Top 50 Life Science Startup Investors in South Korea (June 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Medytox Venture Investment
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea | Series A, Series B, Series C | Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical, Medical | $3k–$44M |
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Coolidge Corner Investment
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, Belgium | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Manufacturing, Health Care | $223k–$11M |
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BSK Investment
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea | Series A, Series B, Series C | Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical | $2.7M–$60M |
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SJ Investment Partners
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, Hong Kong, United States | Series A, Series B, Seed | Biotechnology, Manufacturing, Medical | $371k–$29M |
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Boditech Med
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea | Seed, Series A | Life Science, Biotechnology, Bioinformatics | |
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HG Initiative
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States | Seed, Series A, Series B | Biotechnology, Health Care, Apps | $6k–$5.2B |
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Aju IB Investment
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, Japan | Series A, Series B, Series C | Biotechnology, Health Care, Therapeutics | |
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Kakao Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, Indonesia | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $297k–$27M |
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UTC Investment Co.
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, Japan | Series A, Series B | Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical | $2M–$20M |
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Korea Technology Finance Corporation
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, Russian Federation | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Manufacturing, Medical | $1k–$13M |
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Mirae Asset Venture Investment
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, India | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, Biotechnology, Information Technology | $12k–$77M |
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Quantum Ventures Korea
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States | Series A, Series B | Software, Biotechnology, Information Technology | $1.5M–$30M |
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Devsisters Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, Russian Federation | Series A, Seed | Software, Gaming, Biotechnology | $1k–$7.4M |
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Series Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, Singapore | Seed, Series A | Manufacturing, Health Care, Biotechnology | $74k–$4.5M |
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Yuhan Corporation
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea | Series B, Series C, Corporate Round | Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical | $2k–$40B |
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QUAD Investment Management
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States, Japan | Series A, Series B, Series C | Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical | $743k–$80M |
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Cytogen
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea | Series A | Life Science, Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical | |
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Time Folio Asset Management
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States | Series B, Series C, Series A | Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical, Health Care | $4.8M–$33M |
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BNH Investment
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States | Series A, Series B | Biotechnology, Medical, Pharmaceutical | $7k–$20M |
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L&S Venture Capital
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States, Israel | Series A, Series B, Seed | Information Technology, Manufacturing, Software | $594k–$37M |
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Korea Omega Investment
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, Vietnam, United States | Series A, Series B, Seed | Health Care, Biotechnology, Therapeutics | $5k–$59M |
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Neoflux
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States | Series A, Series B | Software, Apps, Information Technology | $3k–$10M |
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Industrial Bank of Korea
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States, China | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence | $149k–$29M |
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Timepolio Asset Management
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States, Russian Federation | Series A, Series B, Seed | Biotechnology, Health Care, Manufacturing | $9k–$25M |
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JX Partners
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea | Series A, Series C, Series B | Biotechnology, Health Care, Biopharma | $5.9M–$33M |
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KB Securities
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States, China | Series B, Series A | Software, Health Care, Information Technology | $1.6M–$22M |
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Center for Creative Economy and Innovation
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea | Seed, Series A | Health Care, Manufacturing, Information Technology | $22k–$1.5M |
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Korea Investment Partners
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States, China | Series A, Series B, Seed | Information Technology, Biotechnology, Health Care | $743k–$50M |
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Quad Asset Management
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States | Series A, Series B, Series C | Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical, Medical | $7k–$42M |
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P&I Investment
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea | Series A | Music, Content, Health Care | $7.4M–$36M |
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Shinhan Venture Investment
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States, Japan | Series B, Series A | Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical | $2.6M–$55M |
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Synergy IB Investment
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea | Series A, Series B, Seed | Health Care, Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical | $12k–$10M |
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Nice Investment Partners
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, Japan | Series A, Series B, Seed | Health Care, Information Technology, Software | $1k–$22M |
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STIC Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States, Vietnam | Series A, Series B | Biotechnology, Software, Health Care | $2M–$46M |
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Ulmus Investment
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United Kingdom | Series A, Series B, Series C | Biotechnology, Therapeutics, Manufacturing | $3k–$63M |
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ActnerLab
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States, Japan | Seed, Angel | Health Care, Medical, Medical Device | $37k–$111k |
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Company K Partners
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States, Gibraltar | Series A, Series B | Biotechnology, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence | |
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Future Science and Technology Holdings
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States | Seed, Series A | Health Care, Biotechnology, Food and Beverage | $297k–$3.7M |
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Yozma Group
VC Fund
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1 | Israel, United States, Australia | Series B, Seed | Health Care, Medical, Software | |
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Yuanta Investment
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam | Series B, Series C, Series A | Financial Services, Information Technology, E-Commerce | |
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Stick Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea | Series B, Series A | Biotechnology, Information Technology, Pharmaceutical | |
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The Wells Investment
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea | Series A, Series B, Series C | Health Care, Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence | $2.2M–$15M |
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Kolon Investment
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, Indonesia, United States | Series A, Series B | Biotechnology, Software, Pharmaceutical | |
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Ost Investment
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea | Series A, Seed | Biotechnology, Health Care, Therapeutics | |
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Daekyo Investment
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, Hong Kong | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, Mobile Apps, Information Technology | |
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G.N. Tech Venture
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States | Series B, Series A, Series C | Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical, Health Care | |
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Kiwoom Investment
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States, Japan | Series B, Series A | Information Technology, Software, Biotechnology | $1.2M–$22M |
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Mirae Asset Capital
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States, India | Series B, Series A, Series C | Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical | $6k–$255M |
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HB Investment
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States, Vietnam | Series B, Series A | Biotechnology, Software, Health Care | |
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Meritz Securities
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, China | Series C, Series A, Series B | Medical, Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical | $3k–$37M |
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Medytox Venture Investment is a TIPS operator that provides opportunities and supports growth in the healthcare sector.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical, Medical
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 14
- Round size: Series A $3k–$16M; Series B $4k–$44M; Series C $13M–$19M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Nex Eye — Nex Eye is a start-up that develops first-in-class antibodies targeting refractory factors of immuno-oncology drugs.
