Top 50 Payments Startup Investors in South Korea (November 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Strong Ventures
VC Fund
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16 | South Korea, United States, Poland | Seed, Series A, Series B | E-Commerce, Software, Health Care | $89k–$26M |
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Hashed
VC Fund
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12 | South Korea, United States, Singapore | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services | $1M–$40M |
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Kakao Ventures
VC Fund
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10 | South Korea, United States, Indonesia | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $266k–$27M |
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Bass Investment
VC Fund
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9 | South Korea, United States, Singapore | Seed, Series A, Series B | Artificial Intelligence, Software, E-Commerce | $414k–$15M |
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Bokwang Investment
VC Fund
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7 | South Korea, United States | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, Mobile, Health Care | $469k–$18M |
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InfoBank
VC Fund
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7 | South Korea, United States, South Africa | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software | $85k–$11M |
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Capstone Partners
VC Fund
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7 | South Korea, United States, India | Series A, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Mobile, Artificial Intelligence | $276k–$44M |
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KB Investment
VC Fund
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5 | South Korea, United States, Vietnam | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology | $737k–$44M |
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Mashup Ventures
VC Fund
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5 | South Korea, United States, Japan | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $100k–$3.2M |
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Pantera Capital
VC Fund
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5 | United States, Singapore, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services | $1.4M–$50M |
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Digital Currency Group
VC Fund
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5 | United States, United Kingdom, Singapore | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services | $550k–$114M |
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Altos Ventures
VC Fund
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4 | South Korea, United States, Canada | Series A, Series B, Series C | Software, E-Commerce, Internet | $2.1M–$57M |
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SBVA
VC Fund
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4 | South Korea, United States, China | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $878k–$60M |
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DSC Investment
VC Fund
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4 | South Korea, United States, Israel | Series A, Series B, Seed | Artificial Intelligence, Health Care, Software | $441k–$60M |
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Kiwoom Investment
VC Fund
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4 | South Korea, United States, Japan | Series B, Series A, Series C | Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence | $1.7M–$33M |
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SOSV
VC Fund
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4 | United States, China, Canada | Seed, Convertible Note, Pre-Seed | Biotechnology, Health Care, Software | $25k–$5M |
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Daekyo Investment
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea, United States, Hong Kong | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, Mobile Apps, Education | $589k–$17M |
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Korea Investment Partners
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea, United States, China | Series A, Series B, Seed | Biotechnology, Health Care, Information Technology | $973k–$50M |
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Dunamu & Partners
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea, United States, Canada | Seed, Series B, Series A | Software, FinTech, Financial Services | $803k–$23M |
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Third Prime
VC Fund
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3 | United States, United Kingdom, Mexico | Seed, Series A, Series B | Financial Services, FinTech, Software | $2M–$70M |
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POSCO CAPITAL
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea, United States | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, Manufacturing, Information Technology | $171k–$14M |
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The Wells Investment
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea, United States, Singapore | Series A, Series B, Seed | Artificial Intelligence, Apps, Health Care | $289k–$16M |
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Hansae Yes 24 Partners
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea | Seed, Series A | Artificial Intelligence, SaaS, Software | $450k–$7.8M |
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Sunghwan Choi
Angel
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2 | United States, Hong Kong, South Korea | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, FinTech, Financial Services | $1.7M–$15M |
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Pietro Dova
Angel
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2 | United States, South Korea | Series A, Seed | Events, Mobile, Sports | $400k–$12M |
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SK Networks
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, The Netherlands | Series A, Series C, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain | $2.8M–$150M |
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ActnerLab
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, Japan | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Health Care, Medical, Medical Device | $37k–$84k |
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Hana Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, Indonesia | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care | $273k–$13M |
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Struck Crypto
VC Fund
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2 | United States, China, Singapore | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Blockchain, FinTech, Cryptocurrency | $1M–$62M |
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Qualcomm Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | United States, China, India | Series B, Series A, Series C | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Mobile | $3M–$130M |
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ICONIUM
