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Top 50 Payments VC (Venture Capital) Funds in South Korea in January 2025

Last updated: Jan 2025 A list of 50 VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Payments startups based in South korea. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Payments companies from South korea. We update this investor list every month.

Top 50 Payments VC (Venture Capital) Funds in South Korea in January 2025

Investor	Payments South Korea investments
Strong Ventures	11
Hashed	7
Bokwang Investment	6
Capstone Partners	6
InfoBank	4
DSC Investment	4
Bass Investment	4
Kakao Ventures	4
SBVA	3
KB Investment	3
Digital Currency Group	3
OKX Ventures	2
Primer Sazze Partners	2
Pantera Capital	2
OKX Ventures	2
The Wells Investment	2
SOSV	2
Honest Ventures	2
TS Investment	2
Stone Bridge Ventures	2
Korea Technology Finance Corporation	2
ActnerLab	2
HOF Capital	2
SJ Investment Partners	2
Samsung NEXT	2
Daekyo Investment	2
POSCO CAPITAL	2
Kiwoom Investment	2
L&S Venture Capital	2
Fast Ventures	2
DS Asset Management	2
SK Networks	2
DWF Labs	2
Stonebridge Capital	2
Hansae Yes 24 Partners	2
Altos Ventures	2
Pathfinder H	2
Draper Associates	2
Premier Partners	2
Neowiz	1
SK energy	1
LG Uplus	1
DigiFinex	1
YG PLUS	1
Union Investment Partners	1
Korea Alternative Investment Asset Management	1
We Ventures	1
Kona Venture Partners	1
MK News	1
Bie Partners	1

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Strong Ventures is a seed fund, based in California, that finances, supports, and mentors Korean/Asian/Global entrepreneurs, empowering them to build strong ventures and to break successfully into the global market.With proven experience as operators, executives, and entrepreneurs, they provide hands-on assistance and guidance. On topof their financial investment, they aim to provide tangible value to their entrepreneurs, through network reach, strategic thinking, and execution collaboration. And, as they engage together in their venture endeavors, they hope to make the entrepreneurial ecosystem, where they build companies and labor in, a better, stronger, and more fun place for all.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Software, Health Care
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
South Korea, United States, Poland

Portfolio highlights

Class101 — Class101 is an online platform where people can make and enjoy hobbies.
Unastella — Unastella operates its own launch vehicles to provide human space travel platform services.
Pinderland — Pinderland is a mobile app that offers a shared map and allows users to share and communicate location information with one another.

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.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, South Korea, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Dfns — Supercharge your platform with keyless custody as a service. One API to generate secure wallets, manage your crypto, sign transactions, set up business rules, monitor security, and more.
DOD — DOD is data-driven musical business platform.
Sekai — Sekai makes it easy to create, share, and monetize interactive narratives.

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

Investment focus

Software, Mobile, Mobile Apps
Series A, Series B, Seed
South Korea, United States

Portfolio highlights

QMIT — QMIT provides coaching includes nutrition, mental management, and career counseling.
Sangwha — Sangwha is an immersive content production company.
Body Cherish — Body Cherish installs and maintains vending machines.

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

Investment focus

Software, Mobile, Gaming
Series A, Seed, Series B
South Korea, United States, India

Portfolio highlights

NUUA — Reinventing a better future for the travel industry.
Aberra — Aberra is using "Dister," an AI data analysis tool, to optimize sales for Coupang, one of South Korea's largest e-commerce platforms.
DeepSmartech — Innovative thin film coating Process, Equipment, Recipe, Turn-key provider

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.

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Health Care
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
South Korea, South Africa, United States

Portfolio highlights

Kihya — Kihya is a distributor of alcoholic beverages.
Blux — Blux offers customized advertising solutions to customers.
Rootfinders — Rootfinders is a digital solutions startup focused on empowering the visually impaired community by providing accessible, innovative technology solutions. The company’s mission is to break down barriers to independence, mobility, and social participation by creating intuitive, accessible, and inclusive digital tools for individuals who are blind orhave low vision.

