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Top 50 Marketplace VC (Venture Capital) Funds in South Korea in September 2025

A list of 50 VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Marketplace startups based in South korea. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Marketplace companies from South korea. We update this investor list every month.

Top 50 Marketplace VC (Venture Capital) Funds in South Korea in September 2025

Investor Marketplace South Korea investments
Strong Ventures 55
Korea Credit Guarantee Fund 29
KB Investment 21
Industrial Bank of Korea 20
Mirae Asset Venture Investment 19
Korea Investment Partners 19
Kakao Ventures 18
Bass Investment 17
Capstone Partners 16
Lotte Ventures 16
Big Basin Capital 16
Shinhan Capital 16
MYSC 16
InfoBank 16
Hana Ventures 15
Primer Sazze Partners 15
Translink Investment 13
Altos Ventures 13
AI Angel Club 13
SBVA 13
Smilegate Investment 13
IBK Capital 13
Coolidge Corner Investment 13
DSC Investment 12
IMM Investment 12
KDB Capital 12
TBT 11
Devsisters Ventures 11
Enlight Ventures 10
Fast Ventures 10
POSCO CAPITAL 9
We Ventures 9
Series Ventures 9
Korea Development Bank 9
Hana Financial Investment 9
SBI Investment Korea 9
Stone Bridge Ventures 9
LB Investment 8
Laguna Investment 8
SJ Investment Partners 8
TheVentures 8
KB Securities 8
Yoonmin Foundation 7
Seoul Business Agency(SBA) 7
Partners Investment 7
CRIT Ventures 7
Company K Partners 7
Korea Science and Technology Holdings 7
Naver 7
Seoul Investment Partners 7
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Strong Ventures VC Fund · Los Angeles, California, United States · 17 investments in the past 12 months
Strong Ventures is a generalist VC firm based in LA and Seoul, backing early-stage startups with a focus on Korean founders.
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Investment focus
  • E-Commerce, Software, Health Care
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • South Korea, United States, Poland
Portfolio highlights
  • Realry — Search, compare, and shop your luxury items here. Realry is your luxury fashion search engine that lets you search thousands of online fashion stores at once.
  • Veramore — Veramore is an online store that sells a wide range of beauty and cosmetic products.
  • SQUARES — SQUARES build commerce sites with no-code and use and manage them with ease.
Korea Credit Guarantee Fund VC Fund · Daegu, Taegu-jikhalsi, South Korea · 4 investments in the past 12 months
Korea Credit Guarantee Fund operates as a public financial institution.
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Investment focus
  • Artificial Intelligence, Software, Manufacturing
  • Seed, Series A, Funding Round
  • South Korea, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • Revation — Revation is an eco-friendly product development company that focuses on environmental issues through design and technology.
  • SQUARES — SQUARES build commerce sites with no-code and use and manage them with ease.
  • Studio Galilei — Studio Galilei is an SFO platform company that operates and manages mobility services.
KB Investment VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 10 investments in the past 12 months
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
  • Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
  • Series A, Series B, Seed
  • South Korea, United States, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
  • Letsur — Letsur developing automated solutions for AI development and data cleaning services.
  • 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)
Industrial Bank of Korea VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 29 investments in the past 12 months
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
  • Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
  • Series A, Series B, Seed
  • South Korea, United States, China
Portfolio highlights
  • FuriosaAI — FuriosaAI develops system semiconductors optimized for AI, enabling efficient processing of large amounts of data in a short period of time.
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  • Illimis Therapeutics — We translate cutting-edge science into innovative medicine
Mirae Asset Venture Investment VC Fund · Seongnam, Kyonggi-do, South Korea · 5 investments in the past 12 months
Mirae Asset Venture Investment invests in specialized enterprises and provides technology, funding and management consulting.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Biotechnology, Information Technology
  • Series A, Series B, Seed
  • South Korea, United States, India
Portfolio highlights
  • HyperAccel — HyperAccel provides hardware solutions for developing AI applications.
  • Upstage — Upstage AI is an artificial intelligence (AI) startup that helps companies focus on their core businesses.
  • Best Innovation — Best Innovation is a manufacturer of cosmetic products intended to offer a safe alternative to harmful skincare chemicals.
Korea Investment Partners VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 22 investments in the past 12 months
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
  • Biotechnology, Information Technology, Health Care
  • Series A, Series B, Seed
  • South Korea, United States, China
Portfolio highlights
  • ENERZAi — As your AI catalyst, we are dedicated to spearheading an AI breakthrough with our cutting-edge AI optimization technology.
