Top 20 Photography VC Funds & Investors in South Korea (June 2026)
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Strong Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, Poland | Seed, Series A, Series B | E-Commerce, Software, Health Care | $18k–$30M |
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Com2uS
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States, Japan | Seed, Series A, Series C | Blockchain, Gaming, Video Games | $900k–$425M |
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Seoul Business Agency(SBA)
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Information Technology, E-Commerce, Health Care | |
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SB Partners
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, Vietnam, India | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, E-Commerce, Media and Entertainment | $2k–$15M |
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Goodwater Capital
VC Fund
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1 | United States, India, South Korea | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | FinTech, Financial Services, Software | $500k–$31M |
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Korea Technology Finance Corporation
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, Russian Federation | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Manufacturing, Medical | $1k–$13M |
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Bessemer Venture Partners
VC Fund
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1 | United States, India, Israel | Series B, Series A, Series C | Software, Information Technology, SaaS | $5M–$100M |
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Pearl Abyss Capital
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States, Indonesia | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, Information Technology, EdTech | $2.1M–$12M |
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LG Electronics
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States, Germany | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Automotive | $219k–$58M |
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SmartStudy Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, Information Technology, Internet | $2k–$7.1M |
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Coolidge Corner Investment
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States, Belgium | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Manufacturing, Health Care | $223k–$11M |
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BeHigh Investment
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States | Series B, Series A, Seed | Manufacturing, Apps, Logistics | $208k–$21M |
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NHN Investment
VC Fund
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1 | United States, South Korea, Israel | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence | $1M–$24M |
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Altos Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States, Canada | Series A, Series B, Series C | Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services | $2.1M–$102M |
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Capstone Partners
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States, India | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, Mobile, Gaming | $223k–$15M |
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Union Partners
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea | Series A | Photography, Video Editing | |
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ETRIHOLDINGS
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea | Seed, Series A, Series B | FinTech, Real Estate, Food and Beverage | $1k–$3.7M |
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TheVentures
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States, Vietnam | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Information Technology, Health Care | $74k–$4.8M |
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The Jeju Center for Creative Economy & Innovation
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea | Seed | GreenTech, Energy, Events | |
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The Peach
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea | Seed | Events, Retail, Wedding | |
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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: 265
- Round size: Seed $223k–$2.2M; Series A $1M–$8M; Series B $18k–$30M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $3.3M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Pay Months — Korean Buy Now Pay Later(BNPL) fintech startup that solves financing problems in e-Commerce
- Winegraph — Winegraph is an SNS-based wine search and recommendation platform.
- TeamElysium — TeamElysium is a medical software development company.
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- Industry: Blockchain, Gaming, Video Games
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series C
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 20
- Round size: Seed $1.7M–$33M; Series A $900k–$100M; Series C $7.4M–$425M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Saga.xyz — Saga is a hyperscaling platform for AI and crypto applications. Where the crazies dare to dream their craziest dreams.
- Ace Project — Ace Project (에이스프로젝트) is a Korean that provides baseball game management systems, content development services, and mobile games for smartphones. It was established in July 2011 in Seoul, Korea.
- Offbeat Play — Offbeat is a development company that is developing a game based on the IP of the famous web novel Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint.
Seoul Business Agency (서울산업통상진흥원) is a Koran startup providing support services for small businesses to increase their efficiency and foster a stable business. The company provides support in the areas of technology, management, human resources, and more.
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- Industry: Information Technology, E-Commerce, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 32
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Dot Mill — Dot Mill is a mixed reality content production company.
- Foody Worm — Foody Worm is an insect research company that practices and develops ESG and sustainability management through insects.
- Works Mate — Works Mate is a job search matching platform for daily workers in the field of construction and architecture sectors.
