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Top 50 Music VC Funds & Investors in South Korea (August 2026)

The most active venture capital funds investing in South Korea Music startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in South Korea Music startup companies. Find investors to raise a Seed, Series A or Series B round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
SV Investment Corp
VC Fund
4 South Korea, United States, China Series A, Series B, Seed Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $1.2M–$60M
KB Investment
VC Fund
4 South Korea, United States, Vietnam Series A, Series B, Seed Software, Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology $767k–$36M
InterVest Co.
VC Fund
4 South Korea, United States, Singapore Series B, Series A, Series C Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology $2.3M–$56M
InfoBank
VC Fund
3 South Korea, South Africa, United States Seed, Series A, Series B Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software $100k–$16M
Strong Ventures
VC Fund
3 South Korea, United States, Poland Seed, Series A, Series B E-Commerce, Software, Health Care $223k–$26M
Altos Ventures
VC Fund
3 South Korea, United States, Canada Series A, Series B, Series C Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services $2.1M–$60M
Capstone Partners
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States, India Series A, Seed, Series B Software, Mobile, Gaming $223k–$14M
Future Science and Technology Holdings
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States Seed, Series A Biotechnology, Health Care, Food and Beverage $223k–$6.7M
CRIT Ventures
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States, Hong Kong Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A Information Technology, Gaming, Blockchain $287k–$42M
Kakao Ventures
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States, Indonesia Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $297k–$30M
kocca
VC Fund
2 South Korea Seed Apps, Music, E-Commerce
Industrial Bank of Korea
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States, China Series A, Series B, Seed Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $166k–$28M
Michigan Venture Capital
VC Fund
2 South Korea Series A, Seed, Series B Content, Music, Software $776k–$1.3B
Shinhan Venture Investment
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States, Japan Series B, Series A, Series C Biotechnology, Health Care, Software $2.2M–$71M
Murex Partners
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States, India Series A, Series B, Seed Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care $1.7M–$17M
Content Technologies, Inc. (CTI)
VC Fund
2 South Korea Seed Music, Art, Fashion
Union Investment Partners
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States Series A, Series B, Seed Biotechnology, Health Care, Media and Entertainment $1.2M–$15M
Timewise Investment
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States, Russian Federation Series A, Series B, Seed Biotechnology, Health Care, Information Technology $3k–$29M
IMM Investment
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States, Japan Series A, Series B, Series C Health Care, Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence $3M–$72M
Laguna Investment
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States, Japan Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $741k–$35M
Sazze Partners
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States, Japan Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $200k–$22M
We Ventures
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States, Singapore Series A, Seed, Series B Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $729k–$19M
KEB Hana Bank
VC Fund
1 South Korea, Vietnam, United States Series B, Series A, Seed Artificial Intelligence, Software, Apps $639k–$14M
Partners Investment
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States, Japan Series A, Series B, Series C Biotechnology, Health Care, Software $2.5M–$98M
Solaire Partners
VC Fund
1 South Korea Series A Apps, Music, Events $3.5M–$4M
Series Ventures
VC Fund
1 South Korea, Singapore Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Health Care, Manufacturing, Biotechnology $86k–$4.4M
Naver
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States, Indonesia Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce $4k–$65M
Bass Investment
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States, Singapore Seed, Series A, Series B Artificial Intelligence, Software, E-Commerce $414k–$15M
KNet Investment Partners
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States, China Series A, Seed Manufacturing, Information Technology, Gaming $743k–$14M
ID ventures
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States, Vietnam Series A, Series B, Seed E-Commerce, Health Care, Information Technology $762k–$200M
Jeonbuk National University Technology Holdings
VC Fund
1 South Korea Seed B2B, Music, E-Learning
YG Entertainment
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States, China Series A, Series B, Corporate Round Software, Music, Media and Entertainment $2.5M–$189M
P&I Investment
VC Fund
1 South Korea Series A, Seed Music, Content, Software $8.4M–$36M
Dodam Patent Law Firm
VC Fund
1 South Korea Seed Machine Learning, Industrial Automation, Information Technology
SB Capital Partners
VC Fund
1 United States Series C Internet, Network Security, Service Industry
Grand Ventures
VC Fund
1 South Korea Seed, Series A Education, Apps, E-Learning
Reflexive Capital
VC Fund
1 United Kingdom, France, South Korea Seed, Series A, Angel Apps, Architecture, Information Technology
Kudos Ventures
VC Fund
1 South Korea, Singapore, United States Seed, Series B Information Technology, E-Commerce, Biotechnology
Hashed
VC Fund
1 United States, South Korea, Singapore Seed, Series A Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
Shinhan Capital
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States, India Series A, Seed, Series B Information Technology, Software, Apps
Juwon Patent Law Firm
VC Fund
1 South Korea Seed B2B, Music, E-Learning
CJ Investment
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States Series A, Seed, Series B Software, Therapeutics, Information Technology
iM Investment Partners
VC Fund
1 South Korea Seed, Series B, Series C Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical, Health Care
BNK Venture Capital
VC Fund
1 South Korea, Kuwait Series A, Series B, Seed Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Software
Eugene Investment
VC Fund
1 South Korea, Indonesia Seed, Series B, Pre-Seed Food and Beverage, Apps, EdTech
SANG SANG ebiz
VC Fund
1 South Korea Seed, Series A Artificial Intelligence, Apps, Information Technology
KDDI Open Innovation Fund
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States, Germany Series B, Series A Software, Mobile, Internet
Sfermion
VC Fund
1 United States, Singapore, France Seed, Series A Blockchain, Gaming, Cryptocurrency
SM Culture Partners
VC Fund
1 South Korea Series A Music, Architecture, Media and Entertainment
Samsung Ventures
VC Fund
1 United States, South Korea, Israel Series B, Series A Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing $3.9M–$100M
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SV Investment Corp
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 4 investments in South Korea Music startups, 13 in the past 12 months

