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Top 25 Platforms VC (Venture Capital) Funds in South Korea in December 2024

Last updated: Dec 2024 A list of 25 VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Platforms startups based in South korea. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Platforms companies from South korea. We update this investor list every month.

Top 25 Platforms VC (Venture Capital) Funds in South Korea in December 2024

Investor	Platforms South Korea investments
Devsisters Ventures	2
HB Investment	2
Kakao Mobility	1
LINE Plus Corporation	1
KDB Capital	1
Com2uS	1
Korea Investment Partners	1
BSK Investment	1
Mirae Asset Venture Investment	1
IBK Capital	1
Yoonmin Foundation	1
Shinhan Capital	1
Intops Investment	1
STIC Ventures	1
WONIK Investment Partners	1
DT Capital Partners	1
Capstone Partners	1
Stonebridge Capital	1
InfoBank	1
Kakao Ventures	1
Smilegate Investment	1
POSCO Venture Capital	1
Bass Investment	1
Evergreen Investment Partners	1
Vela Partners	1

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Venture Capital firm in Korea. We are interested in early-stage investment in gaming, healthcare/biotech, IT services and high technology companies.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Sorcerics — Our mission is to empower people to live more productively by lowering the learning curve of smart devices.
MUHAYU — MUHAYU is an artificial intelligence technology firm that provides services such as plagiarism detection, reading and evaluating recruiting paperwork, and Advanced video/audio/content assessment services suited to recruiting interviews.
Clover Games — Clover, part of the company's gaming portfolio, it offers a mobile animation RPG game that focuses on recruiting heroes, expanding territories, and revolutionizing the world, so that players can enjoy engaging content.

HB Investment Inc. was founded on November 11, 1999 starting with paid-in Capital of KRW 10 billion.Since its foundation, HB Investment Inc. has been investing small and medium businesses that have the potential for steady growth and profitability and helping the invested companies to grow well by giving various consulting services. As a result,HB Investment Inc.constructed comprehensive portfolio out of various industrial areas, such as game, entertainment, as well as representative high-tech industries related to semiconductor, Internet, LCD, and a smart phone, bio, health care. In addition, HB Investment Inc. has experiences in implementing business Success-fully by organizing several partnership funds for recent years.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Software, Health Care
Series B, Series A, Funding Round
South Korea, United States, Vietnam

Portfolio highlights

Unastella — Unastella operates its own launch vehicles to provide human space travel platform services.
Lucas — Medical AI Solution, MONCAD Monitor Corporation aim to achieve innovation in the field of medical imaging through artificial intelligence technology.
Creators Network — Creators Network offers data-driven label and artist services to help creative artists.

Kakao Mobility provides online taxi-hailing and parking services. Kakao Mobility brands include Kakao Taxi, Kakao Driver, and Kakao Navi. Kakao Mobility also provides its services.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Automotive
Seed, Series A, Corporate Round
South Korea, Japan, United States

Portfolio highlights

ThorDrive — ThorDrive is a company that develops software solutions related to automated and unmanned technology. ThorDrive provides an automated and unmanned platform and associated products as well as intellectual properties that can be applied to other areas.
Autonomous a2z — Autonomous a2z is a driving mobility platform that provides autonomous driving service with judgement, control and recognition technologies.
Studio Galilei — Studio Galilei is an SFO platform company that operates and manages mobility services.

LINE Plus Corporation was established in March 2013 in South Korea as a subsidiary of LINE Corporation. It supports LINE’s global business development with programmers, designers, marketers, sales personnel, and PR managers of 50 different nationalities working together.

Investment focus

iOS, Mobile, Android
Seed, Series B
Thailand, South Korea

Portfolio highlights

ProtoPie — Create interactive, realistic prototypes that work like the actual digital product. Try for free.
LINE MAN Wongnai — Line Man is an on-demand delivery startup that offers a variety of services, including food delivery, convenience goods delivery, and parcels, in addition to the messenger and taxi-hailing services.

KDB Capital Corp. operates as a credit specialized and corporate restructuring company in South Korea.It provides equipment leasing services for various properties, including machineries, ships, IT equipments, medical equipments, automation equipments, transportation machineries, educational research equipments, construction machineries, heavy,and other equipments for social services.The company provides venture capital for companies operating in various areas, including computer and related components, semiconductors and equipment, telecommunication and accessories, software, multimedia, precision chemistry, environment, biotechnology, content/fashion, mechatronics, and entertainment.In addition, the company offers services to help distressed companies, including merger and acquisition, business consulting, merger and acquisition loan, rescheduling, acquisition of stocks, operating loan fund for restructuring, and consulting for corporate reinforcement; funding services, such as working capital, project financing, and equipment funding; financing via acquiring account receivables from corporations; and credit card services.The company was established in 1972 and is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. KDB Capital Corp. is subsidiary of The Korea Development Bank.

