# Albatross Investment

> Albatross Investment is a VC fund in Palm Harbor backing Apps, Mobile and Software. See 7 investments, round sizes, portfolio. Updated Oct 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Palm Harbor, United States
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Nov 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- Website: http://albatrossinvestments.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AlbatrossInvestments

Albatross Investment is a VC fund in Palm Harbor focused on Apps and Mobile. Albatross Investments LLC, a Florida real estate company, concentrates primarily on value-add single family homes and multifamily apartments in Pinellas, Manatee, Hillsborough, and Pasco Counties.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $34k–$1.4M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apps | 2 | 29% |
| Mobile | 2 | 29% |
| Software | 2 | 29% |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 29% |
| iOS | 1 | 14% |

18 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 43% |
| Angel | 1 | 14% |
| Series A | 1 | 14% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 14% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| South Korea | 4 | 57% |
| United States | 1 | 14% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Laundryou | Laundryou is a skincare product store of the Skin Laundry brand, a global skincare company known for its laser facial clinics. It sells medical-grade skincare products designed to support skin treatments such as cleansing, hydration, anti-acne care, and anti-aging. | $1.4M | Seed | Nov 19, 2024 | https://www.skinlaundryshop.com |
| Triz | Triz is a commerce platform that offers creation of a new commerce and influencer ecosystem with differentiated products. | $5.7M | Series A | Apr 18, 2022 | https://triz-group.com/ |
| WayWearable | WayWearable, a ‘beauty-appliance’ company based in Seoul, Korea, has created the first total personal skincare companion that fits in your purse. The WAY device is the size of a compact powder case, but includes an array of advanced biometric and environmental sensors that it uses to make personalized skincare recommendations through its companionapp. Developed in close consultation with a dermatologist, WAY helps people make smarter skincare decisions that last a lifetime.They recently joined Sparklabs, one of Asia’s top business accelerators, to bring their unique technology product to market and have kicked off an Indiegogo campaign to fund production.Their Vision - WayWearble is dedicated to improving the lives of women, by helping them more effectively manage their skin care routine, and ultimately improve health and well-being. While WAY is a first step, the company has ambitions to continue developing innovative new products that harness advances in technology, with a particular focus on the women’s health and beauty industry.In the future WayWearable will continue to develop their solutions for making more targeted and accurate suggestions of specific products that address the unique skin concerns of women, while providing deeper, personal insights into maintaining a healthy lifestyle. | $34K | Seed | Mar 11, 2015 | https://wayskin.com |
| WayWearable | WayWearable, a ‘beauty-appliance’ company based in Seoul, Korea, has created the first total personal skincare companion that fits in your purse. The WAY device is the size of a compact powder case, but includes an array of advanced biometric and environmental sensors that it uses to make personalized skincare recommendations through its companionapp. Developed in close consultation with a dermatologist, WAY helps people make smarter skincare decisions that last a lifetime.They recently joined Sparklabs, one of Asia’s top business accelerators, to bring their unique technology product to market and have kicked off an Indiegogo campaign to fund production.Their Vision - WayWearble is dedicated to improving the lives of women, by helping them more effectively manage their skin care routine, and ultimately improve health and well-being. While WAY is a first step, the company has ambitions to continue developing innovative new products that harness advances in technology, with a particular focus on the women’s health and beauty industry.In the future WayWearable will continue to develop their solutions for making more targeted and accurate suggestions of specific products that address the unique skin concerns of women, while providing deeper, personal insights into maintaining a healthy lifestyle. | $135K | Angel | Jan 30, 2015 | https://wayskin.com |
| Smile Family | Smile Family develops mobile applications for families. It offers Smile Mom, a mobile social network for moms to record and share precious moments. It also enables moms to organize family photos and videos into their baby book, with filters and photo collages. |  | Seed | Dec 01, 2014 | http://smilefam.com/ |
| Smile Family | Smile Family develops mobile applications for families. It offers Smile Mom, a mobile social network for moms to record and share precious moments. It also enables moms to organize family photos and videos into their baby book, with filters and photo collages. | $966K | Seed | Jul 24, 2013 | http://smilefam.com/ |
| EnSight Media | ENSIGHTMEDIA is a Korean software company developing mobile applications for iPhones and other smart phones. It offers applications such as Photo+Folder, Radio Alarm, iGroup Contact, PushUp Club, Brain Upgrade, Mail Locker, Music Player, Mail Footer, Sound Massage, Sound Travel, Famous Speeches, Obama Speeches, Book&Dic-Classics,Book&Dic-Bible, and more.ENSIGHTMEDIAs’ Photo+Folder was “This week’s App” at Japanese Appstore and Chinese Appstore, and was ranked among the top 3 apps at Korean Appstore and top 8 in the Japanese Appstore in 2010. Its Radio Alarm app was included in the top 10 Apps list among applications from 16 global countries and was awarded the No. 1 Korean, Japanese and Chinese App. The company plans to build their second branch in Japan. Catering to the Korean, American, Japanese, and French mobile applications markets, ENSIGHTMEDIA was established in July 2007, in Seoul, Korea. | $1.5M |  | Mar 01, 2012 | http://ensightapps.com |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Capstone Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/capstone-partners-korea) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Comes Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/comes-investment) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Fast Track Asia](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fast-track-asia) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Industrial Bank of Korea](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/industrial-bank-of-korea) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [KOISRA Seed Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/koisra-seed-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [KTB Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ktb-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Albatross Investment invest in?

Albatross Investment invests primarily in Apps, Mobile and Software startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in South Korea. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What round sizes does Albatross Investment invest in?

Albatross Investment typically joins rounds of $34k–$1.4M at Seed. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Albatross Investment's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Albatross Investment took part in.

### When did Albatross Investment last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Albatross Investment closed in Nov 2024. Shizune tracks 7 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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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