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • CarbonSix — CarbonSix delivers cutting-edge robotics automation for manufacturing, combining Six-Sigma robot dexterity and intelligence to transform industrial operations worldwide.
  • Asteromorph — We are an AI for Science lab in Seoul. Our mission is to accelerate scientific advancements through the pursuit of superintelligence.
  • Linq — We are creating ‘hyper-automated insurance platforms’ to comprehensively support underwriters and claim adjusters and to facilitate communication between insurers and reinsurers using AI and deep learning.
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KB Investment
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 4 investments in South Korea Music startups

Founded in 1990, KB Investment Co., Ltd. (KBIC) is one of Korea’s leading investment firms of venture capital and private equity funds with over USD 2.6 Billion of asset under management as of December 2023. KBIC is a subsidiary of KB Financial Group, Korea’s premier financial group with the largest domestic customer base as well as the widestnetwork of service branches in Korea.KBIC’s team is recognized for industry thought leadership, a broad network of powerful industry relationships, and a unique professional investment approach to investing. KBIC passionately support our portfolio companies with active guidance in all key aspects of team building, strategy, operations and governance

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 414
  • Round size: Seed $767k–$7.2M; Series A $2.1M–$36M; Series B $4.8M–$35M
  • Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • TESOLLO — TESOLLO develops robot and motion presenter products.
  • H&B Asia — H&B Asia specializes in sourcing, importing, and distributing fresh fruits and agricultural products. The company works closely with global growers and suppliers to bring high-quality produce into the Korean market. It focuses on building strong partnerships, ensuring consistent supply, and supporting efficient logistics across the fooddistribution value chain.
  • ACT-ion Battery Technologies — ACT-ion is pioneering a transformative approach to battery material manufacturing, specializing in advanced lithium battery cathode active materials (CAMs). Our innovative, clean, and efficient continuous process revolutionizes production, driving cost savings and enhanced performance for the energy
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InterVest Co.
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 4 investments in South Korea Music startups, 11 in the past 12 months