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.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
Series A, Series B, Seed
South Korea, United States, Israel

Portfolio highlights

MID — MID specializes in the development, testing, and production of space-related components.
INKA Entworks — INKA Entworks specializes in the field of digital rights management and mobile application security.
Pin Therapeutics — Pin Therapeutics is founded in Feb 2017, fast growing stage with member composition of 25% in USA and 75% in Korea. Drug discovery leaderships are from global pharma and biotech companies along with talented scientists both in Korea and USA.* Active Focus - PinE3: E3 ligase screening cascade for identifying novel warheads - PinGLUE: Assaycascade for molecular glue degrader screening* Programs - Selective Molecular Glue Degrader (CK1α) - Molecular Glue Degrader Programs (5-6 Undisclosed) - PROTAC Program (1 Undisclosed)

Bass Investment is a venture capital firm based in South Korea.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Series B
South Korea, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Bakatio — Bakatio enables accommodation providers to perform direct transactions on social media without using a platform.
Kompass — Kompass is building the world's first comprehensive fertility monitor that is portable, easy to use, and low cost. We're breaking barriers to fertility care and redefining blood testing for accessibility and affordability.
Reprise — Reprise offers an automation system that creates patterns and work instructions based on a design image.

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

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Series A, Series B
South Korea, United States, Indonesia

Portfolio highlights

Albus — Albus is a content company that creates games and VR content services.
Kompass — Kompass is building the world's first comprehensive fertility monitor that is portable, easy to use, and low cost. We're breaking barriers to fertility care and redefining blood testing for accessibility and affordability.
Trillion Labs — Trillion Labs operates as an AI company.

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.

Investment focus

Information Technology, E-Commerce, Software
Series A, Series B, Series C
South Korea, United States, China

Portfolio highlights

Class101 — Class101 is an online platform where people can make and enjoy hobbies.
HyperAccel — HyperAccel provides hardware solutions for developing AI applications.
Gole Robotics — Gole Robotics is an intelligent robotics company that focuses on developing robots specially to transporting construction materials to help on-site workers.

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

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
Series A, Series B, Seed
South Korea, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Aldavar — ALDAVER provides incredibly realistic personalized surgical training models using innovative biopolymer materials that closely resemble human tissues and 3D printing technology.
AI SPERA — AI Spera provides AI driven security based on cyber threat intelligence
Pin Therapeutics — Pin Therapeutics is founded in Feb 2017, fast growing stage with member composition of 25% in USA and 75% in Korea. Drug discovery leaderships are from global pharma and biotech companies along with talented scientists both in Korea and USA.* Active Focus - PinE3: E3 ligase screening cascade for identifying novel warheads - PinGLUE: Assaycascade for molecular glue degrader screening* Programs - Selective Molecular Glue Degrader (CK1α) - Molecular Glue Degrader Programs (5-6 Undisclosed) - PROTAC Program (1 Undisclosed)

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

Investment focus

Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, United Kingdom, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

FLock.io — FLock.io aims to build a decentralised privacy-preserving solution for Artificial Intelligence.
Rise — We make it easy for you to find, hire, pay, and manage contractors internationally while ensuring full compliance. Pay your team in fiat or crypto.
Barter — Barter enables decentralized applications by ensuring efficient transaction routing and optimization.

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

Investment focus

Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, Singapore, Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

0G Labs — The First Decentralized AI Operating System
Mocaverse — Mocaverse is the Animoca Brands membership NFT collection of 8,888 unique beings: The Mocas. Join the Mocas in the realms to Learn, Play, Do Good, and Build together as we champion our Web3 values!
Usual — Usual Labs operates as a decentralized finance(DeFi) protocol.

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.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
South Korea, United States, Japan

Portfolio highlights

Bakatio — Bakatio enables accommodation providers to perform direct transactions on social media without using a platform.
Blux — Blux offers customized advertising solutions to customers.
Liberty Labs — Liberty Labs specializes in prompt engineering that allows them to build applications that showcase AI potential. Liberty Labs offers products such as Toolbuilder, regex.ai, Opencharacter, and CLN.me.

