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Top 25 Photography VC Funds & Investors in South Korea (July 2026)

The most active venture capital funds investing in South Korea Photography startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in South Korea Photography startup companies. Find investors to raise a Seed, Series A or Series B round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
Strong Ventures
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States, Poland Seed, Series A, Series B E-Commerce, Software, Health Care $18k–$30M
Goodwater Capital
VC Fund
1 United States, India, South Korea Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed FinTech, Financial Services, Software $336k–$31M
Union Partners
VC Fund
1 South Korea Series A Photography, Video Editing
The Jeju Center for Creative Economy & Innovation
VC Fund
1 South Korea Seed GreenTech, Energy, Events
SmartStudy Ventures
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States Series A, Seed, Series B Software, Media and Entertainment, Marketing $6k–$8.4M
JTBC Studios
VC Fund
1 South Korea Seed Content, Commercial, Photography
Blue Point Capital Partners
VC Fund
1 United States, South Korea, France Private Equity, Seed, Series A Construction, Service Industry, B2C $594k–$3M
Antler
VC Fund
1 Singapore, Australia, United Kingdom Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $108k–$28M
IMM Investment
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States, Japan Series B, Series A Biotechnology, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence $3M–$54M
Stick Ventures
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States Series B, Series A, Series C Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical, Artificial Intelligence $1.1M–$108M
SV Investment Corp
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States, China Series A, Series B, Seed Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $1.2M–$60M
SB Partners
VC Fund
1 South Korea, Vietnam, India Series A, Series B, Seed Media and Entertainment, Software, E-Commerce $2k–$15M
Korea Technology Finance Corporation
VC Fund
1 South Korea, Russian Federation Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Manufacturing, Medical $1k–$15M
Pearl Abyss Capital
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States, Indonesia Series A, Seed, Series B Software, Information Technology, EdTech $2.1M–$12M
Coolidge Corner Investment
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States, Belgium Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Manufacturing, Health Care $223k–$11M
BeHigh Investment
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States Seed, Series A, Series B Health Care, Manufacturing, Apps $208k–$21M
NHN Investment
VC Fund
1 United States, South Korea, Israel Series A, Series B, Seed Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence $1M–$24M
Altos Ventures
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States, Canada Series A, Series B, Series C Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services $2.1M–$60M
Capstone Partners
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States, India Series A, Seed, Series B Software, Mobile, Gaming $223k–$12M
ETRIHOLDINGS
VC Fund
1 South Korea Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $1k–$11M
TheVentures
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States, Vietnam Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $72k–$4.8M
Innopolis Partners
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States, United Kingdom Series A, Seed Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Health Care $1k–$11M
The Peach
VC Fund
1 South Korea Seed Events, Retail, Wedding
Com2uS
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States, Japan Seed, Series A, Series C Gaming, Blockchain, Video Games $900k–$425M
Bessemer Venture Partners
VC Fund
1 United States, India, Israel Series B, Series A, Series C Software, Information Technology, SaaS $5M–$100M
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Strong Ventures
VC Fund · Los Angeles, California, United States · 2 investments in South Korea Photography startups

Strong Ventures is a generalist VC firm based in LA and Seoul, backing early-stage startups with a focus on Korean founders.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, Poland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 301
  • Round size: Seed $223k–$2.7M; Series A $966k–$10M; 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

  • Serpot — Serpot is a production service platform that offers film shooting products and support services.
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  • Winegraph — Winegraph is an SNS-based wine search and recommendation platform.
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Goodwater Capital
VC Fund · Burlingame, California, United States · 1 investments in South Korea Photography startups

Consumer Tech Investors - We empower exceptional entrepreneurs everywhere to change the world for good.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 550
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$7.5M; Pre-Seed $336k–$3M; Series A $4.5M–$31M
  • Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Kyash — Kyash is a fintech platform providing mobile banking services with full-stack banking technology currently offering digital wallet app. It has built proprietary full-stack banking infrastructure from the ground up to offer mobile-first consumer-facing digital wallets in Japan.The platform offers online payment and personal remittance apps underthe Kyash service name, and issues prepaid cards that can be used at Visa merchants. It also provides a new card that is available in three colors, navy, silver, and pink and adopts a simple design with card numbers and card names placed on the back. The first Visa card in Japan with an IC chip and contactless payment function that has no card number on the front side.Kyash was founded on January 23, 2015, and is based in Tokyo, Japan.
  • Karrot Market — Karrot is the largest local community marketplace to buy, sell and trade new and used home decor, furniture, fashion and more. Join our growing community of over 10 million verified users!
  • Koala Go — Your student's favorite online classroom. 24/7 live support. Co-browser. Gamified teaching environment. Worldwide invoicing. Interactive whiteboard.
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Union Partners
VC Fund · Oak Brook, Illinois, United States · 1 investments in South Korea Photography startups

Union Partners is a private equity firm.

