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Top 50 Marketplace Startup Investors in South Korea (July 2026)

The most active venture capital funds and angel investors investing in South Korea Marketplace startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in South Korea Marketplace startup companies. Find investors to raise a Seed, Series A or Series B round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
Strong Ventures
VC Fund
57 South Korea, United States, Poland Seed, Series A, Series B E-Commerce, Software, Health Care $18k–$30M
Korea Credit Guarantee Fund
VC Fund
31 South Korea, United States, China Seed, Series A, Debt Financing Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software $254k–$7.5M
Korea Investment Partners
VC Fund
23 South Korea, United States, China Series A, Series B, Seed Biotechnology, Information Technology, Health Care $973k–$50M
Bass Investment
VC Fund
22 South Korea, United States, Singapore Seed, Series A, Series B E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology $523k–$20M
KB Investment
VC Fund
22 South Korea, United States, Vietnam Series A, Series B, Seed Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $743k–$40M
Industrial Bank of Korea
VC Fund
21 South Korea, United States, China Series A, Series B, Seed Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $149k–$29M
InfoBank
VC Fund
21 South Korea, South Africa, United States Seed, Series A, Series B Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software $76k–$16M
Kakao Ventures
VC Fund
20 South Korea, United States, Indonesia Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $297k–$27M
Smilegate Investment
VC Fund
19 South Korea, United States, Vietnam Series B, Series A, Seed Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care $694k–$35M
Mirae Asset Venture Investment
VC Fund
18 South Korea, United States, India Series A, Series B, Seed Software, Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence $594k–$54M
Capstone Partners
VC Fund
17 South Korea, United States, India Series A, Seed, Series B Software, Mobile, Gaming $223k–$12M
Sazze Partners
VC Fund
17 South Korea, United States, Japan Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $200k–$19M
Shinhan Capital
VC Fund
17 South Korea, United States, India Series A, Seed, Series B Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce $347k–$19M
Hana Ventures
VC Fund
17 South Korea, United States, India Series A, Seed, Series B Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care $223k–$25M
Big Basin Capital
VC Fund
16 South Korea, United States, Singapore Seed, Series A E-Commerce, Software, Apps $371k–$7M
Lotte Ventures
VC Fund
16 South Korea, United States, China Seed, Series A Information Technology, Software, Manufacturing
MYSC
VC Fund
16 South Korea, China, France Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Food and Beverage, Health Care, E-Commerce
Altos Ventures
VC Fund
15 South Korea, United States, Canada Series A, Series B, Series C Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services $2.1M–$60M
AI Angel Club
VC Fund
14 South Korea Seed, Series A, Angel Health Care, E-Commerce, Medical $74k–$4.8M
We Ventures
VC Fund
14 South Korea, United States, Singapore Series A, Seed, Series B Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $743k–$19M
IBK Capital
VC Fund
13 South Korea, United States, India Series A, Seed, Series B Health Care, Biotechnology, Information Technology $2k–$21M
Translink Investment
VC Fund
13 South Korea, United States, Singapore Seed, Series A Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology $300k–$12M
TheVentures
VC Fund
13 South Korea, United States, Vietnam Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $72k–$4.8M
KDB Capital
VC Fund
13 South Korea, United States, India Series A, Series B, Seed Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $743k–$39M
DSC Investment
VC Fund
13 South Korea, United States, Israel Series A, Series B, Seed Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology $594k–$47M
Coolidge Corner Investment
VC Fund
