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Top 50 Music Startup Investors in South Korea (August 2026)

The most active venture capital funds and angel investors investing in South Korea Music startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in South Korea Music startup companies. Find investors to raise a Seed, Series A or Series B round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
InterVest Co.
VC Fund
4 South Korea, United States, Singapore Series B, Series A, Series C Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology $2.3M–$56M
KB Investment
VC Fund
4 South Korea, United States, Vietnam Series A, Series B, Seed Software, Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology $774k–$36M
SV Investment Corp
VC Fund
4 South Korea, United States, China Series A, Series B, Seed Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $1.2M–$60M
Strong Ventures
VC Fund
3 South Korea, United States, Poland Seed, Series A, Series B E-Commerce, Software, Health Care $223k–$26M
InfoBank
VC Fund
3 South Korea, South Africa, United States Seed, Series A, Series B Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software $100k–$16M
Altos Ventures
VC Fund
3 South Korea, United States, Canada Series A, Series B, Series C Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services $2.1M–$60M
Murex Partners
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States, India Series A, Series B, Seed Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care $1.7M–$17M
Shinhan Venture Investment
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States, Japan Series B, Series A, Series C Biotechnology, Health Care, Software $2.2M–$71M
Laguna Investment
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States, Japan Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $741k–$35M
We Ventures
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States, Singapore Series A, Seed, Series B Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $729k–$19M
CRIT Ventures
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States, Hong Kong Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A Information Technology, Gaming, Blockchain $287k–$42M
Michigan Venture Capital
VC Fund
2 South Korea Series A, Seed, Series B Content, Music, Software $776k–$1.3B
Kakao Ventures
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States, Indonesia Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $297k–$30M
Industrial Bank of Korea
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States, China Series A, Series B, Seed Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $149k–$28M
Content Technologies, Inc. (CTI)
VC Fund
2 South Korea Seed Music, Art, Fashion
Capstone Partners
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States, India Series A, Seed, Series B Software, Mobile, Gaming $223k–$14M
IMM Investment
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States, Japan Series A, Series B, Series C Health Care, Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence $3M–$72M
Sazze Partners
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States, Japan Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $200k–$22M
Timewise Investment
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States, Russian Federation Series A, Series B, Seed Biotechnology, Health Care, Information Technology $3k–$29M
Future Science and Technology Holdings
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States Seed, Series A Biotechnology, Health Care, Food and Beverage $223k–$6.7M
Union Investment Partners
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States Series A, Series B, Seed Biotechnology, Health Care, Media and Entertainment $1.2M–$15M
kocca
VC Fund
2 South Korea Seed Apps, Music, E-Commerce
Grand Ventures
VC Fund
1 South Korea Seed, Series A Education, Apps, E-Learning
The Raine Group
VC Fund
1 United States, United Kingdom, Sweden Series A, Seed Software, Gaming, Information Technology
CJ Investment
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States Series A, Seed, Series B Software, Therapeutics, Information Technology
Sfermion
VC Fund
1 United States, Singapore, France Seed, Series A Blockchain, Gaming, Cryptocurrency
Midas Doang-A Investment
VC Fund
1 South Korea Series B, Series A, Seed Food and Beverage, Pharmaceutical, Software
Global Brain Corporation
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States, United Kingdom Series A, Series B Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $3M–$369M
BNK Venture Capital
VC Fund
1 South Korea, Kuwait Series A, Series B, Seed Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
SBI Investment Korea
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States, Japan Series A, Series B, Series C Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce
Reflexive Capital
VC Fund
1 United Kingdom, France, South Korea Seed, Series A, Angel Apps, Architecture, Information Technology
Eugene Investment
VC Fund
1 South Korea, Indonesia Seed, Series B, Pre-Seed Food and Beverage, Apps, EdTech
HB Investment
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States, Vietnam Series B, Series A Biotechnology, Software, Health Care
KC Ventures
VC Fund
1 South Korea Seed, Series A, Series B Music, Medical, Internet
Dodam Patent Law Firm
VC Fund
1 South Korea Seed Machine Learning, Industrial Automation, Information Technology
Kudos Ventures
VC Fund
1 South Korea, Singapore, United States Seed, Series B Information Technology, E-Commerce, Biotechnology
SB Capital Partners
VC Fund
1 United States Series C Internet, Network Security, Service Industry
Shinhan Capital
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States, India Series A, Seed, Series B Information Technology, Software, Apps
Kaist Venture Investment Holdings
VC Fund
1 South Korea, Australia Seed, Angel, Grant Information Technology, Retail, Health Care
Juwon Patent Law Firm
VC Fund
1 South Korea Seed B2B, Music, E-Learning
iM Investment Partners
VC Fund
1 South Korea Seed, Series B, Series C Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical, Health Care
Richard Ma
Angel
1 Singapore, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Blockchain, Financial Services, Cryptocurrency
Kiwoom Investment
VC Fund
1 South Korea, Japan, Germany Series B, Series A Information Technology, Software, Biotechnology
KDDI Open Innovation Fund
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States, Germany Series B, Series A Software, Mobile, Internet
Qihoo 360 Technology
VC Fund
1 China, United States, Austria Series A, Angel, Series B Information Technology, Internet, Security $425k–$600M
SB Partners
VC Fund
1 South Korea, Vietnam, India Series A, Series B, Seed Software, E-Commerce, Media and Entertainment
Hashed
VC Fund
1 United States, South Korea, Singapore Seed, Series A Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
Michael Carter
Angel
1 United States, South Korea Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Apps, Music, Dating
Wargaming
VC Fund
1 United States, Austria, Lithuania Series A, Series B, Pre-Seed Gaming, Apps, Video Streaming $150k–$60M
eBEST
VC Fund
1 South Korea, Japan, United States Series B, Seed, Series C Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical, Medical $2M–$21M
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InterVest Co.
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 4 investments in South Korea Music startups, 11 in the past 12 months

