Top 50 Music VC Funds & Investors in South Korea (November 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Strong Ventures
VC Fund
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5 | South Korea, United States, Poland | Seed, Series A, Series B | E-Commerce, Software, Health Care | $89k–$26M |
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Altos Ventures
VC Fund
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5 | South Korea, United States, Canada | Series A, Series B, Series C | Software, E-Commerce, Internet | $2.1M–$57M |
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InterVest Co.
VC Fund
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4 | South Korea, United States, Singapore | Series B, Series A, Series C | Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology | $2.3M–$56M |
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SV Investment Corp
VC Fund
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4 | South Korea, United States, China | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $1.2M–$60M |
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KB Investment
VC Fund
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4 | South Korea, United States, Vietnam | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology | $737k–$44M |
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MSIT (Ministry of Science and ICT)
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea | Grant, Seed | Music, Artificial Intelligence, Apps | $68k–$7.7M |
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InfoBank
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea, United States, South Africa | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software | $85k–$11M |
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Kakao Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea, United States, Indonesia | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $266k–$27M |
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Sazze Partners
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea, United States, Japan | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $200k–$15M |
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Korea Credit Guarantee Fund
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, China | Seed, Series A, Debt Financing | Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software | $229k–$8.8M |
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HB Investment
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, Vietnam | Venture - Series Unknown, Series B, Series A | Biotechnology, Software, Health Care | $717k–$25M |
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Capstone Partners
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, India | Series A, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Mobile, Artificial Intelligence | $276k–$44M |
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IMM Investment
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, Japan | Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Series B | Biotechnology, Health Care, Software | $1.3M–$78M |
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kocca
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea | Seed | E-Commerce, Apps, Music | |
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Shinhan Venture Investment
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, India | Venture - Series Unknown, Series B, Series A | Manufacturing, Health Care, Software | $1.7M–$78M |
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IDG Capital
VC Fund
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2 | China, United States, Singapore | Series A, Series B, Seed | Internet, Software, E-Commerce | $600k–$110M |
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Michigan Venture Capital
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea | Series A, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Content, Music, Software | $776k–$1.3B |
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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, Artificial Intelligence | $741k–$35M |
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Union Investment Partners
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, Malaysia, United States | Series A, Venture - Series Unknown, Series B | Biotechnology, E-Commerce, Health Care | $1.3M–$18M |
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Mashup Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, Japan | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $100k–$3.2M |
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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, Information Technology | $981k–$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 | Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software | $166k–$28M |
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Access Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, Vietnam, Singapore | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Information Technology, SaaS | $200k–$25M |
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CRIT Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, Hong Kong | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A | Gaming, Information Technology, Video Games | $287k–$42M |
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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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Kaist Venture Investment Holdings
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, Australia | Seed, Grant, Angel | Health Care, Information Technology, Medical | $7k–$1.5M |
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Murex Partners
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, India | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care | $1.7M–$17M |
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Future Science and Technology Holdings
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States | Seed, Series A | Biotechnology, Health Care, Information Technology | $231k–$6.7M |
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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 | $729k–$19M |
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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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BNK Venture Capital
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, Kuwait | Series A, Series B, Seed | Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Software | |
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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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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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Sfermion
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Singapore, France | Seed, Series A | Blockchain, Gaming, Cryptocurrency | |
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SM Culture Partners
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea | Series A | Music, Architecture, Media and Entertainment | |
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Midas Doang-A Investment
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea | Series B, Series A, Seed | Food and Beverage, Pharmaceutical, Software | |
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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, Artificial Intelligence | $1.5M–$102M |
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ID ventures
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States, Vietnam | Series A, Seed, Series B | E-Commerce, Health Care, Information Technology | $178k–$15M |
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SparkLabs Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States, Egypt | Series A, Seed, Series B | E-Commerce, Advertising, Retail | $1.6M–$7.9M |
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YG Entertainment
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States, China | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, Music, Media and Entertainment | $884k–$189M |
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Golden Gate Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Singapore, Indonesia, United States | Seed, Series A, Series B | FinTech, Software, Financial Services | $473k–$60M |
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Bass Investment
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States, Singapore | Seed, Series A, Series B | Artificial Intelligence, Software, E-Commerce | $414k–$15M |
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P&I Investment
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea | Series A, Seed | Media and Entertainment, TV, Music | $8.4M–$36M |
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Wargaming
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Austria, Lithuania | Series A, Series B, Seed | Gaming, Apps, Video Games | $1.2M–$60M |
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Maven Capital Partners
VC Fund
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1 | United Kingdom, United States, Germany | Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Private Equity | Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing | $648k–$13M |
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SNU Technical Holdings
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea | Seed, Series A, Series B | Artificial Intelligence, Apps, Software | $223k–$13M |
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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, Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology | $692k–$52M |
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Groom Investment
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, India | Venture - Series Unknown, Series E, Private Equity | Apps, Music, EdTech | $6.1M–$17M |
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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 | $2.4M–$184M |
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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: 395
- Round size: Seed $89k–$3M; Series A $1M–$10M; Series B $2.4M–$26M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $38M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- WeGlee — WeGlee is a food and beverage startup that operates 'WeGlee,' a fast-casual dining brand centered around pasta bowls.
