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Top 50 Payments Startup Investors in South Korea (October 2026)

The most active venture capital funds and angel investors investing in South Korea Payments startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in South Korea Payments startup companies. Find investors to raise a Seed, Series A or Series B round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
Strong Ventures
VC Fund
16 South Korea, United States, Poland Seed, Series A, Series B E-Commerce, Software, Health Care $135k–$26M
Hashed
VC Fund
12 South Korea, United States, Singapore Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services $1M–$40M
Bass Investment
VC Fund
9 South Korea, United States, Singapore Seed, Series A, Series B Artificial Intelligence, Software, E-Commerce $414k–$15M
Kakao Ventures
VC Fund
9 South Korea, United States, Indonesia Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $278k–$27M
Capstone Partners
VC Fund
7 South Korea, United States, India Series A, Seed, Series B Software, Mobile, Artificial Intelligence $223k–$17M
Bokwang Investment
VC Fund
7 South Korea, United States Series A, Series B, Seed Software, Mobile, Health Care $469k–$18M
InfoBank
VC Fund
6 South Korea, South Africa, United States Seed, Series A, Series B Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software $85k–$16M
Pantera Capital
VC Fund
5 United States, Singapore, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services $1.4M–$50M
Mashup Ventures
VC Fund
5 South Korea, United States, Japan Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $100k–$3.2M
KB Investment
VC Fund
5 South Korea, United States, Vietnam Series A, Seed, Series B Software, Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology $737k–$44M
Digital Currency Group
VC Fund
5 United States, United Kingdom, Singapore Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech $550k–$114M
SBVA
VC Fund
4 South Korea, United States, China Series A, Series B, Seed Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $750k–$60M
DSC Investment
VC Fund
4 South Korea, United States, Israel Series A, Series B, Seed Artificial Intelligence, Health Care, Biotechnology $594k–$60M
Altos Ventures
VC Fund
4 South Korea, United States, Canada Series A, Series B, Series C Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence $2.1M–$57M
Kiwoom Investment
VC Fund
4 South Korea, United States, Japan Series B, Series A, Series C Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence $1.7M–$33M
Korea Investment Partners
VC Fund
3 South Korea, United States, China Series A, Series B, Seed Biotechnology, Health Care, Information Technology $973k–$50M
The Wells Investment
VC Fund
3 South Korea, United States, Singapore Series A, Series B, Seed Artificial Intelligence, Apps, Health Care $289k–$16M
Third Prime
VC Fund
3 United States, United Kingdom, Mexico Seed, Series A, Series B Financial Services, FinTech, Software $2M–$70M
Dunamu & Partners
VC Fund
3 South Korea, United States, Canada Seed, Series B, Series A Software, FinTech, Financial Services $803k–$23M
Daekyo Investment
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States, Hong Kong Series A, Seed, Series B Software, Mobile Apps, Education $584k–$17M
Qualcomm Ventures
VC Fund
2 United States, China, India Series B, Series A, Series C Software, Artificial Intelligence, Mobile $3M–$130M
SJ Investment Partners
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States Series B, Series A, Seed Manufacturing, Information Technology, Food and Beverage $4k–$40M
Orbit Ventures
VC Fund
2 United States, Egypt, United Arab Emirates Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Artificial Intelligence, Software, FinTech $100k–$12M
Fast Ventures
VC Fund
2 South Korea, Hungary, United States Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Apps, Health Care, E-Commerce $371k–$7.5M
ICONIUM
VC Fund
2 United States, Singapore, United Kingdom Secondary Market, Seed, Initial Coin Offering Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech $1M–$19M
CTK Investments
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States, Malaysia Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Health Care, Information Technology $680k–$22M
Ernest Ventures
VC Fund
2 South Korea Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Apps, Sales $1.8k–$3.6M
Bie Partners
VC Fund
2 South Korea Seed, Series A, Series B FinTech, Financial Services, Pet $1.8k–$2.1M
Hansae Yes 24 Partners
VC Fund
2 South Korea Seed, Series A Artificial Intelligence, SaaS, Software $450k–$7.8M
Stonebridge Capital
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States, China Series A, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown Software, Information Technology, Mobile $743k–$91M
Honest Ventures
VC Fund
2 South Korea, Indonesia Series A, Series B, Seed Software, Information Technology, Medical $1.8k–$20M
Korea Technology Finance Corporation
VC Fund
2 South Korea, Russian Federation Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Health Care, Manufacturing $383k–$15M
Pietro Dova
Angel
2 United States, South Korea Series A, Seed Events, Mobile, Sports $400k–$12M
IPS Ventures
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States Seed, Series A, Series B Apps, Medical, Medical Device $148k–$9M
SK Networks
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States, The Netherlands Series A, Series C, Series B Software, Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain $2.8M–$150M
ActnerLab
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States, Japan Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Health Care, Medical, Medical Device $37k–$84k
Mirana
VC Fund
2 United States, Singapore, Hong Kong Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services $2M–$150M
Kakao Pay
VC Fund
2 South Korea, Malaysia Series A, Series B, Seed Finance, Financial Services, FinTech $1.4M–$20M
BlissVine Ventures
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Artificial Intelligence, Apps, SaaS $200k–$5.2M
Samsung NEXT
VC Fund
2 United States, Israel, Canada Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $1.9M–$100M
SOSV
VC Fund
2 United States, India, United Kingdom Seed, Convertible Note, Pre-Seed Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
Sunghwan Choi
Angel
2 United States, Hong Kong, South Korea Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, FinTech, Financial Services $1.7M–$15M
KT Investment
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States, Singapore Series A, Series B, Series C Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology $2M–$124M
Stone Bridge Ventures
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States, South Africa Series A, Seed, Series B Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology $1.6M–$22M
POSCO CAPITAL
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States Series A, Seed, Series B Software, Manufacturing, Information Technology $171k–$14M
OKX Ventures
VC Fund
2 United States, Singapore, Hong Kong Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming $1M–$50M
Sazze Partners
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States, Japan Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $200k–$15M
Premier Partners
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States, Russian Federation Venture - Series Unknown, Series B, Series A Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical $2.6M–$172M
Draper Associates
VC Fund
2 United States, Canada, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain $750k–$41M
Pathfinder H
VC Fund
2 South Korea Series A, Series B, Seed E-Commerce, Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence $775k–$26M
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Strong Ventures
VC Fund · Los Angeles, California, United States · 16 investments in South Korea Payments startups, 17 in the past 12 months