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 140
  • Round size: Series A $2.3M–$24M; Series B $2.6M–$45M; Series C $11M–$56M
  • Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Upstage — Upstage AI develops artificial intelligence technologies focused on large language models and document processing systems designed to support enterprise workflows. Its platform includes tools that convert unstructured data such as PDFs, scans, and emails into structured, machine-readable formats, enabling downstream analysis and automation. Thecompany also provides models like its Solar LLM, which are optimized for tasks such as text generation, information extraction, and question answering within business environments. Its solutions are applied across industries including finance, healthcare, insurance, and manufacturing to handle tasks like document parsing, data extraction, and workflow automation. Additionally, its services can be deployed through APIs, cloud environments, or on-premise systems to integrate with existing enterprise infrastructure.
  • WIRobotics — My First-Ever Robot
  • 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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KB Investment
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 4 investments in South Korea Music 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, Biotechnology
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, Vietnam

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 413
  • Round size: Seed $774k–$7.2M; Series A $2.1M–$36M; Series B $4.8M–$35M
  • Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% 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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SV Investment Corp
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 4 investments in South Korea Music startups, 13 in the past 12 months

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 109
  • Round size: Seed $1.2M–$31M; Series A $2.2M–$36M; Series B $7.5M–$60M
  • Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • CarbonSix — CarbonSix delivers cutting-edge robotics automation for manufacturing, combining Six-Sigma robot dexterity and intelligence to transform industrial operations worldwide.
  • Asteromorph — We are an AI for Science lab in Seoul. Our mission is to accelerate scientific advancements through the pursuit of superintelligence.
  • Linq — We are creating ‘hyper-automated insurance platforms’ to comprehensively support underwriters and claim adjusters and to facilitate communication between insurers and reinsurers using AI and deep learning.
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Strong Ventures
VC Fund · Los Angeles, California, United States · 3 investments in South Korea Music 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: 346
  • Round size: Seed $223k–$3.2M; Series A $1M–$10M; Series B $2.4M–$26M
  • Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $3.3M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Winegraph — Winegraph is an SNS-based wine search and recommendation platform.
  • Stan World — Stan World is a Fandom Party World where fans can party & win rewards for their Stars, 24/7.
  • Minimap — The all-in-one game tracker for PC & Console. Sync achievements and trophies, manage your backlog, and analyze playtime stats. Your entire gaming history, unified.
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InfoBank
VC Fund · Gyeongju, Kyongsang-bukto, South Korea · 3 investments in South Korea Music 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: 146
  • Round size: Seed $100k–$1.6M; Series A $761k–$9.4M; Series B $8M–$16M
  • Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • A2D2 — A2D2 AI analyzes and organizes tens of thousands of pages of evidence documents.
  • 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.
  • Limpid — Limpid is a Bio pet food startup. It set new standards in pet nutrition through continuous innovation.
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Altos Ventures
VC Fund · Menlo Park, California, United States · 3 investments in South Korea Music 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: 338
  • Round size: Series A $2.1M–$30M; Series B $4.3M–$33M; Series C $5.2M–$60M
  • Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $450M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • PureSpace — PureSpace has developed a novel technology in extending shelf-life of fresh products that is applicable to all types of produce along the supply chain. Grocery stores and road transportation is a major application for shelf-life extension.
  • 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!
  • Channel Talk — Channel Corp. provide a chat platform Channel Talk to create a customer-centric culture.
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Murex Partners
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Music startups

Murex Partners is a VC firm specializing in thesis-driven investing.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 102
  • Round size: Seed $1.7M–$16M; Series A $2.2M–$11M; Series B $3M–$17M
  • Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • Tynapse — Secure your AI's decisions and actions in real-time. Tynapse provides the fastest intervention and legal-grade evidence required for high-stakes business.
  • Dentlink — A state-of-the-art digital dental lab, made by masters. All-on-X, veneers, implant crowns. One dedicated master technician on every case. First case free.
  • Medifab — Medifab is a bio-healthcare center that offers 3D system testing, measurement analysis, and OEM service.
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Shinhan Venture Investment
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Music startups

Shinhan Venture Investment operates as an investment company. Shinhan Venture Investment focuses on earlier-stage venture capital investments and later-stage control investments opportunities derived from the latest megatrends such as the aging population, disruptive technologies, IT convergence, alternative energy and etc.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 209
  • Round size: Series A $2.2M–$26M; Series B $4.8M–$45M; Series C $7.6M–$71M
  • Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Nventric — Nventric is a medical device company that develops core products for neurovascular, coronary heart, and peripheral vascular applications.
  • Return Zero — AI, ASR, Diarization, Speech, ML
  • Linq — We are creating ‘hyper-automated insurance platforms’ to comprehensively support underwriters and claim adjusters and to facilitate communication between insurers and reinsurers using AI and deep learning.
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Laguna Investment
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Music startups, 8 in the past 12 months