13 South Korea, United States, Belgium Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Manufacturing, Health Care $223k–$11M
SBVA
VC Fund
13 South Korea, United States, China Series A, Series B, Series C Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce $1.7M–$168M
IMM Investment
VC Fund
12 South Korea, United States, Japan Series B, Series A Biotechnology, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence $3M–$54M
TBT
VC Fund
11 South Korea, United States Series A, Seed, Series B Information Technology, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence $678k–$18M
Devsisters Ventures
VC Fund
11 South Korea, United States, Russian Federation Series A, Seed Software, Gaming, Biotechnology $1k–$7.8M
Series Ventures
VC Fund
10 South Korea, Singapore Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Health Care, Manufacturing, Biotechnology $74k–$4.4M
Antler
VC Fund
10 Singapore, Australia, United Kingdom Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $108k–$28M
POSCO CAPITAL
VC Fund
10 South Korea, United States Series A, Seed, Series B Software, Manufacturing, Information Technology $149k–$11M
Fast Ventures
VC Fund
10 South Korea, Hungary, United States Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Apps, Health Care, E-Commerce $371k–$7.5M
Enlight Ventures
VC Fund
10 South Korea, Indonesia Seed, Series A, Series B Manufacturing, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $3k–$20M
SBI Investment Korea
VC Fund
10 South Korea, United States, Japan Series A, Series B, Series C Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Software $2.5M–$33M
Korea Development Bank
VC Fund
9 South Korea, United States, China Series B, Series A, Series C Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $1.9M–$45M
LB Investment
VC Fund
9 South Korea, United States, China Series B, Series A, Series C Health Care, E-Commerce, Software $3M–$50M
Wadiz
VC Fund
9 South Korea Seed, Series A, Equity Crowdfunding E-Commerce, Retail, Sales $1k–$3.3M
Stone Bridge Ventures
VC Fund
9 South Korea, United States, South Africa Series A, Seed, Series B Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology $1.4M–$19M
Mashup Ventures
VC Fund
9 South Korea, United States, Singapore Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $160k–$3.2M
Hana Financial Investment
VC Fund
9 South Korea, Singapore, India Series A, Series B, Seed Information Technology, Biotechnology, Software $383k–$25M
CRIT Ventures
VC Fund
8 South Korea, United States, Hong Kong Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A Information Technology, Gaming, Blockchain $287k–$42M
KB Securities
VC Fund
8 South Korea, United States, China Series B, Series A, Post-IPO Equity Software, Information Technology, Health Care $82–$22M
Laguna Investment
VC Fund
8 South Korea, United States, Japan Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Gaming, Information Technology $741k–$35M
SJ Investment Partners
VC Fund
8 South Korea, United States Series B, Series A, Seed Manufacturing, Information Technology, Food and Beverage $2k–$24M
Yoonmin Foundation
VC Fund
8 South Korea, United States Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel Software, Information Technology, Apps $74k–$1.8M
Atinum Partners
VC Fund
7 South Korea, United States, Singapore Series A, Series B, Series C Software, Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence $2.8M–$44M
JB Investment
VC Fund
7 South Korea, United States, Pakistan Series A, Series B, Seed Information Technology, E-Commerce, Manufacturing $483k–$16M
Naver
VC Fund
7 South Korea, United States, Indonesia Seed, Series A, Series B Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence $1k–$59M
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Strong Ventures
VC Fund · Los Angeles, California, United States · 57 investments in South Korea Marketplace startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 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.
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Korea Credit Guarantee Fund
VC Fund · Daegu, Taegu-jikhalsi, South Korea · 31 investments in South Korea Marketplace startups