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.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, Singapore, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Azra Games — Azra Games is a collection
Monkey Tilt — Join your new crypto casino at Monkey Tilt. Play with crypto, earn points & win prizes. Tilt Club VIP program includes bonuses, merch drops & more.
Gradient Network — Gradient Network is a provider of decentralized computing services that aim to improve interoperability between blockchain networks. The company provides a system that allows for liquid staking and computing power sharing while also ensuring cross-chain compatibility and effective resource allocation, allowing developers and enterprises to improvetheir blockchain applications.

OKX Blockdream Ventures is a fund focused on exploring high-quality blockchain projects with great potential.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
United States, Singapore, Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

0G Labs — The First Decentralized AI Operating System
Corn — Corn is a new Ethereum Layer 2 network that aims to be the best platform for utilizing Bitcoin.
Mocaverse — Mocaverse is the Animoca Brands membership NFT collection of 8,888 unique beings: The Mocas. Join the Mocas in the realms to Learn, Play, Do Good, and Build together as we champion our Web3 values!

VC, Venture Capital

Investment focus

Apps, Software, Artificial Intelligence
Series A, Series B, Seed
South Korea, United States

Portfolio highlights

Endowus — Licensed by MAS. Grow all your money through intelligent investment portfolios built by experts, customised to your goals. Award-winning fee-only wealth platform.
Rovigos — Rovigos analyzes data from your whole business to help you make better forecasts and choices.
Testworks — Testworks is a social enterprise company in Seoul, Korea. We create innovative solutions in AI data and software testing fields while providing an inclusive employment model for socially disadvantaged people. Our technical excellence ranges from AI data processing automation to manual software testing and review. We are recognized as thebest-in-class data processing company for building high quality datasets used for AI training and verification.

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.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
Seed, Convertible Note, Pre-Seed
United States, India, United Kingdom

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.

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.

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, Software, Biotechnology
Series A, Series B, Seed
South Korea, Indonesia

Portfolio highlights

Enliple — Enliple is an online advertising platform that provides AI business and B2C app services.
EnergyX — Energy X is an AI-driven online energy platform company based in Seoul, Republic of Korea. Energy X connects various energy market participants from individual households to EPC contractors and investors via its online and mobile Social Energy Platform. Backed by socially responsible venture capital investors, Energy X strives to become the globalstandard for clean energy development and energy securitization.
Ziovision — Ziovision is a data analysis firm that uses artificial intelligence. advancement of social safety AI solution solutions, as well as licensing AI software and medical devices.

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.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Financial Services
Series A, Series B, Seed
South Korea, India

Portfolio highlights

Glow Seoul — Glow Seoul is a creative consulting company that specializes in content development, space design, and construction for clients.
Uneedcomms — We create communication between the shopping mall and customers. We offer mobile shopping malls, dynamic advertising systems, message automation solutions and global image hosting services based on advanced technology. Uneedcomms is moving toward the next generation of marketing that the global E-Commerce market needs with the power of software.
Shinto Excursion Group — Shinto is a content expert that produces personalized content and promotes styles.

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.

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Series B
South Korea, United States, South Africa

Portfolio highlights

ANAFLASH — ANAFLASH Inc. is an NSF, DoD, NASA funded semiconductor startup, developing a brain inspired solution for energy efficient smart edge devices with a standard logic based non-volatile neuromorphic processor.
EcoRemix — EcoRemix produces recycled soil by developing Customized Concrete Mixing Technology.
INKA Entworks — INKA Entworks specializes in the field of digital rights management and mobile application security.

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

Investment focus

Software, Manufacturing, Health Care
Seed, Series A, Series B
South Korea, Russian Federation

Portfolio highlights

Evmodu — Evmodu offers EV-SaaS, on-site charging, connected car service for electric vehicles, and real-time charging station information.
Ubix Therapeutics — Ubix Therapeutics is a research and development company that develops anti-cancer drugs.
READi Robust Machine — Ready Robust Machine is a company that makes carbon reduction and fuel cost improvement systems.

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

Investment focus

Health Care, Medical, Medical Device
Funding Round, Seed, Angel
South Korea, United States, Japan

Portfolio highlights

MOTH — Propel the vessels of tomorrow
Dexelion — Dexelion - Ultimate Depth and Image Sensing Solution
Chain Lightning — Chain Lightning is an electric vehicle charging station that provides electric vehicle care payment and charge management services.

