broker-dealers. U-Stockplus is an OTC platform providing a trading service for private companies. Onboard helps private companies manage equity electronically for their shareholders.
- Samsung Electronics — Discover the latest in electronic & smart appliance technology with Samsung. Find the next big thing from smartphones & tablets to laptops & tvs & more.
- Lotte Engineering & Construction — Lotte Engineering & Construction is a construction company that constructs apartments, hotels, roads, bridges, and plants.
POSTECH Venture Capital Corporation(POSTECH VC) was founded and financed by POSCO to participate in SME(small and medium enterprise) Revitalization Policy in 1997 for the National Economy Restoration.We seek investment opportunities in diverse markets including Information Technologies, Advanced Materials, Bio Technologies, Renewable Energy,and Life Sciences.And we are to accelerate the commercialization of the valuable technologies from POSTECH(Pohang University of Science and Technology), RIST(Research institute of Industrial Science and Technology), and other institutes in Korea. More than 200 professors in POSTECH help POSTECH VC evaluate the technologiesPOSTECH VC is comprised of a team consisted of experienced venture capitalists who has previous experiences in successful startups, consulting firms, and executive management.We are currently investing from our several funds and manage over 60 billion Won.Our recent primary investment focus is on high growth opportunities in renewable energy such as bio-diesel and photovoltaic technologies.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 35
- Round size: Series A $1.7M–$5.5M; Series B $2.6M–$44M
- Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
Portfolio highlights
- TESOLLO — TESOLLO develops robot and motion presenter products.
- Wayne Hills Bryant AI — Wayne Hills is developing an algorithm that extracts dictionary meanings from text and voice data with AI technology and automatically converts them into digital content by combining images, animations, and sound effects that match them.
- NaraSpace Technology — NaraSpace Technology specializes in the design, development, integration, and testing of CubeSats and small space systems.
As a responsible and long-term partner, they aim to make various constructive contributions to portfolio companies.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 126
- Round size: Series A $2.1M–$26M; Series B $5.2M–$117M; Series C $7.4M–$87M
- Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023
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.
- Solivis — Solivis is the manufacturer of solid-state batteries designed for next-generation battery packs. The company's product is used as a secondary battery for electric vehicles and has developed a wet synthesis method that can mass-produce a sulfide-based solid electrolyte with homogeneous high ionic conductivity, enabling clients to significantlyimprove productivity by reducing process costs and shortening the synthesis time.
- Cenyx Biotech — Cenyx Biotech develops diagnostic and therapeutic nano-compounds formed based on nanozymes and nanoparticles.
Innopolis Partners LLC. is a LLC-type venture capital firm in Korea. Partners of Innopolis Partners are former CEO or Representative Fund Manager of leading venture capital firms, such as Korea Technology Investment, STIC Investment, LG Venture Capital, KTB Network. “Innopolis No. 1 Fund” managed by Innopolis Partners is specialized for hi-techstartups in the Daedeok Innopolis complex. Daedeok Innopolis complex is set up based on former Daedeok R&D complex where most of major national R&D institutes, including ETRI, KAITST, KAERI, KRIBB, are located.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Health Care
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 108
- Round size: Seed $1k–$11M; Series A $2k–$11M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
Portfolio highlights
- EMX — EMX is a content production company focused on delivering narrative expression through visual art. It utilizes deep learning-based digital twin technology to develop virtual environments for large-scale content creation, providing visual effects (VFX) companies with end-to-end technical support across concept design, key visuals, previsualization,and production. The platform enables users to trade perpetual swaps and futures across crypto, commodities, forex, and equity markets using digital assets as collateral.
- Arobot — Arobot creates robots with HRI-based behavior patterns, allowing consumers to embrace robots more readily and organically.
- Cure Stream — Cure Stream specializes in developing autonomous artificial pancreas system based on AI hormone injection decision algorithm.
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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- Industry: Information Technology, Manufacturing, Software
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 108
- Round size: Seed $594k–$4.5M; Series A $1.9M–$8.2M; Series B $3.7M–$39M
- Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Uniqconn — Uniqconn is a telecommunication company that offers wireless and mechanical interference services.
- Enhans — Viralpick provides IT services for organizations including data analysis, automation, acquisition, and advertising services.
- Coxwave — Coxwave provides product analytics and observability for AI applications. The Skylight platform instruments LLM prompts, responses, context, and user interactions via SDKs and ingestion APIs. It aggregates metrics such as quality, latency, token usage, and cost, and presents dashboards to monitor trends and detect regressions. Teams use it tocollect human feedback, build evaluation datasets, and compare prompt or model variants before and after releases. Tracing links events across sessions and workflows, helping correlate outcomes with inputs and application state. Integrations connect to common LLM providers, orchestration frameworks, and data pipelines, allowing data to flow into existing analytics stacks and workflows.