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: 389
  • Round size: Seed $135k–$3M; Series A $1M–$10M; Series B $2.4M–$26M
  • Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% 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.
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Hashed
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 12 investments in South Korea Payments startups, 9 in the past 12 months

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, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 333
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$15M; Series A $2.6M–$37M; Venture - Series Unknown $2M–$40M
  • Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2025

Portfolio highlights

  • Oh — The OpenAI of the spicy content industry, combining consumer platforms (@ohchatai | @ohdotfun) with infrastructure (https://t.co/BMwDSzAg14)
  • Chance Studios — Every Collection Starts With A Chance
  • Chance Studios — Every Collection Starts With A Chance
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Bass Investment
VC Fund · Seocho, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 9 investments in South Korea Payments 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: 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 — Airability is a developer for potential airline mobility solutions.
  • 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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Kakao Ventures
VC Fund · Seongnam, Kyonggi-do, South Korea · 9 investments in South Korea Payments 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: 416
  • Round size: Seed $278k–$4M; Series A $988k–$11M; Series B $3.4M–$27M
  • Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $40B in 2025

Portfolio highlights

  • Corologic — Korologic develops cardiovascular imaging AI solutions for medical procedures.
  • A33 Studio — A-33 Studio team is led by the chief executive officer ‘Kim Dong Sun’ who was in charge of the development, launch and operation of ‘Counter Strike Online’ which is one of the top 3 online FPS games in Korea. The team consists of developers who have worked together for ‘CS Online’ and ‘Combat Arms’ at Nexon, one of the top online game makers in theworld.
  • Tect Group — We deliver real beauty based on distinctive brands and innovative marketing solutions, fostering confidence and positivity around the world.
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Capstone Partners
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 7 investments in South Korea Payments startups, 6 in the past 12 months

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 306
  • Round size: Seed $223k–$3.8M; Series A $371k–$11M; Series B $914k–$17M
  • Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% 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
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Bokwang Investment
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 7 investments in South Korea Payments startups

Bokwang Investment is a Korean investment management firm that supports funds and management for small- and medium-sized companies.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 50
  • Round size: Seed $469k–$2.4M; Series A $1.4M–$18M; Series B $2M–$14M
  • Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • MOAIS — MOAIS develops a smartphone AI solution that analyzes golf swing problem and offers a lesson solution. It is an on-device AI optimized for smart phones, has a video pose estimation, video segmentation, video classification, video object detection, and image processing of golf swing video.
  • Volvik — Volvik is a manufacturer of golf equipment and products.
  • PEOPLE & TECHNOLOGY — PEOPLE AND TECHNOLOGY provides DX-based AI solutions on INDOOR GEOLOCATION AND SMART SENSING through its INDOORPLUS+ IoT, Location Based System (LBS) and Real Time Location System (RTLS) platform in the fields of healthcare, manufacturing, defense, smart cities, and the public sector.More than 100 corporate customers in various business sectorssuch as healthcare, banking, manufacturing, retail, energy and public services have already chosen PEOPLE AND TECHNOLOGY to deploy industry grade solutions for employee safety, asset tracking & monitoring, security & access control, flow management and process efficiency. They have gained improvements in productivity and process efficiency while reducing their corporate risks and optimizing their procurement. Since its foundation in 2013, PEOPLE AND TECHNOLOGY has become a leading provider in South Korea and is expanding overseas.
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InfoBank
VC Fund · Gyeongju, Kyongsang-bukto, South Korea · 6 investments in South Korea Payments 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: 166
  • Round size: Seed $85k–$1.5M; Series A $88k–$9.4M; Series B $8M–$16M
  • 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.
  • A2D2 — A2D2 AI analyzes and organizes tens of thousands of pages of evidence documents.
  • Limpid — Limpid is a Bio pet food startup. It set new standards in pet nutrition through continuous innovation.
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Pantera Capital
VC Fund · Menlo Park, California, United States · 5 investments in South Korea Payments startups

Pantera Capital is an investment firm focused exclusively on Bitcoin, other digital currencies, and companies in the space. The company believes that Bitcoin has the potential to transform the way people use money and that it will do for payments what the Internet has done for communications and commerce.Until 2014, Pantera focused on globalmacro hedge fund investments. The firm was founded in 2003 by Dan Morehead, who was a chief financial officer and head of Macro Trading at Tiger Management. The firm has since shifted its investment advisory services to focus exclusively on Bitcoin, other digital currencies, and companies in the space.Shareholders include Benchmark, Fortress Investment Group, and Ribbit Capital.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 396
  • Round size: Seed $1.4M–$18M; Series A $3.5M–$48M; Venture - Series Unknown $2.1M–$50M
  • Lead/follow: 44% lead, 56% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2025

Portfolio highlights

  • Orthogonal — Giving AI agents the tools they need.
  • World Foundation — World is the real human network. A new standard of trust on the internet.
  • Solana Company — Building the Preeminent Solana Treasury $HSDT
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Mashup Ventures
VC Fund · Seongnam, Kyonggi-do, South Korea · 5 investments in South Korea Payments startups

Mashup Ventures invests in early-stage startups and supports startups to grow quickly through a network of founders.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 174
  • Round size: Seed $225k–$1.7M; Pre-Seed $100k–$3.2M
  • Lead/follow: 48% lead, 52% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Rosherin — Rosherin is a healthcare startup that researches, develops and manufactures various medical supplies and medical devices.
  • 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.
  • Airbility — Airability is a developer for potential airline mobility solutions.
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KB Investment
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 5 investments in South Korea Payments 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, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, Vietnam

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 439
  • 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 — one cloud for compute, inference, and agents Question: https://t.co/dOcscX4hmx Japan: @gmicloudJapan
  • 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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Digital Currency Group
VC Fund · Stamford, Connecticut, United States · 5 investments in South Korea Payments startups, 8 in the past 12 months

We are the capital engine supporting emerging talent & crypto technology. On its mission to accelerate the development of a better financial system.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 391
  • Round size: Seed $550k–$8.5M; Series A $3M–$48M; Venture - Series Unknown $1M–$114M
  • Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • TurboFlow — Trading, made simple. Everyone gets a seat at TurboFlow.
  • DePay — DePay is an Argentina-based real-time payments infrastructure startup.
  • Limited — Secure your treasury and scale your business globally with a truly self-custodial account that only you control. No banks. No middlemen.
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SBVA
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 4 investments in South Korea Payments startups, 9 in the past 12 months

Established in 2000 as an early-stage venture capital arm of SoftBank Group, SBVA has a storied history of empowering extraordinary entrepreneurs across the globe. In 2023, we joined forces with The Edgeof, a global startup ecosystem builder founded by Taizo Son, JP Lee, and Atsushi Taira and began our new chapter as an independent entity with arenewed commitment to fostering innovation and technological advancement.