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 99
  • Round size: Seed $741k–$5.4M; Series A $1.7M–$11M; Series B $3.7M–$35M
  • Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Cashmore — Cashmore is an app service that analyzes consumers' store visits, mobility paths, and consumption history to deliver customized discount benefits.
  • Bind — Bind is a start-up that operates the mobile and PC version of 'Athler'.
  • Markoville — Markoville is an entertainment content company that develops animation, games, comics, and character-based intellectual property (IP) using a media-mix strategy. It focuses on creating fun, family-friendly characters and storytelling content across multiple platforms.
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We Ventures
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Music 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: 93
  • Round size: Seed $729k–$4.3M; Series A $2.2M–$19M; Series B $3M–$16M
  • Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% 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 builds ontology-driven enterprise systems that execute. Zenith verifies decisions, grades knowledge, and turns institutional memory into software you can run.
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CRIT Ventures
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Music 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: 131
  • Round size: Seed $425k–$9M; Series A $1.6M–$36M; Venture - Series Unknown $287k–$42M
  • Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • YUZUCO — YUZUCO is here to make yuzu easier to enjoy. We import premium Japanese yuzu and bottle our cold-pressed, never heat-treated juice products in California. Yuzu Super Juice, our proprietary blend, is a sustainable answer to your citrus needs.
  • Neubility — Connecting the physical world with robotic autonomy
  • Bunker Kids — Bunker Kids is a startup that provides solutions optimized for achieving personal health goals using data and algorithms.
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Michigan Venture Capital
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Music startups

Michigan Venture Capital Co., Ltd. is a venture capital and private equity firm specializing in investments in the late and growth stages, and buyout deals. The firm typically invests in the technology and telecommunication, sports, leisure information technology, game software, education, consumer retail focusing on the high-end global brands,entertainment projects including movies, television dramas, high-end musicals, operas, exhibitions, media, financial advisory services including equity and debt financing, corporate advisory services including mergers and acquisitions and asset divestitures, and consulting services including sales and marketing, operating and branding. It primarily invests in South Korea with a focus in Seoul nad Gyeonggi province. The firm primarily invests between $0.5 million and $1million in the initial stage, and between $1 million and $2.5 million in the late stage investments. Michigan Venture Capital Co., Ltd. was established in 2002 and is based in Seoul, South Korea.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Content, Music, Software
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 14
  • Round size: Seed $776k–$1.3B; Series A $1.7M–$3M
  • Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • XORBIS — XORBIS offers software, media hardware integration, and media management solutions for public and cultural spaces.
  • Sodomall — Sodomall is a retail-tech platform that operates offline group-buying stores, connecting consumers through community-driven purchasing. It enables store-based pickup of products ordered collectively, focusing on cost-efficient distribution, franchise-style expansion, and a hybrid model that links online ordering with offline retail locations forimproved accessibility and convenience.
  • The Muse Entertainment — The Muse Entertainment is a professional entertainment agency.
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Kakao Ventures
VC Fund · Seongnam, Kyonggi-do, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Music 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: 362
  • Round size: Seed $297k–$4.2M; Series A $966k–$14M; Series B $3M–$30M
  • Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $9.6M in 2012

Portfolio highlights

  • A33 Studio — A-33 Studio team is led by the chief executive officer ‘Kim Dong Sun’ who was in charge of the development, launch and operation of ‘Counter Strike Online’ which is one of the top 3 online FPS games in Korea. The team consists of developers who have worked together for ‘CS Online’ and ‘Combat Arms’ at Nexon, one of the top online game makers in theworld.
  • Perseus — World Best Hypervisor Security Solutions for SDV
  • Spatial — Experience virtual NFT art exhibitions, meetups, and live events together with lifelike avatars. Customize beautiful 3D spaces. Join now from Web, Mobile, & VR.
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Industrial Bank of Korea
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Music 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: 303
  • Round size: Seed $149k–$4.5M; Series A $2M–$17M; Series B $4.8M–$28M
  • Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Gadget Korea — Gadget korea offers data roaming services.
  • 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
  • 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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Content Technologies, Inc. (CTI)
VC Fund · Moorpark, California, United States · 2 investments in South Korea Music startups

Content Technologies, Inc. (CTI) is an artificial intelligence research and development company. It specializes in production automation, business process automation, instructional design, and content application solutions. CTI helps companies to discover insights, generate content, and navigate new competitive landscapes. The company possessesseveral business units and ventures up and running using its proprietary artificial intelligence platform. CTI partners with companies of various sizes in various industries to solve challenges with data, business, and process automation using artificial intelligence in areas such as health care, financial markets, education, and government. The company was founded by Dr. Scott R. Parfitt in 2005 and is headquartered in Moorpark, California.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Music, Art, Fashion
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Naivy — Naivy offers music product marketing services, providing users with cash incentives and artists with marketing promotion services through its PLAM application.
  • Lively — 'Lively', an online music performance platform enjoyed with characters
  • DANIEL PROJECT — DANIEL PROJECT is a music professional MCN that supports the recruitment, production, distribution, and management of artists.
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Capstone Partners
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Music 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: 249
  • Round size: Seed $223k–$3.8M; Series A $371k–$11M; Series B $743k–$14M
  • Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $37M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • N.Light — N.Light is a Metaverse 3D design software that allows individuals to effortlessly turn their ideas into reality.
  • 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.
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IMM Investment
VC Fund · Kangnam, Cholla-namdo, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Music startups

Korean alternative asset investment firm

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 263
  • Round size: Series A $3M–$55M; Series B $5.9M–$72M; Series C $7.7M–$46M
  • Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $25M in 2016