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Upstage — Upstage AI develops artificial intelligence technologies focused on large language models and document processing systems designed to support enterprise workflows. Its platform includes tools that convert unstructured data such as PDFs, scans, and emails into structured, machine-readable formats, enabling downstream analysis and automation. Thecompany also provides models like its Solar LLM, which are optimized for tasks such as text generation, information extraction, and question answering within business environments. Its solutions are applied across industries including finance, healthcare, insurance, and manufacturing to handle tasks like document parsing, data extraction, and workflow automation. Additionally, its services can be deployed through APIs, cloud environments, or on-premise systems to integrate with existing enterprise infrastructure.
  • WIRobotics — My First-Ever Robot
  • Flexell Space — FLEXELL SPACE primarily focuses on the development and manufacturing of space solar cells, aiming to provide differentiated products for our customers in the space industry
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InfoBank
VC Fund · Gyeongju, Kyongsang-bukto, South Korea · 3 investments in South Korea Music startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 147
  • Round size: Seed $100k–$1.6M; Series A $761k–$9.4M; Series B $8M–$16M
  • Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • A2D2 — A2D2 AI analyzes and organizes tens of thousands of pages of evidence documents.
  • All Conec — All Conec is a digital platform that connects dental clinics and laboratories around the world. The platform also provides dental equipment shopping. The user can plan implant surgery quickly and precisely through the platform.
  • Limpid — Limpid is a Bio pet food startup. It set new standards in pet nutrition through continuous innovation.
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Strong Ventures
VC Fund · Los Angeles, California, United States · 3 investments in South Korea Music startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 347
  • Round size: Seed $223k–$3.2M; Series A $1M–$10M; Series B $2.4M–$26M
  • Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $3.3M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Winegraph — Winegraph is an SNS-based wine search and recommendation platform.
  • Stan World — Stan World is a Fandom Party World where fans can party & win rewards for their Stars, 24/7.
  • Minimap — The all-in-one game tracker for PC & Console. Sync achievements and trophies, manage your backlog, and analyze playtime stats. Your entire gaming history, unified.
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Altos Ventures
VC Fund · Menlo Park, California, United States · 3 investments in South Korea Music startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 338
  • Round size: Series A $2.1M–$30M; Series B $4.3M–$33M; Series C $5.2M–$60M
  • Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $450M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • PureSpace — PureSpace has developed a novel technology in extending shelf-life of fresh products that is applicable to all types of produce along the supply chain. Grocery stores and road transportation is a major application for shelf-life extension.
  • NexGenT — Launch Your IT Career in Networking or Cyber Security Online With Our Military Grade Inspired Next Generation Training Programs. Go From Zero To Engineer within 6 months! Zero Up Front Tuition Options Available!
  • Channel Talk — Channel Corp. provide a chat platform Channel Talk to create a customer-centric culture.
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Capstone Partners
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Music startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 249
  • Round size: Seed $223k–$3.8M; Series A $371k–$11M; Series B $743k–$14M
  • Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $37M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • N.Light — N.Light is a Metaverse 3D design software that allows individuals to effortlessly turn their ideas into reality.
  • Rapeech — Rapeech is an AI voice technology company that provides product development services.
  • TR — TR is a digital healthcare company that designs and develops medical devices and electronic products.
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Future Science and Technology Holdings
VC Fund · Daejeon, Taejon-jikhalsi, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Music startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

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

The Road Not Taken

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Gaming, Blockchain
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, Hong Kong

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 131
  • Round size: Seed $425k–$9M; Series A $1.6M–$36M; Venture - Series Unknown $287k–$42M
  • Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • YUZUCO — YUZUCO is here to make yuzu easier to enjoy. We import premium Japanese yuzu and bottle our cold-pressed, never heat-treated juice products in California. Yuzu Super Juice, our proprietary blend, is a sustainable answer to your citrus needs.
  • Neubility — Connecting the physical world with robotic autonomy
  • Bunker Kids — Bunker Kids is a startup that provides solutions optimized for achieving personal health goals using data and algorithms.
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Kakao Ventures
VC Fund · Seongnam, Kyonggi-do, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Music startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 363
  • Round size: Seed $297k–$4.2M; Series A $966k–$14M; Series B $3M–$30M
  • Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $9.6M in 2012