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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: 296
  • Round size: Seed $750k–$9.5M; Series A $1.5M–$38M; Series B $3.7M–$60M
  • Lead/follow: 44% lead, 56% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $23M in 2026

Portfolio highlights

  • Nums AI — Meet Causilo. A new foundation for the world's data.
  • 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.
  • WIRobotics — My First-Ever Robot
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DSC Investment
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 4 investments in South Korea Payments startups, 13 in the past 12 months

DSC Investments invests in early stage and growth companies in the field of corporate identify and focus, IT, software, biotechnology, machinery, and future high-growth areas such as environment and resources.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 261
  • Round size: Seed $594k–$9.1M; Series A $1.7M–$19M; Series B $4.8M–$60M
  • Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • 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.
  • MID — MID specializes in the development, testing, and production of space-related components.
  • GMI Cloud — one cloud for compute, inference, and agents Question: https://t.co/dOcscX4hmx Japan: @gmicloudJapan
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Altos Ventures
VC Fund · Menlo Park, California, United States · 4 investments in South Korea Payments 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, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 404
  • Round size: Series A $2.1M–$27M; Series B $4.2M–$35M; Series C $5.2M–$57M
  • Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% 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 — 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.
  • 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
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Kiwoom Investment
VC Fund · Youidodong, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 4 investments in South Korea Payments startups, 13 in the past 12 months

Kiwoom Investment provides financial assistance with funding for small businesses.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 113
  • Round size: Series A $1.7M–$14M; Series B $4.2M–$21M; Series C $11M–$33M
  • Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow

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.
  • 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.
  • Featuring — Featuring’s goal is to make it easy for anyone to see and utilize the power of influencers. Today, as companies are accelerating their transition to digital business due to COVID-19, the number of companies leveraging The number of influencers is explosively increasing. Featuring allows brands and marketers to discover product-fit influencers andhelps matching based on their needs. Currently, over 3,600 brands are using Featuring, and more than 8,500 influencer campaigns have been done. As a Korea-based startup, Featuring plans on expanding the business to Far East Asia, including Japan and China.
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Korea Investment Partners
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 3 investments in South Korea Payments startups

Korea Investment Partners (KIP) is a leading venture capital & private equity firm that has over 30 years of experience in providing venture capital to bold and innovative entrepreneurs who want to change the world. Korea Investment Partners invests in leading pioneers like Kakao(KOSDAQ:035720), Naver(KRX:035420), YGEntertainment(KOSDAQ:122870), Bodyfriend, Osstem Implant(KOSDAQ:048260), Doubleu Games(KOSDAQ:192080) and Didi Chuxing. KIP manages over 20 venture and private equity funds with US$1.8 billion in total assets under management. The company operates globally from its Seoul headquarters office with other locations in Shanghai, Beijing, and Sunnyvale.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 538
  • Round size: Seed $973k–$10M; Series A $2.2M–$19M; Series B $4.9M–$50M
  • Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $60M in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • Zamface — Zamface is an app that makes beauty video.
  • Wakebunny — Wakebunny is a company that specializes in IP-based commerce, leveraging intellectual property to create, market, and monetize unique products and experiences. By focusing on the strategic use of copyrights, trademarks, and brand assets, Wakebunny transforms original ideas, characters, and stories into commercially viable offerings across variousplatforms such as e-commerce, digital media, merchandising, and licensing.
  • Inovio Pharmaceuticals — INOVIO is advancing novel immunotherapy technologies to reshape the future of treating and preventing infectious diseases and cancer.
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The Wells Investment
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 3 investments in South Korea Payments startups

VC, Venture Capital

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 57
  • Round size: Seed $289k–$1.8M; Series A $1.1M–$6.1M; Series B $2.7M–$16M
  • Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • Milliway — Milliway is an infrastructure digitalization startup that uses vehicle sensor data to detect and manage road damage in real time. It offers solutions for monitoring city and road events and provides tools to enhance productivity in city and road management.
  • AIT STUDIO — AIT Studio is a digital health startup that develops AI-powered, contactless gait analysis solutions for early detection of mobility decline and age-related conditions such as sarcopenia. Our flagship products—GAIT Studio (App) and MediStep M Pro (hardware package)—deliver full gait assessments in under 1 minute, without wearables or specializedstaff.
  • FLYTO — FLYTO is a South Korean aviation simulation and technology company. The company specializes in building advanced infrastructure for aviation training, aircraft maintenance education, real-flight data integration, and future Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) or Urban Air Mobility (UAM) validation.
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Third Prime
VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 3 investments in South Korea Payments startups, 7 in the past 12 months

Third Prime is an early-stage venture firm focused primarily on Financial and Industrial Technology.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Mexico

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 185
  • Round size: Seed $2M–$9.8M; Series A $4.5M–$32M; Series B $9.4M–$70M
  • Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • UnityAI — At UnityAI, we specialize in developing innovative AI solutions that drive business success. Our state-of-the-art technology and expert team empower companies to optimize operations, enhance decision-making, and unlock new opportunities. Discover how UnityAI can transform your business with our comprehensive suite of AI services. Partner with us to turn your vision into reality.
  • Limited — Secure your treasury and scale your business globally with a truly self-custodial account that only you control. No banks. No middlemen.
  • Croissant — Croissant gives guaranteed buybacks on new purchases, so you can buy more and better.
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Dunamu & Partners
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 3 investments in South Korea Payments startups