Portfolio highlights

  • N.Light — N.Light is a Metaverse 3D design software that allows individuals to effortlessly turn their ideas into reality.
  • Ohouse — No.1 Interior Onestop Platform
  • ArcGen Bioscience — Embark on a Voyage in Immuno-Oncology
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Sazze Partners
VC Fund · San Jose, California, United States · 2 investments in South Korea Music 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: 163
  • Round size: Seed $200k–$4.5M; Pre-Seed $200k–$2.8M; Series A $334k–$22M
  • Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $127M in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • Acro — Main - ACRO
  • Upstage — Upstage AI develops artificial intelligence technologies focused on large language models and document processing systems designed to support enterprise workflows. Its platform includes tools that convert unstructured data such as PDFs, scans, and emails into structured, machine-readable formats, enabling downstream analysis and automation. Thecompany also provides models like its Solar LLM, which are optimized for tasks such as text generation, information extraction, and question answering within business environments. Its solutions are applied across industries including finance, healthcare, insurance, and manufacturing to handle tasks like document parsing, data extraction, and workflow automation. Additionally, its services can be deployed through APIs, cloud environments, or on-premise systems to integrate with existing enterprise infrastructure.
  • BacklotCars — Making Wholesale Easy
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Timewise Investment
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Music startups

TIMEWISE INVESTMENT, formerly known as CJ Venture Investment, is a principal investment firm specializing in investments in video broadcasting, animation, movies, culture contents, games, communications equipment, arts, sports, leisure, manufacturing and service, mobile devices and solutions, information technology, SI, web agency, cell therapy andbiotechnology sectors. The firm primarily invests in South Korea with a focus in Seoul, Gyeonggi, and Jeju. CJ Venture Investment was established in 2000 and is based in Seoul, South Korea.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 64
  • Round size: Seed $3k–$4.3M; Series A $3k–$8.7M; Series B $3M–$29M
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Carlet Store — Carlet Bio is a wholesale supplier of packaging solutions.
  • Datumo — Datumo got your back!Obtaining the proper data has always been the top issue for many AI labs/companies. To solve this problem, Datumo provides a platform that connects your company to the crowd-workers.It's MORE than just a connection! We passionately research crowd-workers and your project to develop cutting-edge technologies forthe optimized mobile crowd-sourcing.Keep disrupting the world! Just for your project, we are here to maintain the quality, cost-efficiency, or any other burdens related to the data. Datumo was founded in 2018.
  • ProxiHealthcare USA — ProxiHealthcare USA is a biotechnology research focused personal and environmental healthcare organization.
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Future Science and Technology Holdings
VC Fund · Daejeon, Taejon-jikhalsi, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Music startups

Future Science and Technology Holdings is an investment company that specializes in technology-based services.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Food and Beverage
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: South Korea, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 34
  • Round size: Seed $223k–$1.7M; Series A $1.9M–$6.7M
  • Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Caretive
  • Protier Biotech — PROTIER Biotech is a company leading the development of therapeutics through innovative biotechnology .
  • ArcGen Bioscience — Embark on a Voyage in Immuno-Oncology
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Union Investment Partners
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Music startups

“Union Investment Partners” since its founding in 2000, has been the leading venture capital firm in Korea specializing in contents investment that includes successful investment portfolios of films, animations, games, TV dramas, and live concerts. Union Investment Partners will maintain its role as a major investment partner of venture businessesand contents industry that seeks growth and advancement to the global market.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Media and Entertainment
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: South Korea, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 47
  • Round size: Seed $1.2M–$10M; Series A $1.5M–$8.6M; Series B $3M–$15M
  • Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • LabInCube — LabInCube develops inCube materials capable of selective drug release, sustained release, and supporting complex raw materials.
  • Awexome Ray — Awexome Ray is a company that manufactures next-generation X-ray generator.
  • Polestar Games — Polestar Games creates the MMORPG 'Project N' for PC and console platforms. Project N is an open-world game set in a medieval dark fantasy setting. Many believe that market aspirations for a AAA-level MMORPG that supports both PC and consoles are unrealistic.
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kocca
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Music startups

Korea Creative Content Agency (kocca) was established on May 7, 2009 to efficiently support the growth of the cultural industry by combining Korea Broadcasting Institute, Korea Culture and Content Agency, Korea Game Industry Agency, Cultural Contents Center, and Digital Contents Business Group of Korea IT Industry Promotion Agency according toArticle 31 of the Framework Act on Cultural Industry Promotion.kocca is an agency dedicated to promoting all areas for content. We established a comprehensive support system to nurture the content industry, and aim to develop Korea as one of the world's top 5 contents powerhouses.kocca conducts various support businesses to help Korea's content industry grow into a global leader in the creative economy.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Music, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 11
  • Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Newmatic — Newmatic creates software-based digital platforms for interactive content in entertainment and education. The company builds software-based platforms that deliver interactive media experiences, combining digital design, content development, and user engagement tools. It focuses on creating applications and systems that support learning,communication, and entertainment through technology-driven interactive environments.
  • Cre Planet — Cre Planet creates technologies for analyzing advertising performance and provides staffing services.
  • Wazzle Entertainment — Wazzle Entertainment is founded by IT experts and K-Pop stars' actual dance choreographers, and provides K-Pop dance lessons through smartphone devices.Wazzle Entertainment has been granted an exclusive use of official choreography copyrights from K-Pop choreographers for providing dance lessons to the world. We also have exclusivecontracts with champion street dance teams from around the globe to provide their lessons online. All lessons are being serviced through iOS, Android, Smart TV and Web streaming.Wazzle Entertainment has acquired access to the choreography rights of over 90% of K-Pop dances, and provide dance-related services on iOS, Android, Smart TV and Web streaming in more than 7 languages. We aim to be 'the Youtube of Dance' by providing video contents including K-pop dance, street dance lessons, star news, and dance studio segments.Wazzle Entertainment develops original content and lesson-video streaming solutions for dance-learning through apps, smart TV, web, including projects such as:-Original K-POP DanceRelease: iOS 1.0.1(July, 2013)http://youtube.com/OriginalKpopDanceLearn the hottest K-pop dances anytime and anywhere!Wherever you are, the place you're at instantly becomes a dance studio. With a smartphone, tablet or smart TV, you can easily learn K-pop dances on your own schedule – no searching for a studio and dance instructor, no need for expensive classes! 'Original K-POP Dance' provides one hour lessons with 15 clips, so users can repeat sections they want to practice. Anyone can dance and show off to their friends after learning even just some of the parts. Plus!- Mirror mode for easily keeping track of moves and directions- Suitable for learning group dances, with detailed instructions and breakdowns of each members' dance steps and movements
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Grand Ventures
VC Fund · Seocho, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Music startups