- Neardoc — Neardoc operates on a business-to-business subscription model providing an ambient artificial intelligence scribe solution for healthcare facilities. The platform leverages a proprietary medical reasoning engine to automatically generate structured clinical SOAP notes by analyzing doctor-patient conversations in real time. Its core valueproposition centers on eliminating administrative overhead, reducing charting time for medical professionals, and increasing patient throughput.
- READi Robust Machine — Ready Robust Machine is a company that makes carbon reduction and fuel cost improvement systems.
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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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Internet
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 415
- Round size: Series A $2.1M–$26M; Series B $4.1M–$35M; Series C $5.2M–$57M
- Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $350M in 2026
Portfolio highlights
- Soraban — The cloud-based platform modernizing and automating menial work for tax firms.
- PureSpace — Shelf-Life Extension Technology: Remarkably effective ethylene scrubber designed to keep fruits and vegetables fresher for longer. 50% food waste reduction in the supply chain. Explore more.
- Branders.com — Branders.com sells instantly customizable promotional items suchs as pens, hats, magnets, etc for marketing, sales, and event planning. They provide a single source to locate, design, order, and track promotional items online. Branders.com experience also offers you the following benefits to help you with your purchase: - Provides aone-stop shop for customizing merchandise - Aids in product selection with advanced, custom search and recommendation services - Allows you to customize and decorate your own products online and in real-time - Reduces fulfillment activities - Improves corporate identity management
Creating Innovative Values for Ventures. Knowledgeable & Experienced Professionals. Leading Venture Capital Investor in Korea
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology
- Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 150
- Round size: Series A $2.3M–$36M; Series B $2.6M–$54M; Series C $14M–$56M
- Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $60M in 2017
Portfolio highlights
- MVRIX — MVRIX is a forward-thinking biotechnology company that focuses on pushing the boundaries of therapeutic innovation. The company specialises in developing new drugs based on platform technology related to membranes and viruses, enabling humans to be free from the attack of viruses and microorganisms. Additionally, it offers engineerable recombinantbotulinum toxin and virucidal therapeutics.
- Yipscell — Yipscell is a biotech company that develops IPSC stem cell therapy to diagnose and treat incurable diseases.
- Inserasolution — Inserasolution produces high-performance Fast & Fine Steering Mirrors for laser-based space optical communications and sophisticated defense systems.
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: 112
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$31M; Series A $2.8M–$36M; Series B $7.5M–$60M
- Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- Inserasolution — Inserasolution produces high-performance Fast & Fine Steering Mirrors for laser-based space optical communications and sophisticated defense systems.
- KaliVir Immunotherapeutics — multiple therapies, one virus.KALIVIR is developing cutting edge, next-generation oncolytic viral immunotherapy programs for treatment of cancer. LEARN MORE NEWS AND EVENTSAugust 19, 2026 - KaliVir Immunotherapeutics Announces Closing of $14 Million Series A Extension Financing READ MORE November 19, 2025 - KaliVir Immunotherapeutics Announces Clinical Trial Collaboration and Supply Agreement with Roche to Evaluate
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 widest network 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, Biotechnology
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Vietnam
Investor stats
- Total investments: 441
- Round size: Seed $737k–$7.2M; Series A $2.5M–$36M; Series B $5.2M–$44M
- Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- GMI Cloud — Run production AI workloads on GMI Cloud. Deploy serverless inference, dedicated GPU clusters, and bare metal AI infrastructure on one scalable platform.
- ACT-ion Battery Technologies — ACT-ion Battery Technologies is a manufacturing company that offers cathode active materials for lithium batteries.
The Ministry Identity (MI) for the Ministry of Science and ICT is rooted in the creativity and imagination, and embodies the vision of opening up an era of creating new value based on the convergence between science & technology and ICT to bring happiness to the public.