Korea Credit Guarantee Fund operates as a public financial institution.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 264
  • Round size: Seed $314k–$2.9M; Series A $743k–$7.5M; Debt Financing $254k–$4.9M
  • Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Inobus — Inobus is a company that focuses on innovating household recycling systems through IT technology.
  • Limpid — Limpid is a Bio pet food startup. It set new standards in pet nutrition through continuous innovation.
  • DoubleT — DoubleT is an innovative tech enterprise specialized in industrial workplace safety and business automation. Its premier product, HEIMDALL, utilizes artificial intelligence and real-time location systems to prevent industrial accidents. They also operate DoubleWorks for corporate management and Jikguraound to streamline global B2B sourcing forbusinesses.
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Korea Investment Partners
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 23 investments in South Korea Marketplace startups

Korea Investment Partners (KIP) is a leading venture capital & private equity firm that has over 30 years of experience in providing venture capital to bold and innovative entrepreneurs who want to change the world. Korea Investment Partners invests in leading pioneers like Kakao(KOSDAQ:035720), Naver(KRX:035420), YGEntertainment(KOSDAQ:122870), Bodyfriend, Osstem Implant(KOSDAQ:048260), Doubleu Games(KOSDAQ:192080) and Didi Chuxing. KIP manages over 20 venture and private equity funds with US$1.8 billion in total assets under management. The company operates globally from its Seoul headquarters office with other locations in Shanghai, Beijing, and Sunnyvale.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: 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.
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Bass Investment
VC Fund · Seocho, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 22 investments in South Korea Marketplace startups

Bass Investment is a Investment Firm.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 129
  • Round size: Seed $523k–$7.2M; Series A $1.9M–$20M; Series B $6.7M–$12M
  • Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • Clobe ai — Clobe ai is an AI‑powered financial platform that simplifies money management for individuals and small‑to‑medium businesses.
  • Bind — Bind is a start-up that operates the mobile and PC version of 'Athler'.
  • Tect Group — We deliver real beauty based on distinctive brands and innovative marketing solutions, fostering confidence and positivity around the world.
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KB Investment
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 22 investments in South Korea Marketplace startups

Founded in 1990, KB Investment Co., Ltd. (KBIC) is one of Korea’s leading investment firms of venture capital and private equity funds with over USD 2.6 Billion of asset under management as of December 2023. KBIC is a subsidiary of KB Financial Group, Korea’s premier financial group with the largest domestic customer base as well as the 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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, 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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Industrial Bank of Korea
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 21 investments in South Korea Marketplace startups

Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK) is committed to honoring its charter of financing small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). The Bank has extended the scope of its expertise to provide a comprehensive range of financial services to individual customers in a quest to emerge as a leading financial services group. In pursuit of that goal, IBK is makingevery effort to enhance its competitiveness, achieve balanced growth and strengthen its global presence.The Bank employs around 10,000 staff and operates a distribution network of 612 branches including 12 overseas branches. Providing complementary services, the Bank also operates several subsidiaries: IBK Capital Corporation, IBK-SG Asset Management, IBK System Co., Ltd., and IBK Credit Information Corporation. In 2008, IBK Investment & Securities was launched, focused on meeting the needs of SME customers for services such as IPOs and M&As. Moreover, strategic alliance with Korea Investment Holdings enhances product competitiveness and affiliation with the National Post Office promoting easy customer access to IBK banking services.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, 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.
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InfoBank
VC Fund · Gyeongju, Kyongsang-bukto, South Korea · 21 investments in South Korea Marketplace startups

InfoBank develops and provides mobile messaging solutions and other related services.The company offers business messaging services such as SMS, LMS, and multimedia message services; interactive media services; smart car solutions; and integrated online and offline payment services.InfoBank was founded in 1995 and is based in Gyeongju, SouthKorea.

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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Kakao Ventures
VC Fund · Seongnam, Kyonggi-do, South Korea · 20 investments in South Korea Marketplace startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 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.
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Smilegate Investment
VC Fund · Seongnam, Kyonggi-do, South Korea · 19 investments in South Korea Marketplace startups, 40 in the past 12 months

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

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Investment focus

  • 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
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Mirae Asset Venture Investment
VC Fund · Seongnam, Kyonggi-do, South Korea · 18 investments in South Korea Marketplace startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 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
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Capstone Partners
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 17 investments in South Korea Marketplace startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 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.
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Sazze Partners
VC Fund · San Jose, California, United States · 17 investments in South Korea Marketplace startups

Primer Sazze Partners - We like to find founders who are making the impossible happen through sheer force of will and a refusal to accept hard truths.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 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.
  • BacklotCars — Making Wholesale Easy
  • Exosphere Labs — Exosphere Labs is an information technology company that offers information security services.
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Shinhan Capital
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 17 investments in South Korea Marketplace startups