Portfolio highlights

  • Veluga — Veluga is a membership service that provides regular delivery of craft beer and pairing night snack twice a month.
  • LifeLabs — LifeLabs is a Canadian-owned company that has been serving the healthcare needs of Canadians for more than 50 years. Today, LifeLabs performs more than 100 million laboratory tests every year, helping healthcare providers diagnose, treat, monitor and prevent disease in patients.LifeLabs is strongly committed to continual innovation in testingservices. For our patients and healthcare providers, this means we always strive to provide access to the latest specialized clinical tests—to detect cancer for example, to monitor heart disease, identify neurological disorders and pinpoint allergies.LifeLabs is well-positioned to deliver care at home, in the community and across Ontario and British Columbia. We have over 5,400 professionally trained staff members, over 360 conveniently located patient service centres and an extensive network of couriers and mobile phlebotomists on the job.
  • Perseus — World Best Hypervisor Security Solutions for SDV
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kocca
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Music startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Newmatic — Newmatic creates software-based digital platforms for interactive content in entertainment and education. The company builds software-based platforms that deliver interactive media experiences, combining digital design, content development, and user engagement tools. It focuses on creating applications and systems that support learning,communication, and entertainment through technology-driven interactive environments.
  • Cre Planet — Cre Planet creates technologies for analyzing advertising performance and provides staffing services.
  • Wazzle Entertainment — Wazzle Entertainment is founded by IT experts and K-Pop stars' actual dance choreographers, and provides K-Pop dance lessons through smartphone devices.Wazzle Entertainment has been granted an exclusive use of official choreography copyrights from K-Pop choreographers for providing dance lessons to the world. We also have exclusivecontracts with champion street dance teams from around the globe to provide their lessons online. All lessons are being serviced through iOS, Android, Smart TV and Web streaming.Wazzle Entertainment has acquired access to the choreography rights of over 90% of K-Pop dances, and provide dance-related services on iOS, Android, Smart TV and Web streaming in more than 7 languages. We aim to be 'the Youtube of Dance' by providing video contents including K-pop dance, street dance lessons, star news, and dance studio segments.Wazzle Entertainment develops original content and lesson-video streaming solutions for dance-learning through apps, smart TV, web, including projects such as:-Original K-POP DanceRelease: iOS 1.0.1(July, 2013)http://youtube.com/OriginalKpopDanceLearn the hottest K-pop dances anytime and anywhere!Wherever you are, the place you're at instantly becomes a dance studio. With a smartphone, tablet or smart TV, you can easily learn K-pop dances on your own schedule – no searching for a studio and dance instructor, no need for expensive classes! 'Original K-POP Dance' provides one hour lessons with 15 clips, so users can repeat sections they want to practice. Anyone can dance and show off to their friends after learning even just some of the parts. Plus!- Mirror mode for easily keeping track of moves and directions- Suitable for learning group dances, with detailed instructions and breakdowns of each members' dance steps and movements
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Industrial Bank of Korea
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Music startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 303
  • Round size: Seed $166k–$4.5M; Series A $2M–$17M; Series B $4.8M–$28M
  • Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Gadget Korea — Gadget korea offers data roaming services.
  • Flexell Space — FLEXELL SPACE primarily focuses on the development and manufacturing of space solar cells, aiming to provide differentiated products for our customers in the space industry
  • Raion Robotics — Raion Robotics manufactures walking robots for industrial applications and offers prospects in potential industries such as defense, construction, and logistics.
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Michigan Venture Capital
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Music startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • XORBIS — XORBIS offers software, media hardware integration, and media management solutions for public and cultural spaces.
  • Sodomall — Sodomall is a retail-tech platform that operates offline group-buying stores, connecting consumers through community-driven purchasing. It enables store-based pickup of products ordered collectively, focusing on cost-efficient distribution, franchise-style expansion, and a hybrid model that links online ordering with offline retail locations forimproved accessibility and convenience.
  • The Muse Entertainment — The Muse Entertainment is a professional entertainment agency.
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Shinhan Venture Investment
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Music startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

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

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Tynapse — Secure your AI's decisions and actions in real-time. Tynapse provides the fastest intervention and legal-grade evidence required for high-stakes business.
  • Dentlink — A state-of-the-art digital dental lab, made by masters. All-on-X, veneers, implant crowns. One dedicated master technician on every case. First case free.
  • Medifab — Medifab is a bio-healthcare center that offers 3D system testing, measurement analysis, and OEM service.
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Content Technologies, Inc. (CTI)
VC Fund · Moorpark, California, United States · 2 investments in South Korea Music startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Naivy — Naivy offers music product marketing services, providing users with cash incentives and artists with marketing promotion services through its PLAM application.
  • Lively — 'Lively', an online music performance platform enjoyed with characters
  • DANIEL PROJECT — DANIEL PROJECT is a music professional MCN that supports the recruitment, production, distribution, and management of artists.
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Union Investment Partners
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Music startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

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

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

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

Korean alternative asset investment firm

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 266
  • Round size: Series A $3M–$55M; Series B $5.9M–$72M; Series C $7.7M–$46M
  • Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $25M in 2016