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- Industry: Music, Artificial Intelligence, Apps
- Stage:Grant, Seed
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 11
- Round size: Grant $68k–$7.7M
- Lead/follow: 73% lead, 27% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Kakao — Kakao is a mobile lifestyle platform company with services spanning messaging, mail, search, news, advertising, gaming, e-commerce, music, maps and more. Its content platform offers a diverse array of content that can be enjoyed by users of all interest range. Daum News offers tens of thousands of news articles from top news outlets every day, and Story Funding, the country’s first crowdfunding service, is building a healthy platform for new information in hand with users. Kakao Music, Kakao Page, Daum Webtoon and more, enrich user's daily lives enabling users to easily share and enjoy music, cartoons, novels and more. Kakao Game is a mobile gaming platform that allows users to compete with friends on their social graph. Its popularity has resulted in explosive growths for the Korean mobile gaming industry while establishing mobile games as a mainstream phenomenon. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Jeju, South Korea.
- RobotWare — Made with Framer
- Tilda — Tilda is an operator of a machine learning platform intended to eliminate inefficiencies in business and society. The company's platform effectively helps the intrinsic goals of corporate activities, such as increasing profit and reducing cost and risk, rather than machine learning for marketing, providing optimal business strategies forminimizing risks, costs, and environmental footprint, and maximizing profit, all based on the business data, enabling clients with strategies for profit maximization and risk minimization.
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, South Korea.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: South Korea, United States, South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 167
- Round size: Seed $85k–$1.5M; Series A $88k–$9.4M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.8M–$11M
- Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Pmatch — Pmatch is a comprehensive platform designed to provide reliable, accurate medication information to help users make informed decisions about their healthcare. By offering detailed insights into various medications, including their uses, dosages, side effects, and interactions, Pmatch ensures that individuals can use medicines in a smarter and saferway. The platform aims to enhance patient safety, reduce medication errors, and improve overall health outcomes by empowering users with the knowledge they need to manage their treatments effectively. Whether for healthcare professionals or patients, Pmatch serves as a trusted resource for promoting informed decision-making and better health management.
- Switchwon — Switchwon provides currency exchange services.
- Limpid — Limpid is a Bio pet food startup. It set new standards in pet nutrition through continuous innovation.
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: 430
- Round size: Seed $266k–$4.2M; Series A $988k–$11M; Series B $3.4M–$27M
- Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $40B in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- OQT — OQT is focusing on developing QPUs utilizing neutral atoms.
- Corologic — Korologic develops cardiovascular imaging AI solutions for medical procedures.
- Tect Group — We deliver real beauty based on distinctive brands and innovative marketing solutions, fostering confidence and positivity around the world.
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, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 174
- Round size: Seed $200k–$4.5M; Pre-Seed $200k–$2.8M; Series A $264k–$15M
- Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $127M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Concorda — Concorda is a legal tech platform helping teams manage contracts, automate workflows, and streamline business operations.
- Airbility — Korean anti-drone and counter-drone company founded in 2023 by aerospace, defense and mobility engineers. Team, milestones and careers.
- Pascal — Pascal, founded in 2023, develops innovative low-pressure solid refrigerant systems for cooling applications including air conditioning and industrial uses. Join us in building better cooling solutions.
Korea Credit Guarantee Fund operates as a public financial institution.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Debt Financing
- Geography: South Korea, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 350
- Round size: Seed $229k–$2.9M; Series A $881k–$8.8M; Debt Financing $380k–$3.6M
- Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Limpid — Limpid is a Bio pet food startup. It set new standards in pet nutrition through continuous innovation.
- DoubleT — DoubleT is an innovative tech enterprise specialized in industrial workplace safety and business automation. Its premier product, HEIMDALL, utilizes artificial intelligence and real-time location systems to prevent industrial accidents. They also operate DoubleWorks for corporate management and Jikguraound to streamline global B2B sourcing forbusinesses.
- Studio Meta K — Studio Meta K is a content creation company that provides artificial intelligence and virtual reality services.
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Browse database — It's Free!HB Investment Inc. was founded on November 11, 1999 starting with paid-in Capital of KRW 10 billion. Since its foundation, HB Investment Inc. has been investing small and medium businesses that have the potential for steady growth and profitability and helping the invested companies to grow well by giving various consulting services. As a result, HB Investment Inc. constructed comprehensive portfolio out of various industrial areas, such as game, entertainment, as well as representative high-tech industries related to semiconductor, Internet, LCD, and a smart phone, bio, health care. In addition, HB Investment Inc. has experiences in implementing business Success-fully by organizing several partnership funds for recent years.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Software, Health Care
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series B, Series A
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Vietnam
Investor stats
- Total investments: 189
- Round size: Series A $1.2M–$15M; Series B $3.6M–$25M; Venture - Series Unknown $717k–$23M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Trioar — Trioar is a biotechnological research company that manufacture pharmaceutical products and drugs.