  • Titan Content — Titan Content is a metaverse music service provider that seeks to fuse Web3, metaverse, and artificial intelligence innovations with conventional Korean pop music business models and content.
  • Minxin Technology — Minxin Technology focuses on the research, development, manufacture, and sales of photo- and thermal-curing functional materials and electronic-grade wet chemicals.
Kakao Ventures VC Fund · Seongnam, Kyonggi-do, South Korea · 16 investments in the past 12 months
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
  • Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • South Korea, United States, Indonesia
Portfolio highlights
  • Tzafon — Tzafon's vision is to broaden the lightcone of awareness by pushing the boundaries of machine intelligence, striving to extend the frontier of what intelligent systems can perceive, understand, and contribute.
  • Flonics — FlowNix develops medical image-based blood flow analysis software products and hemodynamic analysis methods for the diagnosis, treatment, and management of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases .
  • Conport Lab — Confort Lab investigates and develops the 'Porta Solution,' an integrated solution for quickly and easily building complicated and demanding industrial field control systems. FOTA solution offers self-developed IIoT (Industrial Internet of Things) dedicated middleware and industrial lightweight equipment fitted with it, as well as simpleand convenient business logic via a no-coda-based integrated development environment. assist you in designing Companies that utilise the Porta solution can swiftly implement the system by loading only user logic without requiring the services of a developer, and the system can be readily altered and modified, boosting the speed and convenience of business.
Bass Investment VC Fund · Seocho, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 17 investments in the past 12 months
Bass Investment is a Investment Firm.
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Investment focus
  • E-Commerce, Information Technology, Software
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • South Korea, United States, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
  • Cutback — Cutback is an AI-powered video editing assistant designed to streamline the editing process by automatically analyzing footage, suggesting cuts, enhancing visuals, and helping users create polished videos with minimal manual effort.
  • Money Walk — Money Walk is a novel pedometer program that allows users to earn money simply by walking.' Creddy,' the yellow companion who loves to walk, will look after your health and your wallet. Install the Money Walk app right now and you'll be able to catch both health and money.
  • Pickle — AI that remembers your entire life
Capstone Partners VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 4 investments in the past 12 months
Capstone Partners is a venture capital firm that invests in entrepreneurs seeking success with fresh ideas.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Mobile, Gaming
  • Series A, Seed, Series B
  • South Korea, United States, India
Portfolio highlights
  • NUUA — Reinventing a better future for the travel industry.
  • Aberra — Aberra is using "Dister," an AI data analysis tool, to optimize sales for Coupang, one of South Korea's largest e-commerce platforms.
  • Wrtn Technologies — Wrtn Technologies develops an AI-powered writing assistant through NLP-based AI.
Lotte Ventures VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 4 investments in the past 12 months
Lotte Ventures is a venture capital firm that is based in South Korea.
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Investment focus
  • Information Technology, Software, Manufacturing
  • Seed, Funding Round, Series A
  • South Korea, United States, China
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.
Big Basin Capital VC Fund · Cupertino, California, United States · 3 investments in the past 12 months
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
  • E-Commerce, Apps, Mobile Apps
  • Seed, Series A, Funding Round
  • South Korea, United States, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
  • Dentlink — Seamless Access to South Korean Premium Labs Using Digital Dentistry
  • Purple AI — Purple AI is a brain disease AI platform company.
  • My Herb & Healthcare — MyHerb Healthcare proivdes a specialized analysis for nutritional supplements.
Shinhan Capital VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea
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
  • Information Technology, Software, Apps
  • Series A, Seed, Series B
  • South Korea, United States, India
Portfolio highlights
  • Nventric — Nventric is a medical device company that develops core products for neurovascular, coronary heart, and peripheral vascular applications.
  • Avelos Therapeutics — Avelos Therapeutics is a precision medicine company in the clinical stage that finds, creates, and sells targeted therapeutics.
  • DewCell — Dewcell Biotherapeutics develops synthetic platelets using biomimetic technology. The company's system secures stem cell differentiation technology into megakaryocytes that generate platelets and mass-produces artificial platelets.
MYSC VC Fund · Seongdong, Kyonggi-do, South Korea · 12 investments 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
  • Food and Beverage, Health Care, E-Commerce
  • Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • South Korea, China, France
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.