HOF Capital is a global technology investment firm that leverages its global limited partner network to help founders build massive businesses.

Investment focus

Software, Financial Services, FinTech
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, Singapore, India

Portfolio highlights

Cambrium — Cambrium's mission is to trigger the next wave of material innovation by harnessing nature’s protein building blocks. Our platform combines synthetic biology, machine learning and lab automation to create high-performance materials at scale.We fundamentally believe that the ability to align economic and environmental incentives makes biologythe most important manufacturing technology of the 21st century. We are accelerating a Cambrian explosion of biomaterials to address the world’s most pressing problems.
Nala — A new kind of mobile money transfer for Africans worldwide! Make safe, affordable, and reliable international payments to Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.
Vooma — Vooma is a back-office automation platform that enables automated order entry for brokers and carriers.

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

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Information Technology, Food and Beverage
Series B, Series A, Seed
South Korea, United States

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.

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.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Israel, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Ray Browser — Ray is setting a new standard for gaming by creating the ultimate browser designed specifically for gamers. With cutting-edge features and seamless performance, it is transforming the way players experience games and empowering developers to push the boundaries of innovation. By optimizing speed, reliability, and user experience, Ray is not justenhancing gameplay but also shaping the future of the gaming industry for both players and developers alike.
Fiddler AI — Monitor, observe, analyze, and explain your machine learning models in production with Fiddler AI. Maximize ML model performance with our Model Performance Management Platform that simply plugs in.
TailorMed — Moving Mountains for Patients

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

Investment focus

Software, Mobile Apps, Information Technology
Series A, Seed, Series B
South Korea, Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

VUS — VUS is a public transportation company that offers traffic analysis, transportation card data analysis, and visualization services.
Mediver — Mediver focuses on medical and cosmetic devices, providing new solutions to the healthcare and beauty industries worldwide.
Unastella — Unastella operates its own launch vehicles to provide human space travel platform services.

POSCO Capital offers financial services.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Biotechnology
Series A, Seed, Funding Round
South Korea, United States

Portfolio highlights

Surginex — Surginex is a biological drug development company that offers molecular biology, genetics, physical, and chemical analysis services.
H Energy — H Energy provides optimal operation of distributed resources and power brokerage services.
AIDIN ROBOTICS — AIDIN ROBOTICS redefine interactive sensors. Advanced force/torque sensor, proximity sensor for human-robot collaboration.

Kiwoom Investment provides financial assistance with funding for small businesses.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Software, Biotechnology
Series A, Series B, Series C
South Korea, Japan, Germany

Portfolio highlights

NUUA — Reinventing a better future for the travel industry.
AiV — AiV is an intelligent automation solution company that provides an opportunity to learn computer vision technology and optomechatronics.
WeMeet Mobility — WeMeet Mobility is an AI-based logistics platform that offers transportation planning, location, routing, and monitoring services.

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.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Software, Manufacturing
Series A, Series B, Seed
South Korea, Israel, United States

Portfolio highlights

Poen — Poen is a venture company of hyundai motors that focuses on battery upcycling using technology.
ANAFLASH — ANAFLASH Inc. is an NSF, DoD, NASA funded semiconductor startup, developing a brain inspired solution for energy efficient smart edge devices with a standard logic based non-volatile neuromorphic processor.
Uniqconn — Uniqconn is a telecommunication company that offers wireless and mechanical interference services.

Fast Ventures is a venture capital investment firm.

Investment focus

Health Care, Apps, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
South Korea, United States

Portfolio highlights

Wello — Wello is a government business solution that offers a natural language processing-based business recommendation-application-management service.
WADDLE — WADDLE provides technological solutions that aim to bridge the digital divide between visually impaired and sighted communities.
Liberty Labs — Liberty Labs specializes in prompt engineering that allows them to build applications that showcase AI potential. Liberty Labs offers products such as Toolbuilder, regex.ai, Opencharacter, and CLN.me.