Building the Future

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Education, Apps, E-Learning
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 10
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Career Day — Career Day is a business networking comapany that offers information to companies and experienced talents to facilitate connection.
  • User Spoon — User Spoon is a tool designed to streamline and enhance the process of user experience (UX) research by offering features that improve efficiency, such as user testing, feedback collection, and data analysis tools. It supports UX professionals in gathering insights faster and more accurately, ultimately leading to more user-centered designdecisions
  • Additional Company — Additional Company provides tax support services such as regular reporting, late reporting, and correction claims for various tax items to workers, freelancers, and business customers who are in a tax blind spot.
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The Raine Group
VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 1 investments in South Korea Music startups

An integrated merchant bank advising and investing in high growth sectors of technology, media and telecom. Offices in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, London, Mumbai, Paris, Shanghai and Singapore.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Gaming, Information Technology
  • Stage:Series A, Seed
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Sweden

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 72
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Jackpocket — Order lottery tickets online with Jackpocket Lottery app. Enjoy official lottery games like Powerball & Mega Millions. Over $500 MILLION in lotto prizes won!
  • Heyday — Heyday offers a digital marketplace space built for sellers to accelerate consumer product brands.It aims to amplify the eCommerce entrepreneurs' marketplace brand. Heyday is backed by General Catalyst, Khosla Ventures, and Arbor Ventures.The San Francisco-based company started in August 2020 and is founded by Sebastian Rymarz and AdamGerchen.
  • HowStuffWorks — HowStuffWorks has been explaining how things work to curious minds since 1998. Providing factual, unbiased content that's fun to read and makes difficult topics easy to understand.
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CJ Investment
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Music startups

CJ Investment operates as an investment firm.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 39
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Nex Eye — Nex Eye is a start-up that develops first-in-class antibodies targeting refractory factors of immuno-oncology drugs.
  • DOD — DOD is data-driven musical business platform.
  • ProtoPie — Prototyping interactions as easy as pie ProtoPie is an easy but powerful software that allows designers and engineers to plan, communicate, and demonstrate an interactive mobile product. Build a sophisticated prototype without any coding, but leveraging all the native mobile device features. The powerful capabilities are already recognized andadopted by the global top brands and such as Google, Microsoft, R/GA, and Ideo.
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Sfermion
VC Fund · Chicago, Illinois, United States · 1 investments in South Korea Music startups

Sfermion is a multi-strategy investment firm focused on the immersive internet

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Gaming, Cryptocurrency
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Singapore, France

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 105
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • MetaZone — MetaZone's mission is to harness and expand the application layer of the metaverse to onboard a billion citizens. MetaZone is the first content distribution platform designed to facilitate the open digital economy. At its core, creators submit Metaverse Enabled Tokenized Applications (METAs) to the marketplace, allowing anyone to own,experience, and deploy them to any virtual world. Anyone connected to the platform can host high-quality functional 3D content on digital lands with the click of a few buttons.
  • Atmos Labs — When is a game more than a game? Welcome to Planet Atmos: a universe of next-generation gaming experiences blending action, customization, storytelling, community, and digital ownership.
  • Temple Digital Group — Capital Markets Built On Canton. A privacy focused technical stack for trading digital assets.
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Midas Doang-A Investment
VC Fund · 1 investments in South Korea Music startups

Midas Doang-A Investment

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Food and Beverage, Pharmaceutical, Software
  • Stage:Series B, Series A, Seed
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 18
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Acon3D — Digital Asset Store. Use brushes, 3D backgrounds & animated deformes for all creative fields!
  • Lively — 'Lively', an online music performance platform enjoyed with characters
  • Carpenstreet — Digital Asset Store. Use brushes, 3D backgrounds & animated deformes for all creative fields!
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Global Brain Corporation
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in South Korea Music startups

Global Brain Corporation is a venture capital firm that invests in companies from seed or early to pre-IPO startups. Global Brain has invested in 300+ startups from seed/early to pre-IPO startups and achieved 25 IPOs and 61 M&As as a result of providing hands-on support services and resources to its portfolio startups. Global Brain hasmanaged a pure investment fund as well as multiple corporate venture capital funds partnered together with tier 1 public companies of telecom, real estate development, financial service, beverages, agriculture food, logistics, and electronic devices.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 509
  • Round size: Series A $3M–$142M; Series B $4M–$369M
  • Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2024