- Dime Bio — Dime Bio is a drug development company for novel dementia treatments.
- Inventera Pharmaceuticals — Inventera Pharmaceutical is a biotechnology company that specializes in the development of imaging diagnostic contrast agents.
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: 109
- Round size: Seed $223k–$1.5M; Series A $891k–$5M; Series B $4.5M–$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.
- Relay — Relay is a second-hand market solution that provides technology, logistics, and operational solutions required for the used business.
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BSK Investment is a private equity investment company that invests in unlisted companies.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 37
- Round size: Series A $3M–$60M; Series B $2.7M–$25M; Series C $13M–$20M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
Portfolio highlights
- ProtoPie — Prototyping interactions as easy as pie ProtoPie is an easy but powerful software that allows designers and engineers to plan, communicate, and demonstrate an interactive mobile product. Build a sophisticated prototype without any coding, but leveraging all the native mobile device features. The powerful capabilities are already recognized andadopted by the global top brands and such as Google, Microsoft, R/GA, and Ideo.
- Connecteve — Connective is a robotics company that develops artificial intelligence-based artificial joint surgery robots.
- BOS Semiconductors — Driving the Future of Automotive, BOS Semiconductors
SJ Investment Partners is a venture capital firm that invests in the IT and biotechnology industries.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Manufacturing, Medical
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, Hong Kong, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 64
- Round size: Seed $371k–$2.3M; Series A $1.5M–$13M; Series B $4M–$29M
- Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Deaver — Deaver is an app for delivery management services.
- Tripbtoz — Play Share Stay
- Aniitzworld — Aniitzworld is a South Korea-based foodtech startup behind the AnyEats platform (anyeats.co.kr). It builds AI-powered unmanned food retail systems like vending machines, smart kiosks, and automated cafes that operate. The company focuses on HMR/RMR solutions, providing convenient meals in places like campuses, hospitals, and offices. Its techintegrates inventory management, demand forecasting, and smart distribution to expand “eat anytime, anywhere” food access.
Boditech Med provides reliable In-Vitro Diagnostic Solutions for everyone at anywhere, and anytime.
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- Industry: Life Science, Biotechnology, Bioinformatics
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Leobio — Leobio is a biotechnology company that provides antibiotic alternatives based on bacteriophages.
- TSD Life Sciences — TSD Life Sciences is a bio company that provides clinical research services to defeat cancer through research and development.
HGI runs an impact-driven business, seeking to address diverse social issues through sustainable innovations.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 33
- Round size: Seed $297k–$7.7M; Series A $6k–$7.4M; Series B $4M–$5.2B
- Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow
Portfolio highlights
- ASWEMAKE — ASWEMAKE is a shopping app that delivers groceries.
- CastingN — CastingN is a B2B trading platform that helps companies outsource.
- Glovv — Glovv is a short-form beauty content development platform.
Aju IB Investment is a venture capital firm that offers SMEs with investments and consulting services.Aju IB Investment offers consulting services that focus on business management, tax, accounting, legal, mergers and acquisitions, additional funding, marketing, and technology support.Aju IB Investment was founded in September 1974 and is basedin Seoul, South Korea.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Therapeutics
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 106
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Gangnam Unni — Gangnam Unni is in the field of beauty medical services, helping users choose a treatment and a plastic surgery hospital. The difficulty of navigating the process of seeking medical treatment and choosing a hospital continues to persist. Kangnam Unni recognizes the need for change and firmly believes that a combination of transparent medicalinformation and an IT platform can foster a consumer-oriented medical service market. Their ultimate goal is to challenge negative perceptions surrounding plastic surgery and spearhead a significant transformation in the beauty and medical service industries.The Gangnam Unni team is dedicated to innovation, fueled by an unwavering desire to provide exceptional beauty and medical services. With the aim of assisting individuals in selecting a suitable hospital, they have amassed an impressive database of one million user reviews. Additionally, their efforts to promote transparency in medical information have garnered the support of 3,000 subscribers through Gangnam Sister. Furthermore, their mobile application has facilitated hospital consultations for a staggering 3.8 million individuals, resulting in 1.6 million successful cases.As the team continuously clarifies its mission and forges ahead with determination, its collective strength and resolve only grow stronger. Kangnam Unni remains committed to revolutionizing the healthcare industry, ensuring that individuals receive the highest quality of care and a positive experience throughout their medical journeys.
- Healing Paper — Healing Paper is a mobile healthcare and information technology company.
- Kovis Technology — Kovis Technology is a manufacturer of measurement and inspection equipment intended for global semiconductor and electronic industries.