DS Asset Management is a firm that invests in listed companies and venture firms.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Software, E-Commerce
Series A, Series B, Series C
South Korea, United States, Japan

Portfolio highlights

AIMMO — AIMMO is the developer of a data annotation platform with custom workflow designs, labeler analytics, and real-time communication functions. The company was founded in 2016 by SeungTaek Oh and is headquartered in Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea.
GOPIZZA — GOPIZZA is a food and beverage company based in Mapo.
IDID — IDID provides an entertainment platform designed to host short-form entertainment content. The company provides a short-form social entertainment platform that can generate content by superimposing different images on different sound sources.

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.

Investment focus

Software, Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence
Series A, Series B, Series C
South Korea, United States, The Netherlands

Portfolio highlights

Com2Verse — 'Com2Verse', the ALL-IN-ONE metaverse platform of Com2uS
Source.ag — We're Source.ag and we're on a mission to empower growers through artificial intelligence-based software solutions.
Upstage AI — Upstage AI is an artificial intelligence (AI) startup that helps companies focus on their core businesses.

We help build strong Web3 companies

Investment focus

Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
Singapore, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

DuckChain — DuckChain engages in bridging telegram users into the blockchain space.
Kernel — Kernel is leading the way in restaking on the BNB Chain, which is intended to speed up innovation and ecosystem expansion while offering decentralized shared security.
Yei Finance — Yei Finance a pioneering decentralized, non-custodial money market protocol.

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

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Mobile
Series A, Series B, Funding Round
South Korea, United States, China

Portfolio highlights

iTruck — iTruck is a transportation application that offers an integrated trading platform for used trucks.
onepredict — We offer a digital brain solution that diagnoses and predicts the status of key industrial assets based on industrial AI and IoT technologies.
OPENEDGES Technology — OPENEDGES Technology, Inc. is the world's only total memory subsystem and AI platform IP provider that delivers NoC interconnect, DDR memory controller, DDR PHY, and NPU IPs.

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

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
Seed, Series A
South Korea

Portfolio highlights

Pyler — Filer is an artificial intelligence Martech startup.
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.

Altos Ventures was founded in 1996 to invest in early-stage technology companies. After starting with $30 million in committed capital, they currently manage more than $8 billion in regulatory assets under management, supporting the full lifecycle of companies from inception to global growth and profitability. They have been the first and leadinstitutional investor in 100+ companies around the world. They invest in both consumer and enterprise tech companies, with a particular interest in enterprise SaaS, FinTech, e-commerce, and consumer brands and services. They look to invest in high-growth, capital-efficient, founder-led companies. Initial investments can start as small as $500,000 while our follow-on investments can exceed $100 million in a single round, purchasing both primary and secondary shares.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services
Series A, Series B, Series C
South Korea, United States, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Nirvanana — Nirvanana is a game developer that develops an online gaming platform to connect gamers across the world.
PushPress — Automate and scale your fitness business with an easy-to-use solution that your clients and your team will love. Cut your costs and save time with PushPress.
Soombit.AI — AIRead-CXR is a web-based AI solution for radiologist.

Pathfinder H is a venture capital firm.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Software, Food and Beverage
Series A, Series B, Seed
South Korea

Portfolio highlights

iTruck — iTruck is a transportation application that offers an integrated trading platform for used trucks.
CastingN — CastingN is a B2B trading platform that helps companies outsource.
Cool Sign — Coolsign is an EV specialist that offers a complete set of hardware and platforms based on its own technology for the reliable operation of electric car charging stations.

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.

Investment focus

Software, FinTech, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Canada, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Rise — We make it easy for you to find, hire, pay, and manage contractors internationally while ensuring full compliance. Pay your team in fiat or crypto.
Rosy Soil — Crafted for the specific needs of indoor plants, this blend contains all-natural, renewable ingredients that optimize drainage, deliver plant-boosting nutrients, and support a diverse community of beneficial fungi and microbes.
Firehawk Aerospace — Firehawk Aerospace builds hybrid rocket engines that throttle by 3D printing rocket fuel improving safety, reliability, and cost-efficiency.