- IHW — iHW is an AI semiconductor company that develops ultra-low-power analog AI chips using Analog Compute-in-Memory (ACiM) technology for mobile and edge devices. The company builds analog-digital computing architectures to improve power efficiency and performance in on-device AI processing.
- Yipscell — Yipscell is a biotech company that develops IPSC stem cell therapy to diagnose and treat incurable diseases.
Capstone Partners is a venture capital firm specializing in early-stage companies operating in the Information technology, wireless technology, architecture, pharmaceutical, internet, online game, software, solid state disk, and IP television sectors. It primarily invests in China and South Korea, with a focus in Seoul and Gyeonggi province. The firm prefers to exit its investments through a trade sale. Capstone Partners was founded in 2008 and is based in Seoul, South Korea. Capstone Partners is a venture capital firm that invests in entrepreneurs seeking success with fresh ideas. Capstone Partners values the funds of union investors better than our own, working for the interests of investors and following the objective of the investments.
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- Industry: Software, Mobile, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: South Korea, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 316
- Round size: Seed $276k–$3.1M; Series A $442k–$11M; Venture - Series Unknown $458k–$44M
- Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $42M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- ABLE Labs — ABLE Labs provide liquid handling robots and protocols so that all researchers can focus on constructing assay, leaving the execution to robots. If you want would contact them please contact them via phone call or email.
- Intellicia — AI-powered Synthetic Consumers platform for market research. 91.2% Spearman Correlation, 93.6% accuracy validated across 120+ PoC projects.
- Wrtn Technologies — Bring AGI Close to People
Korean alternative asset investment firm
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 333
- Round size: Series A $2.3M–$46M; Series B $5.8M–$54M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.3M–$78M
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $18M in 2026
Portfolio highlights
- Enhans — Viralpick provides IT services for organizations including data analysis, automation, acquisition, and advertising services.
- SK Horizon — SK Horizon is an AI data center (AIDC) infrastructure company whose name reflects its ambition to “open new horizons” in the AIDC sector, will be responsible for expanding its infrastructure to a total capacity of 318 MW, encompassing eight data centers already in operation - Seocho, Ilsan (two locations), Bundang, Gasan, Centum, Yangju, and Pangyo- and new AIDCs currently under construction, including those in Ulsan and Guro.
- Kyoto Fusioneering — Kyoto Fusioneering is a research & development, design, and manufacture of parts related to fusion reactors.
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 to Article 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: E-Commerce, Apps, Music
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 12
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
Portfolio highlights
- VRISM — CREATIVE DESIGN GROUP FOR INNOVATIVE FASHION EXPERIENCE
- 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.
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: Manufacturing, Health Care, Software
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series B, Series A
- Geography: South Korea, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 260
- Round size: Series A $1.9M–$23M; Series B $4.5M–$45M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.7M–$78M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- Inserasolution — Inserasolution produces high-performance Fast & Fine Steering Mirrors for laser-based space optical communications and sophisticated defense systems.
IDG Capital is a global investment firm partnering with founders to build enduring businesses through capital, expertise, and long-term support.
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- Industry: Internet, Software, E-Commerce
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: China, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1340
- Round size: Seed $600k–$50M; Series A $1.6M–$100M; Series B $6.2M–$110M
- Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2017
Portfolio highlights
- DeepSeek — DeepSeek is an artificial intelligence company that develops language models, AI-powered applications, and developer tools for information processing, problem-solving, and software development. Its product portfolio includes a conversational assistant for answering questions, generating text, explaining concepts, writing code, and supporting analytical tasks. The company provides models such as DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and DeepSeek V4, which support reasoning, programming, and other general-purpose AI applications. Through its API platform, DeepSeek enables developers and businesses to integrate its models into software, automated workflows, and AI-powered services. It also publishes technical research, model documentation, and open-weight model releases that allow developers to explore and deploy supported models in their own environments. DeepSeek's services serve individual users, programmers, researchers, and organizations seeking AI tools for everyday tasks, technical development, and application building.
- NeuroXess — NeuroXess is an invasive brain-computer interface with high-density flexible brain electrodes aimed at brain research and disease diagnosis.