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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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 297
- Round size: Seed $297k–$4.6M; Series A $817k–$14M; Series B $3M–$27M
- Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $9.6M in 2012
Portfolio highlights
- Jaranda — One-on-one child-oriented play sitter / learning sheeter for working parents and children's happiness.
- Moyo — Moyo is a phone plan comparison platform that recommends all communication products.
- Vivid Health — Vivid Health is a platform that provides obesity treatment management services. It provides a convenient platform for users to easily access reviews on obesity medicine products by their specific ingredients.
Since its incorporation in 1988, UTC Investment has been implementing and developing private equity investments with deep roots in buyout area, diversified human resources, and an impressive track record as a leading global investment firm.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 112
- Round size: Series A $2.2M–$13M; Series B $2M–$20M
- Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Cureverse — Cureverse operates a pharmaceutical research and development company for the treatment of encephalopathy and oncology diseases. The company focuses on creating remedies for challenging brain conditions like dementia, thereby assisting healthcare professionals in enhancing human well-being and overall quality of life.
- Pebble Square — Pebble Square's new Processing-In-Memory (PIM) architecture is a significant advancement for AI performance and power efficiency.
- AD System — AD System focuses on the development, manufacturing, sales and repairing of drones and other unmanned aerial vehicles.
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: 66
- Round size: Seed $1k–$5.4M; Series A $2k–$7.4M; Series B $1k–$13M
- Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow
Portfolio highlights
- AIRS Medical — AIRS Medical's AI-powered platform reduces MRI scan times by up to 50%, improves image quality, and delivers deeper clinical insights. Trusted by 1,700+ institutions across 40+ countries.
- 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.
- AIRS Inc. — AIRS is at the forefront of advancing orthopedic surgery, setting the stage for the future with its innovative surgical platforms. The company is preparing for the next era in surgical technology, known as SURGERY 4.0. By leading the way with cutting-edge solutions, AIRS aims to transform orthopedic procedures, enhance precision, and redefinestandards in surgical care.
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- Industry: Software, Biotechnology, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 236
- Round size: Seed $12k–$12M; Series A $1.2M–$31M; Series B $3.7M–$77M
- Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- RLWRLD — RLWRLD specializes in "Physical AI" by creating robotics foundation models (RFMs) designed to enable robots to function autonomously in real-world environments.
- Jai Kisan — Jai Kisan provides Instant credit options for rural India. Trusted by farmers, retailers, and businesses. Instant Credit & supply chain financing Apply for Credit Now!
- EPD Biotherapeutics — EPDBio is a platform technology-based biotech company that provides research and product development services.
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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- Industry: Software, Biotechnology, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 61
- Round size: Series A $1.5M–$16M; Series B $5.5M–$30M
- Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $34M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Amogy — Amogy develops a novel carbon-free energy storage system using ammonia as a fuel, exhibiting unprecedented energy density
- Qunova Computing, Inc. — Quantum computing based computing innovations for new materials and drug discovery, and advanced technology solution consulting services.
- TEN Inc — TEN Inc. provides an MLops platform (AI workload orchestration) for efficient operation of AI infrastructure.
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: 104
- Round size: Seed $1k–$3M; Series A $3k–$7.4M
- Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Karis Bio — Karis Bio develops innovative cell therapy for cardiovascular disease.
- StudioBside — StudioBside is a mobile game developer based in Korea.
- Beyond Honeycomb — Beyond Honeycomb is a food-tech company developing an AI-driven kitchen robot solution. Our AI Chef reproduces the texture and taste of the world-class chef’s dish at the molecular level.
Series Ventures is an investment company for the beauty care, engineering, healthcare, social platform, and enterprise sectors.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Health Care, Biotechnology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: South Korea, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 61
- Round size: Seed $74k–$1.6M; Series A $2.4M–$4.5M
- Lead/follow: 61% lead, 39% follow
Portfolio highlights
- XYZ — LoungeLAB is a Retail-tech startup that augments space with technology, using the state-of-the-art technologies such as AI and Robotics technology. LoungeLAB focuses on enhancing the product value and services, and we develop in the field rather than on the desk. We Invent Everyday Technology for All.
- ROBOS — Robos is a hybrid robot system built by evaluating biological object vision data using Lidar Vision and Open CV-based Object Detection. By combining self-developed biomaterial machine vision technology and robot technology, it intends to expand into a company that delivers core services to diverse industrial sites such as manufacturing, food, andmedical.
- DMS Chemical — DMS Chemical is a start-up headquartered in manufacturing that produces high-purity sodium silicate. Although sodium silicate has a wide range of applications and is in high demand, all low-quality raw materials in Korea are imported from China and used exclusively for industrial reasons such as steel, building, and paper manufacturing.
Yuhan Co, Ltd. is a South Korean pharmaceutical and chemical company.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical
- Stage:Series B, Series C, Corporate Round
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 16
- Round size: Series B $13M–$40B; Series C $7.3M–$32M; Corporate Round $2k–$12M
- Lead/follow: 44% lead, 56% follow
Portfolio highlights
- J INTS BIO — J INTS BIO is a biotechnology company focused on the research and development of anticancer drugs and orphan medicines. The company develops targeted therapies for conditions such as non-small cell lung cancer and solid tumors.
- Progen — Progene is an R&D-focused biopharmaceutical development venture that has maintained continuous collaboration and partnerships with the top pharmaceutical companies. Progene’s platform technology is a multi-target fusion protein technology, and it aims to discover various new drug candidates using this technology and create value and achievecontinuous growth through joint development or external technology transfer.