InfoBank VC Fund · Gyeongju, Kyongsang-bukto, South Korea · 9 investments in the past 12 months
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
  • Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Health Care
  • Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • South Korea, South Africa, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • Z.Ai — Z.Ai provides personalized recommendations using AI based on user behavioral data.
  • Ride — RideNow: An app-based platform for test drives and vehicle purchases. RideCare: App-based B2B and B2C vehicle care services. RideContents: Educational services for automotive brands, aimed at enhancing the quality of manufacturers and importers. RideOn: After-sales management services for electric vehicle chargers.
  • Rootfinders — RouteFinders develops an AI-based media platform to support independent living for visually impaired individuals in an increasingly digital world.
Hana Ventures VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 6 investments in the past 12 months
Hana Ventures is a corporate venture capital of Hana Financial Group.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
  • Seed, Funding Round, Series A
  • South Korea, Japan, Malaysia
Portfolio highlights
  • Nex Eye — Nex Eye is a start-up that develops first-in-class antibodies targeting refractory factors of immuno-oncology drugs.
  • Arobot — Arobot creates robots with HRI-based behavior patterns, allowing consumers to embrace robots more readily and organically.
  • Illimis Therapeutics — We translate cutting-edge science into innovative medicine
Primer Sazze Partners VC Fund · San Jose, California, United States · 5 investments in the past 12 months
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
  • Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
  • Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • South Korea, United States, Japan
Portfolio highlights
  • Blux — Blux offers customized advertising solutions to customers.
  • Upstage — Upstage AI is an artificial intelligence (AI) startup that helps companies focus on their core businesses.
  • Liberty Labs — Liberty Labs specializes in prompt engineering that allows them to build applications that showcase AI potential. Liberty Labs offers products such as Toolbuilder, regex.ai, Opencharacter, and CLN.me.
Altos Ventures VC Fund · Menlo Park, California, United States · 14 investments in the past 12 months
Altos Ventures was founded in 1996 to invest in early-stage technology companies. After starting with $30 million in committed capital, they currently manage more than $8 billion in regulatory assets under management, supporting the full lifecycle of companies from inception to global growth and profitability. They have been the first and leadinstitutional investor in 100+ companies around the world. They invest in both consumer and enterprise tech companies, with a particular interest in enterprise SaaS, FinTech, e-commerce, and consumer brands and services. They look to invest in high-growth, capital-efficient, founder-led companies. Initial investments can start as small as $500,000 while our follow-on investments can exceed $100 million in a single round, purchasing both primary and secondary shares.
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Investment focus
  • Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services
  • Series A, Series B, Series C
  • South Korea, United States, Canada
Portfolio highlights
  • MarqVision — Effortlessly discover and remove counterfeits to protect your sales and reputation.
  • Biplant — Your daily life curator, BRONTE
  • Memebox — Memebox Corporation is a consumer company that provides customers with the Asian beauty products, culture, and trends. A global company focused on forecasting trends and creating private, in-house labels inspired by K-beauty (and made for the product obsessed).
AI Angel Club VC Fund · Mapo, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 2 investments 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
  • Health Care, E-Commerce, Medical
  • Seed, Series A, Angel
  • South Korea
Portfolio highlights
  • GREENDA — GREENDA is a bio-aviation oil and gas raw material manufacturing company.
  • Potts Company — Potts Company develops manufacturing technologies for sustainable plastic circulation & leads the resource recycling market for consumption.
  • ICU Corporation — ICU Corporation offers skilled and high-level optics from opticians with master's and doctoral degrees in optics, ensuring ease and sharp vision, which is the essence of glasses.
SBVA VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 7 investments in the past 12 months
Established in 2000 as an early-stage venture capital arm of SoftBank Group, SBVA has a storied history of empowering extraordinary entrepreneurs across the globe. In 2023, we joined forces with The Edgeof, a global startup ecosystem builder founded by Taizo Son, JP Lee, and Atsushi Taira and began our new chapter as an independent entity with arenewed commitment to fostering innovation and technological advancement.
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Investment focus
  • Information Technology, E-Commerce, Software
  • Series A, Series B, Series C
  • South Korea, United States, China
Portfolio highlights
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  • Tacta Systems — Tacta Systems develops robotics with human-like tactile abilities with Dextrous Intelligence, the nervous system for robots.
  • Liberty Labs — Liberty Labs specializes in prompt engineering that allows them to build applications that showcase AI potential. Liberty Labs offers products such as Toolbuilder, regex.ai, Opencharacter, and CLN.me.