Portfolio highlights

  • N.Light — N.Light is a Metaverse 3D design software that allows individuals to effortlessly turn their ideas into reality.
  • Ohouse — No.1 Interior Onestop Platform
  • ArcGen Bioscience — Embark on a Voyage in Immuno-Oncology
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Laguna Investment
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Music startups, 8 in the past 12 months

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Cashmore — Cashmore is an app service that analyzes consumers' store visits, mobility paths, and consumption history to deliver customized discount benefits.
  • Bind — Bind is a start-up that operates the mobile and PC version of 'Athler'.
  • Markoville — Markoville is an entertainment content company that develops animation, games, comics, and character-based intellectual property (IP) using a media-mix strategy. It focuses on creating fun, family-friendly characters and storytelling content across multiple platforms.
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Sazze Partners
VC Fund · San Jose, California, United States · 2 investments in South Korea Music startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 164
  • Round size: Seed $200k–$4.5M; Pre-Seed $200k–$2.8M; Series A $334k–$22M
  • Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $127M in 2021

Portfolio highlights

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

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 93
  • Round size: Seed $729k–$4.3M; Series A $2.2M–$19M; Series B $3M–$16M
  • Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • KB-Element — KB-Element is a graphene development and production company that also turns graphene into intermediate items and novel materials.
  • ActionPower — ActionPower is an AI-based startup company that offers speech recognition and natural language processing technology services.
  • Automata — Automata builds ontology-driven enterprise systems that execute. Zenith verifies decisions, grades knowledge, and turns institutional memory into software you can run.
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KEB Hana Bank
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Music startups

KEB Hana Bank provides commercial banking services.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 49
  • Round size: Seed $639k–$2.2M; Series A $1.5M–$14M; Series B $6.7M–$13M
  • Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Dunamu — Dunamu owns and operates a digital asset exchange (UPbit), two investment exchange platforms (Stockplus and U-Stockplus), and an equity management platform (Onboard). UPbit is a cryptocurrency exchange platform with presence in Korea, Indonesia, Thailand, and Singapore. Stockplus is a securities information/trading platform with an activepartnership with 11 broker-dealers. U-Stockplus is an OTC platform providing a trading service for private companies. Onboard helps private companies manage equity electronically for their shareholders.
  • Samsung Electronics — Discover the latest in electronic & smart appliance technology with Samsung. Find the next big thing from smartphones & tablets to laptops & tvs & more.
  • Lotte Engineering & Construction — Lotte Engineering & Construction is a construction company that constructs apartments, hotels, roads, bridges, and plants.
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Partners Investment
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Music startups, 8 in the past 12 months

As a responsible and long-term partner, they aim to make various constructive contributions to portfolio companies.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 130
  • Round size: Series A $2.5M–$30M; Series B $5.5M–$98M; Series C $7.4M–$87M
  • Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • XCENA — XCENA is a semiconductor company that develops data-centric computing systems designed for AI and large-scale data processing environments. The company builds computational memory technology that combines high-capacity pooled DDR5 memory with near-data processing capabilities, allowing computation to occur closer to where data is stored. Its coreplatform is based on the Compute Express Link (CXL) standard, which enables memory expansion beyond traditional CPU limitations while improving data movement efficiency and reducing latency in data center workloads. XCENA’s architecture is designed to support applications such as artificial intelligence workloads, vector databases, and large-scale analytics by addressing memory bandwidth and capacity constraints. The company provides a hardware-software ecosystem that includes computational memory systems and a full-stack software development kit. This SDK offers APIs, runtime tools, and drivers that allow applications to use computational memory without major changes to existing software architectures while also supporting low-level control for performance optimization.XCENA’s flagship product line includes MX1, a CXL-based computational memory solution that integrates near-data processing engines with memory infrastructure to support AI inference and data-intensive workloads. The platform is designed to improve throughput and scalability in environments where traditional memory architectures become a bottleneck. The company operates in the broader field of AI infrastructure and memory innovation, working with customers such as hyperscalers, telecom providers, and research institutions that manage large-scale computing workloads. Its solutions are intended to improve efficiency in systems handling AI, big data processing, and scientific computing.
  • Solivis — Solivis is the manufacturer of solid-state batteries designed for next-generation battery packs. The company's product is used as a secondary battery for electric vehicles and has developed a wet synthesis method that can mass-produce a sulfide-based solid electrolyte with homogeneous high ionic conductivity, enabling clients to significantlyimprove productivity by reducing process costs and shortening the synthesis time.
  • Cenyx Biotech — Cenyx Biotech develops diagnostic and therapeutic nano-compounds formed based on nanozymes and nanoparticles.
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Solaire Partners
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Music startups