Dunamu & Partners is the professional investment arm of Dunamu, South Korea's leading fintech company which operates Upbit, Stockplus and Stockplus Unlisted. Dunamu & Partners primarily invests in the fintech, blockchain and AI/data/contents sector. Its investments are agnostic to industry, geography and size.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, FinTech, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series B, Series A
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 71
  • Round size: Seed $803k–$5M; Series A $1.4M–$22M; Series B $2.1M–$23M
  • Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Pasqal — We are a Quantum Computing startup using the properties of large 2D and 3D arrays of neutral atoms to speedup calculations and simulations
  • Inocras — Unlock the potential of a Whole Genome Sequencing Test with Inocras. Transforming diagnosis and treatment for cancer and rare diseases.
  • AIRS Medical — AIRS Medical's AI-powered platform reduces MRI scan times by up to 50%, improves image quality, and delivers deeper clinical insights. Trusted by 1,700+ institutions across 40+ countries.
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Daekyo Investment
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Payments startups

Daekyo Investment is a venture capital firm specialized in development of venture industry.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Mobile Apps, Education
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, Hong Kong

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 72
  • Round size: Seed $589k–$13M; Series A $1.7M–$9.8M; Series B $584k–$17M
  • Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • MOAIS — MOAIS develops a smartphone AI solution that analyzes golf swing problem and offers a lesson solution. It is an on-device AI optimized for smart phones, has a video pose estimation, video segmentation, video classification, video object detection, and image processing of golf swing video.
  • Redrob — McKinley & Rice is a software development and outsourcing company.
  • Inserasolution — Inserasolution produces high-performance Fast & Fine Steering Mirrors for laser-based space optical communications and sophisticated defense systems.
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Qualcomm Ventures
VC Fund · San Diego, California, United States · 2 investments in South Korea Payments startups

As a global corporate venture firm, we invest in entrepreneurs who are building revolutionary businesses that redefine the world around us.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Mobile
  • Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
  • Geography: United States, China, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 550
  • Round size: Series A $3M–$30M; Series B $7.3M–$63M; Series C $13M–$130M
  • Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $100M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Magisto — Magisto online video editor is a fast & powerful video maker. Turn your photos and video clips into video stories with Magisto movie editor. Start free!
  • Spectro Cloud — Enterprise Kubernetes management platform built for scale. Complete lifecycle management of any type of cluster, from bare metal to the edge.
  • Pelican Imaging — POKER369 Daftar Situs Poker Online Terpercaya Indonesia Agen Resmi IDN POKER Terbaik Game Terlengkap DominoQQ, Bandar Ceme Deposit Pulsa 10RB Bonus Member Baru
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SJ Investment Partners
VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 2 investments in South Korea Payments startups

SJ Partners LLC is an award-winning private equity firm that acquires middle-market consumer and services companies. Call +1 212.362.1530

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Manufacturing, Information Technology, Food and Beverage
  • Stage:Series B, Series A, Seed
  • Geography: South Korea, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 29
  • Round size: Seed $844k–$5.8M; Series A $1.9M–$40M; Series B $4k–$18M
  • Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • InnoQD — InnoQD is a developer of thin-film materials for quantum dots, which are ultra-fine semiconductor particles on the nanometer scale
  • Glow Seoul — Glow Seoul is a creative consulting company that specializes in content development, space design, and construction for clients.
  • CloudHospital — Founded in Seoul, South Korea, CloudHospital is a robust online platform helping patients around the world find the best providers for their needs regardless of where they are located. We are an experienced team from around the globe with ample experience in the fields of web technology, medical practice, and finance. Our mission is simple: to makeit easier for everyone to find the best medical solutions anywhere in the world.By investing in technology that takes the complexities out of world-wide medical services, icloudhospital.com can seamlessly connect millions of patients around the world to excellent medical services, both from the most demanding surgeries to the most accurate health checkups as well as the world’s most advanced cosmetic procedures. As one of the world’s most well integrated medical concierge services firm, icloudhospital.com enables hospitals and clinics around the world reach their global audience efficiently.Our services, which are accessible through icloudhospital.com is available in English, Chinese and Russian and offers the best medical hospitals and clinics, including the best respected doctors in their field of expertise. For all your medical care needs, icloudhospital.com makes it easy and supports you with 24/7 customer support.
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Orbit Ventures
VC Fund · Singapore, Central Region, Singapore · 2 investments in South Korea Payments startups, 44 in the past 12 months

Orbit helps scale breakthrough startups from around the globe across emerging and frontier markets.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Egypt, United Arab Emirates

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 311
  • Round size: Seed $150k–$2M; Pre-Seed $100k–$1M; Series A $2.6M–$12M
  • Lead/follow: 77% lead, 23% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Qanary — Qanary is a digital second-opinion platform designed to help radiologists detect cancer at its earliest, most treatable stages.
  • Cypien AI — Cypien learns your brand and visitor behavior, then composes segment-specific content, visuals, product order, search, landing pages, and UI.
  • MyAlice — The modern customer service and social selling platform. Support anytime and sell anywhere with all your messages, orders, and agents in one place.
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Fast Ventures
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Payments startups

Fast Ventures is a venture capital investment firm.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Health Care, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: South Korea, Hungary, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 63
  • Round size: Seed $371k–$2.6M; Series A $2M–$7.5M
  • Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Bind — Bind is a start-up that operates the mobile and PC version of 'Athler'.
  • Doers — Doers is an influencer commerce platform that offers several services for connecting influencers and companies.
  • Driving Teacher — You may search and compare the pricing of all driving schools countrywide in Driving Teacher, and you can help students make real-time training reservations with just a few clicks without connecting to a counselor. Furthermore, it provides an online reservation management platform to driving schools in order to automate the driving school system,as well as sales growth through customized marketing.
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ICONIUM
VC Fund · Milan, Lombardia, Italy · 2 investments in South Korea Payments startups