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Investment focus

  • 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
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The Jeju Center for Creative Economy & Innovation
VC Fund · Jeju, Cheju-do, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Photography startups

The Jeju Center for Creative Economy & Innovation for investing in startups

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Investment focus

  • 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.
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SmartStudy Ventures
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Photography startups, 6 in the past 12 months

SmartStudy Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of global entertainment company SmartStudy.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Media and Entertainment, Marketing
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: South Korea, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 34
  • Round size: Seed $351k–$1.4M; Series A $6k–$8.4M; Series B $3.7M–$7.1M
  • Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Diquest — diquest is a Korean enterprise search engine.
  • Haimaru Company — Haimaru Company is the developer of the AI-based influencer communication platform 'ReverseTok.' The company supports creators through casting and brand development, plans content and channel strategies, offers structured training programs to develop skills, and provides management using equipment and data-driven analysis for channeloperation, enabling digital creators and partner brands to access professional production support, education, and international audience growth opportunities.
  • 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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JTBC Studios
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Photography startups

JTBC Studio is a studio in Korea that encompasses all value chains of the content business.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Content, Commercial, Photography
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • VA Corporation — VA Corporation provides storytelling, content creation, and planning services for virtual production, VFX, branding, and digital marketing.
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Blue Point Capital Partners
VC Fund · Charlotte, North Carolina, United States · 1 investments in South Korea Photography startups

Blue Point is a private equity firm that partners with entrepreneurs and management teams investing in and growing lower middle-market companies.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Construction, Service Industry, B2C
  • Stage:Private Equity, Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, South Korea, France

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 9
  • Round size: Seed $594k–$3M
  • Lead/follow: 67% lead, 33% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $700M in 2017

Portfolio highlights

  • Sylvan Group — Sylvan Group is one of North America’s providers of industrial pipe installation and fabrication, millwright and rigging, electrical, boiler and turbine contracting services. The Company provides full industrial project support, including design, planning, installation, maintenance and repair services to a diversified portfolio of customers.
  • Europa Eyewear — Europa is an eyewear company which is proud to craft products and policies focused on supporting likeminded, independent eye care professionals
  • Pinnacle MEP Holdings — Pinnacle MEP specializes in mechanical, electrical, and plumbing engineering services, delivering smart solutions for commercial and residential projects.
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Antler
VC Fund · Singapore, Central Region, Singapore · 1 investments in South Korea Photography startups

Build your next company with Antler, a global day zero investor enabling exceptional founders to start great companies, from the very beginning. Apply now!

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Singapore, Australia, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1818
  • Round size: Seed $186k–$4.6M; Pre-Seed $108k–$750k; Series A $4.6M–$28M
  • Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $72M in 2024

Portfolio highlights

  • Sapyen — We take the fear out of infertility for men. Test for it at home, without stepping out to the hospital and get personalised health recommendations to improve sperm health and increase your chances of conceiving.
  • Visoid — Render your 3D models with ease! Quick and easy rendering software for architects, powered by AI. Try Visoid for free!
  • One Key Access — One Key Access is an interface to the world of couriers to enable 24/7 frictionless deliveries.
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IMM Investment
VC Fund · Kangnam, Cholla-namdo, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Photography startups

Korean alternative asset investment firm

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 225
  • Round size: Series A $3M–$46M; Series B $5.8M–$54M
  • Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $25M in 2016

