Top 50 Music VC Funds & Investors in South Korea (June 2026)
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Altos Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea, United States, Canada | Series A, Series B, Series C | Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services | $2.1M–$102M |
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InterVest Co.
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea, United States, Singapore | Series B, Series A, Series C | Artificial Intelligence, Software, Health Care | $2.2M–$54M |
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KB Investment
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea, United States, Vietnam | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $743k–$40M |
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Strong Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, Poland | Seed, Series A, Series B | E-Commerce, Software, Health Care | $18k–$30M |
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Union Investment Partners
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States | Series A, Series B, Seed | Biotechnology, Medical, Internet | $5k–$18M |
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Content Technologies, Inc. (CTI)
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea | Seed | Music, Art, Fashion | |
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Laguna Investment
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, Japan | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Information Technology, Apps | $743k–$35M |
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SV Investment Corp
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, China | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $223k–$52M |
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Sazze Partners
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, Japan | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $200k–$19M |
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We Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, Singapore | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $743k–$15M |
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Capstone Partners
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, India | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, Mobile, Gaming | $223k–$15M |
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Michigan Venture Capital
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea | Series A, Seed | Music, Content, Software | $776k–$1.3B |
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Shinhan Venture Investment
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, Japan | Series B, Series A | Biotechnology, Health Care, Information Technology | $2.6M–$55M |
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CRIT Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, Hong Kong | Seed, Series B | Information Technology, Blockchain, Gaming | $686k–$20M |
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kocca
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea | Seed | Apps, Music, E-Commerce | |
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Timewise Investment
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, Russian Federation | Series A, Series B, Seed | Biotechnology, Health Care, E-Commerce | $2k–$29M |
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Industrial Bank of Korea
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, China | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care | $149k–$29M |
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InfoBank
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, South Africa, United States | Seed, Series A, Series B | Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Apps | $74k–$16M |
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Future Science and Technology Holdings
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States | Seed, Series A | Health Care, Biotechnology, Food and Beverage | $297k–$3.7M |
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Reflexive Capital
VC Fund
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1 | United Kingdom, France, South Korea | Seed, Series A, Angel | Apps, Architecture, Information Technology | |
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Kaist Venture Investment Holdings
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, Australia | Seed, Angel, Grant | Information Technology, Retail, Health Care | |
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BNK Venture Capital
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, Kuwait | Series A, Series B, Seed | Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence | |
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Kudos Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, Singapore, United States | Seed, Series B | Information Technology, E-Commerce, Biotechnology | |
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SANG SANG ebiz
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea | Seed, Series A | Artificial Intelligence, Apps, Information Technology | |
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KDDI Open Innovation Fund
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States, Germany | Series B, Series A | Software, Mobile, Internet | |
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Hashed
VC Fund
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1 | United States, South Korea, Singapore | Seed, Series A | Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services | |
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Kiwoom Investment
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, Japan, Germany | Series B, Series A | Information Technology, Software, Biotechnology | |
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Shinhan Capital
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States, India | Series A, Seed, Series B | Information Technology, Software, Apps | |
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Bokwang Investment
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, Mobile, Health Care | $371k–$18M |
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Sfermion
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Singapore, France | Seed, Series A | Blockchain, Gaming, Cryptocurrency | |
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Juwon Patent Law Firm
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea | Seed | B2B, Music, E-Learning | |
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CJ Investment
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, Therapeutics, Information Technology | |
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iM Investment Partners
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea | Seed, Series B, Series C | Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical, Health Care | |
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Kakao Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States, Indonesia | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | |
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The Raine Group
VC Fund
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1 | United States, United Kingdom, Sweden | Series A, Seed | Software, Gaming, Information Technology | |
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Eugene Investment
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, Indonesia | Seed, Series B, Pre-Seed | Food and Beverage, Apps, EdTech | |
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Mirae Asset Venture Investment
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States, India | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence | $12k–$77M |
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Groom Investment
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea | Private Equity | Apps, Music, EdTech | |
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Global Brain Corporation
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States, United Kingdom | Series A, Series B | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $3M–$369M |
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Naver
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States, Indonesia | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology | $1k–$59M |
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E&Investment
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States | Series A, Series B | Biotechnology, Medical, Biopharma | $7k–$36M |
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DT Capital Partners
VC Fund
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1 | China, United States, South Korea | Series A, Series B, Series C | Health Care, Medical, Biotechnology | $1.4M–$92M |
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Samsung Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | United States, South Korea, Israel | Series B, Series A | Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing | $3.9M–$80M |
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Solaire Partners
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea | Series A | Apps, Music, Events | |
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IAM
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea | Series A, Series B | Music, Content, Health Care | |
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Bass Investment
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States, Singapore | Seed, Series A, Series B | E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology | $669k–$15M |
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Series Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, Singapore | Seed, Series A | Health Care, Manufacturing, Biotechnology | $74k–$4.5M |
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SNU Technical Holdings
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea | Seed, Series A, Series C | Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence | $223k–$13M |
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YG Entertainment
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States, China | Series A, Series B, Corporate Round | Software, Media and Entertainment, Music | $2.5M–$166M |
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KNet Investment Partners
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States, China | Series A, Series B | Manufacturing, Information Technology, Gaming | $3M–$36M |
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 298
- Round size: Series A $2.1M–$22M; Series B $3.7M–$30M; Series C $4.3M–$102M
- Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $450M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Toss — Toss is a South Korea-based mobile financial service platform operated by fintech startup Viva Republica. Its application offers peer-to-peer money transfers, manages credit scores and bank accounts, access loan and insurance plans, split bill options, QR payment and other similar services that enable users to manage their finance.
- Sweet Spot — Sweet Spot is a platform for companies and retailers who need space for marketing and sales.
- Freewheelin — Freewheelin is an edtech company developing AI-powered tools to personalize math education. Their platform offers services such as generating homework books, integrating with textbooks, managing student errors, and analyzing performance data to assist educators in course preparation. The company has curated a database of math resources inpartnership with textbook publishers, ensuring teachers can use materials without copyright concerns.
Creating Innovative Values for Ventures. Knowledgeable & Experienced Professionals. Leading Venture Capital Investor in Korea
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Health Care
- Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 125
- Round size: Series A $2.2M–$36M; Series B $2.6M–$54M; Series C $11M–$52M
- Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Cover Summon — CVSM Cruelty-free Savvy tech
- 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
- LiveIn — LiveIn is a hospitality company that offers long term room rental. Enjoy quality assured room, cleaning services, maintenance and community activities. Find out more!
Founded in 1990, KB Investment Co., Ltd. (KBIC) is one of Korea’s leading investment firms of venture capital and private equity funds with over USD 2.6 Billion of asset under management as of December 2023. KBIC is a subsidiary of KB Financial Group, Korea’s premier financial group with the largest domestic customer base as well as the widestnetwork of service branches in Korea.KBIC’s team is recognized for industry thought leadership, a broad network of powerful industry relationships, and a unique professional investment approach to investing. KBIC passionately support our portfolio companies with active guidance in all key aspects of team building, strategy, operations and governance
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Vietnam
Investor stats
- Total investments: 346
- Round size: Seed $743k–$7M; Series A $1.6M–$36M; Series B $4M–$40M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Trioar — Trioar is a biotechnological research company that manufacture pharmaceutical products and drugs.
- AI SPERA — AI Spera provides AI driven security based on cyber threat intelligence
- AiM Future — AiM Future provides AI processors, software, and AI system integration services.
Strong Ventures is a generalist VC firm based in LA and Seoul, backing early-stage startups with a focus on Korean founders.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Poland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 271
- Round size: Seed $223k–$2.2M; Series A $743k–$10M; Series B $18k–$30M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $3.3M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Soroh —
- Stan World — Stan World is a Fandom Party World where fans can party & win rewards for their Stars, 24/7.
- Specter — Specter is a reputation sharing platform for applicants who are sincere and do their job well, but cannot do enough self-PR in interviews.