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Singapore, United Kingdom | Secondary Market, Seed, Initial Coin Offering | Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech | $1M–$19M |
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CTK Investments
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, Malaysia | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Health Care, Information Technology | $680k–$22M |
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Stonebridge Capital
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, China | Series A, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Information Technology, Mobile | $829k–$91M |
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Honest Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, Indonesia | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, Information Technology, Medical | $1.8k–$20M |
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Korea Technology Finance
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, Russian Federation | Seed, Series A, Series B | Manufacturing, Software, Health Care | $383k–$15M |
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KT Investment
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, Singapore | Series A, Series B, Series C | Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology | $2M–$124M |
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Stone Bridge Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, South Africa | Seed, Series A, Series B | Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology | $1.6M–$22M |
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Sazze Partners
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, Japan | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $200k–$15M |
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OKX Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Singapore, Hong Kong | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming | $1.7M–$38M |
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Premier Partners
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, Russian Federation | Venture - Series Unknown, Series B, Series A | Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical | $2.6M–$154M |
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Draper Associates
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Canada, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain | $700k–$41M |
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DS Asset Management
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, Japan | Series B, Series A, Series C | Biotechnology, Medical, Information Technology | $1.9M–$51M |
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TS Investment
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, India | Series A, Series B, Seed | Health Care, Biotechnology, Financial Services | $1.1M–$23M |
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DWF Labs
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Singapore, United Kingdom | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Pre-Seed | Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Web3 | $500k–$40M |
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HOF Capital
VC Fund
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2 | United States, United Kingdom, Singapore | Seed, Series A, Series B | Artificial Intelligence, Software, Financial Services | $850k–$863M |
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Mirana
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Singapore, Hong Kong | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services | $2M–$150M |
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Kakao Pay
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, Malaysia | Series A, Series B, Seed | Finance, Financial Services, FinTech | $1.4M–$20M |
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BlissVine Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Artificial Intelligence, Apps, SaaS | $200k–$5.2M |
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Samsung NEXT
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Israel, Canada | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $1.9M–$100M |
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L&S Venture Capital
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, Israel | Series A, Series B, Seed | Manufacturing, Information Technology, Software | $692k–$39M |
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Strong Ventures is a generalist VC firm based in LA and Seoul, backing early-stage startups with a focus on Korean founders.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Poland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 395
- Round size: Seed $89k–$3M; Series A $1M–$10M; Series B $2.4M–$26M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $38M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- WeGlee — WeGlee is a food and beverage startup that operates 'WeGlee,' a fast-casual dining brand centered around pasta bowls.
- Neardoc — Neardoc operates on a business-to-business subscription model providing an ambient artificial intelligence scribe solution for healthcare facilities. The platform leverages a proprietary medical reasoning engine to automatically generate structured clinical SOAP notes by analyzing doctor-patient conversations in real time. Its core valueproposition centers on eliminating administrative overhead, reducing charting time for medical professionals, and increasing patient throughput.
- READi Robust Machine — Ready Robust Machine is a company that makes carbon reduction and fuel cost improvement systems.
Hashed is a global, early stage venture fund focused on backing founders who are pioneering the future of blockchain and cryptocurrency. Hashed is based in Seoul and San Francisco.
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- Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A, 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 — Chat live with uncensored AI girlfriends and digital twins of top creators. Flirty, personalised conversations, voice, and steamy images. Discover your favourite companion on OhChat.
- Chance Studios — Every Collection Starts With A Chance
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We are an independent subsidiary of Kakao Corp. & the most active, startup-friendly early stage VC of Korea. (Limited Partnerships, not strategic.).
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 430
- Round size: Seed $266k–$4.2M; Series A $988k–$11M; Series B $3.4M–$27M
- Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $40B in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- OQT — OQT is focusing on developing QPUs utilizing neutral atoms.
- Corologic — Korologic develops cardiovascular imaging AI solutions for medical procedures.
- Tect Group — We deliver real beauty based on distinctive brands and innovative marketing solutions, fostering confidence and positivity around the world.
Bass Investment is a venture capital firm based in South Korea.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 138
- Round size: Seed $414k–$6.9M; Series A $2.2M–$15M; Series B $6.7M–$14M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Airbility — Korean anti-drone and counter-drone company founded in 2023 by aerospace, defense and mobility engineers. Team, milestones and careers.