Portfolio highlights

  • Near Intelligence — Near, the world’s largest source of intelligence on People, Places, and Products is the global leader in Data Intelligence empowering organizations of all sizes to make smart, strategic decisions delivering optimal business performance. We unite Marketers and Operational data leaders by providing the most accurate, reliable source of data thatdelivers actionable insights on People, Places, and Products in both the physical and digital space.Near is backed by leading investors including Sequoia Capital, JP Morgan Private Equity Group, Cisco Investments and Telstra Ventures. Visit www.near.com to find out more.
  • Otetsutabi — Otetsutabi is a regional revitalization platform that offers the opportunity for participants to help at accommodations and breweries in rural areas that struggle with seasonal labor shortages. The locals offer transportation expenses and places to stay in return, so participants can travel to the areas with ease.
  • Supercritical — We partner with industry to move and think beyond fossil fuels with innovative clean technology solutions.
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BNK Venture Capital
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Music startups

BNK Venture Capital is an investment firm.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 63
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Finda Auto — Finda Auto is an internal business of Finda, a finance company that specializes in financing.
  • AIDIN ROBOTICS — AIDIN ROBOTICS redefine interactive sensors. Advanced force/torque sensor, proximity sensor for human-robot collaboration.
  • Korea Precision Materials Industry — Korea Precision Materials Industry is a manufacturer of next-generation composite materials used for weight reduction.
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SBI Investment Korea
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Music startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 94
  • Lead/follow: no public data

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.
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Reflexive Capital
VC Fund · Chicago, Illinois, United States · 1 investments in South Korea Music startups

Reflexive is a web3 focused investment firm, backing founders driving adoption and solving meaningful problems.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Architecture, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Geography: United Kingdom, France, South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 8
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • XP — Get tickets to your favorite concerts, sports games, & more, with no hidden fees.
  • Trust-Place — Trust-Place allows brands to authenticate the item with a digital certificate of ownership.
  • PeachWeb — Peach Worlds is the Squarespace for 3D immersive websites. It's the first no-code builder powered by AI, enabling designers to effortlessly create 3D websites without any coding.
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Eugene Investment
VC Fund · Yongdungpo, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Music startups

Eugene Investment is a finance company that provides venture capital, mergers and acquisitions, mutual funds and online trading service.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Food and Beverage, Apps, EdTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series B, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: South Korea, Indonesia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 8
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Bbodek — Bbodek provider of tableware rental and washing services intended for restaurants and school cafeterias. They provide products for children's tableware and hygiene management services. They specialize in using their self-developed smart factory to render low defect services to consumers, enabling them to just focus on cooking without worryingabout cleaning up. They are expanding their business to customized washing machine manufacture and sales.
  • Wahyoo — Wahyoo is a technology company that wants to help the traditional food stalls owner to achieve business success and reach a prosperous life. Our mission is to standardize the quality of products and services of traditional food stall by providing outstanding supply chain, operation, marketing, and financial infrastructure through technology.
  • LC Square — LC Square is a micro-LED display core component and technology company that manufactures signage, TV, and wearable micro-LED displays.
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HB Investment
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Music startups

HB Investment Inc. was founded on November 11, 1999 starting with paid-in Capital of KRW 10 billion.Since its foundation, HB Investment Inc. has been investing small and medium businesses that have the potential for steady growth and profitability and helping the invested companies to grow well by giving various consulting services. As a result,HB Investment Inc.constructed comprehensive portfolio out of various industrial areas, such as game, entertainment, as well as representative high-tech industries related to semiconductor, Internet, LCD, and a smart phone, bio, health care. In addition, HB Investment Inc. has experiences in implementing business Success-fully by organizing several partnership funds for recent years.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 130
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Robros — Robros is constantly creating technology to break through the barrier between people and robots in order to build a world in which everyone in the service industry can live a physically and emotionally happy life.
  • Big Value — Big Value is a price analysis for multiplex houses.
  • MediQStar — MediQStar is a startup developing a generative AI
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KC Ventures
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Music startups

KC Ventures is a Seoul based-venture capital firm that makes early-stage investments in the healthcare, and media sectors.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Music, Medical, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • VSI — 1st high bandwidth automotive Serdes chip, supporting ASA (Automotive Serdes Alliance) motion link. Vsitech.
  • Space Oddity — Space Oddity is a music company.
  • CarboExpert — CarboExpert is a biopharmaceutical company that specializes in the development of anti-allergy medical materials. The company is known for its innovative approach in the biotechnology field, focusing on natural and synthetic-based anti-inflammatory and anti-allergy solutions. CarboExpert also produces and supplies functional carbohydrates andstandard reference materials, making it a unique entity in its industry. Additionally, the company owns a derma-cosmetic brand, THERAPHYTOABEL, which aims to address consumers' skin problems.
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Dodam Patent Law Firm
VC Fund · Seongnam, Kyonggi-do, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Music startups

Dodam Patent Law Firm provides legal services.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Machine Learning, Industrial Automation, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Ineeji — Ineeji is an industrial AI solutions company that provides AI prediction services based on the machine learning technology.
  • Lively — 'Lively', an online music performance platform enjoyed with characters
  • Orwell Health — We design and develop mental health.
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Kudos Ventures
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Music startups