Paving the Way for the Digital Assets Revolution

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech
  • Stage:Secondary Market, Seed, Initial Coin Offering
  • Geography: United States, Singapore, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 46
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$10M; Initial Coin Offering $3.2M–$19M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Aave — Aave is an Open Source Protocol to create Non-Custodial Liquidity Markets to earn interest on supplying and borrowing assets with a variable or stable interest rate. The protocol is designed for easy integration into your products and services.
  • Bittensor — Bittensor is an open-source peer-to-peer framework that commoditizes a blockchain-based machine-learning network. The company's platform utilizes cutting-edge deep learning techniques to create a peer-to-peer marketplace that incentivizes knowledge production. This allows clients to connect a machine learning model to the network.
  • Kaspa — Kaspa is an open-source cryptocurrency project and Layer 1 network that operates using a proof-of-work consensus mechanism combined with a blockDAG (Directed Acyclic Graph) data structure. Unlike traditional blockchains that add one block at a time in sequence, Kaspa allows multiple blocks to be created and confirmed in parallel, enabling highertransaction speeds and lower confirmation times.
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CTK Investments
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Payments startups

CTK Investments is an early stage and growth investment company.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 16
  • Round size: Seed $680k–$5.3M; Series A $3.4M–$15M; Series B $9.6M–$22M
  • Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Biobijou — Biobijou is a biotech and medical aesthetics company. The company develops and manufactures skin boosters, hyaluronic acid dermal fillers, botulinum toxin products, cosmetics, and related medical aesthetic devices. The company operates a vertically integrated model covering R&D, manufacturing, marketing, and global distribution. The companyemphasizes GMP-certified production facilities and automated manufacturing lines for aesthetic injectables.
  • OROS Labs — OROS Labs is a material technology company provides thermal solutions.
  • Pepper & Salt — Pepper & Salt is a creative company specializing in branding, marketing, and intellectual property development. It offers integrated services spanning concept planning, design, content creation, and production, helping businesses build distinct brand identities and engaging customer experiences through strategic, content-driven solutions.
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Ernest Ventures
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Payments startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Apps, Sales
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 12
  • Round size: Seed $217k–$1.6M; Series A $1.8k–$3.6M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Nulla Bio — Nulla Bio realizes customer health value through crop gene editing.
  • Dokliplife — Dokliplife app helps checks immediate vacant rooms, book, and pay instantly.
  • Poin Campus — Poin Campus is an online platform that lets people sell knowledge content and create their own websites.
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Bie Partners
VC Fund · 2 investments in South Korea Payments startups

Bie Partners is an investment firm.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Pet
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 11
  • Round size: Series A $1.8k–$2.1M
  • Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • OpusM — Developing Application Solution based on Blockchain Technology.
  • AIZEN Global — AIZEN is redesigning Digital Banking with CreditConnect, powered by our proprietary ABACUS AutoML platform specialized in the financial services industry. CreditConnect is an AI lending platform designed to bridge the gap between banks and data economy platforms, and automate key decision-making processes in accordance with the credit cycle. Thecompany has secured Series B round funding from a state-led fintech innovation fund (K-Growth) led by major Korean banks to roll out CreditConnect in Southeast Asia.We are also leading the digital transformation in the financial services industry using proprietary AutoML platform ABACUS, with successful use cases in underwriting, fraud detection, product development, claim analysis, and more.
  • Luxury & All — Luxury & All is an online platform that offers repairing and restoration services for luxury goods.
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Hansae Yes 24 Partners
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Payments startups

Hansae Yes 24 Partners is a 3D webtoon content company.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Artificial Intelligence, SaaS, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 14
  • Round size: Seed $450k–$2.1M; Series A $1.6M–$7.8M
  • Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Pyler — Pyler is an artificial intelligence-based digital marketing platform intended to humanize video analysis based on a vision language model. The company's platform offers brand safety and a contextual targeting function for global and local clients with proprietary video understanding, vision, and text analysis technologies that automaticallyanalyze content in seven categories, enabling clients to improve advertising performance through content analysis without personal information.
  • Wilco — Wilco a start-up specialized in thermal management of electronic products and new space era.
  • KRISTIN — KRISTIN is a supplier of flat, sneakers, and boots.
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Stonebridge Capital
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Payments startups

Stonebridge capital, Stonebridge ventures, Specializing in Venture Capital, Private Equity Fund Management

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Mobile
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, China

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 180
  • Round size: Series A $743k–$10M; Series B $743k–$15M; Venture - Series Unknown $852k–$91M
  • Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $30M in 2010

Portfolio highlights

  • BIGC — BIGC is a technology company that offers digital marketing, content creation, 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.
  • Solarstic — Solarstic is an innovative, eco-friendly energy technology startup specializing in the development of lightweight, high-efficiency solar modules designed to make clean energy more accessible, scalable, and sustainable for residential, commercial, and off-grid applications.
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Honest Ventures
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Payments startups

Honest Ventures invests in biotechnology, healthcare, manufacturing, software, and information and communications technology. They support the growth of businesses and believe investing is a collaboration.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Medical
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: South Korea, Indonesia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 39
  • Round size: Seed $547k–$4.9M; Series A $1.8k–$3.1M; Series B $7.3M–$20M
  • Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Frefins — Frefins is a specialized Rental Transformation (RX) company that generates value by connecting businesses, financial institutions, and consumers.
  • ST.RETAIL — Korea Arcade Parts & Game Controller Brand English and Japanese support / World Wide Shipping ENG : https://t.co/qcB1noBI16 KR : https://t.co/JAP8LIoFEa
  • Livit — Livit is a SaaS based platform that offers carbon emission management solutions for the manufacturing and construction industries.
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Korea Technology Finance Corporation
VC Fund · Busan, Pusan-jikhalsi, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Payments startups, 9 in the past 12 months

Korea Technology Finance Corporation is a South Korea-based fund for small and medium enterprises.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Health Care, Manufacturing
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: South Korea, Russian Federation

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 93
  • Round size: Seed $383k–$4.1M; Series A $1.8M–$8.4M; Series B $1.2M–$15M
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Leecell — Leecell is a solar cell manufacturing company that produces organic and perovskite thin‑film photovoltaic cells.
  • K-Bio Gateway — K-Bio Gateway is a biotech startup developing room temperature anti obesity probiotics and functional microbiome materials.
  • Unmanned Exploration Laboratory — Unmanned Exploration Laboratory manufactures multirotor drones, fixed-wing aircraft, and unmanned vehicles for space exploration.
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Pietro Dova
Angel · Menlo Park, California, United States · 2 investments in South Korea Payments startups