Shinhan Capital is a credit-specialized company offering corporate finance services for its clients. It provides financial services, lease, corporate loans, investment financing, housing loans, installment financing, etc. Shinhan Capital was established in 1991. The company is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Software, 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.
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Hana Ventures
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 17 investments in South Korea Marketplace startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
  • Stage: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.
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Big Basin Capital
VC Fund · Cupertino, California, United States · 16 investments in South Korea Marketplace startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Apps
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • 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.
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Lotte Ventures
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 16 investments in South Korea Marketplace startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Sugarblade — Sugarblade is a non-destructive test-based used golf goods certification and trading platform.
  • SpaceVision — Space Vision is an artificial intelligence-powered digital advertising platform.
  • City Storage — City Storage is a side dish platform that produces and sells salads, soups, and pickles.
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MYSC
VC Fund · Seongdong, Kyonggi-do, South Korea · 16 investments in South Korea Marketplace startups, 12 in the past 12 months

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Rovigos — Rovigos analyzes data from your whole business to help you make better forecasts and choices.
  • Welfare Union — Welfare Union focused on customized senior care meals and nutritional services.
  • Phyto Research — Phyto Research offers virus-free, high-quality seedlings as OEM through tissue culture and seed manufacturing.
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Altos Ventures
VC Fund · Menlo Park, California, United States · 15 investments in South Korea Marketplace startups

We are privileged to invest on behalf of institutional investors, most with charitable, educational, or non-profit missions. Serving entrepreneurs is a calling for us, and we look to partner with companies with an equally strong sense of purpose.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 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!
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AI Angel Club
VC Fund · Mapo, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 14 investments in South Korea Marketplace startups, 7 in the past 12 months

AI Angel Club is an angel investment club that specializes in seed investment in the medical and bio healthcare field.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, E-Commerce, Medical
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 54
  • Round size: Seed $126k–$817k; Angel $74k–$104k; Series A $1.1M–$4.8M
  • Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow

Portfolio highlights

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  • All Conec — All Conec is a digital platform that connects dental clinics and laboratories around the world. The platform also provides dental equipment shopping. The user can plan implant surgery quickly and precisely through the platform.
  • Salm Clinic — Salm Clinic is a specialized digital healthcare platform that provides comprehensive psychological testing services, offering accessible mental health assessments, personalized evaluations, and technology-driven support for individuals seeking psychological insights and care.
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We Ventures
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 14 investments in South Korea Marketplace startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 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
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IBK Capital
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 13 investments in South Korea Marketplace startups, 12 in the past 12 months

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 111
  • Round size: Seed $2k–$7.6M; Series A $720k–$8.2M; Series B $7k–$21M
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow

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.
  • Automata — Automata creates AI-powered tools like AI agents and smart integrations that simplify how teams plan, communicate, and work. The company solves business problems by enabling AI to build, manage, and evolve software workflows while humans guide the AI to deliver real value.Automata provides industry-tailored AI solutions
  • PEOPLE & TECHNOLOGY — PEOPLE AND TECHNOLOGY provides DX-based AI solutions on INDOOR GEOLOCATION AND SMART SENSING through its INDOORPLUS+ IoT, Location Based System (LBS) and Real Time Location System (RTLS) platform in the fields of healthcare, manufacturing, defense, smart cities, and the public sector.More than 100 corporate customers in various business sectorssuch as healthcare, banking, manufacturing, retail, energy and public services have already chosen PEOPLE AND TECHNOLOGY to deploy industry grade solutions for employee safety, asset tracking & monitoring, security & access control, flow management and process efficiency. They have gained improvements in productivity and process efficiency while reducing their corporate risks and optimizing their procurement. Since its foundation in 2013, PEOPLE AND TECHNOLOGY has become a leading provider in South Korea and is expanding overseas.
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TheVentures
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 13 investments in South Korea Marketplace startups

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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Investment focus

  • 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.
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KDB Capital
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 13 investments in South Korea Marketplace startups, 12 in the past 12 months

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, 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.
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DSC Investment
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 13 investments in South Korea Marketplace startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: 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.
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Coolidge Corner Investment
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 13 investments in South Korea Marketplace startups

Coolidge Corner Investment (CCVC) provides Seed and Seed+ funding to the most innovative tech startup companies in Korea. They proudly provide their portfolio companies a customized support in professional incubating, growth hacking, strategy, network and more.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, 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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SBVA
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 13 investments in South Korea Marketplace startups