- PhotonPay — Founded in 2015, PhotonPay is a digital financial infrastructure provider offering global payment solutions to businesses. Our innovative core products include Global Accounts, Card Issuing, Online Payments, Payouts, FX Management and Embedded Finance. PhotonPay has become a Mastercard issuer in Hong Kong and the fintech card issuer in the GreaterChina region of Discover® Network. With a strong compliance culture and technological innovation capabilities, PhotonPay is building a digital payment network to take the friction out of global payments and enhance operational efficiency for businesses operating on a global scale. Headquartered in Hong Kong and providing localized services through nine international offices, PhotonPay partners with a network of top-tier banks and global financial institutions and serves more than 200,000 customers globally.
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: Content, Music, Software
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 14
- Round size: Seed $776k–$1.3B; Series A $1.7M–$3.4M; Venture - Series Unknown $2.1M–$18M
- 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.
Laguna Investment is a venture capital firm focused on professional entrepreneurial investments.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 100
- Round size: Seed $741k–$4.7M; Series A $1.7M–$11M; Series B $3.7M–$35M
- Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow
Portfolio highlights
- But Beautiful — A collaborative AI workspace, built on your company context. Build and orchestrate agents right alongside your team's projects, meetings, and connected apps.
- Cashmore — Cashmore is an app service that analyzes consumers' store visits, mobility paths, and consumption history to deliver customized discount benefits.
- 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.
“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 businesses and contents industry that seeks growth and advancement to the global market.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, E-Commerce, Health Care
- Stage:Series A, Venture - Series Unknown, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, Malaysia, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 62
- Round size: Series A $1.3M–$8.6M; Series B $4.2M–$18M
- Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Awexome Ray — Awexome Ray is a company that manufactures next-generation X-ray generator.
- Monster Riot — Monster Riot is an IP content planning and webtoon production studio.
- 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.
Mashup Ventures is a Seoul based early-stage VC led by Taekkyung Lee, co-founder of Daum Communications, focusing on AI, SaaS, and IT.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 177
- Round size: Seed $180k–$1.7M; Pre-Seed $100k–$3.2M
- Lead/follow: 47% lead, 53% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Rosherin — Rosherin is a healthcare startup that researches, develops and manufactures various medical supplies and medical devices.
- Airbility — Korean anti-drone and counter-drone company founded in 2023 by aerospace, defense and mobility engineers. Team, milestones and careers.
- NanoForge AI — Nanoforge AI merges AI-driven material design with robotics automation to cut material development time from years to weeks
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Browse database — It's Free!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 and biotechnology 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, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Russian Federation
Investor stats
- Total investments: 65
- Round size: Seed $981k–$4.3M; Series A $1.9M–$8.7M; Series B $5.5M–$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.
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 making every 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: Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 316
- Round size: Seed $166k–$4.5M; Series A $2.3M–$17M; Series B $4.8M–$28M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
Portfolio highlights
- BIGC — BIGC is a technology company that offers digital marketing, content creation, and advertising services.
- Hurotics — Hurotics is a company with deep-tech technology related to human-robot fusion.Hurotix's wearable robots, notably the 'H-Flex', are modular and give personalized support based on the user's demands, assisting users in overcoming physical restrictions.
- Airbility — Korean anti-drone and counter-drone company founded in 2023 by aerospace, defense and mobility engineers. Team, milestones and careers.
Access Ventures is a venture capital firm focusing on early stage technology companies in Vietnam, Indonesia and Korea. They provide strategic expertise to their founders and access to their unique network of executives and technology professionals. Leveraging their robust network of strategic investors, they also focus their attention on creatingand executing sound exit strategies.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, Vietnam, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 54
- Round size: Seed $200k–$2M; Series A $375k–$9M; Series B $5M–$25M
- Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $30M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Yulift — Yulift is an edtech company that develops AI and coding education platforms for beginners and aspiring developers. The company operates AI Coding Valley, a mobile-based learning platform that provides programming and artificial intelligence education content for beginners and students.
- Plugo — Indonesia's e-commerce platform for all businesses. Start, manage, and grow your business. Build your own online store website.
- PeopleFund — Founded in 2015, PeopleFund is Korea's leading data-driven digital lender focused on consumer finance. Our mission is to give financial freedom to all consumers through more affordable loans and better investment opportunities. Leveraging its proprietary, data-driven credit model and eliminating inefficiencies with technology, PeopleFunddelivers better loan rates for borrowers while maintaining an industry low loss rate to benefit retail and institutional investors. PeopleFund is the first digital lender in Korea to surpass $1B in loan originations and has provided an innovative way to invest to nearly 400,000 retail investors. It is notably the first fintech platform to offer loan and investment products directly on KakaoTalk, Korea's equivalent of WhatsApp. To date, PeopleFund has completed its Series C round of funding with a total of $63.4M of equity capital raised. For more information, visit www.peoplefund.co.kr.