- Tect Group — We deliver real beauty based on distinctive brands and innovative marketing solutions, fostering confidence and positivity around the world.
- BioNexus — BioNexus is an artificial intelligence (AI) biotechnology startup that specializes in automating the early stages of biomedical research and drug discovery.
Bokwang Investment is a Korean investment management firm that supports funds and management for small- and medium-sized companies.
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- Industry: Software, Mobile, Health Care
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 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.
InfoBank develops and provides mobile messaging solutions and other related services. The company offers business messaging services such as SMS, LMS, and multimedia message services; interactive media services; smart car solutions; and integrated online and offline payment services. InfoBank was founded in 1995 and is based in Gyeongju, South Korea.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: South Korea, United States, South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 167
- Round size: Seed $85k–$1.5M; Series A $88k–$9.4M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.8M–$11M
- Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Pmatch — Pmatch is a comprehensive platform designed to provide reliable, accurate medication information to help users make informed decisions about their healthcare. By offering detailed insights into various medications, including their uses, dosages, side effects, and interactions, Pmatch ensures that individuals can use medicines in a smarter and saferway. The platform aims to enhance patient safety, reduce medication errors, and improve overall health outcomes by empowering users with the knowledge they need to manage their treatments effectively. Whether for healthcare professionals or patients, Pmatch serves as a trusted resource for promoting informed decision-making and better health management.
- Switchwon — Switchwon provides currency exchange services.
- Limpid — Limpid is a Bio pet food startup. It set new standards in pet nutrition through continuous innovation.
Capstone Partners is a venture capital firm specializing in early-stage companies operating in the Information technology, wireless technology, architecture, pharmaceutical, internet, online game, software, solid state disk, and IP television sectors. It primarily invests in China and South Korea, with a focus in Seoul and Gyeonggi province. The firm prefers to exit its investments through a trade sale. Capstone Partners was founded in 2008 and is based in Seoul, South Korea. Capstone Partners is a venture capital firm that invests in entrepreneurs seeking success with fresh ideas. Capstone Partners values the funds of union investors better than our own, working for the interests of investors and following the objective of the investments.
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- Industry: Software, Mobile, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: South Korea, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 316
- Round size: Seed $276k–$3.1M; Series A $442k–$11M; Venture - Series Unknown $458k–$44M
- Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $42M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- ABLE Labs — ABLE Labs provide liquid handling robots and protocols so that all researchers can focus on constructing assay, leaving the execution to robots. If you want would contact them please contact them via phone call or email.
- Intellicia — AI-powered Synthetic Consumers platform for market research. 91.2% Spearman Correlation, 93.6% accuracy validated across 120+ PoC projects.
- Wrtn Technologies — Bring AGI Close to People
Founded in 1990, KB Investment Co., Ltd. (KBIC) is one of Korea’s leading investment firms of venture capital and private equity funds with over USD 2.6 Billion of asset under management as of December 2023. KBIC is a subsidiary of KB Financial Group, Korea’s premier financial group with the largest domestic customer base as well as the widest network of service branches in Korea. KBIC’s team is recognized for industry thought leadership, a broad network of powerful industry relationships, and a unique professional investment approach to investing. KBIC passionately support our portfolio companies with active guidance in all key aspects of team building, strategy, operations and governance
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Vietnam
Investor stats
- Total investments: 441
- Round size: Seed $737k–$7.2M; Series A $2.5M–$36M; Series B $5.2M–$44M
- Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow
Portfolio highlights
- H&B Asia — H&B Asia specializes in sourcing, importing, and distributing fresh fruits and agricultural products. The company works closely with global growers and suppliers to bring high-quality produce into the Korean market. It focuses on building strong partnerships, ensuring consistent supply, and supporting efficient logistics across the fooddistribution value chain.
- GMI Cloud — Run production AI workloads on GMI Cloud. Deploy serverless inference, dedicated GPU clusters, and bare metal AI infrastructure on one scalable platform.
- ACT-ion Battery Technologies — ACT-ion Battery Technologies is a manufacturing company that offers cathode active materials for lithium batteries.