Pietro Dova was Corporate Controller and Finance Director at Google from 2001 to 2007. He was partly responsible for the Google IPO and roadshow, and directed Google’s operational and transactional accounting responsibilities worldwide. Immediately prior to joining Google, Pietro was CFO of Employeeservice.com. From 1996 to 1999, Pietrowas VP Finance of Quote.com, an early online pioneer providing financial news and stock information to active investors. Pietro began his career in technology in 1988 at Oracle Corporation and held various executive finance positions through 1992. From 1993 to 1996, Pietro headed Fulcrum Technologies’ European finance operations based in Paris, France. Pietro received his undergraduate degree in Civil Engineering from Imperial College, London and his Masters in Management from M.I.T.’s Sloan School of Management.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Events, Mobile, Sports
  • Stage:Series A, Seed
  • Geography: United States, South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Round size: Seed $400k–$800k; Series A $3M–$12M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Korbit — Korbit provides online bitcoin exchange, wallet, and merchant processor services. Kangmo Kim, Louis Jinhwa Kim, and Tony Lyu founded it on July 5, 2013, with its headquarters in Seoul in South Korea as a subsidiary of NXC as of September 26, 2017.
  • Pogoseat — Pogoseat provides innovative mobile ticketing solutions that helps live-entertainment venues sell more tickets and enhance the fan experience.
  • Bluesmart — Bluesmart develops Internet connected travel products that include physical products combined with software. It offers Bluesmart app, a solution that allows users to control suitcases from their phones, receive smart alerts, and track their travel data to get insights about travel habits. Bluesmart also provides digital lock solutions for luggageand its contents; battery charging and location tracking solutions; and distance alerts and trip data. Alejo Verlini, Brian Chen, Diego Saez-Gil, Martin Diz, and Tomi Pierucci founded it on Novermber 5, 2013, with its headquarters in Mountain View in California.
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IPS Ventures
VC Fund · Seocho, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Payments startups

IPS Ventures provides investment support to technology startups in South Korea.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Medical, Medical Device
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: South Korea, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 34
  • Round size: Seed $148k–$1.4M; Series A $1.1M–$9M
  • Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • ILias AI — Ilias AI is a startup specializing in digital olfactory (scent) AI technology. It develops AI systems that can detect, analyze, and digitize smells for applications like security, safety, and medical diagnostics. The company aims to build a “scent data platform” that turns odors into measurable and usable AI dat
  • Nventric — Nventric is a medical device company that develops core products for neurovascular, coronary heart, and peripheral vascular applications.
  • Home Check — Home Check provides interior inspection and home management services for private homes and apartment complexes.
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SK Networks
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Payments startups

SK Networks has created customer values in various business areas.(ICT Marketing) SK is the Korea’s No.1 mobile phone distributor based on the largest sales network and nationwide distribution system in the domestic market. We also have launched various ICT products to ease customers’ digital life and established the ecosystem of used phonerecycling.(Home appliance) SK magic (subsidiary of SK Networks) is a premium kitchen appliance company by introducing the gas oven to the Korean market in 1985, and it is expanding its business area to gas/electric ranges, electric ovens, dishwashers, water purifiers, air purifiers and bidets. (Rent-a-car) SK rent-a-car (subsidiary of SK Networks) is an automotive company that leads the total automotive after market and runs about 170 nationwide network points and consumes about 20.7% market share. (Trading) With 28 global out posts, our trading business is expanded all over the world. Through international experience amassed over more than 50 years, we have secured outstanding global sourcing ability, market intelligence and strategic networking on steel/chemical/automotive industries around the world that gives us a distinct competitive edge and stable profit structure.(Hotel) Walkerhill Hotels & Resorts is a pioneer of the Korean hotel industry that provides the best experience in the overall lifestyle including leisure, culture, and food, as well as comfortable rest in the nature.(Investments) SK Networks is looking for investment opportunities that can bring disruptive innovation to its existing businesses. Since 2018, SK Networks has been actively investing in Venture Capitals/Start-ups mostly in Silicon Valley and in Korea as well.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain
  • Stage:Series A, Series C, Series B
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, The Netherlands

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 26
  • Round size: Series A $4M–$29M; Series B $2.8M–$72M; Series C $7.6M–$150M
  • Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • CHABOT MOBILITY — CHABOT MOBILITY is an automotive concierge platform that provides finance, insurance and automotive services.
  • Cheiron — Cheiron is a domain-tuned AI engine for biomedical and pharmaceutical professionals, delivering fast, verifiable, and context-aware insights across research, clinical, medical affairs, and regulatory workflows.
  • 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.
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ActnerLab
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Payments startups

ActnerLab is a venture capital and accelerator that helps hardware, IoT and biotech startups establish their initial foothold and beyond.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Medical, Medical Device
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 110
  • Round size: Seed $37k–$84k
  • Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • C&SR — C&SR provides expertise in research and development necessary for navigating a drug candidate through humanized animal model making/testing.
  • Chain Lightning — Chain Lightning is an electric vehicle charging station that provides electric vehicle care payment and charge management services.
  • NAiEEL Technology — NAiEEL Technology offers energy and environmental technology solutions.
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Mirana
VC Fund · Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong · 2 investments in South Korea Payments startups

Mirana Ventures is a leading global investment fund that provides long-term capital and strategic partnerships to visionary founders and fund managers in the Web3 space.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: United States, Singapore, Hong Kong

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 164
  • Round size: Seed $2M–$18M; Series A $7.5M–$37M; Venture - Series Unknown $4M–$150M
  • Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • easy.fun — The open on-chain trading arena built on @HyperliquidX, where you battle for rank, glory, and profit. Easy Trades, Fun Wins.
  • Rhythmic — Rhythmic landing page implementation with high-fidelity design and refined scroll motion.
  • Morpho Labs — Morpho is an open credit network that connects lenders and borrowers to the best possible opportunities worldwide.
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Kakao Pay
VC Fund · Jeju, Cheju-do, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Payments startups