“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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- Industry: Biotechnology, Medical, Internet
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 36
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$10M; Series A $1.5M–$5.6M; Series B $5k–$18M
- Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
Portfolio highlights
- EYL — EYL | Quantum Shieldz | QRNG | Quantum | Developed quantum convergence security solution Quantum Shieldz based on ultra-small quantum entropy chip technology
- LabInCube — LabInCube develops inCube materials capable of selective drug release, sustained release, and supporting complex raw materials.
- Brave Company — Brave Company is an internet publishing company. Well, the lusts, but not the burdens of the ZZP existence. BraveCompany is for self-employed people who want to do more and manage less. Are you in paid employment and do you doubt whether you dare to make the leap? Even then, BraveCompany offers a warm bath with 'colleagues' that you havegone for, a network with potential assignments and invoicing services. BraveCompany is for successful professionals who are or want to become independent. What can we mean for each other? We share knowledge, trends and help with professional issues. And all that in the atmosphere of a home port. So you benefit from the benefits of experienced colleagues. Do you see any more possibilities with your current client to do work, or do you regularly refer projects to colleagues? We offer the framework to seize these opportunities and also be rewarded for your talent as a matchmaker.
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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- 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.
Laguna Investment is a venture capital firm focused on professional entrepreneurial investments.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 83
- Round size: Seed $743k–$6.1M; Series A $1.8M–$7.7M; Series B $1.9M–$35M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Bakatio — Bakatio enables accommodation providers to perform direct transactions on social media without using a platform.
- infludeo — infludeo is a fan membership platform that connects global Kpop fans with Kpop artists.
- Fine Stay —
SV Investment Corp is a venture capital firm that provides companies with finance, strategic advice and information at critical stages of their development.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 98
- Round size: Seed $223k–$13M; Series A $1.3M–$22M; Series B $5.2M–$52M
- Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow
Portfolio highlights
- CREMA — CREMA is a Software-as-a-Service company.
- iCore — iCore develops machine vision solutions for semiconductors, electronics, automobiles and other industries.
- Caring — Caring is a visiting medical treatment facility that offers medical consultation.
Primer Sazze Partners - We like to find founders who are making the impossible happen through sheer force of will and a refusal to accept hard truths.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 147
- Round size: Seed $200k–$4.8M; Pre-Seed $200k–$2.8M; Series A $334k–$19M
- Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $127M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- BIGC — BIGC is a technology company that offers digital marketing, content creation, and advertising services.
- Paywork — PayWal is a payment platform that provides dedicated project teaming, task execution checks, and contract management services.
- DirectCloud — DirectCloud is a company that develops a cloud storage service business for corporations.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 85
- Round size: Seed $743k–$4.5M; Series A $1.2M–$12M; Series B $3M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 33M2 — 33M2 is a housing rental platform.
- KB-Element — KB-Element is a graphene development and production company that also turns graphene into intermediate items and novel materials.
- Sapien Semiconductors — Sapien Semiconductors is a semiconductor design and manufacturing company that specializes in display driver ICs for micro‑LED and OLED technologies. The company develops custom ASICs and silicon‑proven IPs, including CMOS backplane drivers for AR/MR micro‑LED and pixel‑level driver ICs for TVs and digital signage. The firm also providesdisplay‑driver IP licensing and chip customization services.
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- Industry: Software, Mobile, Gaming
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 224
- Round size: Seed $223k–$3.9M; Series A $223k–$11M; Series B $743k–$15M
- Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $37M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Rapeech — Rapeech is an AI voice technology company that provides product development services.
- TR — TR is a digital healthcare company that designs and develops medical devices and electronic products.
- Brave Company — Brave Company is an internet publishing company. Well, the lusts, but not the burdens of the ZZP existence. BraveCompany is for self-employed people who want to do more and manage less. Are you in paid employment and do you doubt whether you dare to make the leap? Even then, BraveCompany offers a warm bath with 'colleagues' that you havegone for, a network with potential assignments and invoicing services. BraveCompany is for successful professionals who are or want to become independent. What can we mean for each other? We share knowledge, trends and help with professional issues. And all that in the atmosphere of a home port. So you benefit from the benefits of experienced colleagues. Do you see any more possibilities with your current client to do work, or do you regularly refer projects to colleagues? We offer the framework to seize these opportunities and also be rewarded for your talent as a matchmaker.