Smilegate Investment VC Fund · Seongnam, Kyonggi-do, South Korea · 18 investments 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
  • Software, Health Care, Information Technology
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • South Korea, United States, Vietnam
Portfolio highlights
  • Metafarmers — Metafarmers is an agricultural technology company that provides robotic assistance in farming to increase production.
  • Saesol Tech — Saesol Tech is an autonomous V2X security technology company.
  • Eurobotics — Eurobotics is a cutting-edge startup focused on developing autonomous walking robot technology capable of navigating and operating effectively in irregular, complex, or unpredictable environments.
IBK Capital VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 10 investments 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
  • Health Care, Biotechnology, Information Technology
  • Series A, Seed, Series B
  • South Korea, United States, India
Portfolio highlights
  • Ucube — Ucube is an Information and Communication Technology (ICT) specialist company that is actively accelerating its preparations for a public listing. The company is undergoing a series of strategic initiatives, such as refining its financial operations, enhancing its product offerings, and aligning its corporate structure to meet the regulatory andmarket demands necessary for a successful initial public offering (IPO).
  • Dime Bio — Dime Bio is a drug development company for novel dementia treatments.
  • 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.
Coolidge Corner Investment VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 3 investments in the past 12 months
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
  • Software, Manufacturing, Mobile Apps
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • South Korea, United States, Belgium
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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DSC Investment VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 20 investments in the past 12 months
DSC Investments invests in early stage and growth companies in the field of corporate identify and focus, IT, software, biotechnology, machinery, and future high-growth areas such as environment and resources.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
  • Series A, Series B, Seed
  • South Korea, United States, Israel
Portfolio highlights
  • Nex Eye — Nex Eye is a start-up that develops first-in-class antibodies targeting refractory factors of immuno-oncology drugs.
  • FuriosaAI — FuriosaAI develops system semiconductors optimized for AI, enabling efficient processing of large amounts of data in a short period of time.
  • Money Walk — Money Walk is a novel pedometer program that allows users to earn money simply by walking.' Creddy,' the yellow companion who loves to walk, will look after your health and your wallet. Install the Money Walk app right now and you'll be able to catch both health and money.
IMM Investment VC Fund · Kangnam, Cholla-namdo, South Korea · 14 investments in the past 12 months
Korean alternative asset investment firm
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Investment focus
  • Biotechnology, Software, Health Care
  • Series B, Funding Round, Series A
  • South Korea, United States, Japan
Portfolio highlights
  • FuriosaAI — FuriosaAI develops system semiconductors optimized for AI, enabling efficient processing of large amounts of data in a short period of time.
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  • Illimis Therapeutics — We translate cutting-edge science into innovative medicine
KDB Capital VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 10 investments 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
  • Software, Biotechnology, Information Technology
  • Series A, Series B, Seed
  • South Korea, United States, Mexico
Portfolio highlights
  • INTAKE foods — INTAKE foods (인테이크푸즈) is a company focused on food content development and food branding, specialized in the innovation of leading food brands. It is focused on brand development, content development and publishing, such as food activities, intake of foods, and a food culture of innovation.
  • Tefa Robotics — The aim of Tefa Robotics is to alleviate the lack of qualified robotics engineers. One of the main components of the fourth industrial revolution is industrial robots, however, their effective deployment was hampered by technical limitations. This is one of the major barriers to the adoption of industrial robots, and Tefa Robotics is working toovercome it by creating a low-code solution in an effort to make things simpler and more effective.
  • Raion Robotics — Raion Robotics manufactures walking robots for industrial applications and offers prospects in potential industries such as defense, construction, and logistics.
TBT VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea
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
  • Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Beauty
  • Series A, Seed, Series B
  • South Korea, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • 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.
  • Two Slash For — Two Slash For is a beauty brand.
  • Medistream — Medistream operates an integrated platform for oriental medicine.
Devsisters Ventures VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 3 investments in the past 12 months
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
  • Software, Gaming, Biotechnology
  • Funding Round, Series A, Seed
  • South Korea, United States, Russian Federation
Portfolio highlights
  • Oncosoft — Oncosoft develops software solutions with a focus on anti-cancer treatment. Their offerings include an Oncology Information Management Solution (OIMS) and artificial intelligence-based technologies for radiologists. The software aids in the detection of cancer, contributing to the medical community's efforts in precision cancer therapy.