Kakao Pay is the financial technology division of Kakao. It allows over-counter payments, peer-to-peer transactions, bill payment, web banking and more, and it will move to offer financial services such as loans and financing. Kakao Pay is a platform that aims for a new financial effortless that is completely different from the existing anddifficult and cumbersome finance beyond just cashless and wallet less life without cash or wallet.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Finance, Financial Services, FinTech
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: South Korea, Malaysia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 9
  • Round size: Series A $1.4M–$20M
  • Lead/follow: 67% lead, 33% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Paywatch — Paywatch offers a platform that allows employees to access their earnings before payday anytime.
  • Pay Months — Pay Months is a fintech startup that solves financing problems in e-Commerce. It has developed a B2B deferred payment service platform. It allows suppliers to receive advance payment and buyers to secure liquidity by deferring cash expenditures for 30 to 60 days. It also eliminates the risk of uncollectible receivables and manages transaction risksthrough guarantee insurance.
  • CC Media Service — CC Media Service is an IT company that specializes in data modelling, web analysis, and bigdata consulting solutions.
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BlissVine Ventures
VC Fund · Yongsan, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Payments startups, 6 in the past 12 months

BlissVine Ventures is an investment company that offers venture capital and financial services.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Apps, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: South Korea, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 26
  • Round size: Seed $200k–$2.9M; Series A $1.5M–$5.2M
  • Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Gongcar — Gongcar is a B2B service startup that provides innovative solutions and operational support to rental car operators, helping them streamline fleet management, improve customer service, and enhance overall business efficiency.
  • Forest Jalan — Forest Jalan is a fintech firm that allows small restaurants, cafes, and stores in Southeast Asia access financial services at moderate rates, rather than high-interest loans.
  • Tommoro Robotics — We build the next generation of Physical AI.
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Samsung NEXT
VC Fund · Mountain View, California, United States · 2 investments in South Korea Payments startups

Samsung NEXT Ventures is an investment arm of Samsung NEXT, a multifaceted innovation group within Samsung Electronics dedicated to identifying new growth opportunities that will define the next decade. The firm prefers to invest in artificial intelligence, fintech, blockchain, health technology, infrastructure, and media technology sectors.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Israel, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 374
  • Round size: Seed $1.9M–$18M; Series A $6M–$36M; Series B $11M–$100M
  • Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Arcee.ai — Learn how Arcee helps you build your own LLMs in your own cloud.
  • Healthy.io — Delivering home urinalysis and digitised wound care in minutes
  • Mainstream Labs — Modular, end-to-end governance platform.
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SOSV
VC Fund · Princeton, New Jersey, United States · 2 investments in South Korea Payments startups, 75 in the past 12 months

SOSV is a global, deep tech venture capital firm that operates the HAX and IndieBio startup development programs focused on human and planetary health. SOSV invests $500,000 in startups at their inception as they onboard either HAX or IndieBio for a 4-6 month period designed to accelerate the raise of their next institutional round. SOSV joins thelater rounds of HAX and IndieBio graduates. HAX, based in a 35,000 sq ft facility in Newark, NJ, is equipped with machine tools, 3D printers, chemical, electrical and mechanical engineering labs, as well as on-staff engineering and design experts. SOSV's IndieBio has locations in NYC and San Francisco, both of which offer extensive services and facilities to founders including on-site BSL-2 labs, well equipped lab benches and hoods, and advanced lab equipment, such as chromatography equipment.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Convertible Note, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, India, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1482
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • MixRift — MIXRIFT - game developers specialized in Mixed Reality
  • unspun — From 3D scan to perfect fitting custom jeans. unspun makes each pair of jeans unique to your actual body and design. On a mission to reduce global carbon emissions by 1%. As seen in Fast Company's World Changing Ideas, Time's Best Inventions, and PopSci's Best of What's New. Welcome to the future of apparel.
  • Mesa Quantum — Unlock the potential of chip-scale quantum sensing for enhanced Position, Navigation, And Timing capabilities. Explore Mesa Quantum's practical solutions.
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Sunghwan Choi
Angel · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Payments startups

Sunghwan Choi

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, FinTech, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, Hong Kong, South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 18
  • Round size: Seed $1.7M–$5.7M; Series A $5.6M–$15M
  • Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Jerry — Jerry simplifies the expensive, frustrating, and time-consuming aspects of car ownership.
  • CHAI — CHAI they develops infrastructure technologies to create an efficient digital economy.
  • Sequin — Sequin is building a suite of credit products for women, starting with a debit card that builds credit.
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KT Investment
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Payments startups, 7 in the past 12 months

KT Investment, established in 2015 as the venture capital arm of KT Group, is dedicated to driving social impact while achieving maximum investment returns. We stand with founders every step of the way, providing the support and resources necessary to transform innovative ideas into impactful ventures. By partnering with promising startups andventure companies, we create win-win opportunities that pave the way for long-term success. With a global perspective, we actively seek value-driven investments that shape the future.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 88
  • Round size: Series A $2M–$26M; Series B $6.7M–$124M; Series C $8.3M–$109M
  • Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Nums AI — Meet Causilo. A new foundation for the world's data.
  • Enhans — Viralpick provides IT services for organizations including data analysis, automation, acquisition, and advertising services.
  • MangoBoost — Data Processing Unit (DPU) is a next-generation server accelerator designed to orchestrate various intra-server devices (e.g., CPU, GPU, SSD, NPU, NIC). By maximizing the datacenter’s overall performance and cost efficiency, DPU is now considered as the most important HW/SW solution to realize the next-generation extreme-scale AI serverinfrastructure. However, despite its critical necessity from the datacenter and AI infrastructure, there is no market-leading DPU solution which can meet the customer’s actual demand due to its HW/SW complexity and the application/model heterogeneity. MangoBoost is currently the world’s most highly recognized DPU startup located in US and Korea. We provide the world’s most advanced and flexible DPU HW/SW solutions in order to fully satisfy the needs of various customers. Our DPU HW is fully composable by integrating its rich set of DPU features to construct our customer-optimal DPUs. At the same time, our DPU SW enables to seamlessly deploy the solution to any customer environment. As a result, our DPU solutions are considered very promising to realize the next-generation AI/datacenter infrastructure, and thus they are currently evaluated at various global-leading companies. MangoBoost was founded in early 2022 to commercialize 7 year of top-tier DPU research outcomes achieved at Seoul National University (e.g., many full-system DPU prototypes, many ISCA/MICRO/ASPLOS/OSDI/ATC papers). The current team consists of 45+ system engineers including ~20 top-tier PhDs from Carnegie Mellon University, Seoul National University, POSTECH, U Toronto, and ~20 industry experts from Intel, Microsoft, Samsung, and Naver.
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Stone Bridge Ventures
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Payments startups