SB Partners is an investment firm in South Korea. Its major businesses include new technology business and Finance Business. It was established on December 11, 2017.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Media and Entertainment
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, Vietnam, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 27
- Round size: Seed $706k–$5.8M; Series A $720k–$5.5M; Series B $2k–$15M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
Portfolio highlights
- infludeo — infludeo is a fan membership platform that connects global Kpop fans with Kpop artists.
- Sharetreats — Share Treats Innovation introduces a 'Casual O2O Commerce' dedicated to South East Asia. It has a vision to create a cultural movement whereby anyone can interact more through casual treats.
- Big House Entertainment — Big House Entertainment creates content like webtoons and dramas, focusing on cross-platform storytelling across media, games.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, India, South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 473
- Round size: Seed $1M–$8M; Pre-Seed $500k–$3M; Series A $4.5M–$31M
- Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow
Portfolio highlights
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- Jerry — Jerry simplifies the expensive, frustrating, and time-consuming aspects of car ownership.
- Class101 — Class101 is an online platform where people can make and enjoy hobbies.
Korea Technology Finance Corporation is a South Korea-based fund for small and medium enterprises.
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- Industry: Software, Manufacturing, Medical
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, Russian Federation
Investor stats
- Total investments: 66
- Round size: Seed $1k–$5.4M; Series A $2k–$7.4M; Series B $1k–$13M
- Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- Intergravity — Intergravity is a company that is developing orbital transportation technologies to support the future of in-space activity. Intergravity is to enable a space environment in which mobility, service, and logistics are seamlessly integrated, creating the framework for long-term operations beyond Earth.
- AIRS Inc. — AIRS is at the forefront of advancing orthopedic surgery, setting the stage for the future with its innovative surgical platforms. The company is preparing for the next era in surgical technology, known as SURGERY 4.0. By leading the way with cutting-edge solutions, AIRS aims to transform orthopedic procedures, enhance precision, and redefinestandards in surgical care.
We partner with audacious entrepreneurs building enduring businesses.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
- Geography: United States, India, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1174
- Round size: Series A $5M–$30M; Series B $9.3M–$55M; Series C $10M–$100M
- Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $3.9B in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Strella — As companies move faster, so should their research. Strella's customer research platform uses AI-moderated interviews and real-time synthesis to deliver human insights 10x faster.
- Dynamic Yield — Dynamic Yield's platform helps enterprise brands quickly deliver and test personalized, optimized, and synchronized digital customer experiences.
- Affirmed Networks — Affirmed's fully virtualized, cloud-native solutions allow operators to transform the economics of deploying and scaling 3G, 4G, 5G, and Wi-Fi mobile services.
Korea-based investment firm, Investment arm of Pearl Abyss
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, EdTech
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 17
- Round size: Seed $2.2M–$12M; Series A $2.1M–$9M; Series B $7.4M–$12M
- Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
Portfolio highlights
- BIGC — BIGC is a technology company that offers digital marketing, content creation, and advertising services.
- Portrai — Portrai leverages cutting-edge spatial transcriptomics to reveal unprecedented biological insights, transforming target discovery into transformative therapies.
- HYPERREAL — Hyperreal empowers brands with digital assets that enable their value in the virtual world.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Automotive
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 39
- Round size: Seed $219k–$7.4M; Series A $743k–$35M; Series B $3.7M–$58M
- Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Rinse — We personally pick up, professionally clean, and hand deliver your clothes to your door. Rinse gives you superior quality and personal service. Guaranteed.
- Apex.AI — Reliable, safe, and certified software for autonomous mobility. We enable automotive developers to implement complex AI software. We enable AI developers to implement safety-critical applications.
- DataFleets — DataFleets is a privacy-preserving data engine that unifies distributed data for rapid access, agile analytics, and automated compliance. The platform provides data scientists and developers with a "data fleet" that allows them to create analytics, ML models, and applications on highly sensitive data sets without ever having explicitaccess to the data. Each data fleet has easy-to-use APIs, and under-the-hood they ensure data protection using advances in federated computation, transfer learning, encryption, and differential privacy.DataFleets helps organizations to overcome the struggle between data privacy and innovation by helping them maintain data protection standards for compliance while accelerating data science initiatives.