  • 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.
Enlight Ventures VC Fund · 2 investments 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
  • Information Technology, E-Commerce, Manufacturing
  • Series A, Seed, Funding Round
  • South Korea, Indonesia
Portfolio highlights
  • Vespexx — The ultimate tool for couples: sync schedules, track health, and strengthen your relationship with expert guidance. Available in 100+ countries, trusted by 400K+ couples
  • FUST Lab — Designing and manufacturing surfactant free nano emulsion, dispersion equipment and water treatment system utilizing differentiated Focused Ultrasonic Technology
  • 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.
Fast Ventures VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 3 investments in the past 12 months
Fast Ventures is a venture capital investment firm.
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Investment focus
  • Apps, Health Care, E-Commerce
  • Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • South Korea, Hungary, United States
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.
  • 23rd Century Children — THE NEXT ENTERTAINMENT
POSCO CAPITAL VC Fund · Yeoksamdong, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 4 investments in the past 12 months
POSCO Capital offers financial services.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Manufacturing, Information Technology
  • Series A, Seed, Series B
  • South Korea, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • Neuromeka — Neuromeka specializes in robot technology and creates a robot platform business for manufacturing companies.
  • H Energy — H Energy provides optimal operation of distributed resources and power brokerage services.
  • Reset Company — Reset Company specializes in building sustainable energy production and resource circulation ecosystems.
We Ventures VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 3 investments in the past 12 months
we ventures is a VC industry with innovative venture capitalists, who invest in creative, honest, and outstanding entrepreneurs.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Health Care, Information Technology
  • Series A, Seed, Series B
  • South Korea, United States, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
  • ASWEMAKE — ASWEMAKE is a shopping app that delivers groceries.
  • WASHSWAT — Washswat is a laundry service that washes and dries the laundry that is operated by specialized facilities and personnel. They innovate the market with IT technology. Laundromat started in Gangnam with the highest number of high-end cleaners in 2015 and walked step by step silently. In order to grow in the right direction even though it is alittle slower than others, they did not rush to expand the region. Now it is Korea's No. 1 mobile laundry special service at the King of Seoul, Seongnam, Hanam, Goyang, Gwangmyeong, Yongin, Suwon, Anyang, and Gwacheon.
  • 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)
Series Ventures VC Fund · Changwon, Kyongsang-namdo, South Korea · 6 investments in the past 12 months
Series Ventures is an investment company for the beauty care, engineering, healthcare, social platform, and enterprise sectors.
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Investment focus
  • Biotechnology, Food and Beverage, Artificial Intelligence
  • Seed, Series A, Funding Round
  • South Korea, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
  • Joabro — Joabro is a startup that provides life care solutions based on a fitness center platform. It is the operator of the fitness center-based community platform 'Joa Jim Series'.
  • Elexlab — Elexlab is a pioneering biotech startup focused on developing an AI-powered drug discovery platform that accelerates and enhances the process of new drug development by leveraging machine learning, biological data analysis, and predictive modeling to identify promising therapeutic candidates more efficiently and cost-effectively.
  • Pet Station — Pet Station is an innovative startup that aims to develop a unique and immersive cultural hub where pet-related content, services, and experiences are seamlessly integrated into offline spaces.
Korea Development Bank VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 20 investments in the past 12 months
The Korea Development Bank (KDB) provides long-term financing for projects designed to assist Koreaâ€:tm:s economic growth and development. It offers equipment capital loans and working capital loans to Korean private enterprises that undertake major industrial projects. The bank also extends guarantees to its clients to facilitate their 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
  • Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
  • Series B, Series A, Series C
  • South Korea, United States, China
Portfolio highlights
  • Qunova Computing, Inc. — Quantum computing based computing innovations for new materials and drug discovery, and advanced technology solution consulting services.
  • Yeoshin — Yeoshin is a skin treatment information platform.
  • Upstage — Upstage AI is an artificial intelligence (AI) startup that helps companies focus on their core businesses.
Hana Financial Investment VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea
Hana Financial Investment Company Limited offers brokerage, securities dealing, underwriting, mutual funds, and online trading services
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Investment focus
  • Information Technology, Biotechnology, Software
  • Series A, Series B, Funding Round
  • South Korea, Singapore, India
Portfolio highlights
  • Trustay — Trustay is a real estate asset management company.
  • Kimu Studio — Kimu discovers servant artists, plans education and exhibitions with the artist's unique sensibility.
