# Krafton

> Krafton is a VC fund in Seongnam backing Gaming and Video Games. See 60 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Seongnam, South Korea
- Total investments: 60
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 55%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/krafton-inc/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/krafton_game
- Website: https://www.krafton.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Krafton.official/

Krafton is a game developer for PC and mobile devices that focuses on fantasy games. Its vision is to stay a household name in video game development by keeping true to its core value of craftmanship.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.4M–$10M |
| Series A | $6.5M–$31M |
| Series B | $2.5M–$80M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gaming | 19 | 32% |
| Video Games | 9 | 15% |
| Apps | 8 | 13% |
| Online Games | 8 | 13% |
| PC Games | 6 | 10% |

77 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 17 | 28% |
| Series A | 12 | 20% |
| Series B | 6 | 10% |
| Corporate Round | 5 | 8% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 5% |

12 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| South Korea | 14 | 23% |
| India | 13 | 22% |
| United States | 10 | 17% |
| Cyprus | 1 | 2% |
| France | 1 | 2% |

10 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kim Chang-han | Chief Executive Officer | 4 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/changhan-kim-4f61 |
| Sean Sohn | Head Of Corporate Development | 16 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chang-han-kim |
| Brian Corrigan | VP & Head of Americas | 4 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brian-corrigan |
| Chang Byung-gyu | Founder & Chairman | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chang-byung-gyu |
| Jin Oh | Chief Global Publishing Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jin-oh |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Neon Commerce, Inc. | Neon empowers game developers to own their direct-to-consumer channel and create commerce tools to help game developers build enduring brand | $13M | Series A | Jul 22, 2026 |  |
| THEBLACKLABEL | THEBLACKLABEL is a music and entertainment company that provides artist management, music production, and fan merchandise services. | $79.5M | Series B | May 20, 2026 |  |
| Socar | Socar is a Korean eco-friendly car sharing community that allows travelers to share cars with others who are traveling the same route.Socar has raised an $18 million round of funding in 2015 which was one of the highest funding deals for a South Korean startup to date. Most notably, it was led by a US investor: Bain Capital, a private investmentfirm with $80 billion in assets under management.Socar was founded in March 2012, and it has a website and smartphone apps that let users book cars for their own use. Service has over 1,700,000 registered users, 50,000 of whom use the service each month. Around 80,000 transactions per month — that’s more than one car booking each 30 seconds. | $43.7M | Post-IPO Equity | Apr 30, 2026 |  |
| Tamatem | Tamatem is a mobile games publisher in the MENA market. The company partners with international studios and developers, take their games, localizes them, and makes them culturally relevant for the Arabic gamer. It focuses on publishing MMO-RPG, strategy, and card games. Their experience in localization, user acquisition, distribution,cross-promotion, monetization, user acquisition, and whales management can help get your game on the top of the charts, increase revenue and ensure its success in the Arabic market.Tamatem has published 40 games that have achieved more than 50 million downloads, in its HQ in Amman, Jordan which currently has 26 employees. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 21, 2026 |  |
| Psychedelic Games |  | $3.5M | Seed | Dec 04, 2025 |  |
| SuperGears Games | SuperGears Games offers mobile game studio with a specialization in racing games. Mobile racing game platform that redefines the mobile gaming experience | $2.1M | Seed | Nov 24, 2025 |  |
| Torpor Games | Torpor Games is a video game company that offers PC, switch, android, and iOS game development services. |  | Seed | Nov 21, 2025 |  |
| Kuku FM | Kuku FM is a podcast platform that is re-inventing the traditional radio by allowing listeners to easily discover new, emerging and diverse audio content, and engage with their favorite creators. With 700+ podcasts, Kuku FM has grown into a family of 350K+ happy listeners and 500+ creators in only 8 months. People lose countless hours to mundaneactivities such as commuting, chores and aimlessly staring at their phones. What if they could turn these little blocks of unallocated time into a mind-space well filled? These are moments of learning, joy, reflection and even memories. Their goal is to democratize audio content. By providing production, distribution and marketing support, they want to empower creators to monetize their content, grow their audience and connect with their fans through their platform. | $35M | Secondary Market | Oct 16, 2025 |  |
| JetSynthesys | JetSynthesys Pvt. Ltd. is part of the Navani family owned JetLine Group of Companies. JetSynthesys is the group's most innovative company in the promising Digital and Technology Business World with a vision to create world class digital products, platforms and services in India and play an active role in the digital daily life of 1.2 billionIndians extending that to all individuals on the planet through very powerful targeted big data analytics and unbeatable content and user experiences. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 16, 2025 |  |
| Cashfree Payments | Cashfree is a payments and banking technology company that enables businesses in India to collect payments online and make payouts. Cashfree enables more than 50000 businesses with payment collections, vendor payouts, wage payouts, instant loan disbursements. Cashfree customers include leading internet companies such as Cred, BigBasket, Zomato,HDFC Ergo, Ixigo, Acko, Zoomcar, and Delhivery among others.Cashfree was founded in 2015 by Akash Sinha and Reeju Datta, based in Bengaluru, India. | $53M | Series C | Feb 04, 2025 |  |

10 of 60 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [BITKRAFT Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bitkraft-ventures) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
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- [Elevation Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elevation-capital-6e8a) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Krafton invest in?

Krafton invests primarily in Gaming, Video Games and Apps startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 60 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 Krafton's check size?

Krafton typically joins rounds of $1.4M–$10M at Seed, $6.5M–$31M at Series A and $2.5M–$80M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Krafton participates in.

### How do I contact Krafton?

Public channels for Krafton include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Krafton?

The team at Krafton includes Kim Chang-han (Chief Executive Officer), Sean Sohn (Head Of Corporate Development) and Brian Corrigan (VP & Head of Americas), among 7 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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