- Kim Cell & Gene — Kimcell & Gene is creating antibody treatments that target resistance.
Established in 2009, QUAD is an independent investment manager overseeing approximately US$1.0 billion in equity assets (as of June 2019). Our clients range from institutional clients such as pension funds, endowments and family offices to individual parents and their children. All investment managers and key management being equity partners of thefirm, QUAD members are significant investors in the company, which we believe aligns our goals with the interests of our clients.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 20
- Round size: Series A $743k–$8M; Series B $4M–$80M; Series C $17M–$75M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
Portfolio highlights
- HoneyNaps — Connected Family through Digital Healthcare.Beginning in 2015, HoneyNaps began to develop the element technology for monitoring Bio-signal and completed the platform launch. In order to derive full-cycle bio-signal management & the disease prediction model.
- NeoCannBio — NeoCannBio provides natural product processing facilities for generating new medications derived from natural goods and built a cannabinoid library of hemp, and medical cannabis.
- Vedanta Biosciences — Vedanta Biosciences is a developer of immunotherapies designed to treat immune-mediated and infectious diseases. The company's immunotherapies include a suite of proprietary assays to select pharmacologically potent strains, vast proprietary datasets from human interventional studies, and facilities for cGMP-compliant manufacturing ofrationally-defined bacterial consortia in powder form, enabling physicians to access live bacteria drug to treat autoimmune and inflammatory diseases easily.It was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Cytogen, Inc., a biotechnology company, develops and sells CTC enrichment systems for cancer diagnosis and treatment in South Korea. It offers Smart Biopsy, an automated CTC enrichment system from blood sample; and cell isolators, IF stainers, cell image analyzers, time laps analyzers, isolation kits, and culture kits. The company was founded in2010 and is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.
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- Industry: Life Science, Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical
- Stage:Series A
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Wellmarker Bio — Their Company has developed a biomarker-based cancer drugs based on accumulated developmental experience and know-how. They have a new drug development institute including synthetic and bio-research and management support center.Utilizing R&D infrastructure from Asan Medical Center in Seoul Republic of Korea they are focusing on developingnew drugs that overcome resistance of existing therapeutic approaches.Additionally they are focusing on developing first-in-class biomarker-based drugs for medical unmet needs in various cancers such as colon cancer, lung cancer and liver cancer.
- TSD Life Sciences — TSD Life Sciences is a bio company that provides clinical research services to defeat cancer through research and development.
Time Folio Asset Management
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical, Health Care
- Stage:Series B, Series C, Series A
- Geography: South Korea, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 16
- Round size: Series A $4.8M–$26M; Series B $11M–$27M; Series C $11M–$33M
- Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Monday OFF — MondayOFF is a mobile games developer and publisher specialized in Hypercasual games. With creativity and constantly evolving methods, we aim to launch your game to the top of the charts and build a worldwide audience to enjoy your games.
- IVIM Technology — Global No.1 solution provider of IntraVital Microscopy
- Point2 Technology — We Develop Innovative, Ultra-Low Power Connectivity SoCs Point2 Technology cloud-optimized range of high-speed SoCs and reference design platforms accelerate deployment of next generation data centers and 5G infrastructure.
BNH Investment is an investment company for bio and healthcare sectors.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Medical, Pharmaceutical
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 21
- Round size: Series A $7k–$13M; Series B $5.9M–$20M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Mustbio — MustBio is a biotechnology company that leverages multi-antibody technology to develop therapeutics primarily in the field of immuno-oncology. The company was founded in 2021 and is based in Seoul, South Korea.
- Portrai — Portrai leverages cutting-edge spatial transcriptomics to reveal unprecedented biological insights, transforming target discovery into transformative therapies.
- LabInCube — LabInCube develops inCube materials capable of selective drug release, sustained release, and supporting complex raw materials.
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: 103
- Round size: Seed $594k–$4.7M; Series A $1.4M–$8.2M; Series B $2M–$37M
- Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Ettifos — Ettifos provides flexible, reliable, and innovative V2X solutions to enable communication between all stakeholders on the road.
- Uniqconn — Uniqconn is a telecommunication company that offers wireless and mechanical interference services.
- Coxwave — Coxwave provides product analytics and observability for AI applications. The Skylight platform instruments LLM prompts, responses, context, and user interactions via SDKs and ingestion APIs. It aggregates metrics such as quality, latency, token usage, and cost, and presents dashboards to monitor trends and detect regressions. Teams use it tocollect human feedback, build evaluation datasets, and compare prompt or model variants before and after releases. Tracing links events across sessions and workflows, helping correlate outcomes with inputs and application state. Integrations connect to common LLM providers, orchestration frameworks, and data pipelines, allowing data to flow into existing analytics stacks and workflows.
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Browse database — It's Free!Korea Omega Investment Finance is a private equity and venture capital firm
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- Industry: Health Care, Biotechnology, Therapeutics
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, Vietnam, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 23
- Round size: Seed $743k–$1.6M; Series A $3.3M–$22M; Series B $5k–$59M
- Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow
Portfolio highlights
- ActionFit — ActionFit is a video game company with expertise in developing and publishing video games for the mobile platform.
- MilieMoon — Demi-fine Jewelry for Finer Taste.
- CrossPoint Therapeutics — CrossPoint Therapeutics is a therapeutics company that specializes in drug development by using Stealth-Body with antibody source technology.