Investment focus

Software, Biotechnology, Information Technology
Series A, Series B, Seed
South Korea, United States, Mexico

Portfolio highlights

Unastella — Unastella operates its own launch vehicles to provide human space travel platform services.
Fitogether — Fitogether leads the world trend with advanced data analysis technology in the industry. We provides player analysis solution OHCOACH with global top-level wearable EPTS core technology.
Novelty Nobility — Novelty Nobility Inc. is a private biotech company. They are currently focused on the research of novel angiogenesis targets and develop antibody-based therapeutics in ophthalmology and oncology, where angiogenesis plays a key pathogenic role.In ophthalmology, Novelty Nobility first discovered a novel angiogenesis target, Stem Cell Factor(SCF)and c-KIT, which was initially known for its engagement with proliferation and survival of primitive hematopoietic stem cells for a couple of past decades. We believe that anti-SCF/c-KIT could effectively address the unmet medical needs, mostly caused by inherent limitations of anti-VEGFs, in terms of treatment efficacy and long-term safety. Our target discovery is widely and strongly patent-protected in US/KOR and the lead pipeline, NN2101(a full-human monoclonal antibody), is currently under preclinical development.

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

Investment focus

Blockchain, Gaming, Video Games
Seed, Series A, Series C
United States, South Korea, Japan

Portfolio highlights

Saga.xyz — Saga gives visionaries the high-end tools and support they need to turn their blockchain dreams into reality.
MetaverseGo — MetaverseGo is a web 3.0 app that offers easy access to Play-and-Earn Games, Guilds, NFTs, and Decentralized Applications allowing users to own assets, connect with industry players, and use their earnings across multiple payment platforms.
Gameplay Galaxy — From the creators of Trial Xtreme, the blockbuster series that reached over 250,000,000 downloads, comes the next level of competitive extreme sports games ecosystem.

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

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Information Technology, Health Care
Series A, Series B, Seed
South Korea, United States, China

Portfolio highlights

Kardome — Kardome offers a real-time software suite that can be inserted in a variety of processing environments. The company engages a real-time software beamformer to improve speech signals from several speakers. It offers high-quality sound output without the need to shout or position the users mouths close to the microphone. The company developssolutions such as voice controlled devices, hands-free speakerphones, tablets and cellphones, and conference call devices.Kardome was founded on 2018 and is headquartered in Mazor, Hamerkaz, Israel.
RideFlux — RideFlux is a self-driving software company for safe and reliable autonomous transporation service. Since our foundation in 2018, we hope for a better world where everyone can be safer and more comfortable while moving with our self-driving cars and software. We believe in the potential that self-driving technology embraces, how driving canbecome an innovative experience not a mere stress, which inspires us to build up its future with every step on our way.Our headquarter is located in Jeju island, one of the best test-beds in the world for developing reliable AD software technologies. It has a variety of road environments and various weather conditions across the island (1850 square kilometers), and significantly high demands for mobility service (16 million visitors a year without bring own vehicles). We are strategically located for technology enhancement for reliable urban autonomy. For the Safety, Beyond the Safety.
Panmnesia — True composable resource disaggregation, CXL hardware/software infrastructure from the beginning to the end.

BSK Investment

Investment focus

iOS, Advertising, Digital Entertainment
Series A, Series B, Series C
South Korea

Portfolio highlights

AUTOCRYPT — Comprehensive, end-to-end automotive cybersecurity solutions for software-defined vehicles, V2X communications, and regulatory compliance.
Interior Teacher — Interior Teacher is solidifying its position as a premium home styling service.
ProxiHealthcare USA — ProxiHealthcare USA is a biotechnology research focused personal and environmental healthcare organization.

Mirae Asset Venture Investment invests in specialized enterprises and provides technology, funding and management consulting.