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.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence
Funding Round, Series B, Series A
South Korea, United States, Russian Federation

Portfolio highlights

Superb AI — Automate data preparation, label and manage images and videos, and find annotation services with one training data platform. Fast, precise, and easy to use.
Lucas — Medical AI Solution, MONCAD Monitor Corporation aim to achieve innovation in the field of medical imaging through artificial intelligence technology.
AIGEN Sciences — We aim to advance current state-of-the-art AI drug discovery technologies and transform high-cost, low-efficiency drug discovery practices into rapid, efficient discovery, ultimately leading to high success rates in the clinical phase. Our award-winning AI drug discovery platform enables the direct

Neowiz Corp. provides Internet access and other related services in Japan. The company offers community services, game services, and music services. The company, through sayclub.com, offers chatting services, as well as free email, and community and board services. Neowiz, through pamng.com, an online game site, offers gaming services. The companyalso provides Internet push service, automatic Internet access service, and online portal paying service. Neowiz was founded in 1997 and is based in Seoul, South Korea.

Investment focus

Gaming, Software, Blockchain
Seed, Funding Round, Series B
South Korea, United States, Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

Iskra — Iskra is the premier destination for web3 gaming and innovation. Play and earn Web3 Games where everybody wins. The future of play happens here.
Epic League — Epic League is a company specializing in Online RPG and blockchain ecosystem.
Brassica Finance — Brassica Finance develops an investment infrastructure for private securities and digital assets. Its API-forward solutions are designed to seamlessly integrate with the existing infrastructure of the investment platform.

SK energy is a renewable energy company that produces petroleum products. The company was founded in 1962 and is based in South Korea.

Investment focus

Automotive, Logistics, E-Commerce
Series A, Funding Round
South Korea

Portfolio highlights

Getcha — Getcha is a car purchase, long-term rental, lease, test ride, and car consulting company.
Auto Stay — Auto Stay is an online platform that produces and sells car wash equipment and chemical.
Goodsflow — Goodsflow is an e-commerce logistics platform company.

LG Uplus Corp is a South Korean telecommunications and Mobile phone operator controlled by the LG Group, one of the country's largest chaebol. It was formerly known as LG Telecom.LG Telecom became one of the first companies to launch a commercial 3G service using PCS technology. In 1997, this was followed up by launching the second PCSnetwork, offering greatly increased data transmission speeds.LG Telecom also offers a variety of mobile services. BankOn is one of the most popular Mobile banking services in South Korea and MusicOn is an on-line music store.In July 2006, the South Korean government has cancelled LG Telecom's business license for a W-CDMA wireless communications system after the company opted not to develop the technology. LG Telecom will instead continue investing and upgrading in its CDMA2000 EV-DO Rev. A network.In January 2010, LG Telecom merged with LG Dacom and LG Powercom.As of 1 July 2010, LG Telecom changed its name to "LG U+".On July 17th 2013 LG Uplus launched LTE-A service and introduced Galaxy S4 LTE-A, the world’s first "100% LTE" smart mobile phone that can utilize data, voice and text with LTE and not fall back to CDMA. Starting from 2014 LG Uplus plans to release only "100% LTE" phones.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Apps
Series A, Series B, Corporate Round
South Korea, United States

Portfolio highlights

growV — growV offers educational services by using learning technology.
Vetching — Vetching started with the meaning of matching veterinarians and veterinary hospital customers by combining veterinarian and matching.
Somsidang Company — Somsidang Company is an online learning platform that offers baking and pottery painting training services.

DigiFinex is a digital assets trading platform, focusing on cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin etc. It was founded by blockchain enthusiasts and the core team come from well-known technology companies such as Xunlei, Tencent, Baidu and HP. DIGIFINEX is a Seychelles company headquartered in Singapore.

Investment focus

Cryptocurrency, Credit, Banking
Seed, Pre-Seed
South Korea, United States

Portfolio highlights

MetaBeat — The MetaBeat platform is an incentivization community platform powered by fan activities rewarded by a set criteria, the FANomance Index. Creators/artists and fans grow as partners through engagements and rewards on the MetaBeat platform.
Data Mynt — B2B2C web3 fintech platform

YG PLUS is an investment platform that develops YG's capabilities into the concept of entertainment content and lifestyle to create a valuable business for the people around the world. Making valuable changes in life is the ultimate goal of the YG family.