Kudos Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Seoul, South Korea.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 40
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Quester — Quester is working on a high-performance, low-cost hand-tracking glove for use in XR (extended reality) and remote control systems, as well as virtual experiment practice software 'PLAB'. Quester was acknowledged in this round of funding for its technological prowess and creativity in hand-tracking gloves.
  • General Idea — ​General Idea is a contemporary fashion brand renowned for its fusion of streetwear and aesthetics. The brand offers innovative, modern, and casual apparel that appeals to a diverse clientele. It has gained international recognition for its unique designs and collaborations.
  • Everyone's Arts and Physical Education — Everyone's Arts and Physical Education focuses on systematising the arts and physical education ecosystem and providing integrated services.
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SB Capital Partners
VC Fund · Chicago, Illinois, United States · 1 investments in South Korea Music startups

SB Capital Partners (SBCP) is a boutique private equity firm and direct investment operator acquiring companies in the small business space. SB Capital Partners has a unique approach to small business investing. Unlike most small business investors, they maintain a rigorous buyout discipline – in terms of valuation, negotiation, transactionexecution, financing and post-investment philosophy while embracing the delicate components of a small business- such as the unique cultural, business and family issues small businesses have.SB Capital Partners focuses on fundamentals- They do not financial engineer profits, sell-off assets to generate returns or flip companies to make a quick profit. Their approach is based on the philosophy that value is created over time by focusing on high quality management, operational excellence, optimal capital structures and a disciplined long-term growth strategy.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Network Security, Service Industry
  • Stage:Series C
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • BGM Factory — BGM Factory is a background music library for creators and video producers.
  • Caspian Networks — Caspian Networks (formerly PacketCom) is an Internet infrastructure company designing a breakthrough new generation of equipment for the heart of the largest networks in the world – the service provider networks upon which the Internet is based. Company shut down.
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Shinhan Capital
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Music 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, Apps
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 130
  • Lead/follow: no public data

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.
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Kaist Venture Investment Holdings
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Music startups

Kaist Venture Investment Holdings is a startup company that invests in startups that solve social problems through innovative technologies. They invest in businesses that maximize synergy by pursuing both social and financial values at the same time. It focuses on five sectors including health, environment, education, elimination of inequality, andsocial infrastructure. Kaist Venture Investment Holdings was founded on October 31, 2014, and is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Retail, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Grant
  • Geography: South Korea, Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 29
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Podonos — Podonos evaluates the effectiveness and performance of AI models for speech and audio. You get the evaluation result within 12 hours from global evaluators.
  • Risorious — Risorious provide clear guidelines for prescribing neuropsychiatric drugs.
  • K-Work Partners — K-Work Partners provide comprehensive living support services essential to foreign workers in Korea.
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Juwon Patent Law Firm
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Music startups

Juwon Patent Law Firm specializes in general civil and criminal cases.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: B2B, Music, E-Learning
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Moonda — Moonda's B2B music performance curation platform, Bravi, seems like a valuable service for businesses seeking to enhance their events or spaces with curated live music.
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iM Investment Partners
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Music startups

iM Investment Partners is an investment firm. It is an affiliate of DGB Finance Group.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Series B, Series C
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 6
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Yeoshin — Yeoshin is a skin treatment information platform.
  • MediMabBio — Creating therapeutic opportunities for the most serious diseases.
  • 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.
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Richard Ma
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in South Korea Music startups

Richard Ma is the Founder and CEO of Quantstamp.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Financial Services, Cryptocurrency
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Singapore, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 40
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Capx — Capx's mission is to accelerate the flow of capital through the private markets, thereby enhancing global capital allocation. With secondary market and enterprise solutions, Capx combines high-quality collections of opportunities with efficient access for institutions and individual investors.
  • RiskLayer — RiskLayer is an economic security middleware for DeFi and providing services and validating Creating positive feedback loops.
  • GoPlus Security — GoPlus Security is an open, permissionless, user-driven security service platform for all types of blockchain users.
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Kiwoom Investment
VC Fund · Youidodong, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Music startups

Kiwoom Investment provides financial assistance with funding for small businesses.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Software, Biotechnology
  • Stage:Series B, Series A
  • Geography: South Korea, Japan, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 81
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Heum Labs — Heum Labs offers 'Alfred,' an AI-powered financial assistant designed for small businesses and SMEs.
  • Healing Paper — Healing Paper is a mobile healthcare and information technology company.
  • Prazer Therapeutics — Prazer Therapeutics assists patients suffering from intractable diseases through the use of logical and innovative drug design approaches. They willaccomplished this through the use of new and innovative drug development platforms, such as rational molecular drug design technology and next-generation protein degradation technology.
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KDDI Open Innovation Fund
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in South Korea Music startups

KDDI Open Innovation Fund is a corporate venture capital fund that will support promising startup companies. Total size of the fund is JPY10 billion. This is the first corporate venture capital fund established by KDDI. The fund will be managed by Global Brain Corporation (Head office: Minato-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO, Yasuhiko Yurimoto),which has a strong track record in the venture capital business. By combining KDDI’s know-how and assets with Global Brain’s investment and management support capabilities, we will work together to accelerate cooperative activities with promising startup companies. Through this fund, as well as "KDDI ∞ Labo," a startup incubation program currently inviting a second round of applications, we will continue to support the growth of the next startup companies.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Mobile, Internet
  • Stage:Series B, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 85
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • MODE — MODE offers customized solutions to unleash the power of real-world data for your business.
  • MOSH Japan — MOSH is a web page creation services for individual business owners.
  • Findy — Findy is a Japanese company once surprised the world by sending out products such as cars and home appliances one after another
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Qihoo 360 Technology
VC Fund · Beijing, Beijing, China · 1 investments in South Korea Music startups