Established in 2000 as an early-stage venture capital arm of SoftBank Group, SBVA has a storied history of empowering extraordinary entrepreneurs across the globe. In 2023, we joined forces with The Edgeof, a global startup ecosystem builder founded by Taizo Son, JP Lee, and Atsushi Taira and began our new chapter as an independent entity with arenewed commitment to fostering innovation and technological advancement.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: 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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IMM Investment
VC Fund · Kangnam, Cholla-namdo, South Korea · 12 investments in South Korea Marketplace startups

Korean alternative asset investment firm

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 225
  • Round size: Series A $3M–$46M; Series B $5.8M–$54M
  • Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $25M in 2016

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.
  • Ohouse — No.1 Interior Onestop Platform
  • Pure Harvest Smart Farms — Pure Harvest Smart Farms is a regional innovator in sustainable agriculture focused on the production of premium fruits and vegetables in the challenging climates of the Arab Gulf region using world-leading controlled-environment agriculture technologies. Pure Harvest seeks to leverage innovative growing technologies and horticultural bestpractices in order to pioneer year-round production of affordable, premium quality fresh produce.
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TBT
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 11 investments in South Korea Marketplace startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 52
  • Round size: Seed $743k–$4.5M; Series A $678k–$18M; Series B $3M–$15M
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • COLAVO GROUND — Whether you're a hair stylist or nail artist, you need customers to show off your talent. Everyone who knows that is already on Colavosalon!
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  • FREECO — FREECO is a content provider for businesses. Consultation, sales, and software development and supply Cosmetics wholesale and retail business Marketing consulting and advertising business.
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Devsisters Ventures
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 11 investments in South Korea Marketplace startups

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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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Series Ventures
VC Fund · Changwon, Kyongsang-namdo, South Korea · 10 investments in South Korea Marketplace startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 94
  • Round size: Seed $74k–$1.6M; Series A $2.4M–$4.4M
  • Lead/follow: 69% lead, 31% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • TouchMeal — TouchMind (operating as TouchMeal) runs an AI-driven senior foodtech platform that manages professional institutional catering, customized dietary meal planning, and automated ingredient supply chains for nursing homes. The company handles full kitchen management operations, including hygiene standards compliance, staff management, and thedistribution of specialized elderly-friendly food products.
  • 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.
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Antler
VC Fund · Singapore, Central Region, Singapore · 10 investments in South Korea Marketplace startups

Build your next company with Antler, a global day zero investor enabling exceptional founders to start great companies, from the very beginning. Apply now!

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Singapore, Australia, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1821
  • Round size: Seed $186k–$4.6M; Pre-Seed $108k–$755k; Series A $4.6M–$28M
  • Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $72M in 2024

Portfolio highlights

  • Deja — Modern Rituals & Natural Products from the Ancient Science of Ayurveda
  • Enoki Inc — Multiplayer-enabled tools for developers. Enoki has 18 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub.
  • Homethings — Single-use plastic is bonkers. Homethings makes cleaning products that make sense. No more shipping water in plastic bottles. We send non toxic cleaning tabs so that you can refill over and over again using your tap.
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POSCO CAPITAL
VC Fund · Yeoksamdong, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 10 investments in South Korea Marketplace startups, 9 in the past 12 months

POSCO Capital offers financial services.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 94
  • Round size: Seed $149k–$6.1M; Series A $1.1M–$8.2M; Series B $3.7M–$11M
  • Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Leecell — Leecell is a solar cell manufacturing company that produces organic and perovskite thin‑film photovoltaic cells.
  • Mobilint — Mobilint provides integrated sensor fusion and deep learning SoC solutions.
  • Solarize — Solarize is a company that develops inverters for solar power and green hydrogen facilities.
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Fast Ventures
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 10 investments in South Korea Marketplace startups