Investment focus

Software, Biotechnology, Information Technology
Series A, Series B, Seed
South Korea, United States, India

Portfolio highlights

Class101 — Class101 is an online platform where people can make and enjoy hobbies.
Baropharm — Baropharm is an online e-commerce platform that sells pharmaceutical products for improved individual care.
Gwanak Analog — Gwanak Analog is a supplier of high performance Power/Analog SoC and Sensor products

IBK Capital has established an enviable track record as an independent Canadian investment banking firm.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence
Series A, Series B, Seed
South Korea, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

GGQ — Download GGQ Desktop and Enjoy Your Game - Offers real-time champion ban-pick recommendations based on summoner play analysis, play highlights, AI coaching, and tutorial videos. PC Cafe LoL Program, LoL Assistant Program, LoL AI Analysis
MetaFines — MetaFines is researching and developing anti-cancer drugs using cancer metabolism.
SeaVantage Ltd. — Ocean Freight Tracking - Transform your ocean shipping with a real-time ocean freight visibility platform, end-to-end cargo tracking, document management, collaboration and more. SeaVantage provides ocean shipping visibility solutions helping supply chain professionals proactively manage disruptions

Yunmin Foundation provides start-up support, youth challenge school, and online start-up education.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Apps
Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
South Korea, United States

Portfolio highlights

Jikida — Jikida is an online compliance solution that allows businesses and organizations to monitor, manage, and supervise their compliance with personal information protection rules in real time.
MetaDx — MetaDx is a veterinary bioinformatics analysis company that detects tumors in pets and provides diagnostic services.
FOBECON — Pobicon offers an auto-estimation solution that analyzes construction blueprints using vision AI and other algorithms to quantify the net quantity of raw materials utilized in construction in three days.

Shinhan Capital is a credit-specialized company offering corporate finance services for its clients. It provides financial services, lease, corporate loans, investment financing, housing loans, installment financing, etc. Shinhan Capital was established in 1991. The company is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Software, Apps
Series A, Seed, Series B
South Korea, United States, India

Portfolio highlights

CURAUM — CURAUM is a specialist in oral care and sleep-related health care products.
CLE — CLE provides software packages, scanning, 3D reconstruction, and modeling services for factory automation.
ELROILAB — ELROILAB provides an AI hyperspectral imaging solution to find foreign objects in food materials.

Intops Investment is a financial investment company.

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Health Care
Series A, Series B, Series C
South Korea, China

Portfolio highlights

VSI — 1st high bandwidth automotive Serdes chip, supporting ASA (Automotive Serdes Alliance) motion link. Vsitech.
ProtoPie — Create interactive, realistic prototypes that work like the actual digital product. Try for free.
Quantum Cat — Quantum Cat protects the sustainable future of the earth and mankind through its unrivaled catalyst technology.

STIC Ventures invests in small and mid-sized venture companies with core technologies and new business models.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

MetisX — MetisX is a startup firm that develops intelligent memory and memory-centric computing architectures based on CXL.
Apollon — Apollon develops noninvasive continuous glucose monitoring systems.
Sangwha — Sangwha is an immersive content production company.

Wonik Investment Partners, formerly known as Hanmi Technology Investment Co., Ltd., is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in investments in incubation, start-up, early and mid-stage companies, growth capital and corporate restructuring. The firm prefers to invest in gaming contents, electronic components, computer,telecommunications equipment, petroleum, energy, machinery and equipment industries. It seeks to exit through an IPO or merger and acquisition. Wonik Investment Partners was established in 1997 and is based in Seoul, South Korea.

Investment focus

Health Care, Biotechnology, Manufacturing
Series B, Series A, Seed
South Korea, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

MetisX — MetisX is a startup firm that develops intelligent memory and memory-centric computing architectures based on CXL.
Willog — Start control your product quality in transit proactively with Willog! Take back control over your products anytime anywhere!
Hurotics — Hurotics is a company with deep-tech technology related to human-robot fusion.Hurotix's wearable robots, notably the 'H-Flex', are modular and give personalized support based on the user's demands, assisting users in overcoming physical restrictions.

DT Capital Partners is a private equity investment firm that provides growth capital to early and expansion stage companies. They invest in dynamic businesses that have high growth potential, strong management teams, and demonstrated revenue models in both technology-based and traditional industries. DT Capital Partners currently manages overUSD$500 Million in capital across multiple US dollar and RMB funds, and also has a close affiliation with Madrone Capital in the US, the investment entity for members of the Walton family.In addition to funds, the invested company also benefits from their extensive experience in operating capital markets across the country, close relationships with local governments and companies, and synergies with other investment companies.DT Capital Partners was awarded the “Top 10 China's Best Return Venture Capital Institution” in 2016, and the founding partners of Detong Capital, Shao Jun and Tian Lixin. DT Capital Partner was founded in 2006 and is based in Shanghai, China.