Solaire Partners is an investment firm

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Music, Events
  • Stage:Series A
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Round size: Series A $3.5M–$4M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • 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.
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Series Ventures
VC Fund · Changwon, Kyongsang-namdo, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Music startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 94
  • Round size: Seed $86k–$1.9M; Series A $2.9M–$4.4M
  • Lead/follow: 69% lead, 31% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • TouchMeal — TouchMind (operating as TouchMeal) runs an AI-driven senior foodtech platform that manages professional institutional catering, customized dietary meal planning, and automated ingredient supply chains for nursing homes. The company handles full kitchen management operations, including hygiene standards compliance, staff management, and thedistribution of specialized elderly-friendly food products.
  • HD Hi-Tech — HD Hi-Tech is an innovative technology company specializing in AI-powered switchboard safety diagnostic solutions, helping industries improve electrical system reliability, detect faults in real time, and enhance operational safety and efficiency.
  • ROBOS — Robos is a hybrid robot system built by evaluating biological object vision data using Lidar Vision and Open CV-based Object Detection. By combining self-developed biomaterial machine vision technology and robot technology, it intends to expand into a company that delivers core services to diverse industrial sites such as manufacturing, food, andmedical.
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Naver
VC Fund · Seongnam, Kyonggi-do, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Music startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 127
  • Round size: Seed $4k–$20M; Series A $2M–$20M; Series B $1.7M–$65M
  • Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • UVify — UVify is designer and manufacturer of swarm drones and autonomous drones for research, industrial, and drone light shows.
  • PROMEDIUS — We are on a mission to redefine the way we age.
  • Ohouse — No.1 Interior Onestop Platform
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Bass Investment
VC Fund · Seocho, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Music startups

Bass Investment is a Investment Firm.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 136
  • Round size: Seed $414k–$6.9M; Series A $1.9M–$15M; Series B $6.7M–$12M
  • Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • Addit & Ark — Adit & Ark operates an AI-powered advertising platform that connects brands with Instagram-based digital magazines and content creators, enabling targeted collaborations and more effective marketing campaigns.
  • 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.
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KNet Investment Partners
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Music startups

K-Net is a venture capital firm.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 74
  • Round size: Seed $743k–$12M; Series A $2.9M–$14M
  • Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Awexome Ray — Awexome Ray is a company that manufactures next-generation X-ray generator.
  • 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.
  • The Muse Entertainment — The Muse Entertainment is a professional entertainment agency.
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ID ventures
VC Fund · Yeoksamdong, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Music startups

ID ventures is an IP based venture capital firm.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Health Care, Information Technology
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, Vietnam

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 28
  • Round size: Seed $762k–$200M; Series A $2.2M–$4.9M; Series B $1.8M–$15M
  • Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Flatdis — Flatis is a corporation that specializes in naval engine control equipment and ship maintenance.
  • Cave Duck — Caveduck is an AI character chat platform where you can create, customize, and talk to virtual characters across web and mobile (iOS and Android). It focuses on AI character chats rather than general-purpose Q&A, letting you pick or design personas with specific traits, backstories, and moods.
  • Warp Space — Free Trial! Create your own unique AI friend.
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Jeonbuk National University Technology Holdings
VC Fund · Jeonju, Cholla-bukto, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Music startups

Jeonbuk National University Technology Holdings is an investment firm.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

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

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Music, Media and Entertainment
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Corporate Round
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, China

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 12
  • Round size: Series A $2.5M–$24M; Series B $10M–$189M
  • Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • 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.
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P&I Investment
VC Fund · Seongnam, Kyonggi-do, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Music startups

P&I Investment is a venture capital firm based in South Korea.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Round size: Series A $8.4M–$36M
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% 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.
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Dodam Patent Law Firm
VC Fund · Seongnam, Kyonggi-do, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Music startups