Mashup Ventures is a Seoul based early-stage VC led by Taekkyung Lee, co-founder of Daum Communications, focusing on AI, SaaS, and IT.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 177
- Round size: Seed $180k–$1.7M; Pre-Seed $100k–$3.2M
- Lead/follow: 47% lead, 53% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Rosherin — Rosherin is a healthcare startup that researches, develops and manufactures various medical supplies and medical devices.
- Airbility — Korean anti-drone and counter-drone company founded in 2023 by aerospace, defense and mobility engineers. Team, milestones and careers.
- NanoForge AI — Nanoforge AI merges AI-driven material design with robotics automation to cut material development time from years to weeks
Pantera is a technology investment firm investing at the intersection of money, markets, and machines, backing multi-stage founders at the frontier.
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- Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: United States, Singapore, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 400
- Round size: Seed $1.4M–$18M; Series A $3.5M–$48M; Venture - Series Unknown $3.1M–$50M
- Lead/follow: 44% lead, 56% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- Evernorth — Evernorth is a purpose-built digital asset treasury that gives investors exposure to tomorrow’s markets. The company focuses on XRP, using XRP Ledger infrastructure, DeFi, liquidity, and yield strategies. The company also develops treasury strategies to generate returns from its digital asset holdings.
- Fission Labs — 24/7 liquidity, atomic settlement, institutional market infrastructure for tokenized funds.
- Solana Company — Solana Company (Nasdaq: HSDT) is a listed digital asset treasury dedicated to acquiring Solana (SOL), created in partnership with Pantera and Summer Capital.
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- Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 397
- Round size: Seed $550k–$8.5M; Series A $3M–$48M; Venture - Series Unknown $1M–$114M
- Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
Portfolio highlights
- AntSeed — AntSeed operates a peer-to-peer protocol and open marketplace for AI services, connecting buyers with independent providers for model inference, agents, and routing. The network uses BitTorrent DHT for discovery and WebRTC for transport, while payments settle in USDC on the Base blockchain through non-custodial smart contracts. Providers define their own services and pricing, and on-chain settlement data is used to build verifiable performance and reputation metrics. AntSeed exposes OpenAI- and Anthropic-compatible APIs via a local proxy so existing tools, frameworks, and autonomous agents can route requests through the network. For non-technical users, the AntStation desktop application offers a chat interface that selects providers based on factors such as model type, cost, latency, and privacy. The ecosystem also includes the ANTS utility token, which underpins emissions and incentive programs tied to real network activity.
- Umia — Umia is an onchain venture-creation platform for token-native projects. It provides a legal wrapper, token minting, community fundraising through public token auctions, a noncustodial treasury, and governance through onchain “decision markets.”
- SafeWorld — SafeWorld is a safety testing platform for companies deploying robots around people, helping them assess and improve the safety.
We are privileged to invest on behalf of institutional investors, most with charitable, educational, or non-profit missions. Serving entrepreneurs is a calling for us, and we look to partner with companies with an equally strong sense of purpose.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Internet
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 415
- Round size: Series A $2.1M–$26M; Series B $4.1M–$35M; Series C $5.2M–$57M
- Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $350M in 2026
Portfolio highlights
- Soraban — The cloud-based platform modernizing and automating menial work for tax firms.
- PureSpace — Shelf-Life Extension Technology: Remarkably effective ethylene scrubber designed to keep fruits and vegetables fresher for longer. 50% food waste reduction in the supply chain. Explore more.
- Branders.com — Branders.com sells instantly customizable promotional items suchs as pens, hats, magnets, etc for marketing, sales, and event planning. They provide a single source to locate, design, order, and track promotional items online. Branders.com experience also offers you the following benefits to help you with your purchase: - Provides aone-stop shop for customizing merchandise - Aids in product selection with advanced, custom search and recommendation services - Allows you to customize and decorate your own products online and in real-time - Reduces fulfillment activities - Improves corporate identity management
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 a renewed commitment to fostering innovation and technological advancement.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 311
- Round size: Seed $878k–$9.5M; Series A $1.5M–$38M; Series B $3.7M–$60M
- Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $23M in 2026
Portfolio highlights
- Nums AI — New predictions from the examples in your data, without task-specific retraining.