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- Industry: Gaming, Information Technology, Video Games
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Hong Kong
Investor stats
- Total investments: 139
- Round size: Seed $425k–$6.5M; Series A $1.6M–$36M; Venture - Series Unknown $287k–$42M
- Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- A button — A button is a game development firm that focuses on massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs), first-person shooter (FPS) games, roguelikes, and souls-likes. Averton makes extensive use of AI. This strategy enhances development efficiency by minimizing the need for information gathering, data organization, and basic repetitivetasks. In certain instances, programmer productivity can nearly double.
- Neubility — Connecting the physical world with robotic autonomy
- J Dragon Games — J Dragon Games is a video game studio that develops cross-platform medieval fantasy role-playing games playable simultaneously on computers and mobile devices.
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.
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: Health Care, Information Technology, Medical
- Stage:Seed, Grant, Angel
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 47
- Round size: Seed $162k–$1.5M; Grant $7k–$1.3M
- Lead/follow: 51% lead, 49% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Metealth — Metealth is a company that provides simple, non-invasive genetic testing and personalized healthcare solutions using fingernails. It focuses on pain-free genetic testing and health monitoring by extracting high-quality DNA from 0.05g of fingernails rather than blood or saliva.
- SnapScale — SnapScale develops an ontology-driven, agentic AI platform designed to automate FEED-EPC design and document verification processes for the plant engineering industry. Operating entirely on-premise to protect proprietary data, the system utilizes specialized engineering knowledge graphs to autonomously modify CAD drawings, execute hydrauliccalculations, and verify cross-document consistency. This approach eliminates structural data mismatches and slashes engineering verification cycles from weeks to a single day, preventing costly project delivery penalties.
- K-Work Partners — K-Work Partners provide comprehensive living support services essential to foreign workers in Korea.
Murex Partners is a VC firm specializing in thesis-driven investing.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 107
- Round size: Seed $1.7M–$16M; Series A $2.4M–$11M; Series B $3.6M–$17M
- Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $30M in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- OQT — OQT is focusing on developing QPUs utilizing neutral atoms.
- Medifab — Medifab is a bio-healthcare center that offers 3D system testing, measurement analysis, and OEM service.
- Purple AI — FDA 510(k)-cleared AI for intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) detection on non-contrast head CT. See how PurpleAI Hyper Insight-ICH fits your stroke workflow.
Future Science and Technology Holdings is an investment company that specializes in technology-based services.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: South Korea, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 37
- Round size: Seed $231k–$1.7M; Series A $2.2M–$6.7M
- Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Apollon — Needle Gone, Data On
- 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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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 95
- Round size: Seed $729k–$4.3M; Series A $2.2M–$19M; Series B $3M–$16M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- GraphAI — GraphAI AI enables seamless integration of diverse data sources for fast and user-friendly AI-powered Business Intelligence (BI).GraphAI-A leverages neural networks to maintain a comprehensive graph view and swiftly reveals valuable insights from enterprise data, facilitating trend analysis and a 360-degree customer perspective. This is achievedthrough In-DB AI technology with an intuitive low-code interface.GraphAI-T delivers accelerated and robust BI analytics by leveraging the valuable insights obtained from GraphAI-A. It further facilitates transaction processing on business data through structured queries like SQL and Cypher.
- KB-Element — KB-Element is a graphene development and production company that also turns graphene into intermediate items and novel materials.
- Bunker Kids — Bunker Kids is a startup that provides solutions optimized for achieving personal health goals using data and algorithms.
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
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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- Industry: Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Software
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, Kuwait
Investor stats
- Total investments: 69
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Ettifos — Ettifos provides flexible, reliable, and innovative V2X solutions to enable communication between all stakeholders on the road.
- Bem Robotics — Bem Robotics is developer of indoor industrial robotics technology designed to improve automated material handling and operational control
- Beyond Honeycomb — Beyond Honeycomb is a food-tech company developing an AI-driven kitchen robot solution. Our AI Chef reproduces the texture and taste of the world-class chef’s dish at the molecular level.
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
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.
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
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
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.
SM Culture Partners is a venture capital firm based in South Korea. The firm prefers to invest in seed-stage, early-stage, and later-stage enterprises.
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- Industry: Music, Architecture, Media and Entertainment
- Stage:Series A
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- ATAD — ATAD - Create, Sustainable Value-Chain
- Modhaus — Modhaus is a K-pop startup which aims to create the world's first open architecture entertainment ecosystem.
Midas Doang-A Investment
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- 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
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- 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!
