# 500 Startups Korea

> 500 Startups Korea is a VC fund in Yeoksamdong backing Financial Services and Apps. See 10 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Yeoksamdong, South Korea
- Total investments: 10
- Last investment: Oct 2021
- Lead investor: 30%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/500startupskorea/
- Website: http://500startups.co.kr/

500 Startups Korea is a venture capital firm.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $201k–$891k |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 2 | 20% |
| Apps | 1 | 10% |
| Travel | 1 | 10% |
| Banking | 1 | 10% |
| FinTech | 1 | 10% |

24 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 50% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 20% |
| Series A | 1 | 10% |
| Series B | 1 | 10% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Medb Korea | Medb Korea is a medical consumer, hospital, and pharmacy-focused online medical care and prescription drug delivery platform.. Medb Korea is located in Gangnam-gu, Seoul. |  | Pre-Seed | Oct 01, 2021 |  |
| Bigwavv | Bigwavv is an all-in-one platform that helps people navigate end-of-life and after-death issues. The company is based in Seoul, South Korea. |  | Pre-Seed | Aug 18, 2021 |  |
| Mommom | Mommom gathers and analyzes online meta data, as well as a list of national items categorized by objective group. Mommom is located in Gangnam-gu, Seoul. |  | Seed | Jul 14, 2021 |  |
| Finda | Finda is an online financial comparison platform across various financial products. | $10.4M | Series B | Jan 18, 2021 |  |
| Storicity | Storicity is a travel agency that offers tour planning services. |  | Seed | Dec 02, 2020 |  |
| Quota Lab | Quota Lab is a financial infrastructure company that connects the capital flows of all ventures & startups, general partners (GPs), and limited partners (LPs) to build a venture capital market infrastructure and create a new financial ecosystem. | $743K | Seed | Dec 17, 2019 |  |
| Finda | Finda is an online financial comparison platform across various financial products. | $891K | Seed | Sep 20, 2016 |  |
| H2O Hospitality | H2O Hospitality is a hospitality technology company that offers hotel digital management solutions and services. | $1.1M | Series A | Aug 31, 2016 |  |
| BOXFUL | BOXFUL is a self-storage company that provides warehousing and delivery services. |  | Seed | Mar 01, 2016 |  |
| Finda | Finda is an online financial comparison platform across various financial products. | $201K | Seed | Jan 26, 2016 |  |

10 of 10 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [FuturePlay](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/futureplay-co) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [500 Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/500-startups) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [MashUp Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mashup-angels) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [D·CAMP](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/banks-foundation-for-young-entrepreneurs) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [BonAngels Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bon-angels) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Daesung Private Equity](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daesung-private-equity) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does 500 Startups Korea invest in?

500 Startups Korea invests primarily in Financial Services, Apps and Travel startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 10 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in South Korea. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is 500 Startups Korea's check size?

500 Startups Korea typically joins rounds of $201k–$891k at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds 500 Startups Korea participates in.

### When did 500 Startups Korea last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for 500 Startups Korea closed in Oct 2021. Shizune tracks 10 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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