- 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
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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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Health Care, Software
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 270
- Round size: Seed $441k–$9.7M; Series A $1.7M–$17M; Series B $4.8M–$60M
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
Portfolio highlights
- OQT — OQT is focusing on developing QPUs utilizing neutral atoms.
- FuriosaAI — FuriosaAI develops system semiconductors optimized for AI, enabling efficient processing of large amounts of data in a short period of time.
- NanoForge AI — Nanoforge AI merges AI-driven material design with robotics automation to cut material development time from years to weeks
Kiwoom Investment provides financial assistance with funding for small businesses.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 114
- 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.
- RX — RX is a startup that provides an on-site analysis solution for material properties, mainly serving environment, energy, inspection, and testing needs. It also develops technology related to next-generation nuclear power plants and agentic AI, supported by national R&D activity.This company helps industries assess materials and engineeringconditions more efficiently and accurately.
- 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.
SOSV offers pre-seed capital and follow-on financial support to startups focusing on deep technology and scientific innovation. Founders utilize purpose-built laboratory facilities and engineering spaces to accelerate product development and testing. The firm facilitates connections between entrepreneurs and a network of investors through structured matchmaking events and technology summits.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
- Stage:Seed, Convertible Note, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, China, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3821
- Round size: Seed $125k–$5M; Pre-Seed $25k–$1.5M; Convertible Note $50k–$3.6M
- Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $306M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Halla — Halla Intelligence is a digital solution that leverages over 100 billion shopper and product data points to recommend and promote what grocery items.
- Verdex Technologies — Verdex Technologies is an advanced materials platform technology that uses nanofibers to disrupt industries. Verdex doesn't just compete, it innovates and disrupts.
- Samphire Neuroscience — Samphire Neuroscience builds clinically validated neurotechnology to support women across their lives. Our wearable devices, Nettle™ and Lutea™, are built on the same underlying brain-stimulation technology, targeting neural pathways involved in pain, mood, stress, and sleep regulation. - Lutea™ is available globally as a wellness device. Itstimulates the same regions of the brain to support stress regulation, sleep, and recovery - key drivers of readiness and long-term performance - allowing athletes and teams to move beyond wellbeing education alone to practical, evidence-based intervention. - Nettle™ is a CE-marked (EU and UK regulated), drug- and hormone-free device that has been clinically shown to improve pain, mood, functionality, and the ability to train during the menstrual cycle, with measurable benefits after one month of use - supporting athletes to maintain training intensity and movement quality during their period. - The Samphire App is the platform controlling all Samphire hardware products with the use of CycleSync™ AI technology: the only one of its kind to support personalized neurotechnology use for women.
Daekyo Investment is a venture capital firm specialized in development of venture industry.
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- Industry: Software, Mobile Apps, Education
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Hong Kong
Investor stats
- Total investments: 76
- Round size: Seed $589k–$13M; Series A $1.8M–$15M; Series B $3.3M–$17M
- Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Switchwon — Switchwon provides currency exchange services.
- Inserasolution — Inserasolution produces high-performance Fast & Fine Steering Mirrors for laser-based space optical communications and sophisticated defense systems.
- S-Innovations — S-Innovations is a robotics software company that develops SynK, a cyber-physical AI operating system for robot deployment, integration, and recovery across different robot brands and industrial facilities. The company provides automation software that enables faster robot setup, system connectivity, and operational management for sectors usingautonomous mobile robots
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), YG Entertainment(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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- Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 548
- Round size: Seed $973k–$10M; Series A $2.2M–$19M; Series B $4.9M–$50M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% 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.
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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- 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.
Third Prime is an early-stage venture firm focused primarily on Financial and Industrial Technology.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Mexico
Investor stats
- Total investments: 186
- Round size: Seed $2M–$9.8M; Series A $4.5M–$32M; Series B $9.4M–$70M
- Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise 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.
- Circuit Mind — Circuit Mind enables electronics engineering companies, teams, and engineers to design reliable electronic systems faster and without errors.
- 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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- Industry: Software, Manufacturing, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 99
- Round size: Seed $171k–$6.1M; Series A $1.2M–$11M; Series B $3.7M–$14M
- Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow
Portfolio highlights
- MID — MID specializes in the development, testing, and production of space-related components.