Portfolio highlights

  • Dunamu — Dunamu owns and operates a digital asset exchange (UPbit), two investment exchange platforms (Stockplus and U-Stockplus), and an equity management platform (Onboard). UPbit is a cryptocurrency exchange platform with presence in Korea, Indonesia, Thailand, and Singapore. Stockplus is a securities information/trading platform with an activepartnership with 11 broker-dealers. U-Stockplus is an OTC platform providing a trading service for private companies. Onboard helps private companies manage equity electronically for their shareholders.
  • Ohouse — No.1 Interior Onestop Platform
  • Pure Harvest Smart Farms — Pure Harvest Smart Farms is a regional innovator in sustainable agriculture focused on the production of premium fruits and vegetables in the challenging climates of the Arab Gulf region using world-leading controlled-environment agriculture technologies. Pure Harvest seeks to leverage innovative growing technologies and horticultural bestpractices in order to pioneer year-round production of affordable, premium quality fresh produce.
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Stick Ventures
VC Fund · Seongnam, Kyonggi-do, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Photography startups

Stick Ventures is a venture capital firm based in South Korea that prefers to invest in seed-stage, early-stage, and later-stage companies.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
  • Geography: South Korea, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 51
  • Round size: Series A $1.1M–$12M; Series B $4M–$25M; Series C $16M–$108M
  • Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • HITS — HITS is a biotech company that creates digital solutions to accelerate drug development and introduce a new drug discovery paradigm. The company creates a cloud-based drug development platform that connects AI models with docking and molecular dynamics.
  • DeepMetrics — DeepMetrics is an AI-driven healthcare startup developing ICU automation solutions focused on mechanical ventilator control systems. The company uses machine learning and statistical data analysis to automatically optimize ventilator settings for critically ill patients. DeepMetrics operates in the digital health and medical AI sector.
  • Nobo Medicine — Nobo Medicine is a clinical-stage biotech company focused on developing precision therapies for blood cancers and immune-related aging diseases. It uses biomarker-driven drug discovery and translational research to identify targeted treatments, aiming to improve outcomes in oncology and age-associated immune dysfunction through innovative,data-driven biomedical approaches.
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SV Investment Corp
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Photography startups

SV Investment Corp is a venture capital firm that provides companies with finance, strategic advice and information at critical stages of their development.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 105
  • Round size: Seed $1.2M–$31M; Series A $1.6M–$24M; Series B $7.1M–$60M
  • Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • XCENA — XCENA is a semiconductor company that develops data-centric computing systems designed for AI and large-scale data processing environments. The company builds computational memory technology that combines high-capacity pooled DDR5 memory with near-data processing capabilities, allowing computation to occur closer to where data is stored. Its coreplatform is based on the Compute Express Link (CXL) standard, which enables memory expansion beyond traditional CPU limitations while improving data movement efficiency and reducing latency in data center workloads. XCENA’s architecture is designed to support applications such as artificial intelligence workloads, vector databases, and large-scale analytics by addressing memory bandwidth and capacity constraints. The company provides a hardware-software ecosystem that includes computational memory systems and a full-stack software development kit. This SDK offers APIs, runtime tools, and drivers that allow applications to use computational memory without major changes to existing software architectures while also supporting low-level control for performance optimization.XCENA’s flagship product line includes MX1, a CXL-based computational memory solution that integrates near-data processing engines with memory infrastructure to support AI inference and data-intensive workloads. The platform is designed to improve throughput and scalability in environments where traditional memory architectures become a bottleneck. The company operates in the broader field of AI infrastructure and memory innovation, working with customers such as hyperscalers, telecom providers, and research institutions that manage large-scale computing workloads. Its solutions are intended to improve efficiency in systems handling AI, big data processing, and scientific computing.
  • Asteromorph — We are an AI for Science lab in Seoul. Our mission is to accelerate scientific advancements through the pursuit of superintelligence.
  • Contents Technologies — Content Technologies is a content IP-based company builder.
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SB Partners
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Photography startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Media and Entertainment, Software, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: South Korea, Vietnam, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 29
  • Round size: Seed $706k–$5.8M; Series A $720k–$5.5M; Series B $2k–$15M
  • Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Toad World — Toad World is a real estate platform that facilitates direct property transactions between landlords and tenants. It offers a user-friendly mobile application that is available on iOS and Android, enabling users to efficiently search for and list rental properties. Their mission is to streamline the real estate transaction process.
  • Haimaru Company — Haimaru Company is the developer of the AI-based influencer communication platform 'ReverseTok.' The company supports creators through casting and brand development, plans content and channel strategies, offers structured training programs to develop skills, and provides management using equipment and data-driven analysis for channeloperation, enabling digital creators and partner brands to access professional production support, education, and international audience growth opportunities.
  • Big House Entertainment — Big House Entertainment creates content like webtoons and dramas, focusing on cross-platform storytelling across media, games.
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Korea Technology Finance Corporation
VC Fund · Busan, Pusan-jikhalsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Photography startups, 8 in the past 12 months