Fast Ventures is a venture capital investment firm.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Health Care, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: South Korea, Hungary, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 63
  • Round size: Seed $371k–$2.6M; Series A $2M–$7.5M
  • Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Bind — Bind is a start-up that operates the mobile and PC version of 'Athler'.
  • Doers — Doers is an influencer commerce platform that offers several services for connecting influencers and companies.
  • Driving Teacher — You may search and compare the pricing of all driving schools countrywide in Driving Teacher, and you can help students make real-time training reservations with just a few clicks without connecting to a counselor. Furthermore, it provides an online reservation management platform to driving schools in order to automate the driving school system,as well as sales growth through customized marketing.
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Enlight Ventures
VC Fund · 10 investments in South Korea Marketplace startups, 11 in the past 12 months

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 72
  • Round size: Seed $392k–$10M; Series A $541k–$4.7M; Series B $3k–$20M
  • Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • TESOLLO — TESOLLO develops robot and motion presenter products.
  • Stockeeper — Stockeeper creates and operates a Korean beef asset platform, Bankau, that connects consumers and producers.
  • Stress Solution — Based on unique medical and scientific information and ECG waveforms, Stress Solution creates sound that regulates and initiates the equilibrium of the autonomic nervous system. Currently, Healing Bit is utilizing wearable technology to detect stress in real time. Through this, an autonomous feedback system that uses artificial intelligence topredict individual stress level situations and take preventative measures is being developed.
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SBI Investment Korea
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 10 investments in South Korea Marketplace startups, 9 in the past 12 months

SBI Investment Co., Ltd. has established itself as a true partner of the Republic of Korea venture business development in the past 28 years as a venture capital concept introduced first in Korea in 1986 was even unfamiliar concept of 'venture'. SBI Investment Co., Ltd. is a direct excavation domestic / other promising venturesinvestment as well as domestic / external funding attracted through cooperation with institutional investors and technology, marketing, public offering (IPO), the law, adhere to the role which has been providing comprehensive services such as Value-up tax.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 114
  • Round size: Series A $2.5M–$14M; Series B $4.5M–$32M; Series C $8.5M–$33M
  • Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • XCENA — XCENA is a semiconductor company that develops data-centric computing systems designed for AI and large-scale data processing environments. The company builds computational memory technology that combines high-capacity pooled DDR5 memory with near-data processing capabilities, allowing computation to occur closer to where data is stored. Its coreplatform is based on the Compute Express Link (CXL) standard, which enables memory expansion beyond traditional CPU limitations while improving data movement efficiency and reducing latency in data center workloads. XCENA’s architecture is designed to support applications such as artificial intelligence workloads, vector databases, and large-scale analytics by addressing memory bandwidth and capacity constraints. The company provides a hardware-software ecosystem that includes computational memory systems and a full-stack software development kit. This SDK offers APIs, runtime tools, and drivers that allow applications to use computational memory without major changes to existing software architectures while also supporting low-level control for performance optimization.XCENA’s flagship product line includes MX1, a CXL-based computational memory solution that integrates near-data processing engines with memory infrastructure to support AI inference and data-intensive workloads. The platform is designed to improve throughput and scalability in environments where traditional memory architectures become a bottleneck. The company operates in the broader field of AI infrastructure and memory innovation, working with customers such as hyperscalers, telecom providers, and research institutions that manage large-scale computing workloads. Its solutions are intended to improve efficiency in systems handling AI, big data processing, and scientific computing.
  • Automata — Automata 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
  • Cenyx Biotech — Cenyx Biotech develops diagnostic and therapeutic nano-compounds formed based on nanozymes and nanoparticles.
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Korea Development Bank
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 9 investments in South Korea Marketplace startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, 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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LB Investment
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 9 investments in South Korea Marketplace startups, 13 in the past 12 months

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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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Wadiz
VC Fund · Bundangdong, Kyonggi-do, South Korea · 9 investments in South Korea Marketplace startups

'Best business structure that connects crowdfunding, e-commerce, and brand business', 'Ready to go public on the Korean stock market', 'Accumulated transaction value of more than USD 9.6 billion+', '7.1 mil members, 10 mil monthly visitors', 'More than 18,000 crowdfunding projects in a year','Selected Korea’s Top 10 game changer brand by interbrand'