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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- Industry: Music, Content, Software
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- Round size: Seed $776k–$1.3B; Series A $1.7M–$3M
- Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% 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.
- LOCUS — LOCUS is a comprehensive cultural content producer which operates a diversified content business in multiple fields.
Shinhan Venture Investment operates as an investment company. Shinhan Venture Investment focuses on earlier-stage venture capital investments and later-stage control investments opportunities derived from the latest megatrends such as the aging population, disruptive technologies, IT convergence, alternative energy and etc.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Information Technology
- Stage:Series B, Series A
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 182
- Round size: Series A $2.6M–$55M; Series B $2.8M–$45M
- Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Trioar — Trioar is a biotechnological research company that manufacture pharmaceutical products and drugs.
- Dnotitia — Dnotitia is a pioneering AI (Artificial Intelligence) company driving innovative value by integrating AI and data. Founded in October 2023, Dnotitia specializes in developing; Seahorse, a high-performance vector database powered by its proprietary Vector Data Processing Units (VDPU), and Mnemos, a cutting-edge service solution for Large LanguageModels (LLMs). The company also leads the development of sLMs (Small Language Models) and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems, crucial for advancing generative AI technologies and positioning itself at the forefront of AI technology.
- Return Zero — AI, ASR, Diarization, Speech, ML
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- Industry: Information Technology, Blockchain, Gaming
- Stage:Seed, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Hong Kong
Investor stats
- Total investments: 109
- Round size: Seed $686k–$6.5M; Series B $2.3M–$20M
- Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Neubility — Connecting the physical world with robotic autonomy
- Puzzle Monsters — Puzzle Monsters is a game production company.
- Spaceport Technologies — Accelerating the growth of the next digital economy
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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- Industry: Apps, Music, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
Portfolio highlights
- DNsolution — DN Solution is startup company focusing on NFC(Near field Communication) feature of Android smartphone. we make various embeded pruducts which makes NFC easier.
- 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
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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- Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, E-Commerce
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Russian Federation
Investor stats
- Total investments: 63
- Round size: Seed $2k–$3.7M; Series A $3k–$7.4M; Series B $3M–$29M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Carlet Store — Carlet Bio is a wholesale supplier of packaging solutions.
- Datumo — Selectstar got your back!Obtaining the proper data has always been the top issue for many companies using AI. To solve this problem, Selectstar 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 technologiesfor the 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. SelectStar was founded in 2018 and is based in Seoul, South Korea.
- ProxiHealthcare USA — ProxiHealthcare USA is a biotechnology research focused personal and environmental healthcare organization.
Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK) is committed to honoring its charter of financing small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). The Bank has extended the scope of its expertise to provide a comprehensive range of financial services to individual customers in a quest to emerge as a leading financial services group. In pursuit of that goal, IBK is makingevery effort to enhance its competitiveness, achieve balanced growth and strengthen its global presence.The Bank employs around 10,000 staff and operates a distribution network of 612 branches including 12 overseas branches. Providing complementary services, the Bank also operates several subsidiaries: IBK Capital Corporation, IBK-SG Asset Management, IBK System Co., Ltd., and IBK Credit Information Corporation. In 2008, IBK Investment & Securities was launched, focused on meeting the needs of SME customers for services such as IPOs and M&As. Moreover, strategic alliance with Korea Investment Holdings enhances product competitiveness and affiliation with the National Post Office promoting easy customer access to IBK banking services.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 229
- Round size: Seed $149k–$8.3M; Series A $1.7M–$16M; Series B $4.9M–$29M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% 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.