Investment focus

Health Care, Medical, Biotechnology
Series A, Series B, Series C
China, United States, South Korea

Portfolio highlights

Sincetrue — Sincetrue is an enterprise specializing in hydrogen energy technology, offering water electrolysis, hydrogen drying, and purification solutions, with patented technologies for efficient drying and stable purification.
Infinigence — Wuwen Core Dome is dedicated to providing AGI computing power solutions based on its large model energy efficiency optimization tools, with the goal of resolving the challenge of efficient and unified deployment of large model algorithms to large computing power chips.
Next Generation Gene Therapeutics — Next Generation Gene Therapeutics is a healthcare company that engages in the research and development of gene therapy. Its unique propriety technology of "one target and two bullets" can provide effective treatment for a variety of genetic diseases that currently have few therapeutic methods in the world.NGGT was founded in March 2020by senior scientists and entrepreneurs in the field of gene therapy. It is committed to becoming the world's leading gene therapy company with international influence. The company has successful experience in the whole industry chain, concerning the early development of gene therapy products, the large-scale production of viral vectors, the construction of quality standards, international multi-center clinical research, and the application for the marketing of gene therapy products.

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

Floatic — Floatic is developing a robot solution that automates the process of warehousing and retrieving logistics centers.
DeepSmartech — Innovative thin film coating Process, Equipment, Recipe, Turn-key provider
TMR Founders — TMR Founders provides a one-stop service that helps prospective entrepreneurs start a start-up in the offline individual start-up market.

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.

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, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A, Series B
South Korea, United States

Portfolio highlights

LanDup — LanDup is a real estate development company that offers online real estate development and land sales services.
Modern Farm — Modern Farm is an agricultural startup that produces diverse agricultural goods including GABA tomatoes and Stevia tomatoes.
Worker's high — Worker's high Co. is a commerce company that offers an IOT based unmanned store service.

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.

Smilegate Investment, founded in 1999 originally as MVP Capital, is a venture capital and private equity firm that grows remarkably alongside invested companies. Since initial venture capital funding in 2000, the firm has since organized and managed more than 30 venture capital and private equity funds and has invested in more than 200 companieswith promising growth potential.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

AI SPERA — AI Spera provides AI driven security based on cyber threat intelligence
Nirvanana — Nirvanana is a game developer that develops an online gaming platform to connect gamers across the world.
Anabatic Semiconductor — Anabatic Manufacturing of electronic components, computers, video, audio, and communication equipment

POSTECH Venture Capital Corporation(POSTECH VC) was founded and financed by POSCO to participate in SME(small and medium enterprise) Revitalization Policy in 1997 for the National Economy Restoration.We seek investment opportunities in diverse markets including Information Technologies, Advanced Materials, Bio Technologies, Renewable Energy,and Life Sciences.And we are to accelerate the commercialization of the valuable technologies from POSTECH(Pohang University of Science and Technology), RIST(Research institute of Industrial Science and Technology), and other institutes in Korea. More than 200 professors in POSTECH help POSTECH VC evaluate the technologiesPOSTECH VC is comprised of a team consisted of experienced venture capitalists who has previous experiences in successful startups, consulting firms, and executive management.We are currently investing from our several funds and manage over 60 billion Won.Our recent primary investment focus is on high growth opportunities in renewable energy such as bio-diesel and photovoltaic technologies.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

OKHOME — Pembersihan tanpa ribet, Hemat Waktu, Hidup Jadi Mudah
Pluto — Pluto provides a SaaS solution that includes both discovery and academic search engines customized for the institution.
NaraSpace Technology — NaraSpace Technology specializes in the design, development, integration, and testing of CubeSats and small space systems.

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.

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Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
South Korea

Portfolio highlights

Polaris3D — Polaris3d offers indoor autonomous navigating solution.
Storelink — Storelink is an open market optimization platform that analyzes and processes accurate online sales data.
Adler — Adler creates a social media application to create personal space. The company was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.

Vela Partners is an AI-enabled venture investor based in San Francisco.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, Germany, Japan

Portfolio highlights

Vieu — Learn about us, our team, our backers and the story behind Vieu.
Cartken — Launch your robot fleet with us. The AI powering our robots makes them the safest and most reliable in the market today.
Goooods — Goooods provides engagement in the development and operation of B2B commerce.

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