Investment focus

Apps, Software, Media and Entertainment
Series A, Series B, Series C
South Korea, Japan

Portfolio highlights

Webling — Weebling is concentrating on infrastructure investment for service differentiation in addition to introducing high-end DTG (Direct to Garment) printing technology from Cornit, Israel for the first time in the domestic POD sector to increase the printing quality of its key product, apparel.
I-Aurora — I-Aurora is a fintech startup that operates the Namane Card
WizSchool — We employ real-time user code analysis algorithm based on compiler technology to diagnose learners’ levels and status of the software education. And our AI tutor for coding education using deep learning technology offers learner-centered customized learning contents to the users. Aiming for the global market, we are developing and growing ourbusiness to solve the shortage problem of software education instructors and also provide the market with the best quality software education service.

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

Investment focus

Fashion, FinTech, Publishing
Series A, Series B
South Korea

Portfolio highlights

Kigle — KIGLE, KIDS' FIRST PLAYGROUND
Curamys — Curamys is a biotechnology company that develops cell fusion technology to cure intractable diseases.
Fassker — Fassker is a fashion magazine and community for the digital native generation.

Korea Alternative Investment Asset Management is an investment firm.

Investment focus

Apps, Fashion, Shipping
Series A, Series B
South Korea

Portfolio highlights

PMX Inc. — PMX is a digital health company that delivers personalized physical examination through the democratization of medical imaging with AI to providers and patients all around the world. We at PMX have developed a multi-modality imaging platform to measure the major vital organs and tissues of the body for universal care and wellness.
Kookmin Bio — Kookmin Bio is a biotechnology company that specialises in the development of bio-food and pharmaceutical materials.
NextPay — NextPay provides payment infrastructure including online and offline payment systems.

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

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Information Technology
Series A, Seed, Series B
South Korea, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

ASWEMAKE — ASWEMAKE is a shopping app that delivers groceries.
Wello — Wello is a government business solution that offers a natural language processing-based business recommendation-application-management service.
Pin Therapeutics — Pin Therapeutics is founded in Feb 2017, fast growing stage with member composition of 25% in USA and 75% in Korea. Drug discovery leaderships are from global pharma and biotech companies along with talented scientists both in Korea and USA.* Active Focus - PinE3: E3 ligase screening cascade for identifying novel warheads - PinGLUE: Assaycascade for molecular glue degrader screening* Programs - Selective Molecular Glue Degrader (CK1α) - Molecular Glue Degrader Programs (5-6 Undisclosed) - PROTAC Program (1 Undisclosed)

Kona Venture Partners is a South Korea-based venture capital investment firm.

Investment focus

Gaming, Casual Games, Video Games
Seed, Series A, Series B
South Korea, United States, Russian Federation

Portfolio highlights

GPUN — GPUN is a platform that enables individuals to build games.
Sandy Floor — Sandy Floor is a multiplayer games platform. It develops of casual fun games.
Tripearl Games — Tripearl Games develops action games for the PC and console platforms.

MK News is the daily economic official page of South Korea. MK News is focused on Finance, Market, Economy, companies, and other general issues related to South Korea. It provides in-depth knowledge and information to users through its news coverage. MK News was founded in 1966 and is based in Seoul.

Investment focus

Payments, Financial Services, Internet of Things
Series A
South Korea

Portfolio highlights

NextPay — NextPay provides payment infrastructure including online and offline payment systems.

Bie Partners is an investment firm.

Investment focus

Apps, FinTech, Finance
Seed, Series A, Series B
South Korea

Portfolio highlights

Conbini — Conbini store offers local food and specialty items.
MOIN — MOIN is a FinTech startup to solve problems of the current global remittance market. MOIN has developed a money transfer solution based on Blockchain technology. Without going through SWIFT network or intermediary banks, MOIN directly connects senders and receivers to make the wire process simpler, safer, faster, and more convenient with mostaffordable rates. The company was founded on March 21, 2016, and it is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.
Luxury & All — Luxury & All is an online platform that offers repairing and restoration services for luxury goods.

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