InfoBank develops and provides mobile messaging solutions and other related services.The company offers business messaging services such as SMS, LMS, and multimedia message services; interactive media services; smart car solutions; and integrated online and offline payment services.InfoBank was founded in 1995 and is based in Gyeongju, SouthKorea.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, South Africa, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 126
- Round size: Seed $74k–$1.6M; Series A $761k–$9.2M; Series B $8.2M–$16M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
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- Solarstic — Solarstic is an innovative, eco-friendly energy technology startup specializing in the development of lightweight, high-efficiency solar modules designed to make clean energy more accessible, scalable, and sustainable for residential, commercial, and off-grid applications.
- Cycloid — Cycloid facilitates the easy trading of secondhand two-wheeled vehicles, as well as the safe sale of your two-wheeled vehicle through an expert condition assessment.
- Futurism Labs — Futurims Labs is a consignment management service that specializes in blockchain technology.
Future Science and Technology Holdings is an investment company that specializes in technology-based services.
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- Industry: Health Care, Biotechnology, Food and Beverage
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: South Korea, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 32
- Round size: Seed $297k–$1.8M; Series A $1.9M–$3.7M
- Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow
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- Protier Biotech — PROTIER Biotech is a company leading the development of therapeutics through innovative biotechnology .
- Caredoc — CareDoc is an elderly care professional platform that provides information on proven elderly care facilities. Consumers looking for elderly care services were not able to find the information they wanted online or getting inaccurate information through word of mouth.On the other hand, providers of care services were having difficulty incollecting elderly customers. Caredoc solves these problems by providing verified care servise provider information on the mobile.
Reflexive is a web3 focused investment firm, backing founders driving adoption and solving meaningful problems.
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- 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
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- 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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Browse database — It's Free!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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- Industry: Information Technology, Retail, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Grant
- Geography: South Korea, Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 29
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- 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.
BNK Venture Capital is an investment firm.
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- 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
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- 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.
Kudos Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Seoul, South Korea.
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- 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.
SANG SANG ebiz offers software education and MySQL DBMS consulting services.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Apps, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 14
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- On Journey — On Journey focuses on the production of classical music, comprehensive art opera, extended reality XR contents, and cultural events.
- RealDesignTech — Official Website of RealDesignTech
- Riso Convergence — Riso Convergence is a software company that designs AI based applications for distance measurement and predictions in lawn based sports.
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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- 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
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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- 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
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- 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
Kiwoom Investment provides financial assistance with funding for small businesses.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Biotechnology
- Stage:Series B, Series A
- Geography: South Korea, Japan, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 81
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- 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.
Shinhan Capital is a credit-specialized company offering corporate finance services for its clients. It provides financial services, lease, corporate loans, investment financing, housing loans, installment financing, etc. Shinhan Capital was established in 1991. The company is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Apps
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 130
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- 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.
Bokwang Investment is a Korean investment management firm that supports funds and management for small- and medium-sized companies.
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- Industry: Software, Mobile, Health Care
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 45
- Round size: Seed $371k–$2.2M; Series A $743k–$18M; Series B $1.5M–$12M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
Portfolio highlights
- MOAIS — MOAIS develops a smartphone AI solution that analyzes golf swing problem and offers a lesson solution. It is an on-device AI optimized for smart phones, has a video pose estimation, video segmentation, video classification, video object detection, and image processing of golf swing video.
- Flatdis — Flatis is a corporation that specializes in naval engine control equipment and ship maintenance.
- PEOPLE & TECHNOLOGY — PEOPLE AND TECHNOLOGY provides DX-based AI solutions on INDOOR GEOLOCATION AND SMART SENSING through its INDOORPLUS+ IoT, Location Based System (LBS) and Real Time Location System (RTLS) platform in the fields of healthcare, manufacturing, defense, smart cities, and the public sector.More than 100 corporate customers in various business sectorssuch as healthcare, banking, manufacturing, retail, energy and public services have already chosen PEOPLE AND TECHNOLOGY to deploy industry grade solutions for employee safety, asset tracking & monitoring, security & access control, flow management and process efficiency. They have gained improvements in productivity and process efficiency while reducing their corporate risks and optimizing their procurement. Since its foundation in 2013, PEOPLE AND TECHNOLOGY has become a leading provider in South Korea and is expanding overseas.