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 over USD$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, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
- Geography: China, United States, South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 150
- Round size: Series A $1.5M–$32M; Series B $3.2M–$90M; Series C $15M–$102M
- Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $286M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- Ultimate Context — Ultimate Context is a high-tech enterprise specializing in the research, development, and innovation of AI video expression systems. The company is dedicated to advancing the field of intelligent video technology through the integration of artificial intelligence, computer vision, and deep learning.
- Yincheng Intelligent — Yincheng Intelligent is an enterprise focused on developing new types of productivity. It is committed to revolutionizing traditional labor models through advanced embodied intelligence technology, thereby increasing productivity and freeing up human resources. The company provides services in multiple fields, including logistics, pharmaceuticals,chemicals, industry, and home services, building a new development pattern of smart work and smart living. Its main product is currently sorting robots used in the logistics industry.
ID ventures is an IP based venture capital firm.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Health Care, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Vietnam
Investor stats
- Total investments: 32
- Round size: Seed $178k–$7.2M; Series A $1.8M–$4.9M; Series B $1.8M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Kitronyx — Tactile Pressure Distribution System
- Warp Space — Free Trial! Create your own unique AI friend.
- Unmanned Exploration Laboratory — Unmanned Exploration Laboratory manufactures multirotor drones, fixed-wing aircraft, and unmanned vehicles for space exploration.
SparkLabs Ventures is an early-stage venture capital launched by SparkLabs Group. Focused on Series A startups in South Korea and SE Asia.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Advertising, Retail
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Egypt
Investor stats
- Total investments: 15
- Round size: Seed $1.6M–$3M; Series A $1.7M–$7.9M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- WideBot AI — WideBot is the first bot builder platform in the MENA region. We allow anyone to build his own intelligent chatbot without any coding or technical experience in just 10 minutes.
- FastView — FastView provides content commerce services and online marketing services.
- REVU Corporation — REVU Corporation is an influencer marketing platform. It specializes in connecting advertisers, such as domestic and international companies seeking influencer marketing, with influencers to share content on social media. The company's platform matches influencers with advertisers and it conducts campaigns.
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Browse database — It's Free!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 as JINUSEAN 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, Music, Media and Entertainment
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 13
- Round size: Seed $884k–$10M; Series A $2.5M–$24M; Series B $10M–$189M
- Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
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- NAVER Z — The official corporate website of NAVER Z Corporation
- 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.
- TAKEONE Studio — TAKEONE Studio creates and develops original IP addresses for various media and entertainment contents. It provides digital access to brand's films, web novels, and games. TAKEONE Studio is based in Seoul, South Korea.
Golden Gate Ventures is a venture capital firm investing across Southeast Asia. Since 2011, the firm has launched four funds, managed US$250M AUM, and invested in 60+ companies in over 7 countries in Asia. The firm focuses on investing in technology companies driven by the rising consumer class in Southeast Asia.
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- Industry: FinTech, Software, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Singapore, Indonesia, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 158
- Round size: Seed $473k–$6M; Series A $1.5M–$15M; Series B $10M–$60M
- Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $100M in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- 3cat — 3cat is an omnichannel platform specializing in the purchase, refurbishment, and sale of second-hand smartphones. The company operates through an integrated network of both online and physical retail outlets.
- Triangle — We route, produce and promote tours across the region.
- Kita Technologies — Kita Technologies uses computer vision and vision language models to transform unstructured documents into structured underwriting data.
Bass Investment is a venture capital firm based in South Korea.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 138
- Round size: Seed $414k–$6.9M; Series A $2.2M–$15M; Series B $6.7M–$14M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Airbility — Korean anti-drone and counter-drone company founded in 2023 by aerospace, defense and mobility engineers. Team, milestones and careers.
- Tect Group — We deliver real beauty based on distinctive brands and innovative marketing solutions, fostering confidence and positivity around the world.
- BioNexus — BioNexus is an artificial intelligence (AI) biotechnology startup that specializes in automating the early stages of biomedical research and drug discovery.
P&I Investment is a venture capital firm based in South Korea.
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- Industry: Media and Entertainment, TV, Music
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Series A $8.4M–$36M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
Portfolio highlights
- CLUSH — Clush is an AI and cloud infrastructure company that builds enterprise software to help organizations develop, deploy, and manage AI systems. The company offers cloud-native services and products, enabling customers to build, manage, and collaborate on cloud-based applications and data. Clush provides products such as Clush Kube MLOps, AIgovernance platforms, AI agents, hybrid cloud infrastructure, and enterprise collaboration tools for industries including finance, manufacturing, and public sector organizations
- OASYS STUDIO — OASYS STUDIO is a cloud-native visual effects company that integrates VFX pipeline services and production within a cloud environment. They offer scalable and efficient production solutions, fostering stable collaboration structures for clients.