Neoflux is a venture capital firm based in Seoul, South Korea.
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- Industry: Software, Apps, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Series A $1.7M–$7.4M; Series B $3k–$10M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Grip — Grip is a mobile application that offers to sell products, update stories, go online and chat communication to sellers.
- Thingsflow — Thingsflow is a chatbot that engages in the development and operation of the character chatbot brand Hellobot.
- Novelty Nobility — Novelty Nobility Inc. is a private biotech company. They are currently focused on the research of novel angiogenesis targets and develop antibody-based therapeutics in ophthalmology and oncology, where angiogenesis plays a key pathogenic role.In ophthalmology, Novelty Nobility first discovered a novel angiogenesis target, Stem Cell Factor(SCF)and c-KIT, which was initially known for its engagement with proliferation and survival of primitive hematopoietic stem cells for a couple of past decades. We believe that anti-SCF/c-KIT could effectively address the unmet medical needs, mostly caused by inherent limitations of anti-VEGFs, in terms of treatment efficacy and long-term safety. Our target discovery is widely and strongly patent-protected in US/KOR and the lead pipeline, NN2101(a full-human monoclonal antibody), is currently under preclinical development.
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, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 209
- Round size: Seed $149k–$8.3M; Series A $1.7M–$15M; Series B $4.9M–$29M
- Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 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
- Habit Factory — Habit Factory provides financial big data analytics solutions.
- 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.
Timepolio Asset Management is an asset management firm.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Manufacturing
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Russian Federation
Investor stats
- Total investments: 35
- Round size: Seed $2.6M–$7M; Series A $2.4M–$25M; Series B $9k–$18M
- Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
Portfolio highlights
- MediMabBio — Creating therapeutic opportunities for the most serious diseases.
- Meissa — Meissa is a drone-based construction tech startup that provides real-time 3D mapping and modeling.
- Next Level Studio — Next Level Studio is a group of creative experts dedicated to generating new value for intellectual property.
JX Partners is a venture capital firm.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Biopharma
- Stage:Series A, Series C, Series B
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Round size: Series A $5.9M–$7.4M; Series B $8.9M–$11M; Series C $19M–$33M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Curocell — Curocell’s OVIS™ technology enhances immune cells to overcome immune suppression in tumor microenvironments.
- BeyondBio — BeyondBio is a biotechnology firm that specializes in the research and development of synthetic pharmaceutical drugs.
- Polaris3D — Polaris3d offers indoor autonomous navigating solution.
KB Securities is a Financial Services company.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Information Technology
- Stage:Series B, Series A
- Geography: South Korea, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 129
- Round size: Series A $1.6M–$11M; Series B $4.1M–$22M
- Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Freewheelin — Freewheelin is an edtech company developing AI-powered tools to personalize math education. Their platform offers services such as generating homework books, integrating with textbooks, managing student errors, and analyzing performance data to assist educators in course preparation. The company has curated a database of math resources inpartnership with textbook publishers, ensuring teachers can use materials without copyright concerns.
- Autonomous a2z — Autonomous a2z is a driving mobility platform that provides autonomous driving service with judgement, control and recognition technologies.
- Odd Concepts — Odd Concepts provide an wide portfolio of ready to use image recognition and search technology as a cloud based API service. Each customer has different requirements, and they assure ach customer requirement is met by our scientists tuning and combining analysis engines for optimal results.
CCEI is a frontline post of creative economy to create new industries and markets.
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- Industry: Health Care, Manufacturing, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 55
- Round size: Seed $22k–$1.3M; Series A $1.5M–$1.5M
- 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 — Cloud Stone provides delivery services for college students.
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: Information Technology, Biotechnology, Health Care
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 378
- Round size: Seed $743k–$10M; Series A $1.7M–$30M; Series B $2.2M–$50M
- Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $6.7M in 2014
Portfolio highlights
- New Id —
- viAct — viAct optimises construction safety, productivity and environmental compliance. Ensuring higher ESG preposition with AI. Offering services for construction industry of Asia & Europe & operational in China, Singapore, Japan, Australia, Vietnam, Indonesia and Hong Kong.
- Prokarium — Prokarium is pioneering the field of microbial immunotherapy. Our pipeline is designed to unlock the next level of immuno-oncology by building on the most recent advances in cancer immunology. Prokarium’s lead program is focused on transforming the treatment paradigm in bladder cancer by orchestrating immune-driven, long-lasting antitumor effects.
Quad Asset Management is an Investment firm.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical, Medical
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
- Geography: South Korea, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 26
- Round size: Series A $1.5M–$19M; Series B $7k–$42M; Series C $13M–$33M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Mediwhale — Mediwhale develops AI medical devices that analyze retinal images to predict cardiovascular, kidney, and eye disease risks early.
- Illimis Therapeutics — We translate cutting-edge science into innovative medicine
- Prazer Therapeutics — Prazer Therapeutics assists patients suffering from intractable diseases through the use of logical and innovative drug design approaches. They willaccomplished this through the use of new and innovative drug development platforms, such as rational molecular drug design technology and next-generation protein degradation technology.
P&I Investment is a venture capital firm based in South Korea.