SmartStudy Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of global entertainment company SmartStudy.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Internet
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 25
- Round size: Seed $351k–$1.5M; Series A $2k–$5.3M; Series B $4k–$7.1M
- Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow
Portfolio highlights
- dbd Lab — "Fluto" provides a quick and thorough user experience report for digital services.
- User Spoon — User Spoon is a tool designed to streamline and enhance the process of user experience (UX) research by offering features that improve efficiency, such as user testing, feedback collection, and data analysis tools. It supports UX professionals in gathering insights faster and more accurately, ultimately leading to more user-centered designdecisions
- Mateo AI studio — Mateo AI Studio is an AI‑native studio that conceives, plans, and develops original intellectual property in the fields of film, drama, and animation, executing these projects through an AI‑driven production system.
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Browse database — It's Free!Coolidge Corner Investment (CCVC) provides Seed and Seed+ funding to the most innovative tech startup companies in Korea. They proudly provide their portfolio companies a customized support in professional incubating, growth hacking, strategy, network and more.
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- Industry: Software, Manufacturing, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Belgium
Investor stats
- Total investments: 109
- Round size: Seed $223k–$1.5M; Series A $891k–$5M; Series B $4.5M–$11M
- Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2017
Portfolio highlights
- Frefins — Frefins is a specialized Rental Transformation (RX) company that generates value by connecting businesses, financial institutions, and consumers.
- Relay — Relay is a second-hand market solution that provides technology, logistics, and operational solutions required for the used business.
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BeHigh Investment is a 'pace maker' venture capital that invests in companies with the potential of innovation and grows together.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Apps, Logistics
- Stage:Series B, Series A, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 21
- Round size: Seed $208k–$2.5M; Series A $743k–$4.1M; Series B $3.4M–$21M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
Portfolio highlights
- TESOLLO — TESOLLO develops robot and motion presenter products.
- ASWEMAKE — ASWEMAKE is a shopping app that delivers groceries.
- Reset Company — Reset Company specializes in building sustainable energy production and resource circulation ecosystems.
NHN Investment is a specialized investment organization providing investments, loans, and management as well as technological guidance to new technology enterprises and venture businesses.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: United States, South Korea, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 29
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$7.4M; Series A $1M–$18M; Series B $3M–$24M
- Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow
Portfolio highlights
- tru.ID — APIs for fast & frictionless mobile verification. Sign up today to see how tru.ID can turbocharge your user onboarding, conversion, security and experience.
- Works Mate — Works Mate is a job search matching platform for daily workers in the field of construction and architecture sectors.
- VA Corporation — VA Corporation provides storytelling, content creation, and planning services for virtual production, VFX, branding, and digital marketing.
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, Financial Services
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 282
- Round size: Series A $2.1M–$22M; Series B $3.7M–$30M; Series C $4.3M–$102M
- Lead/follow: 34% lead, 66% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $450M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Toss — Toss is a South Korea-based mobile financial service platform operated by fintech startup Viva Republica. Its application offers peer-to-peer money transfers, manages credit scores and bank accounts, access loan and insurance plans, split bill options, QR payment and other similar services that enable users to manage their finance.
- MyRealTrip — MyRealTrip is leading tours&activities marketplace in South Korea. MyRealTrip is the best free travel platform in Korea where you can book flights, accommodations, tours & tickets, and special offers. Starting with guided tour service in 2012, it has been growing rapidly since it successfully launched air service in 2018. MyRealTrip isconstantly striving to provide travelers with a personalized experience and provide them with a more valuable experience.
- Sweet Spot — Sweet Spot is a platform for companies and retailers who need space for marketing and sales.