- Contents Technologies — Content Technologies is a content IP-based company builder.
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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- Industry: Gaming, Apps, Video Games
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: United States, Austria, Lithuania
Investor stats
- Total investments: 13
- Round size: Series A $1.2M–$60M; Series B $15M–$30M
- Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% 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.
Maven is one of the UK's leading private equity and investment firms. We provide essential capital and expertise to help businesses unlock their potential.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Private Equity
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 239
- Round size: Seed $783k–$5M; Private Equity $1.1M–$13M; Venture - Series Unknown $648k–$8.3M
- Lead/follow: 74% lead, 26% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $132M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- KubeNet — We are KubeNet - a multi-award winning technology solutions provider based in Glasgow. Whether it's Managed IT, IT Support, Cloud, Connectivity, Voice or Cyber Security, we're by your side as your trusted technology partner.
- Tixserve — Secure, Trackable, Interactive Digital Tickets for Live Events
- ReadyGo Diagnostics — ReadyGo Diagnostics has invented a novel “Diagnostic Pen”. Low cost, intuitive to use from the raw sample, the ReadyGo Pen will be a game-changer in the newly emerging consumer diagnostics market, offering a yes/no answer in minutes, based on molecular analysis.
SNU Technical Holdings is an investment firm that focuses on the technology sector.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Apps, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 26
- Round size: Seed $223k–$1.9M; Series A $721k–$13M
- Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Sejinsa — Sejinsa is developing AI vehicle management technology that utilizes data accumulated at car wash sites.
- Feasix AI — Feasix AI is a company that provides facility management services using vision AI-based outdoor mobile robots.
- QUAD — Quad specialises in manufacturing Superconducting Nanowire Single-Photon Detectors (SNSPDs) designed to capture individual photons of light. The company also develops proprietary hardware systems to operate these ultra-high-sensitivity sensors at cryogenic temperatures.
A fundamental investment philosophy of ‘Building on principles’ guides us at Mirae Asset. Over the years, these principles have enabled us to become Asia’s premier financial group and created new trends in the Asian capital market. Above all, we put our clients’ interests first, always adhering to high ethical standards. Because our success clearly comes from their success, we use fundamental investment principles to identify opportunities that generate value and lasting profits. We are strong believers in teamwork and are determined to recruit the best and brightest people as we open new horizons in Asia and expand globally. Just as we strive to continually improve our own performance, Mirae Asset is committed to helping every community it joins. On behalf of the entire Mirae Asset Financial Group, I would like to convey the sense of responsibility your trust in us merits and pledge to do all that we can to exceed your expectations.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 344
- Round size: Seed $692k–$14M; Series A $2M–$40M; Series B $5M–$52M
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $118M in 2026
Portfolio highlights
- Medifab — Medifab is a bio-healthcare center that offers 3D system testing, measurement analysis, and OEM service.
- NanoForge AI — Nanoforge AI merges AI-driven material design with robotics automation to cut material development time from years to weeks
- The Pant Project — The Pant Project is an e-tailoring company that specializes in customizing pants according to individual fit and style. They offer a curated range of premium fabrics including poly viscose, knit, and wool. The company also provides a 4-way stretch technology in their formal pants for enhanced comfort and mobility. Customers can track their ordersthrough the company's website.
Groom Investment is an investment firm.
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- Industry: Apps, Music, EdTech
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series E, Private Equity
- Geography: South Korea, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 13
- Round size: Venture - Series Unknown $6.1M–$17M
- Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Diquest — diquest is a Korean enterprise search engine.
- True Balance — Personal loan for Gig-economy worker (Uber, Zomato, Ola, Swiggy...etc) and Salary. Truebalance
- Deep Insight — Deep In Sight is a technology company that develops AI-powered camera solutions for various industries. It focuses on areas like mobility, 3D imaging, and digital twin technology, using AI cameras that can analyze and make decisions in real time without relying on external systems.
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: 593
- Round size: Series A $2.4M–$99M; Series B $4.3M–$184M
- Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- NBT — NBT specializes in the development of wind farms in the field of renewable energy in emerging markets.
- iCARE — iCARE It is the No. 1 health and labor cloud introduced in Japan, which is selected by small and medium-sized enterprises suffering from lack of manpower and large enterprises expanding their business globally .
- Base Food — Base Food produces high-quality, flavorful staple food products that are nutritionally-balanced and convenient.
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