Korea Technology Finance Corporation is a South Korea-based fund for small and medium enterprises.
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- Industry: Software, Manufacturing, Medical
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, Russian Federation
Investor stats
- Total investments: 88
- Round size: Seed $1k–$4.1M; Series A $2k–$7.4M; Series B $7k–$15M
- Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Leecell — Leecell is a solar cell manufacturing company that produces organic and perovskite thin‑film photovoltaic cells.
- Elevenliter — Eleven Liter operates Lipet, an online health check solution for companion animals.
- Intergravity — Intergravity is a company that is developing orbital transportation technologies to support the future of in-space activity. Intergravity is to enable a space environment in which mobility, service, and logistics are seamlessly integrated, creating the framework for long-term operations beyond Earth.
Korean alternative asset investment firm
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
- Stage:Series B, Series A
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 203
- Round size: Series A $3M–$80M; Series B $5.2M–$59M
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $25M in 2016
Portfolio highlights
- MediBloc — MediBloc is a decentralized healthcare information ecosystem built on blockchain technology for patients, healthcare providers, and researchers.MediBloc provides data I/O control(core) and interfaces(service) for 3rd party applications & services. On top of MediBloc platform, all kinds of services using medical data can be implemented.This new healthcare information system with unprecedented possibility will bring a revolutionary movement in global healthcare.
- HurayPositive — HurayPositive (휴레이포지티브) is a healthcare and wellness innovation-focused company based in Seoul, Korea. The company provides mHealth, PHR, PWR, and genome- and analysis-related healthcare and wellness services, as well as gamification, SNS consulting, user interface, and experience development-related IT convergence services.HurayPositive wasestablished on April 6, 2010.
- Ohouse — No.1 Interior Onestop Platform
POSCO Capital offers financial services.
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- Industry: Software, Manufacturing, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 84
- Round size: Seed $149k–$5M; Series A $1.1M–$13M; Series B $3.7M–$11M
- Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow
Portfolio highlights
- HANCOM InSpace — Inspace is an aerospace and geospatial intelligence company specializing in satellite ground systems and AI-based Earth observation services. It develops platforms for processing and analyzing satellite, drone, SAR, optical, and infrared imagery to support defense, environment, and commercial monitoring applications. The company also provides droneoperation systems and space data solutions, turning complex geospatial data into actionable intelligence for government and enterprise users.
- Mobilint — Mobilint provides integrated sensor fusion and deep learning SoC solutions.
- Rebellions — AI chip architects are often inattentive to advanced deep learning features and requirements because they believe software stacks between their silicon and algorithms can provide effective abstract layers. We disagree. We do not think such naively designed chips can efficiently utilize expensive custom silicon resources. The more native hardwaresupports are enabled, the higher performance is achieved.Rebellions Inc is building genuine AI accelerators by bi-directionally bridging the gap between underlying silicon architectures and deep learning algorithms. We push algorithm boundaries to better exploit silicon budgets, while re-architecting AI processors to incorporate sophisticated deep learning features through silicon-dedicated DL kernels.Our goal is to deliver a domain-specific AI processor along with its optimized software. This approach, together with our unique decentralized programming model, will enable customers to arm with the most powerful yet energy-efficient AI hardware as well as seamless integration.
NH Investment & Securities engages in wealth management, investment banking, trading, and equity sales businesses in South Korea and internationally. It operates through Sales, Investment Bank, and Trading segments. The Sales segment offers asset management services, such as brokerage consignment, financial instrument sales, etc. toindividuals, and domestic or foreign institutional investors. The Investment Bank segment provides corporate finance services, including corporate finance, M&A, PF, PEF operation, etc. The Trading segment is involved in stocks and bonds operations, product operations, the supply of derivatives, and capital investment activities. Woori Investment & Securities that began operation in 1969 became NH Investment & Securities in December 2014, with its headquarters in Seoul in South Korea.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical
- Stage:Series B, Series C, Series A
- Geography: South Korea, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 59
- Round size: Series A $3k–$25M; Series B $2.8M–$18M; Series C $13M–$45M
- Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Korean Air — Korean Air provides passenger air transportation, air cargo logistics, and related travel services through scheduled and charter flight operations. The company transports passengers between international and domestic destinations and manages ticketing, reservations, and in-flight services through its digital platforms and airport operations. Itscargo division handles freight transportation, including general cargo, special shipments, and charter logistics, and supports shipment tracking and electronic air waybill processing. The company also operates integrated logistics services such as trucking connections that link air routes with ground transport networks for cargo delivery. In addition, Korean Air runs programs that allow cargo customers to measure and reduce transportation-related carbon emissions through the use of sustainable aviation fuel initiatives.
- WIRobotics — My First-Ever Robot
- Estech Pharma — Estech Pharma is a raw material pharmaceutical company.
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