Dodam Patent Law Firm provides legal services.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Ineeji — Ineeji is an industrial AI solutions company that provides AI prediction services based on the machine learning technology.
  • Lively — 'Lively', an online music performance platform enjoyed with characters
  • Orwell Health — We design and develop mental health.
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SB Capital Partners
VC Fund · Chicago, Illinois, United States · 1 investments in South Korea Music startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • BGM Factory — BGM Factory is a background music library for creators and video producers.
  • Caspian Networks — Caspian Networks (formerly PacketCom) is an Internet infrastructure company designing a breakthrough new generation of equipment for the heart of the largest networks in the world – the service provider networks upon which the Internet is based. Company shut down.
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Grand Ventures
VC Fund · Seocho, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Music startups

Building the Future

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

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

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

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

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Quester — Quester is working on a high-performance, low-cost hand-tracking glove for use in XR (extended reality) and remote control systems, as well as virtual experiment practice software 'PLAB'. Quester was acknowledged in this round of funding for its technological prowess and creativity in hand-tracking gloves.
  • General Idea — ​General Idea is a contemporary fashion brand renowned for its fusion of streetwear and aesthetics. The brand offers innovative, modern, and casual apparel that appeals to a diverse clientele. It has gained international recognition for its unique designs and collaborations.
  • Everyone's Arts and Physical Education — Everyone's Arts and Physical Education focuses on systematising the arts and physical education ecosystem and providing integrated services.
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Hashed
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Music startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Lysto — How much does culture influence creative thinking?
  • Flexity — Flexity provides fast and efficient planning and design services.
  • Phi Labs — Blockchain tools that empower and reward builders
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Shinhan Capital
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Music startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Nventric — Nventric is a medical device company that develops core products for neurovascular, coronary heart, and peripheral vascular applications.
  • Avelos Therapeutics — Avelos Therapeutics is a precision medicine company in the clinical stage that finds, creates, and sells targeted therapeutics.
  • DewCell — Dewcell Biotherapeutics develops synthetic platelets using biomimetic technology. The company's system secures stem cell differentiation technology into megakaryocytes that generate platelets and mass-produces artificial platelets.
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Juwon Patent Law Firm
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Music startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

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

CJ Investment operates as an investment firm.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Nex Eye — Nex Eye is a start-up that develops first-in-class antibodies targeting refractory factors of immuno-oncology drugs.
  • DOD — DOD is data-driven musical business platform.
  • ProtoPie — Prototyping interactions as easy as pie ProtoPie is an easy but powerful software that allows designers and engineers to plan, communicate, and demonstrate an interactive mobile product. Build a sophisticated prototype without any coding, but leveraging all the native mobile device features. The powerful capabilities are already recognized andadopted by the global top brands and such as Google, Microsoft, R/GA, and Ideo.
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iM Investment Partners
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Music startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Yeoshin — Yeoshin is a skin treatment information platform.
  • MediMabBio — Creating therapeutic opportunities for the most serious diseases.
  • SCBIO — SCBIO is a pharmaceutical company that makes drugs with specialized technologies in immuno-oncology. The company discovers and develops novel therapeutics for future medicine.
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BNK Venture Capital
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Music startups

BNK Venture Capital is an investment firm.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, 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.
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Eugene Investment
VC Fund · Yongdungpo, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Music startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

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

SANG SANG ebiz offers software education and MySQL DBMS consulting services.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Apps, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 14
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • 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.
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KDDI Open Innovation Fund
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in South Korea Music startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

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

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

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

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Music, Architecture, Media and Entertainment
  • Stage:Series A
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • 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.
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Samsung Ventures
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Music startups

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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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 250
  • Round size: Series A $3.9M–$44M; Series B $4.9M–$100M
  • Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% 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
  • ZutaCore — The ZutaCore waterless direct-to-chip liquid cooling solutions is a smart, sustainable alternative to conventional air and water cooling for data centers.
  • Walden Robotics — Walden Robotics is an industrial robotics company that builds and deploys general-purpose, semi-humanoid robots for manufacturing and logistics.
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Music VC funding in South Korea at a glance

Stats across 164 deals from 186 investors.

186
investors
in South Korea Music startups
164
deals
in South Korea Music startups
$4.7M
median round
in South Korea Music startups
34%
lead investors
lead at least one round
39%
Seed
most common funding stage

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