Top 10 Oil and Gas Startup Investors in South Korea (August 2026)

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• GREENDA — GREENDA is a bio-aviation oil and gas raw material manufacturing company.
• Salm Clinic — Salm Clinic is a specialized digital healthcare platform that provides comprehensive psychological testing services, offering accessible mental health assessments, personalized evaluations, and technology-driven support for individuals seeking psychological insights and care.
• Plantner — PLANTNER develops environmentally friendly polymers that utilizes the controlled-release characteristics of alginate, a polymer derived from seaweed, along with natural controlled-release fertilizers to substitute current chemical products. Concurrently, the company is engaged in research and development as well as local field trials in Korea andVietnam. These innovations are directly aimed at promoting low-input sustainable agriculture. The organization is committed to tackling the unsustainable practices prevalent in conventional agriculture through the use of slow-release fertilizers, aspiring to foster eco-friendly advancements rooted in natural materials, beginning with agriculture, which is the cornerstone of the industry. In traditional agricultural settings, the significant loss of chemical fertilizers has resulted in nutrient depletion, leading to soil degradation issues such as acidification. This reduction in soil productivity compels farmers to resort to even greater quantities of chemicals to enhance yields, thereby perpetuating a detrimental cycle of increasing overuse. As a response, coated slow-release fertilizers have been introduced; however, their synthetic polymer coatings have contributed to the buildup of microplastics in the soil, harming the habitats of beneficial microorganisms and generating additional environmental challenges. To mitigate these concerns, ongoing research and development efforts are focused on substituting the conventional coating materials of slow-release fertilizers which are responsible for environmental issues like residual microplastics with alginate, a biodegradable polymer sourced from seaweed.

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• Conalog — Conalog is a piezoelectric element-based energy harvesting technology.
• GREENDA — GREENDA is a bio-aviation oil and gas raw material manufacturing company.
• Pion Electric — Pion Electric is a company that is reimagining the future of the energy industry and the worldwide market for emerging technologies.

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• Rovers — Global Agricultural IP Company
• GREENDA — GREENDA is a bio-aviation oil and gas raw material manufacturing company.
• Airbility — Airability is a developer for potential airline mobility solutions.

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• 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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• GREENDA — GREENDA is a bio-aviation oil and gas raw material manufacturing company.
• Limpid — Limpid is a Bio pet food startup. It set new standards in pet nutrition through continuous innovation.
• MEDIASCOPE — MEDIASCOPE is a music company that creates and operates music-related platform services and technologies.

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• RXC — RXC is a startup that creates a differentiated next-gen media commerce platform that helps brands succeed.
• Elice — Elice is an e-learning services company.
• GREENDA — GREENDA is a bio-aviation oil and gas raw material manufacturing company.

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• iiba — Iiba is a geospatial platform that specializes in providing location information related to child-rearing.
• Two — Buy Now, Pay Later for your business customers. Two makes it easy and safe to offer invoice as a payment method on your e-commerce site.
• Homethings — Single-use plastic is bonkers. Homethings makes cleaning products that make sense. No more shipping water in plastic bottles. We send non toxic cleaning tabs so that you can refill over and over again using your tap.

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• Snabbit — Home help in 15 mins
• 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.
• Config — Data infrastructure & foundation models for bimanual robotics. Enabling robots to adapt to new tasks and deploy within days.

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• AITRICS — AITRICS delivers AI-powered medical software designed to support clinicians in detecting and preventing critical patient deterioration. The company’s core product, AITRICS‑VC (VitalCare), continuously monitors data from electronic medical records (EMRs), including vital signs, lab tests, consciousness levels, and other relevant clinicalmeasurements to predict adverse events such as sepsis, cardiac arrest, unexpected ICU transfers, or mortality several hours before they occur.AITRICS-VC operates in real time, delivering risk scores and alerts to clinicians to enable earlier intervention and better resource allocation in hospital settings. The platform has been certified by the relevant regulatory authority in its home country and is classified as an “innovative medical device,” reflecting regulatory recognition of its predictive-analytics capabilities. In addition to monitoring and prediction, AITRICS engages in ongoing clinical validation and research; it publishes studies in peer-reviewed journals and presents its work in international AI conferences, indicating a commitment to evidence-based development and transparency in performance.
• FNCT Biotech — FNCT Biotech develops antibody therapeutics for treating idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). To create antibodies that target the underlying cause of IPF, the company's platform uses genetic engineering, providing patients with this medical need with a new treatment option.
• BOS Semiconductors — Driving the Future of Automotive, BOS Semiconductors

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• Leecell — Leecell is a solar cell manufacturing company that produces organic and perovskite thin‑film photovoltaic cells.
• Elevenliter — Eleven Liter operates Lipet, an online health check solution for companion animals.
• Intergravity — Intergravity is a company that is developing orbital transportation technologies to support the future of in-space activity. Intergravity is to enable a space environment in which mobility, service, and logistics are seamlessly integrated, creating the framework for long-term operations beyond Earth.