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- Industry: Music, Content, Health Care
- Stage:Series A
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Series A $7.4M–$36M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- Novelty Nobility — Novelty Nobility Inc. is a private biotech company. They are currently focused on the research of novel angiogenesis targets and develop antibody-based therapeutics in ophthalmology and oncology, where angiogenesis plays a key pathogenic role.In ophthalmology, Novelty Nobility first discovered a novel angiogenesis target, Stem Cell Factor(SCF)and c-KIT, which was initially known for its engagement with proliferation and survival of primitive hematopoietic stem cells for a couple of past decades. We believe that anti-SCF/c-KIT could effectively address the unmet medical needs, mostly caused by inherent limitations of anti-VEGFs, in terms of treatment efficacy and long-term safety. Our target discovery is widely and strongly patent-protected in US/KOR and the lead pipeline, NN2101(a full-human monoclonal antibody), is currently under preclinical development.
- Contents Technologies — Content Technologies is a content IP-based company builder.
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Browse database — It's Free!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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- Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical
- Stage:Series B, Series A
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 168
- Round size: Series A $2.6M–$55M; Series B $2.8M–$45M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Dnotitia — Dnotitia is a pioneering AI (Artificial Intelligence) company driving innovative value by integrating AI and data. Founded in October 2023, Dnotitia specializes in developing; Seahorse, a high-performance vector database powered by its proprietary Vector Data Processing Units (VDPU), and Mnemos, a cutting-edge service solution for Large LanguageModels (LLMs). The company also leads the development of sLMs (Small Language Models) and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems, crucial for advancing generative AI technologies and positioning itself at the forefront of AI technology.
- Upstage — Upstage AI is an artificial intelligence (AI) startup that helps companies focus on their core businesses.
- Habit Factory — Habit Factory provides financial big data analytics solutions.
Synergy IB Investment specializes in the fields of cost, profitability, analysis, finance, and management.
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- Industry: Health Care, Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Series A $6.2M–$8.9M; Series B $12k–$10M
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Rznomics — This is a biotechnology company founded by professor Lee Sung-wook's lab They are working on the development of gene therapy products for liver cancer through the development of gene therapy products. It was selected by the TIPS program and was recognized for excellence in technology.
- CK Regeon — CK Regeon is a biotechnology company that develops drugs with MOA.
- LyseNTech — LyseNTech is a bacteriophage company that develops antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
NICE Investment Partners is a new technology finance company whose main job is to increase corporate value by discovering and investing in new technology businesses with promising growth, providing various management support, business alliances, and strategic consulting to the invested companies.
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- Industry: Health Care, Information Technology, Software
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 47
- Round size: Seed $1k–$1.7M; Series A $4k–$22M; Series B $5k–$11M
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Nature Loud — Nature Loud is an online store that supplies health and wellness products.
- Vibeon — Vibeon is a data company that provides artificial intelligence services for education.
- Gadget korea — Gadget korea offers data roaming services.
STIC Ventures invests in small and mid-sized venture companies with core technologies and new business models.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Software, Health Care
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Vietnam
Investor stats
- Total investments: 116
- Round size: Series A $2M–$22M; Series B $5.2M–$46M
- Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Wavelord —
- Caring — Caring is a visiting medical treatment facility that offers medical consultation.
- 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.
Ulmus Investment
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Therapeutics, Manufacturing
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
- Geography: South Korea, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 15
- Round size: Series A $3k–$63M; Series B $8.9M–$26M; Series C $6k–$33M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Anipen — ANIPEN (애니펜) is a Korean 3D content development platform that enables enterprises to develop video communication and entertainment platforms.
- Dnotitia — Dnotitia is a pioneering AI (Artificial Intelligence) company driving innovative value by integrating AI and data. Founded in October 2023, Dnotitia specializes in developing; Seahorse, a high-performance vector database powered by its proprietary Vector Data Processing Units (VDPU), and Mnemos, a cutting-edge service solution for Large LanguageModels (LLMs). The company also leads the development of sLMs (Small Language Models) and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems, crucial for advancing generative AI technologies and positioning itself at the forefront of AI technology.
- TeraView — TeraView is the world’s first company devoted to the application of Terahertz light for imaging and spectroscopy. TeraView’s proprietary platform uses the Terahertz spectrum between light and radio waves and offers the advantage of being non-invasive and non-destructive. A key application of the technology is the detection of faults and qualityvariations in semiconductor integrated circuits. In addition, studies have demonstrated how Terahertz uniquely and non invasively provides 3 dimensional structural and chemical information in a diverse range of applications, including weapons/explosives hidden below clothing, the contents of tablets and capsules in the pharmaceutical industry, and other objects normally invisible to conventional detection techniques. Other markets for the technology exist in medical imaging of cancer and industrial inspection which are explored via commercial partners. Headquartered in Cambridge, UK, TeraView was spun-out of the Toshiba Cambridge Research Laboratory in April 2001. Sales and support are available throughout Europe, North America and the Far East either directly or through a network of distributors.
ActnerLab is a venture capital and accelerator that helps hardware, IoT and biotech startups establish their initial foothold and beyond.
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- Industry: Health Care, Medical, Medical Device
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 103
- Round size: Seed $37k–$74k; Angel $74k–$111k
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
Portfolio highlights
- AltMedical — AltMedical is a research institute jointly established with Dong-A University and aims to develop a treatment for Alzheimer's disease.
- Chain Lightning — Chain Lightning is an electric vehicle charging station that provides electric vehicle care payment and charge management services.
- NAiEEL Technology — NAiEEL Technology offers energy and environmental technology solutions.