Stone Bridge Ventures invests in entrepreneurs with bold ideas that improve and expand people's lives, industries, and markets. They provide professional assistance and a network of contacts geared towards businesses in order to help them expand.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 100
  • Round size: Seed $1.6M–$9.7M; Series A $2.5M–$18M; Series B $2.7M–$22M
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $138M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Airbility — Airability is a developer for potential airline mobility solutions.
  • Enhans — Viralpick provides IT services for organizations including data analysis, automation, acquisition, and advertising services.
  • Amber Road — Amber Road is the creator of an operation management-focused data analysis program. By analyzing the data based on the input data, the company's platform generates a customized AI model and business insight report that requires the input of manufacturing process data.
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POSCO CAPITAL
VC Fund · Yeoksamdong, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Payments startups, 8 in the past 12 months

POSCO Capital offers financial services.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 98
  • Round size: Seed $171k–$6.1M; Series A $1.2M–$10M; Series B $3.7M–$14M
  • Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Leecell — Leecell is a solar cell manufacturing company that produces organic and perovskite thin‑film photovoltaic cells.
  • MID — MID specializes in the development, testing, and production of space-related components.
  • Daedong Robotics — Daedong Robotics, a Daedong Group affiliate, offers AI robot solutions that understand agricultural sites, reducing time-consuming and hazardous tasks.
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OKX Ventures
VC Fund · Victoria, Beau Vallon, Seychelles · 2 investments in South Korea Payments startups, 10 in the past 12 months

OKX Ventures focus on the discoveries and investments in various aspects, including blockchain basic infrastructures, Layer2, DeFi, WEB3.0, NFT and Metaverse.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: United States, Singapore, Hong Kong

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 265
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$12M; Series A $3.5M–$50M; Venture - Series Unknown $1M–$25M
  • Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • CAEX — CAEX is a crypto asset exchange operator. CAEX builds transparent and secure crypto asset trading platform for investors.
  • Coinone — Coinone is the cryptocurrency exchanges. Under the vision to ‘Bring Blockchain into the World,’ they aspires to lead the new world of finance through blockchain technology. They currently operates the third largest exchange. They prioritizes the protection of clients’ assets and is dedicated to providing the most secure investing environment.
  • townsquare — Crosschain RWA yield infrastructure powering stock tokens, RWAs & institutional strategies | https://t.co/5glAR6k007
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Sazze Partners
VC Fund · San Jose, California, United States · 2 investments in South Korea Payments startups, 11 in the past 12 months

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 173
  • Round size: Seed $200k–$4.5M; Pre-Seed $200k–$2.8M; Series A $264k–$15M
  • Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% 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.
  • Acro — Main - ACRO
  • Airbility — Airability is a developer for potential airline mobility solutions.
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Premier Partners
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Payments startups, 12 in the past 12 months

Premier Partners (프리미어 파트너스) is a Korean domestic funds management company. It provides investment services for individuals and businesses. Premier Partners was established in September 2005 in Seoul, Korea.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical
  • Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series B, Series A
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, Russian Federation

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 195
  • Round size: Series A $2.6M–$15M; Series B $5.8M–$45M; Venture - Series Unknown $15M–$172M
  • Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $83M in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • HITS — HITS is a biotech company that creates digital solutions to accelerate drug development and introduce a new drug discovery paradigm. The company creates a cloud-based drug development platform that connects AI models with docking and molecular dynamics.
  • 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.
  • Prazer Therapeutics — Prazer Therapeutics assists patients suffering from intractable diseases through the use of logical and innovative drug design approaches. They willaccomplished this through the use of new and innovative drug development platforms, such as rational molecular drug design technology and next-generation protein degradation technology.
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Draper Associates
VC Fund · San Mateo, California, United States · 2 investments in South Korea Payments startups, 39 in the past 12 months

Draper Associates, founded in 1985, is a seed-stage venture capital firm that helps entrepreneurs to drive their businesses to greatness. We understand that a great company takes time to build and we'd like to ensure that entrepreneurs are in for the long haul.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Canada, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 514
  • Round size: Seed $750k–$7.2M; Series A $2.5M–$28M; Series B $5M–$41M
  • Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $200M in 2025

Portfolio highlights

  • heXem bio — heXem bio specializes in recording solutions for the early development of humans for longevity.
  • Cloverleaf Bio — Cloverleaf Bio | Developing a new class of RNA therapeutics to revolutionize cancer therapy.
  • Poseidon Aerospace — Poseidon Aerospace is developing unmanned cargo aircraft for regional commercial air freight and contested defense logistics.
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Pathfinder H
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Payments startups

Pathfinder H is a venture capital firm.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 46
  • Round size: Seed $775k–$6M; Series A $3.3M–$13M; Series B $2.7M–$26M
  • Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Namdo Market — Namdo Market is a mobile application for wholesale and retail trading services. It is a online wholesale marketplace that connects buyers with products from major Korean shopping districts. It allows users to browse and order items directly from multiple vendors in one place.
  • Perseus — World Best Hypervisor Security Solutions for SDV
  • Camello Tech Co. — Camello Tech Co. is an agricultural products company that sells tea capsules and aloesonic pills.
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Payments Investor funding in South Korea at a glance

Stats across 136 deals from 187 investors.

187
investors
in South Korea Payments startups
136
deals
in South Korea Payments startups
$3.3M
median round
in South Korea Payments startups
32%
lead investors
lead at least one round
46%
Seed
most common funding stage
99/1
VC / Angel
share of investor count

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