- Switchwon — Switchwon provides currency exchange services.
- Daedong Robotics — Daedong Robotics, a Daedong Group affiliate, offers AI robot solutions that understand agricultural sites, reducing time-consuming and hazardous tasks.
VC, Venture Capital
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- 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.
Hansae Yes 24 Partners is a 3D webtoon content company.
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- 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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- 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.
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, Pietro was 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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- Industry: Events, Mobile, Sports
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: United States, South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- 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.
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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- 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.
ActnerLab is a venture capital and accelerator that helps hardware, IoT and biotech startups establish their initial foothold and beyond.
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- 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.
Hana Ventures is a corporate venture capital of Hana Financial Group.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 256
- Round size: Seed $273k–$4.4M; Series A $1.6M–$13M; Venture - Series Unknown $882k–$11M
- Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- BIGC — BIGC is a technology company that offers digital marketing, content creation, and advertising services.
- 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.
- Welcon Systems — WELCON Systems is a company that makes electronic control equipment used in machines. Their main products include servo drives and motion controllers, which help control the movement of motors in industrial machines and robots.
Struck Crypto is a multi-strategy crypto fund based in Los Angeles.
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- Industry: Blockchain, FinTech, Cryptocurrency
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: United States, China, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 30
- Round size: Seed $2.4M–$10M; Series A $3.5M–$30M; Venture - Series Unknown $1M–$62M
- Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Notifi — Power your Web3 journey with Notifi. Explore a suite of blockchain tools for notifications, real-time alerts, and growth marketing. Experience a seamless Web3 experience in DeFi, NFTs, Gaming, DAOs, and beyond.
- Shardeum — Shardeum is an EVM-based, linearly scalable smart contract platform that maintains low gas fees while providing true decentralization and solid security
- Soul Wallet — TikTok Follower Counter helps you check live TikTok followers, likes, and public profile growth quickly with a simple free online tool instantly.
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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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Mobile
- Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
- Geography: United States, China, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 587
- Round size: Series A $3M–$27M; 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
- Blippar — Blippar provides augmented reality solutions and provides you with easy to use tools to build it yourself.
- TestMu AI — Agentic QA for web/mobile, chat, voice, IVR and Agents. Agent Assurance for real-world enterprises and AI first companies.
- JAMDAT Mobile — Wireless game developer and publisher for multiple cell platforms. Headquartered in Los Angeles, JAMDAT has employees in locations around the world, including Honolulu, Montreal, Tokyo, London, Bucharest and Hyderabad. The company was acquired by Electronic Arts and brought into the fold of the EA Mobile line of games (with JAMDAT CEO Mitch Laskyleading the worldwide mobile gaming efforts) in December of 2005.
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- 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 a fair-launched proof-of-work blockDAG cryptocurrency running at 10 blocks per second, built for real-time decentralization.
CTK Investments is an early stage and growth investment company.
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- 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.
Stonebridge capital, Stonebridge ventures, Specializing in Venture Capital, Private Equity Fund Management
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Mobile
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: South Korea, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 183
- Round size: Series A $838k–$10M; Series B $829k–$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.
- N.Light — N.Light is a Metaverse 3D design software that allows individuals to effortlessly turn their ideas into reality.
- 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.
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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- 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 — ST.RETAIL provides an all-in-one solution, from development to distribution of low-sugar products utilizing local agricultural products and stevia.
- Livit — Livit is a SaaS based platform that offers carbon emission management solutions for the manufacturing and construction industries.
Korea Technology Finance is a government-affiliated financial institution that supports technology-based startups and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Its services include technology appraisal, credit guarantees, equity investments, intellectual property protection, and technology transfer. Korea Technology Finance helps businesses access financing based on their technological capabilities and supports the commercialization of innovative technologies.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Software, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, Russian Federation
Investor stats
- Total investments: 94
- Round size: Seed $383k–$4.1M; Series A $1.8M–$8.4M; Series B $1.2M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
Portfolio highlights
- K-Bio Gateway — K-Bio Gateway is a green bio healthcare startup specializing in the research and development of room temperature stable, anti obesity probiotics and functional microbiome materials. The company utilizes its proprietary DH24 functional probiotic strain to deliver weight-management solutions, serving both B2B functional material markets and B2C consumers
- Multiscale Instruments — Multiscale Instruments is a pioneering technology company focused on advancing precision metrology tools for the semiconductor industry. The company is currently developing a state-of-the-art atomic force microscope (AFM) specifically designed for inline semiconductor process monitoring.