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 87
  • Round size: Seed $1k–$4.1M; Series A $2k–$7.4M; Series B $7k–$15M
  • Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Sodamsodam — Sodamsodam is a meat processing and home meal replacement (HMR) manufacturing company. They secure cost competitiveness by directly deboning and shaping beef and pork, utilizing all parts. They produce their products using a combination of cast-iron pot heating and modern equipment.
  • Elevenliter — Eleven Liter operates Lipet, an online health check solution for companion animals.
  • Intergravity — Intergravity is a company that is developing orbital transportation technologies to support the future of in-space activity. Intergravity is to enable a space environment in which mobility, service, and logistics are seamlessly integrated, creating the framework for long-term operations beyond Earth.
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Pearl Abyss Capital
VC Fund · 1 investments in South Korea Photography startups

Korea-based investment firm, Investment arm of Pearl Abyss

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 19
  • Round size: Seed $2.2M–$12M; Series A $2.1M–$9M; Series B $4.5M–$12M
  • Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% 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.
  • Security Platform — Connecting Trusted! Welcome to Security Platform's website. Introducing the global leader of hardware based Device Security Solutions for IoT. SoT solutions.
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Coolidge Corner Investment
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Photography startups

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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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 112
  • Round size: Seed $223k–$1.5M; Series A $891k–$5.4M; Series B $4.7M–$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.
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  • Partridge Systems — Partridge Systems develops automotive data platform that provides web-based visualization, filtering, and post-processing of vehicle data.
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BeHigh Investment
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Photography startups

BeHigh Investment is a 'pace maker' venture capital that invests in companies with the potential of innovation and grows together.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 26
  • Round size: Seed $208k–$2.5M; Series A $743k–$4.4M; Series B $3.4M–$21M
  • Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • TESOLLO — TESOLLO develops robot and motion presenter products.
  • Realteeth — We are REALTEETH Corp. a company committed to ensuring the oral health and happy lives of our patients through outstanding technology.
  • Reset Company — Reset Company specializes in building sustainable energy production and resource circulation ecosystems.
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NHN Investment
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Photography startups

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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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Altos Ventures
VC Fund · Menlo Park, California, United States · 1 investments in South Korea Photography startups

We are privileged to invest on behalf of institutional investors, most with charitable, educational, or non-profit missions. Serving entrepreneurs is a calling for us, and we look to partner with companies with an equally strong sense of purpose.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 320
  • Round size: Series A $2.1M–$30M; Series B $4.1M–$33M; Series C $5.2M–$60M
  • Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% 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.Toss wasestablished in 2011 by Seunggun Lee in Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi.
  • MyRealTrip — MyRealTrip operates an online travel booking platform for accommodations, transportation, tours, and activity reservations. The company provides travel itinerary services, ticket booking systems, local experience listings, and payment processing tools used for domestic and international travel planning.
  • Sweet Spot — Sweet Spot is a platform for companies and retailers who need space for marketing and sales.
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Capstone Partners
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Photography startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 234
  • Round size: Seed $223k–$3.1M; Series A $334k–$9.7M; Series B $743k–$12M
  • Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% 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.
  • TR — TR is a digital healthcare company that designs and develops medical devices and electronic products.
  • 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.
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ETRIHOLDINGS
VC Fund · Daejeon, Taejon-jikhalsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Photography startups

ETRIHOLDINGS is invested money in ventures ,Startup companys, and customized incubation services for start-up teams.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 15
  • Round size: Seed $323k–$3M; Series A $1k–$3.8M; Series B $7.8M–$11M
  • Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Liternol — Liternol offers logistics services, along with competitive return collection rates and inspection information.
  • Digo Labs — Digo Labs operates in the fields of artificial intelligence, plastics and rubber manufacturing, and recycling. The company's primary focus is on developing innovative solutions that leverage AI technology to improve manufacturing and recycling processes in the plastics and rubber industry. Digo Labs' services include providing AI-poweredanalytics and insights to help businesses optimize their operations and reduce waste. The company also offers solutions for recycling plastics and rubber, contributing to environmental sustainability.
  • Sistech — SISTECH is a technology company providing system integration and IT engineering services for industrial and enterprise clients. It focuses on building and managing digital infrastructure, delivering solutions in automation, network systems, and software integration. The company supports operational efficiency and digital transformation throughcustomized technology services and technical expertise.
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TheVentures
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Photography startups