Sfermion is a multi-strategy investment firm focused on the immersive internet
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- Industry: Blockchain, Gaming, Cryptocurrency
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Singapore, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 105
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- 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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Browse database — It's Free!Juwon Patent Law Firm specializes in general civil and criminal cases.
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- Industry: B2B, Music, E-Learning
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- 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.
CJ Investment operates as an investment firm.
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- 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
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- 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.
iM Investment Partners is an investment firm. It is an affiliate of DGB Finance Group.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series B, Series C
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- 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.
We are an independent subsidiary of Kakao Corp. & the most active, startup-friendly early stage VC of Korea. (Limited Partnerships, not strategic.).
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 290
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Runbear — Runbear optimizes customer support with data-driven insights from past incidents and your product's knowledge base.
- Ttukboka — Ttukboka is a money-making English word quiz app.
- Apollo Studios — Studio is a hub for creating, evolving, and consuming your graph for all members of your team.
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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- 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
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- 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.
Eugene Investment is a finance company that provides venture capital, mergers and acquisitions, mutual funds and online trading service.
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- 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
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- 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.
Mirae Asset Venture Investment invests in specialized enterprises and provides technology, funding and management consulting.
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- Industry: Software, Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 254
- Round size: Seed $12k–$12M; Series A $1.5M–$30M; Series B $3.7M–$77M
- Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- AITRICS — AITRICS is taking on the ultimate role of giving everyone access to the power of data-driven health intelligence by developing advanced clinical solutions that will revolutionize their lives. With a shared vision and a common purpose, passionate and dedicated professionals from diverse backgrounds came together to create the most exceptional team.
- Medifab — Medifab is a bio-healthcare center that offers 3D system testing, measurement analysis, and OEM service.
- NextBillion — An open forum for discussion of social enterprise, poverty alleviation and business development in emerging markets and beyond.
Groom Investment is an investment firm.
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- Industry: Apps, Music, EdTech
- Stage:Private Equity
- Geography: South Korea
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- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 535
- Round size: Series A $3M–$142M; Series B $4M–$369M
- Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- Josys — Stop letting runaway SaaS costs & unsecured SaaS access ruin your day. Josys is the only SaaS Management Platform that provides true 360-degree control.
- YouAppi — Change the way the game is played and make a lasting impression, the second time around. YouAppi mobile advertising puts your app where you want it — top of mind. Find new users and reactivate lapsed users to grow your app revenue with YouAppi. Follow us on Twitter, Facebook or LinkedIn, or for more information, visit www.youappi.com.
- Zenno Astronautics — Zenno Astronautics hardware and software products ensure satellite missions are effectively managed, guaranteeing maximum economic returns and responsible use of space.
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Browse database — It's Free!E&Investment is a venture capital firm based in Seoul, South Korea.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Medical, Biopharma
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 31
- Round size: Series A $3.2M–$36M; Series B $7k–$19M
- Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- MBD — MBD is a biotechnology company that specializes in 3D cell culture platforms.
- Plastal — Plastal is a mechanical and chemical engineering company that offers polymer, metal, and mold injection services. The company specializes in using its core technology required for bonding between metal and plastic resin, mold technology, injection conditions, and milling capabilities, enabling manufacturing companies to avail themselves of theproducts they desire.
- IBEX Medical System — IBEX Medical System designs and develops an automatic control and mirroring system that uses an LCD touch screen interface to provide quick and accurate operational service. The company offers a hyperbaric oxygen chamber that meets the design standards for hyperbaric pressure vessels and international certification standards. In addition tochecking chamber conditions and patient information on mobile devices, medical staff can also check it in real-time on their mobile devices.
