# Bukuk Securities

> Bukuk Securities is a VC fund in Yongdungpo backing Pet, Apps and Software. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Yongdungpo, South Korea
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Aug 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bookook-securities-co-ltd-001270-
- Website: http://www.bookook.co.kr

Bukuk Securities is a VC fund in Yongdungpo focused on Pet and Apps. Bookook Securities is a financial services corporation. It offers stock option participant support, recordkeeping, financial reporting, trade execution, and currency conversion. It conducts operations in the fields of corporate finance, project financing, structured financing, institutional brokerage, retail brokerage, and the distribution offinancial products. Moreover, it offers its clients services for mergers and acquisitions as well as underwriting.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pet | 1 | 33% |
| Apps | 1 | 33% |
| Software | 1 | 33% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 1 | 33% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 33% |
| Series A | 1 | 33% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Petnow Inc. | Petnow Inc. is a pet tech startup based in Seoul, Korea, and was founded in 2018. Petnow Inc. is a Korean pet tech startup established in 2018. We have been striving to build a world without missing pets through AI-driven pet biometric identification. As a technology-based company, we have filed 9 patents regarding our proprietary AI. Its researchwas published in IEEE Access in March 2021, which proves the accuracy of 98.97%. Also, we have been advancing technology non-stop and released the world’s first features, cat identification and selfie mode, in late 2022.Petnow Inc. has been accelerated by Samsung and POSCO and awarded Best of Innovation at CES 2022. We successfully raised $5M on the Pre-Series A round in 2022 and were selected for ‘Google for Startups Accelerator Korea’ in 2023. We entered the US pet ID market recently and will open a US office in early 2023. We are also looking for partnerships with various pet service providers, local government agencies, and insurance companies in the US. | $3.6M | Series A | Aug 01, 2022 |  |
| Petnow Inc. | Petnow Inc. is a pet tech startup based in Seoul, Korea, and was founded in 2018. Petnow Inc. is a Korean pet tech startup established in 2018. We have been striving to build a world without missing pets through AI-driven pet biometric identification. As a technology-based company, we have filed 9 patents regarding our proprietary AI. Its researchwas published in IEEE Access in March 2021, which proves the accuracy of 98.97%. Also, we have been advancing technology non-stop and released the world’s first features, cat identification and selfie mode, in late 2022.Petnow Inc. has been accelerated by Samsung and POSCO and awarded Best of Innovation at CES 2022. We successfully raised $5M on the Pre-Series A round in 2022 and were selected for ‘Google for Startups Accelerator Korea’ in 2023. We entered the US pet ID market recently and will open a US office in early 2023. We are also looking for partnerships with various pet service providers, local government agencies, and insurance companies in the US. | $4M |  | Aug 01, 2022 |  |
| Petnow Inc. | Petnow Inc. is a pet tech startup based in Seoul, Korea, and was founded in 2018. Petnow Inc. is a Korean pet tech startup established in 2018. We have been striving to build a world without missing pets through AI-driven pet biometric identification. As a technology-based company, we have filed 9 patents regarding our proprietary AI. Its researchwas published in IEEE Access in March 2021, which proves the accuracy of 98.97%. Also, we have been advancing technology non-stop and released the world’s first features, cat identification and selfie mode, in late 2022.Petnow Inc. has been accelerated by Samsung and POSCO and awarded Best of Innovation at CES 2022. We successfully raised $5M on the Pre-Series A round in 2022 and were selected for ‘Google for Startups Accelerator Korea’ in 2023. We entered the US pet ID market recently and will open a US office in early 2023. We are also looking for partnerships with various pet service providers, local government agencies, and insurance companies in the US. | $4.1M | Seed | Jul 18, 2022 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Daedeok Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daedeok-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [E&Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/e-networks-venture-investment) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [KDB Bank Europe](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kdb-bank) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [POSTECH Holdings](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/postech-holdings) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

## Similar investors

### Similar industry
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund
- [Everywhere Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/everywhere-ventures) — VC Fund
- [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund

### Similar stage
- [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund
- [Right Side Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/right-side-capital-management) — VC Fund

### Similar country
- [Strong Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/strong-ventures) — VC Fund
- [Korea Credit Guarantee Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/korea-credit-guarantee-fund) — VC Fund
- [Kakao Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kakao-ventures) — VC Fund

## Featured in investor lists
- [Community VC Funds in South Korea](https://shizune.co/investors/community-vc-funds-south-korea)

## FAQ

### What does Bukuk Securities invest in?

Bukuk Securities invests primarily in Pet, Apps and Software startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in South Korea. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Bukuk Securities last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Bukuk Securities closed in Aug 2022. Shizune tracks 3 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.

# About Shizune
Shizune.co is an investor database. Core features:
- 48,091 startup investors (angels, VCs, accelerators, and others)
- Email, phone, LinkedIn (for intros), socials, and other contact data
- Updated daily from public funding news
- CSV and Excel export

The User can access the full database FOR FREE after signing up: shizune.co