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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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 146
  • Round size: Seed $73k–$1.5M; Pre-Seed $72k–$2M; Series A $2.5M–$4.8M
  • Lead/follow: 46% lead, 54% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Kilofarms — Kilofarms is a tech-enabled platform that aims to help farmers overcome inefficiencies in the traditional farming practices and produce residue-free fruits and vegetables.
  • Sans — Sans is the first alternative coffee brand in Korea to replicate the taste and aroma of coffee without using beans, and it is the only brand in the world to operate specialty alternative coffee stores. Instead of coffee beans, which are designated as one of the "five endangered crops," Sans developed an alternative coffee similar toAmericano by combining 12 ingredients, such as jujube seeds, chicory roots, and barley, which are easy to grow in greenhouses in any country regardless of climate change.
  • Wecare — Wecare is an e-commerce business that shares childcare-related product information through the community and sells content and products.
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Innopolis Partners
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Photography startups

Innopolis Partners LLC. is a LLC-type venture capital firm in Korea. Partners of Innopolis Partners are former CEO or Representative Fund Manager of leading venture capital firms, such as Korea Technology Investment, STIC Investment, LG Venture Capital, KTB Network. “Innopolis No. 1 Fund” managed by Innopolis Partners is specialized for hi-techstartups in the Daedeok Innopolis complex. Daedeok Innopolis complex is set up based on former Daedeok R&D complex where most of major national R&D institutes, including ETRI, KAITST, KAERI, KRIBB, are located.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Health Care
  • Stage:Series A, Seed
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 108
  • Round size: Seed $1k–$11M; Series A $2k–$11M
  • Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • EMX — EMX is a content production company focused on delivering narrative expression through visual art. It utilizes deep learning-based digital twin technology to develop virtual environments for large-scale content creation, providing visual effects (VFX) companies with end-to-end technical support across concept design, key visuals, previsualization,and production. The platform enables users to trade perpetual swaps and futures across crypto, commodities, forex, and equity markets using digital assets as collateral.
  • Arobot — Arobot creates robots with HRI-based behavior patterns, allowing consumers to embrace robots more readily and organically.
  • Cure Stream — Cure Stream specializes in developing autonomous artificial pancreas system based on AI hormone injection decision algorithm.
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The Peach
VC Fund · Daejeon, Taejon-jikhalsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Photography startups

The Peach is a drone-based data service company that acquires and analyses drone dynamic data to create information.

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Investment focus

  • 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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Com2uS
VC Fund · El Segundo, California, United States · 1 investments in South Korea Photography startups

Leading Global Mobile Game Company Com2uS! Check out our top games and latest news!

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Gaming, Blockchain, Video Games
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series C
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 26
  • Round size: Seed $1.7M–$13M; Series A $900k–$100M; Series C $7.4M–$425M
  • Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Coinone — Coinone is the cryptocurrency exchanges. Under the vision to ‘Bring Blockchain into the World,’ they aspires to lead the new world of finance through blockchain technology. They currently operates the third largest exchange. They prioritizes the protection of clients’ assets and is dedicated to providing the most secure investing environment.
  • 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.
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Bessemer Venture Partners
VC Fund · Redwood City, California, United States · 1 investments in South Korea Photography startups

We partner with audacious entrepreneurs building enduring businesses.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, SaaS
  • Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
  • Geography: United States, India, Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1253
  • Round size: Series A $5M–$40M; Series B $10M–$60M; Series C $12M–$100M
  • Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $3.9B in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • 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.
  • Avalanche Technology — Avalanche Technology is the world leader in Spin Transfer Torque Magnetic RAM (STT-MRAM) non-volatile memory. The company is headquartered n California, USA.
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Photography VC funding in South Korea at a glance

Stats across 26 deals from 39 investors.

39
investors
in South Korea Photography startups
26
deals
in South Korea Photography startups
$650k
median round
in South Korea Photography startups
23%
lead investors
lead at least one round
50%
Seed
most common funding stage

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