DT Capital Partners is a private equity investment firm that provides growth capital to early and expansion stage companies. They invest in dynamic businesses that have high growth potential, strong management teams, and demonstrated revenue models in both technology-based and traditional industries. DT Capital Partners currently manages overUSD$500 Million in capital across multiple US dollar and RMB funds, and also has a close affiliation with Madrone Capital in the US, the investment entity for members of the Walton family.In addition to funds, the invested company also benefits from their extensive experience in operating capital markets across the country, close relationships with local governments and companies, and synergies with other investment companies.DT Capital Partners was awarded the “Top 10 China's Best Return Venture Capital Institution” in 2016, and the founding partners of Detong Capital, Shao Jun and Tian Lixin. DT Capital Partner was founded in 2006 and is based in Shanghai, China.
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- Industry: Health Care, Medical, Biotechnology
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
- Geography: China, United States, South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 130
- Round size: Series A $1.4M–$28M; Series B $2.8M–$90M; Series C $16M–$92M
- Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $277M in 2019
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- Aijie Boya — Aijie Boya is a medical instrument and magnetic solid-phase material company.
- CiMicro.Ai — CiMicro.ai is an AI‑chip startup building compute‑in‑memory (CiM)‑based heterogeneous accelerators for high‑efficiency, low‑cost large‑language‑model inference.
- Villanelle Life — Villanelle Life is a biotechnology company that specializes in creating AI drugs, early screening, and auxiliary diagnosis platforms to solve complex diseases.
The primary responsibilities of the group are to source, qualify, and invest in technology related companies. Our major investment areas include semiconductors, materials, mobile service, internet, software, security, enterprise solutions, bio engineering & medical, while potential investment subjects range from early-stage startups to pre-IPOcompanies. Currently, the group has over $1.8B under management and invests $250M annually.Samsung Ventures was founded on October 8, 1999, and is based in Seoul, South Korea.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing
- Stage:Series B, Series A
- Geography: United States, South Korea, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 239
- Round size: Series A $3.9M–$64M; Series B $4.5M–$80M
- Lead/follow: 34% lead, 66% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2009
Portfolio highlights
- Swype — Swype creates text input technology for screens. The patented interface enables users to create words with one continuous finger motion across an on-screen keyboard. This approach provides a faster and easier way to write. Swype delivers single-tap, multi-tap, predictive and "swype" motions for both stylus and finger based input.In addition, the application is designed to work across a variety of devices such as phones, tablets, game consoles, kiosks, televisions, virtual screens and more.Seattle based Swype Inc. was founded by Cliff Kushler and Randy Marsden in 2003. Cliff is the co-inventor of T9, the standard predictive text-entry solution used on almost 3 billion mobile phones worldwide. Randy is the developer of the onscreen keyboard included in Windows, with an installed base of over 500 million units
- Astute Networks — Astute is a provider of performance storage appliances for physical, virtual, and cloud computing environments. It is the developer of VMware Ready Certified ViSX branded Networked Performance Flash solutions for accelerating virtualized server, desktop, and cloud computing environments. The company’s patented DataPump Engine delivers a high levelof best-in-class iSCSI IOPS with 100% sustained random I/O performance to eliminate performance-robbing I/O bottlenecks that degrade virtual machine and application performance and limits user productivity. ViSX is available through an established network of solution providers.
- Inpria — Inpria photoresists are intentionally designed, optimized and manufactured to meet industry specifications that span resolution, sensitivity, linewidth roughness, and integration into manufacturing flows.
Solaire Partners is an investment firm
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- Industry: Apps, Music, Events
- Stage:Series A
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- Umag — Umag is a music content company that provides brand channel, concerts, and advertisment services.
- Order Plus — Order Plus is a food service company that offers grocery supplies for restaurants.
IAM is an IT company that offers railway operation information management systems.
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- Industry: Music, Content, Health Care
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- Caredoc — CareDoc is an elderly care professional platform that provides information on proven elderly care facilities. Consumers looking for elderly care services were not able to find the information they wanted online or getting inaccurate information through word of mouth.On the other hand, providers of care services were having difficulty incollecting elderly customers. Caredoc solves these problems by providing verified care servise provider information on the mobile.
- Contents Technologies — Content Technologies is a content IP-based company builder.