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Retail, Sales
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Equity Crowdfunding
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 28
  • Round size: Seed $74k–$743k; Series A $891k–$3.3M; Equity Crowdfunding $1k–$1.1M
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Sunnicorn — Sunnicorn develops vegan skincare products designed for sensitive skin, combining plant-based ingredients with minimalist formulations. The company focuses on creating practical daily skincare items such as cleansers, creams, and masks that support balanced skin care routines while emphasizing simple product design and accessible beauty solutions.
  • Power Player — Natural Clean Beauty
  • KOOZA — KOOZA is a kitchenware brand that offers cookware and household goods and supplies them to department stores, and live commerce companies.
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Stone Bridge Ventures
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 9 investments in South Korea Marketplace startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 95
  • Round size: Seed $1.4M–$9.7M; Series A $2.2M–$18M; Series B $2.7M–$19M
  • Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • QMIT — QMIT provides coaching includes nutrition, mental management, and career counseling.
  • Amber Road — Amber Road is the creator of an operation management-focused data analysis program. By analyzing the data based on the input data, the company's platform generates a customized AI model and business insight report that requires the input of manufacturing process data.
  • De novo Biotherapeutics — De novo Biotherapeutics is a biotechnology company developing mRNA-encoded antibodies and NK cell-engaging antibodies for cancer treatment.
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Mashup Ventures
VC Fund · Seongnam, Kyonggi-do, South Korea · 9 investments in South Korea Marketplace startups, 21 in the past 12 months

Mashup Ventures invests in early-stage startups and supports startups to grow quickly through a network of founders.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 94
  • Round size: Seed $228k–$1.8M; Pre-Seed $160k–$3.2M; Series A $1.4M–$1.7M
  • Lead/follow: 54% lead, 46% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • orbt — Orbt is an AI systems company that develops intelligent solutions to automate decision-making processes for growing businesses, helping organizations improve efficiency, optimize operations, and make faster, data-driven decisions.
  • Midnight Wave — Midnight Wave operates as a center of music production and publishing.
  • Retriever — Retrvr provides solutions that automate business processes across governance, risk management, and compliance through AI-based technology, enhancing the efficiency and reliability of an organization's GRC operations.
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Hana Financial Investment
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 9 investments in South Korea Marketplace startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 91
  • Round size: Seed $383k–$7.9M; Series A $1.9M–$25M; Series B $1.6M–$25M
  • Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Trustay — Trustay is a real estate asset management company.
  • earlysloth — Earlysloth is an AI based survey on the messenger for the enterprise.
  • Kimu Studio — Kimu discovers servant artists, plans education and exhibitions with the artist's unique sensibility.
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CRIT Ventures
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 8 investments in South Korea Marketplace startups

The Road Not Taken

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Investment focus

  • 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.
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KB Securities
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 8 investments in South Korea Marketplace startups, 16 in the past 12 months

KB Securities is a Financial Services company.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Health Care
  • Stage:Series B, Series A, Post-IPO Equity
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, China

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 152
  • Round size: Series A $2.5M–$12M; Series B $4.1M–$22M; Post-IPO Equity $82–$202k
  • 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.
  • Upstage — Upstage AI is an artificial intelligence (AI) startup that helps companies focus on their core businesses.
  • Seeann Solution — integrated PSI manufacturer Seeann Solution
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Laguna Investment
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 8 investments in South Korea Marketplace startups

Laguna Investment is a venture capital firm focused on professional entrepreneurial investments.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 96
  • Round size: Seed $741k–$5.4M; Series A $1.8M–$9.7M; Series B $3.7M–$35M
  • Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Hourplace — Hourplace operates a filming place sharing platform.
  • Markoville — Markoville is an entertainment content company that creates a character for animation, game, and comics.
  • LogiBrothers — Logibrothers provides a smart platform for kids to learn how to code and enhance their computaional thinking abilities.
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SJ Investment Partners
VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 8 investments in South Korea Marketplace startups

SJ Partners LLC is an award-winning private equity firm that acquires middle-market consumer and services companies. Call +1 212.362.1530