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 isbased in Gyeonggi-do, South Korea.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Gibraltar
Investor stats
- Total investments: 147
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Qunova Computing, Inc. — Quantum computing based computing innovations for new materials and drug discovery, and advanced technology solution consulting services.
- HydroXpand — HydroXpand is an innovative developer and manufacturer specializing in the design and production of anion exchange membrane (AEM) electrolysis stacks, which are key components in the efficient and sustainable production of hydrogen through water electrolysis.
- Illimis Therapeutics — We translate cutting-edge science into innovative medicine
Future Science and Technology Holdings is an investment company that specializes in technology-based services.
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- Industry: Health Care, Biotechnology, Food and Beverage
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: South Korea, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 31
- Round size: Seed $297k–$1.8M; Series A $1.9M–$3.7M
- Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
Portfolio highlights
- NationA — We are NationA
- Protier Biotech — PROTIER Biotech is a company leading the development of therapeutics through innovative biotechnology .
- Caredoc — CareDoc is an elderly care professional platform that provides information on proven elderly care facilities. Consumers looking for elderly care services were not able to find the information they wanted online or getting inaccurate information through word of mouth.On the other hand, providers of care services were having difficulty incollecting elderly customers. Caredoc solves these problems by providing verified care servise provider information on the mobile.
Yozma earned worldwide recognition as the founder of Israel's VC industry.
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- Industry: Health Care, Medical, Software
- Stage:Series B, Seed
- Geography: Israel, United States, Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 24
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- OP.GG — The Best LoL Champion Builds and Player Stats by OP.GG - Learn champion builds, runes, and counters. Search Riot ID and Tagline for stats of all game modes.
- Illumigyn — Technology that we developed, creating high-resolution digital images with superior magnification that can substantially improve diagnostic accuracy.
- Meat.The End — MTE revolutionizes food production to create desired textures and provides a solution for food companies, by developing novel ingredients and technological solutions that enhance the texture properties of alternative protein products.
A star of private equity market grow up your companies and ascend your potential.
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- Industry: Financial Services, Information Technology, E-Commerce
- Stage:Series B, Series C, Series A
- Geography: South Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam
Investor stats
- Total investments: 35
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- MediMabBio — Creating therapeutic opportunities for the most serious diseases.
- Selta Square — Selta Square is an AI-based drug monitoring company that provides full-cycle drug monitoring solutions using artificial intelligence technology.
- Pin Therapeutics — Pin Therapeutics is founded in Feb 2017, fast growing stage with member composition of 25% in USA and 75% in Korea. Drug discovery leaderships are from global pharma and biotech companies along with talented scientists both in Korea and USA.* Active Focus - PinE3: E3 ligase screening cascade for identifying novel warheads - PinGLUE: Assaycascade for molecular glue degrader screening* Programs - Selective Molecular Glue Degrader (CK1α) - Molecular Glue Degrader Programs (5-6 Undisclosed) - PROTAC Program (1 Undisclosed)
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Browse database — It's Free!Stick Ventures is a venture capital firm based in South Korea that prefers to invest in seed-stage, early-stage, and later-stage companies.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Information Technology, Pharmaceutical
- Stage:Series B, Series A
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 38
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Robros — Robros is constantly creating technology to break through the barrier between people and robots in order to build a world in which everyone in the service industry can live a physically and emotionally happy life.
- Ettifos — Ettifos provides flexible, reliable, and innovative V2X solutions to enable communication between all stakeholders on the road.
- Imagoworks — Imagoworks Inc. offers a Web-based Dental CAD solution using AI, streamlining the digital workflow for dental professionals. Together with world-class technology, we are setting new standards for digital dentistry in the global market. Our mission is to <Making the future of digital medicine for everyone>.While we have accumulatedtechnological expertise in the medical field for over 10 years, specializing in AI-based automation, 3D geometric modeling and mesh processing, and software as a service (SaaS), we now turn our focus to commercializing our innovative technologies and transforming the field of digital dentistry. By cooperating with and licensing to leading global dental companies, we are seeing great success as we find ourselves in the industry spotlight.Imagoworks currently offers Dentbird Crown which automatically generates optimal crown designs with a single click and without any software installation required. As we continue to expand our services, Imagoworks aims to be recognized as a chairside design solution for dentists worldwide.
The Wells Investment
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- Industry: Health Care, Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- Round size: Series A $2.2M–$13M; Series B $10M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
Portfolio highlights
- ADDD — Dalgo is a peer-to-peer advertising platform.
- GenKOre — GenKOre operates as a biotech company, specializing in genetic scissors.
- Oasis Business — Oasis Business is an information services company that provides AI solutions to the finance, construction, and distribution industries.
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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- Industry: Biotechnology, Software, Pharmaceutical
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, Indonesia, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 95
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Boosterz — Boosterz is a company that supports the 5Ps of marketing at all stages, from product planning and launch to growth.
- ActionFit — ActionFit is a video game company with expertise in developing and publishing video games for the mobile platform.
- SCBIO — SCBIO is a pharmaceutical company that makes drugs with specialized technologies in immuno-oncology. The company discovers and develops novel therapeutics for future medicine.
Ost Investment
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Therapeutics
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Pinot Bio — Pinot Bio is a biotechnology company that specializes in developing new generation anticancer treatments.
- Dr.Kitchen — Kitchen Doctor engages in research and development of diet programs for diabetes. Kitchen Doctor is based in Daejeon, South Korea with an additional office in Seoul, South Korea.