Bass Investment is a Investment Firm.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 121
- Round size: Seed $669k–$9.1M; Series A $1.9M–$15M; Series B $6.7M–$12M
- Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Magnendo — Advancing neurovascular care with cutting-edge robotic technologies.
- Tect Group — We deliver real beauty based on distinctive brands and innovative marketing solutions, fostering confidence and positivity around the world.
- Kompass — Kompass is building the world's first comprehensive fertility monitor that is portable, easy to use, and low cost. We're breaking barriers to fertility care and redefining blood testing for accessibility and affordability.
Series Ventures is an investment company for the beauty care, engineering, healthcare, social platform, and enterprise sectors.
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- Industry: Health Care, Manufacturing, Biotechnology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: South Korea, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 84
- Round size: Seed $74k–$1.6M; Series A $2.4M–$4.5M
- Lead/follow: 67% lead, 33% follow
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- Ladit — Ladit provides camping provides peaceful relaxation after a rough travel and gives extensive outdoor services so that all outdoor activities
- Mold — Mold develops, manufactures, and distributes automobile parts and new material parts.
- Linkup —
SNU Technical Holdings
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series C
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 14
- Round size: Seed $223k–$1.6M; Series A $721k–$13M
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
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- Artito — Artito is a developer of a SaaS platform designed to offer services to tattoo artists. The company helps tattooists conveniently provide tattoo consultations and users who want to get a tattoo can easily fill out a consultation form, enabling tattooists to conveniently manage the inquiry form using the application.
- Feasix AI —
- Andreia — Andrea is working on an AI mental healthcare service that will allow for the prevention,' 'diagnosis/treatment,' and 'aftercare' of mental disease through community services. Furthermore, the company is gearing up to officially launch the 'Sokdakdak App' platform.
YG Entertainment, the entertainment company established by Yang Hyun Suk, of the popular Korean act Seo Tae Ji and Boys, has been at the forefront of the popularization of hip-hop music in Korea. From its inception, YG Entertainment has been the birthplace of some of Korea’s most popular and well-respected artists, from YG’s earlier artists such asJINUSEAN and 1TYM, to the immensely successful current acts, BIGBANG and 2NE1. The company has flourished by creating a family-like atmosphere where ideas on music, fashion, art and culture are exchanged freely between the artists, producers and staff members alike. The YG Family also includes a respected roster of actors and actresses, including actress and director, Ku Hye Sun, best known for the popular TV-drama “Boys Over Flowers” and Jeong Hye Young
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- Industry: Software, Media and Entertainment, Music
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Corporate Round
- Geography: South Korea, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 11
- Round size: Series A $2.5M–$24M; Series B $10M–$166M
- Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow
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- NAVER Z — The official corporate website of NAVER Z Corporation
- S2W — S2W is a data intelligence company to solve the problems with technology for good.
- Nodit — Founded in 2012, Dunamu (CEO Lee Seok-woo) is currently providing services as the largest cryptocurrency exchange in Korea, 'Upbit' and stock trading platform based on social network, ‘Kakao Stock'. Both services are leading in the industry and ecosystems. (Upbit launched in Oct. 2017, Kakao Stock launched in Feb. 2014) Dunamuprovides the best service in the fields of cryptocurrency, securities, and asset management. Dunamu is getting much attention in both domestic and global market with professional specialists, innovative services and excellent technology. Recently, it announced to make investment of 100 billion dollars in the blockchain industry, leading the way in creating blockchain ecosystem.
K-Net is a venture capital firm.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Information Technology, Gaming
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 61
- Round size: Series A $3M–$36M; Series B $3.7M–$26M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Bone — Bone is a defense tech company. It builds autonomous drones and mission-ready AI systems. It integrates advanced hardware, intelligent software, and end-to-end solutions to support complex operations across commercial, industrial, and defense applications. It develops autonomous robotics systems for national defense and disaster response.
- PaySign — Paysign is a SaaS platform that provides electronic document management and valid e-signature services for businesses. It allows users to create, send, sign, and track contracts online.
- Endorobotics — Endorobotics is a healthcare centre that offers endoscopic surgery services.
Music VC funding in South Korea at a glance
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