- Unmanned Exploration Laboratory — Unmanned Exploration Laboratory manufactures multirotor drones, fixed-wing aircraft, and unmanned vehicles for space exploration.
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 and venture 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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- 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 — New predictions from the examples in your data, without task-specific retraining.
- 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.
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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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 101
- Round size: Seed $1.6M–$10M; 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
- OQT — OQT is focusing on developing QPUs utilizing neutral atoms.
- 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.
Primer Sazze Partners - We like to find founders who are making the impossible happen through sheer force of will and a refusal to accept hard truths.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 174
- Round size: Seed $200k–$4.5M; Pre-Seed $200k–$2.8M; Series A $264k–$15M
- Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $127M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Concorda — Concorda is a legal tech platform helping teams manage contracts, automate workflows, and streamline business operations.
- Airbility — Korean anti-drone and counter-drone company founded in 2023 by aerospace, defense and mobility engineers. Team, milestones and careers.
- Pascal — Pascal, founded in 2023, develops innovative low-pressure solid refrigerant systems for cooling applications including air conditioning and industrial uses. Join us in building better cooling solutions.
OKX Blockdream Ventures is a fund focused on exploring high-quality blockchain projects with great potential.
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- Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: United States, Singapore, Hong Kong
Investor stats
- Total investments: 170
- Round size: Seed $2M–$12M; Series A $3.5M–$38M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.7M–$10M
- Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow
Portfolio highlights
- PlaysOut — PlaysOut is a mini-game platform that helps developers publish mini-games on superAPP platforms
- Momentum — Momentum is a move central liquidity engine with multi-sig treasury management, token vesting, and liquidity provisioning.
- Camp Network — Camp is the Autonomous IP Layer, a purpose-built Layer 1 blockchain powering the future of AI agents on user-owned IP.
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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- Industry: Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series B, Series A
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Russian Federation
Investor stats
- Total investments: 199
- Round size: Series A $2.6M–$15M; Series B $5.8M–$45M; Venture - Series Unknown $3.3M–$154M
- Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $83M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Yipscell — Yipscell is a biotech company that develops IPSC stem cell therapy to diagnose and treat incurable diseases.
- 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.
- 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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Browse database — It's Free!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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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, Canada, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 536
- Round size: Seed $700k–$7.7M; Series A $2.5M–$25M; Series B $3.6M–$41M
- Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $200M in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- Wisecut AI — Wisecut is an automatic video editor based on voice recognition
- mogul club — Mogul is a real estate investment company specializing in crowdfunded commercial property investment and acquisition. Mogul can help you buy rental property and expand your investment portfolio.
- Austin Sensing Company — Austin Sensing Company develops sensing systems and autonomy software for airspace awareness, drone operations, and defense applications. The company designs and manufactures radar, passive RF, and acoustic sensors to detect and track aircraft and drones.
DS Asset Management is a firm that invests in listed companies and venture firms.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Medical, Information Technology
- Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 104
- Round size: Series A $1.9M–$18M; Series B $5.3M–$29M; Series C $11M–$51M
- Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Trioar — Trioar is a biotechnological research company that manufacture pharmaceutical products and drugs.
- DEEPX — DEEPX is a Korean AI hardware system solution company.
- Labrador Labs — LABRADOR LABS began as an academic research collaboration initiative to develop an automated analytic method for detecting both known and new vulnerabilities.
TS Investment is an Investment firm specializing in engineering, real estate, and food and beverage through various group companies. They identifying, analyzing, and developing real opportunities across multiple disciplines. The firm aims to become a top tier diversified holding company offering its subsidiaries the necessary financial,operational, and managerial support to ensure each transcends its customer’s expectations, meets its employees' contentment, and exceeds its responsibilities to its stakeholders.