  • Kuntian New Energy — Hebei Kuntian New Energy is a producer of anode materials for lithium-ion batteries.
SBI Investment Korea VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 5 investments 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
  • Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce
  • Series A, Series B, Series C
  • South Korea, United States, Japan
Portfolio highlights
  • ENERZAi — As your AI catalyst, we are dedicated to spearheading an AI breakthrough with our cutting-edge AI optimization technology.
  • Raywatt — Raywatt is a startup that develops medical devices for cardiovascular interventions.
  • Studio Lab — Studio Lab offers artificial intelligence technology for the fashion industry.
Stone Bridge Ventures VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 14 investments in the past 12 months
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
  • Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology
  • Series A, Seed, Series B
  • South Korea, United States, South Africa
Portfolio highlights
  • Letsur — Letsur developing automated solutions for AI development and data cleaning services.
  • Nex Eye — Nex Eye is a start-up that develops first-in-class antibodies targeting refractory factors of immuno-oncology drugs.
  • Liberty Labs — Liberty Labs specializes in prompt engineering that allows them to build applications that showcase AI potential. Liberty Labs offers products such as Toolbuilder, regex.ai, Opencharacter, and CLN.me.
LB Investment VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 13 investments 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
  • E-Commerce, Health Care, Software
  • Series B, Series A, Series C
  • South Korea, China, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • Modhaus — Modhaus is a K-pop startup which aims to create the world's first open architecture entertainment ecosystem.
  • 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.
  • Illimis Therapeutics — We translate cutting-edge science into innovative medicine
Laguna Investment VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 2 investments in the past 12 months
Laguna Investment is a venture capital firm focused on professional entrepreneurial investments.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Information Technology, Gaming
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • South Korea, Japan, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • Bakatio — Bakatio enables accommodation providers to perform direct transactions on social media without using a platform.
  • Modhaus — Modhaus is a K-pop startup which aims to create the world's first open architecture entertainment ecosystem.
  • Market Stadium — Market Stadium combines Real Estate Data and Urban Intelligence to optimize multifamily and single-family market research for commercial real estate investors
SJ Investment Partners VC Fund · New York, New York, United States
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
  • Manufacturing, Information Technology, Food and Beverage
  • Series B, Series A, Seed
  • South Korea, United States
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.
TheVentures VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 12 investments in the past 12 months
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Investment focus
  • Information Technology, Software, Health Care
  • Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • South Korea, United States, Vietnam
Portfolio highlights
  • Cashmore — Cashmore is an app service that analyzes consumers' store visits, mobility paths, and consumption history to deliver customized discount benefits.
  • Filum.ai — In the new digital transformation era, connecting every touchpoint for every stakeholder on the journey is crucial in helping businesses create a competitive advantage. Filum enables businesses to build a foundation that promotes creativity and the power of inner strengths to make journeys of excellence. We empower businesses by helping them createexcellent experiences with the power of data and cutting-edge technologies.
  • Vivident — Vivident is to create an unparalleled entertainment world where fans and creators collaborate, blurring the lines between the virtual and the real.
KB Securities VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 4 investments in the past 12 months
KB Securities is a Financial Services company.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Health Care, Information Technology
  • Series B, Series A, Funding Round
  • South Korea, United States, China
Portfolio highlights
  • Movv — Movv is a mobility service that makes movement more safe and convenient anytime and anywhere by using dedicated articles and vehicles. They offer dedicated drivers and cars to help travelers move safely and comfortably. With the mobile application, you can set up your travel itinerary and call your driver anytime anywhere, so you can enjoy youroverseas travel with the movv.
  • Move — Move is a travel agency that offers ticketing, travel, and reservation services.
  • Upstage — Upstage AI is an artificial intelligence (AI) startup that helps companies focus on their core businesses.
Yoonmin Foundation VC Fund · Seocho, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea
Yunmin Foundation provides start-up support, youth challenge school, and online start-up education.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Information Technology, Apps
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
  • South Korea, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • INVAIZ — INVAIZ sells macro input keyboards, plug-ins, and accessories.
  • Jikida — Jikida is an online compliance solution that allows businesses and organizations to monitor, manage, and supervise their compliance with personal information protection rules in real time.
  • FOBECON — Pobicon offers an auto-estimation solution that analyzes construction blueprints using vision AI and other algorithms to quantify the net quantity of raw materials utilized in construction in three days.