- Bionetix Therapeutics — Bionetix Therapeutics is a developer of anticancer drugs designed for cancer treatment. The company's drugs include medicines for ophthalmic disease and glaucoma treatment, enabling patients to get early treatment for eye diseases, cancer and other diseases with unmet needs.
Daekyo Investment is a venture capital firm specialized in development of venture industry.
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- Industry: Software, Mobile Apps, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, Hong Kong
Investor stats
- Total investments: 38
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- TeraView — TeraView is the world’s first company devoted to the application of Terahertz light for imaging and spectroscopy. TeraView’s proprietary platform uses the Terahertz spectrum between light and radio waves and offers the advantage of being non-invasive and non-destructive. A key application of the technology is the detection of faults and qualityvariations in semiconductor integrated circuits. In addition, studies have demonstrated how Terahertz uniquely and non invasively provides 3 dimensional structural and chemical information in a diverse range of applications, including weapons/explosives hidden below clothing, the contents of tablets and capsules in the pharmaceutical industry, and other objects normally invisible to conventional detection techniques. Other markets for the technology exist in medical imaging of cancer and industrial inspection which are explored via commercial partners. Headquartered in Cambridge, UK, TeraView was spun-out of the Toshiba Cambridge Research Laboratory in April 2001. Sales and support are available throughout Europe, North America and the Far East either directly or through a network of distributors.
- Unastella — Unastella operates its own launch vehicles to provide human space travel platform services.
- AD System — AD System focuses on the development, manufacturing, sales and repairing of drones and other unmanned aerial vehicles.
G.N. Tech Venture is a corporate investment company that invests in electronic components.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical, Health Care
- Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
- Geography: South Korea, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 20
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- MIRI.DIH — MIRI.DIH is a technology-intensive e-business company.
- Panmnesia — Innovate AI Infrastructure with Panmnesia's Link Solution. Empowering true composability in modern AI infrastructure.
- Meissa — Meissa is a drone-based construction tech startup that provides real-time 3D mapping and modeling.
Kiwoom Investment provides financial assistance with funding for small businesses.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Biotechnology
- Stage:Series B, Series A
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 88
- Round size: Series A $1.2M–$16M; Series B $4.1M–$22M
- Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Dnotitia — Dnotitia is a pioneering AI (Artificial Intelligence) company driving innovative value by integrating AI and data. Founded in October 2023, Dnotitia specializes in developing; Seahorse, a high-performance vector database powered by its proprietary Vector Data Processing Units (VDPU), and Mnemos, a cutting-edge service solution for Large LanguageModels (LLMs). The company also leads the development of sLMs (Small Language Models) and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems, crucial for advancing generative AI technologies and positioning itself at the forefront of AI technology.
- 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.
- Market Designers — Market Designers is a matching platform designed to provide effective resource sharing and distribution.
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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- Industry: Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical
- Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
- Geography: South Korea, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 122
- Round size: Series A $6k–$63M; Series B $5.5M–$123M; Series C $14M–$255M
- Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Tynapse — Tynapse develops artificial intelligence security and governance software focused on monitoring and controlling AI agents in enterprise environments. The company provides a runtime trust layer that evaluates AI-generated outputs, tool usage, and automated actions in real time to identify risks such as hallucinations, prompt injection attacks, dataleakage, and unauthorized behavior. Its platform includes AI guardrails, compliance monitoring, audit logging, and explainability tools designed to support regulatory and operational oversight for AI systems. Tynapse also generates traceability records and trust attestation documentation that organizations can use for governance and compliance processes. The company’s technology integrates between enterprise applications and large language models to inspect requests, enforce policies, and manage sensitive data handling. Its solutions are used in sectors such as finance and enterprise software where AI systems require security controls, monitoring, and accountability mechanisms.
- FairSquare Labs — Disrupting Trad-Fi And Accelerating The Arrival Of Web3
- Ohouse — No.1 Interior Onestop Platform
HB Investment Inc. was founded on November 11, 1999 starting with paid-in Capital of KRW 10 billion.Since its foundation, HB Investment Inc. has been investing small and medium businesses that have the potential for steady growth and profitability and helping the invested companies to grow well by giving various consulting services. As a result,HB Investment Inc.constructed comprehensive portfolio out of various industrial areas, such as game, entertainment, as well as representative high-tech industries related to semiconductor, Internet, LCD, and a smart phone, bio, health care. In addition, HB Investment Inc. has experiences in implementing business Success-fully by organizing several partnership funds for recent years.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Software, Health Care
- Stage:Series B, Series A
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Vietnam
Investor stats
- Total investments: 130
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Robros — Robros is constantly creating technology to break through the barrier between people and robots in order to build a world in which everyone in the service industry can live a physically and emotionally happy life.
- Big Value — Big Value is a price analysis for multiplex houses.
- MediQStar — MediQStar is a startup developing a generative AI
Securities, Investment, Finance, Trading company
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- Industry: Medical, Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical
- Stage:Series C, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 12
- Round size: Series A $3k–$8.2M; Series B $15M–$21M; Series C $15M–$37M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Dime Bio — Dime Bio is a drug development company for novel dementia treatments.
- LDCarbon Co. — LDCarbon Co. is a manufacture of green carbon black, pyrolysis oil, and waste tire powder.
- Lanvin Group — Lanvin group is a fashion industry that oversees the labels lanvin, caruso, wolford, sergio rossi, and st. John knits. It is offering this assistance along with in-depth information about and connection to the fashion markets.
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