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 29
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$5.8M; Series A $2k–$24M; Series B $4k–$15M
  • Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • InnoQD — InnoQD is a developer of thin-film materials for quantum dots, which are ultra-fine semiconductor particles on the nanometer scale
  • Glow Seoul — Glow Seoul is a creative consulting company that specializes in content development, space design, and construction for clients.
  • CloudHospital — Founded in Seoul, South Korea, CloudHospital is a robust online platform helping patients around the world find the best providers for their needs regardless of where they are located. We are an experienced team from around the globe with ample experience in the fields of web technology, medical practice, and finance. Our mission is simple: to makeit easier for everyone to find the best medical solutions anywhere in the world.By investing in technology that takes the complexities out of world-wide medical services, icloudhospital.com can seamlessly connect millions of patients around the world to excellent medical services, both from the most demanding surgeries to the most accurate health checkups as well as the world’s most advanced cosmetic procedures. As one of the world’s most well integrated medical concierge services firm, icloudhospital.com enables hospitals and clinics around the world reach their global audience efficiently.Our services, which are accessible through icloudhospital.com is available in English, Chinese and Russian and offers the best medical hospitals and clinics, including the best respected doctors in their field of expertise. For all your medical care needs, icloudhospital.com makes it easy and supports you with 24/7 customer support.
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Yoonmin Foundation
VC Fund · Seocho, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 8 investments in South Korea Marketplace startups

Yunmin Foundation provides start-up support, youth challenge school, and online start-up education.

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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Atinum Partners
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 7 investments in South Korea Marketplace startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 147
  • Round size: Series A $2.8M–$24M; Series B $4.2M–$44M; Series C $11M–$40M
  • Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Byte Lab — Byte Lab prioritizes achieving long-term results by concentrating on *how* we grew rather than just growing quickly.
  • Subtle Medical — Subtle Medical is a healthcare technology company that provides AI-powered medical imaging. Its products, SubtlePET and SubtleMR, are FDA Cleared and CE Marked AI product that enhances images in PET and MR exams aimed for faster & safer workflow.The company's SubtleGAD technology is also awarded by RSNA and a $1.6M NIH SBIR Grant tofacilitate the adoption using AI to make imaging exams safer. They provide a vendor-agnostic AI infrastructure powering its products and providing service and analytics to clinical imaging providers.Subtle Medical's goal is to improve the quality, value, and accessibility of medical imaging by significantly reducing cost, imaging time, and radiation dose.
  • De novo Biotherapeutics — De novo Biotherapeutics is a biotechnology company developing mRNA-encoded antibodies and NK cell-engaging antibodies for cancer treatment.
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JB Investment
VC Fund · 7 investments in South Korea Marketplace startups

Investment Firm

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 49
  • Round size: Seed $483k–$2.2M; Series A $1.4M–$16M; Series B $3.7M–$13M
  • Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • ZigTruck — ZigTruck is a comprehensive and user-friendly online platform designed specifically for buying and selling used trucks. It connects truck owners, dealers, and potential buyers, offering a wide variety of trucks, from light-duty to heavy-duty models, along with detailed specifications, pricing information, and customer reviews
  • VIRCLE
  • Mass Adoption — Simplify Connection Amplify Experience
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Naver
VC Fund · Seongnam, Kyonggi-do, South Korea · 7 investments in South Korea Marketplace startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 121
  • Round size: Seed $1k–$20M; Series A $8k–$20M; Series B $4k–$59M
  • Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • UVify — UVify is designer and manufacturer of swarm drones and autonomous drones for research, industrial, and drone light shows.
  • PROMEDIUS — We are on a mission to redefine the way we age.
  • Ohouse — No.1 Interior Onestop Platform
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Marketplace Investor funding in South Korea at a glance

Stats across 1.8k deals from 1k investors.

1k
investors
in South Korea Marketplace startups
1.8k
deals
in South Korea Marketplace startups
$2.5M
median round
in South Korea Marketplace startups
38%
lead investors
lead at least one round
41%
Seed
most common funding stage
97/3
VC / Angel
share of investor count

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