360 Total Security is a leader in Cybersecurity software. With a billion active internet users, 360 has earned a strong reputation for excellence. Download Free

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Internet, Security
  • Stage:Series A, Angel, Series B
  • Geography: China, United States, Austria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 76
  • Round size: Angel $425k–$1.4M; Series A $1.4M–$25M; Series B $2.8M–$600M
  • Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Hozon — Hozon integrates hardware products and software services through innovative technology research and development, intelligent manufacturing, and multi-channel sales services. Through the development of electric, intelligence, and connectivity, they are committed to creating cost-effective Intelligent electric vehicles of high quality, providingusers with a simple, intuitive, and comfortable travel experience.
  • Lanxin — Lanxin is a secure mobile work platform for government and enterprise.
  • HanSight — HanSight is dedicated to changing the cyber security landscape based on their award-winning big data analytics platform and patented machine learning algorithms, by unifying SIEM, User & Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA) and Network Traffic Analytics (NTA). Their mission is to empower organizations to detect and prevent to cyber breaches, fraudand insider threats that threaten their digital property and financial assets, in real time and with greater accuracy than ever before. With the vision "Data Driven Security", HanSight was founded in 2014 by seasoned entrepreneurs from Trend Micro, Microsoft and Oracle, with extensive experience in security analytics, big data technology and machine learning. They are backed by world-class ventures including IDG Capital, CASH Capital etc, and trusted by large-scale banks, telcos and government agencies. They are ranked #320 on Cybersecurity 500 list in 2017.
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SB Partners
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Music startups

SB Partners is an investment firm in South Korea. Its major businesses include new technology business and Finance Business. It was established on December 11, 2017.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Media and Entertainment
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: South Korea, Vietnam, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 27
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • infludeo — infludeo is a fan membership platform that connects global Kpop fans with Kpop artists.
  • Sharetreats — Share Treats Innovation introduces a 'Casual O2O Commerce' dedicated to South East Asia. It has a vision to create a cultural movement whereby anyone can interact more through casual treats.
  • Big House Entertainment — Big House Entertainment creates content like webtoons and dramas, focusing on cross-platform storytelling across media, games.
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Hashed
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Music startups

Hashed is a global, early stage venture fund focused on backing founders who are pioneering the future of blockchain and cryptocurrency. Hashed is based in Seoul and San Francisco.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, South Korea, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 255
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Lysto — How much does culture influence creative thinking?
  • Flexity — Flexity provides fast and efficient planning and design services.
  • Phi Labs — Blockchain tools that empower and reward builders
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Michael Carter
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in South Korea Music startups

Michael Maxwell Carter is CEO at Weeby.co.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Music, Dating
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Modhaus — Modhaus is a K-pop startup which aims to create the world's first open architecture entertainment ecosystem.
  • Callback — Callback is building a next-generation loyalty platform for independent stores
  • Dandy — Exclusively in LA, invite only.
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Wargaming
VC Fund · Nicosia, Nicosia, Cyprus · 1 investments in South Korea Music startups

A catalogue of games produced by the leading game developer in the CIS. Legendary and new games from Wargaming for PC, iOS, Android, Xbox and Playstation.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Gaming, Apps, Video Streaming
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, Austria, Lithuania

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 12
  • Round size: Pre-Seed $150k–$310k; Series A $1.2M–$60M; Series B $15M–$30M
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Donut Lab — Donut Punks is a MOBA game that offers a unique blend of fun, action, and strategy. It is designed for players who want to team up and take on the challenge of fighting against hordes of zombies in a thrilling online environment.
  • Polystream — Polystream is completely rethinking and realising new ways of how to use the visual cloud, from server to client, from network to edge as we build the 3D Internet. Powered by our breakthrough command streaming technology, you can now instantly engage, grow, and monetise audiences of all shapes and sizes wherever they are in the world; whether it’splayers, streamers, or viewers. Our synchronous spectator engine Fantom enables cloud native games and experiences to be cost-effectively streamed with unrivalled reach, and unprecedented scale.
  • Gcore — Gcore is the first class web service with cutting-edge features and advanced security. It provides efficient services for all modern web needs: CDN, hosting, storage, streaming platform, DNS, security, and cloud. The company oversees a global infrastructure that delivers edge and cloud-based services to enterprise-level businesses.
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eBEST
VC Fund · Yongdungpo, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Music startups

eBest is a brokerage firm.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical, Medical
  • Stage:Series B, Seed, Series C
  • Geography: South Korea, Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 10
  • Round size: Seed $2M–$7M; Series B $6.4M–$16M; Series C $12M–$21M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Clesson — Clesson is a music edtech company.
  • Primemas Inc. — Primemas delivers pre-built SoC hub chiplets to accelerate semiconductor development.
  • Label AI — LABEL is a blockchain-based, NFT, copyright fee sharing platform that introduces an incubation system that supports investment, distribution, and promotion processes to break down high barriers to existing content production and investment and dismantles the current unfair profit distribution structure.
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Music Investor funding in South Korea at a glance

Stats across 165 deals from 192 investors.

192
investors
in South Korea Music startups
165
deals
in South Korea Music startups
$5.2M
median round
in South Korea Music startups
33%
lead investors
lead at least one round
39%
Seed
most common funding stage
97/3
VC / Angel
share of investor count

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