Capstone Partners is a venture capital firm that invests in entrepreneurs seeking success with fresh ideas.
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- Industry: Software, Mobile, Gaming
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 222
- Round size: Seed $223k–$3.9M; Series A $223k–$11M; Series B $743k–$15M
- Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $37M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Rapeech — Rapeech is an AI voice technology company that provides product development services.
- Brave Company — Brave Company is an internet publishing company. Well, the lusts, but not the burdens of the ZZP existence. BraveCompany is for self-employed people who want to do more and manage less. Are you in paid employment and do you doubt whether you dare to make the leap? Even then, BraveCompany offers a warm bath with 'colleagues' that you havegone for, a network with potential assignments and invoicing services. BraveCompany is for successful professionals who are or want to become independent. What can we mean for each other? We share knowledge, trends and help with professional issues. And all that in the atmosphere of a home port. So you benefit from the benefits of experienced colleagues. Do you see any more possibilities with your current client to do work, or do you regularly refer projects to colleagues? We offer the framework to seize these opportunities and also be rewarded for your talent as a matchmaker.
- Wrtn Technologies — Bring AGI Close to People
Union Partners is a private equity firm.
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- Industry: Photography, Video Editing
- Stage:Series A
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- VideoMonster — Sign up and make high quality videos quickly and easily for free
ETRIHOLDINGS is invested money in ventures ,Startup companys, and customized incubation services for start-up teams.
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- Industry: FinTech, Real Estate, Food and Beverage
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Series A $1k–$3.7M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- ELROILAB — ELROILAB provides an AI hyperspectral imaging solution to find foreign objects in food materials.
- FIONSYSTEMS — FIONSYSTEMS is providing deep learning and AI video processing solutions for the anti-drone system.
- Lucentblock — Lucentblock is a FinTech and blockchain-based digital real estate securities platform company.
TheVentures provides their portfolio companies access to on staff world class experts in recruiting, PR, marketing, early stage customer acquisition, raising money, and strategy. They even provide engineering and design support, co-building products with the founding team, while assiting in hiring those difficult to recruit early engineers.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Vietnam
Investor stats
- Total investments: 117
- Round size: Seed $74k–$2.2M; Pre-Seed $750k–$770k; Series A $3M–$4.8M
- Lead/follow: 45% lead, 55% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Hifen —
- Amously — Amously builds production-ready process control software for advanced fabs using digital twins, virtual metrology, and run-to-run control to improve stability, yield, and operational efficiency.
- Filum.ai — In the new digital transformation era, connecting every touchpoint for every stakeholder on the journey is crucial in helping businesses create a competitive advantage. Filum enables businesses to build a foundation that promotes creativity and the power of inner strengths to make journeys of excellence. We empower businesses by helping them createexcellent experiences with the power of data and cutting-edge technologies.
The Jeju Center for Creative Economy & Innovation for investing in startups
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- Industry: GreenTech, Energy, Events
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 13
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- CareSix — The future of veterinary care. We envision a world where all companions receive the quality healthcare they're entitled to. Our first line of production - Cotons AI Sense 1 series presents wearable devices, where shaving, gel or electrode is not required for vital data collection. Simply wear the device on your dog's neck to receive notonly vital data, but clinical and behavioral via app or web.
- Spacebeam — Spacebeam is a startup creating space optical communication technology, a space-to-earth data transfer technique that uses light.
- JIN System — JIN System uses location-based spatial information technology to identify customers' potential needs and offers market-friendly solutions by integrating and converging relevant technologies. They aim to cater to increasing consumer needs in transportation, social welfare, and safety sectors, and expand into the digital twin field.
The Peach is a drone-based data service company that acquires and analyses drone dynamic data to create information.
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- Industry: Events, Retail, Wedding
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Fdding — Fdding provides wedding photography brokerage services.
- Cheongse-Lab — Cheongse-Lab is an e-commerce and retail company.
- Make Some Noise —
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