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- Industry: Health Care, Biotechnology, Financial Services
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 23
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$2.6M; Series A $2.4M–$21M; Series B $5.1M–$23M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Datable — Datable is a developer of influencer marketing mobile applications.
- Glow Seoul — Glow Seoul is a creative consulting company that specializes in content development, space design, and construction for clients.
- Brightonix Imaging — Brightonix Imaging provides innovative biomedical imaging devices and solutions.
DWF Labs is the leading crypto venture capital company, market maker & liquidity provider. We help build strong web3 companies.
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- Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Web3
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Singapore, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 135
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$8M; Pre-Seed $500k–$5M; Venture - Series Unknown $5M–$40M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Beldex — Beldex is a private ecosystem consisting of decentralized applications. The Beldex privacy coin (BDX) is a utility coin of the Beldex private ecosystem.
- Superset — Superset is the unified execution layer for stablecoins, consolidating cross-chain liquidity and enabling efficient onchain FX in one open market.
- ZenChain — The first decentalised Bitcoin EVM L1 bringing smart contracts, composability, and true cross-chain liquidity to BTC.
HOF Capital is a global technology investment firm that leverages its global limited partner network to help founders build massive businesses.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 239
- Round size: Seed $850k–$14M; Series A $10M–$52M; Series B $20M–$863M
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- Solea — Solea is the AI CSR that helps with booking, routing, and logging home service jobs in real time.
- Cognition — Cognition develops artificial intelligence systems for software engineering and code automation. The company operates Devin, an AI software engineer that plans, writes, tests, debugs, and deploys code through integrated development workflows. Its platform works with existing development tools and codebases to support engineering tasks acrossapplication development, maintenance, and issue resolution. Cognition also provides tools that assist teams with system design, technical workflows, and collaborative coding processes. The company focuses on AI agents that automate repetitive engineering work while supporting software teams in managing complex development tasks.
- Flapping Airplanes — Flapping Airplanes is an artificial intelligence research lab that focuses on advancing foundational AI technologies with an emphasis on data-efficient model development and fundamental research into next-generation learning approaches. The organization’s work centers on exploring alternative training paradigms that reduce dependency on massivedatasets and compute scale, aiming to enable systems that learn with efficiency more akin to human cognition rather than brute-force training methods. Its team includes researchers and technical experts pursuing long-horizon scientific challenges in AI architecture, training mechanisms, and algorithmic innovation. Flapping Airplanes engages with investors and collaborators to support its research agenda, backing efforts that expand the theoretical and practical frontiers of artificial intelligence without immediate commercial product constraints. While the lab operates primarily as a research-first initiative, its findings are intended to inform future applications in areas such as enterprise AI, robotics, scientific discovery, and decision systems. The company’s strategy reflects a shift away from traditional scale-focused AI development toward exploring deep, principled advances in learning efficiency and model capabilities.
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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- 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.
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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- 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.
BlissVine Ventures is an investment company that offers venture capital and financial services.
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- 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.
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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- 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.
L&S Venture Capital is a venture capital firm. L&S Venture Capital is specializing in incubation, seed, early, and expansion stage investments. L&S Venture Capital invests in electronic components, including smart phones, pads, televisions and grid; telecommunications equipments; green energy sector, such as solar, wind, fuel cell, LED, and EV; machineries; broadcasting; nanotechnology; intelligent robotics; telematics; medical equipments; media contents, which inlcude creation, distribution and new media. L&S Venture Capital primarily invests in South Korea with a focus in Seoul, Gyeonggi region, and Chungnam province. L&S Venture Capital was founded in 2006 and is based in Seoul, South Korea.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Information Technology, Software
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 118
- Round size: Seed $692k–$5.1M; Series A $2M–$9.8M; Series B $4.8M–$39M
- Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Enhans — Viralpick provides IT services for organizations including data analysis, automation, acquisition, and advertising services.
- Awexome Ray — Awexome Ray is a company that manufactures next-generation X-ray generator.
- Inserasolution — Inserasolution produces high-performance Fast & Fine Steering Mirrors for laser-based space optical communications and sophisticated defense systems.
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