Seoul Business Agency(SBA) VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea
Seoul Business Agency (서울산업통상진흥원) is a Koran startup providing support services for small businesses to increase their efficiency and foster a stable business. The company provides support in the areas of technology, management, human resources, and more.
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Investment focus
  • Information Technology, E-Commerce, Health Care
  • Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • South Korea
Portfolio highlights
  • Dot Mill — Dot Mill is a mixed reality content production company.
  • Foody Worm — Foody Worm is an insect research company that practices and develops ESG and sustainability management through insects.
  • Works Mate — Works Mate is a job search matching platform for daily workers in the field of construction and architecture sectors.
Partners Investment VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 7 investments in the past 12 months
As a responsible and long-term partner, they aim to make various constructive contributions to portfolio companies.
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Investment focus
  • Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
  • Series B, Series A, Series C
  • South Korea, United States, Japan
Portfolio highlights
  • ASWEMAKE — ASWEMAKE is a shopping app that delivers groceries.
  • Dime Bio — Dime Bio is a drug development company for novel dementia treatments.
  • Arbor Biotechnologies — Arbor Biotechnologies is an early stage life sciences company pushing the boundaries of biodiscovery. Using artificial intelligence, genome sequencing, gene synthesis and high-throughput screening, we are accelerating the discovery of proteins for improving human health and sustainability.
CRIT Ventures VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 2 investments in the past 12 months
The Road Not Taken
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Investment focus
  • Blockchain, Information Technology, Gaming
  • Funding Round, Seed, Series B
  • South Korea, United States, India
Portfolio highlights
  • Above Tech — Above Tech is focused on the MCU-centric non-memory semiconductor market, developing innovative solutions and components that enhance performance, power efficiency, and integration for a wide range of embedded and IoT applications.
  • Doppler Finance — Doppler Finance is a yield-earning platform that unlock earning opportunities within the XRPL ecosystem
  • Supervillain Labs — Supervillain Labs is a gaming studio that specializes in Web3 gaming innovation to develop socially interactive gaming experiences.
Company K Partners VC Fund · Ilsangu, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 12 investments in the past 12 months
Company K Partners Limited is a principal investment firm specializing in investments in culture content, electronic components, computer, machinery, broadcasting, arts, sports, and leisure industries. The firm primarily invests in South Korea with a focus in Seoul, Gyeongnam, and Gyeonggi. Company K Partners Limited was established in 2006 and isbased in Gyeonggi-do, South Korea.
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Investment focus
  • Biotechnology, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence
  • Series A, Funding Round, Series B
  • South Korea, United States, Gibraltar
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
Korea Science and Technology Holdings VC Fund · Daejeon, Taejon-jikhalsi, South Korea
Korea Science and Technology Holdings specializes in technology commercialization services by government-funded research institutes.
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Investment focus
  • Manufacturing, Software, Information Technology
  • Seed, Series A, Angel
  • South Korea
Portfolio highlights
  • BJ Wai — BJ Wai develops functional cosmetics materials that depend on imports with enzyme fermentation platform technology.
  • Linsol — Linsol develops life-saving and environmental detection solutions based on defense-derived search and detection technology.
  • Thermoeye — Thermoeye provides thermal imaging systems utilizing temperature analysis technology.
Naver VC Fund · Seongnam, Kyonggi-do, South Korea
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
  • Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • South Korea, United States, Indonesia
Portfolio highlights
  • Deskera — All In One Business Software with Accounting, Inventory, CRM, Payroll and HRMS.
  • NXN Labs — NXN Labs empowers individuals in crafting indistinguishable and sophisticated human images and videos. It goal is to empower people to seamlessly navigate this exciting, intertwined journey into a new era.
  • KREAM Corporation — E-commerce
Seoul Investment Partners VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 3 investments in the past 12 months
Seoul Investment Partners is a private equity and venture capital firm focused on investments in small and medium businesses.
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Investment focus
  • Biotechnology, Medical, Information Technology
  • Series A, Series B, Seed
  • South Korea, United States, Germany
Portfolio highlights
  • Amogy — Amogy develops a novel carbon-free energy storage system using ammonia as a fuel, exhibiting unprecedented energy density
  • Eurobotics — Eurobotics is a cutting-edge startup focused on developing autonomous walking robot technology capable of navigating and operating effectively in irregular, complex, or unpredictable environments.
  • The Blessed Moon — The Blessed Moon is a cosmetics brand that sells and offers skin, face, hair, and body care products.
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