Cognitive Investment
VC Fund
Seoul, South Korea
Cognitive Investment is a VC fund in Seoul focused on Mobile Apps and Apps. Venture Capital based in Seoul, South Korea
- Total investments:
- 12
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
Last updated:
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Industries Cognitive Investment invests in
Stages Cognitive Investment invests in
Countries Cognitive Investment invests in
Round sizes
Round size
- Seed
- $500k–$926k
- Series A
- $2.4M–$6.6M
- Series B
- $5.8M–$75M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Mobile Apps 3 (25%)
- Apps 2 (17%)
- Gaming 1 (8%)
- Content 1 (8%)
- Fashion 1 (8%)
Stage
- Series A 5 (42%)
- Seed 3 (25%)
- Series B 2 (17%)
- Series C 1 (8%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 1 (8%)
Country
- South Korea 9 (75%)
- Japan 1 (8%)
- Pakistan 1 (8%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
Quantec
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Quantec was founded in 2016 with the goal of ‘making easy and convenient asset management a daily possibility for everyone’.Through Quantec’s own technology called ‘Q-Engine’, users can analyze their actual assets and receive recommendation of variety of products suitable for their investment environment, or they can modify their own assets toconstruct a customized asset management portfolio.Based on ‘Q-Engine’, we are planning to launch the platform ‘Quantec (B2C Application)’ for general customers. In recognition of ‘Q-Engine’, Quantec has led to the selection of the fourth ‘Shinhan Future’s Lab’ by Shinhan Financial Group, the fourth ‘Dreamplus’ by Hanhwa Life Insurance, 'KB Starters' by KB Innovation HUB, the fourth 'NH Digital Challenge+' by NH Bank, and has attracted a Series A and Series B investments of total KRW 11 billion from Industrial Bank of Korea, Wonik Investment Partners, AG Investment, and Shinhan Capital.Via QUANTEC's asset management platform Quantec (App) and among other solutions, you will be able to meet your own private banker at any time, from anywhere! | $2.5M / Series A / Sep 05, 2019 | |
Mr.Pic
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Mr.Pic (미스터픽) is an online Korean information portal that provides information about vehicles, lifestyles, games, and more. Mr.Pic was launched in February 2014. | $3.1M / Venture - Series Unknown / Aug 16, 2018 | |
Vendys
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Vendys offers mobile meal management solution for office workers. | $5.8M / Series B / Jul 17, 2018 | |
Tevaluewise
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Tevaluewise is the Korea's No.1 instructor evaluation platform. Civil servant exam, How long do you want to listen to your friend, school, and pick a teacher? starteacher.co.kr Korean government officials lecturer evaluation all together! No.1 civil servant teacher evaluation platform in Korea, different teacher | $926.1K / Seed / May 15, 2018 | |
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Quantec
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Quantec was founded in 2016 with the goal of ‘making easy and convenient asset management a daily possibility for everyone’.Through Quantec’s own technology called ‘Q-Engine’, users can analyze their actual assets and receive recommendation of variety of products suitable for their investment environment, or they can modify their own assets toconstruct a customized asset management portfolio.Based on ‘Q-Engine’, we are planning to launch the platform ‘Quantec (B2C Application)’ for general customers. In recognition of ‘Q-Engine’, Quantec has led to the selection of the fourth ‘Shinhan Future’s Lab’ by Shinhan Financial Group, the fourth ‘Dreamplus’ by Hanhwa Life Insurance, 'KB Starters' by KB Innovation HUB, the fourth 'NH Digital Challenge+' by NH Bank, and has attracted a Series A and Series B investments of total KRW 11 billion from Industrial Bank of Korea, Wonik Investment Partners, AG Investment, and Shinhan Capital.Via QUANTEC's asset management platform Quantec (App) and among other solutions, you will be able to meet your own private banker at any time, from anywhere! | $500K / Seed / Apr 12, 2018 | |
G2GBIO
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G2GBIO operates to supply good medicines to patients all over the world and practice. | $6.6M / Series A / Apr 11, 2018 | |
LATELY
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Lately Korea is an online marketplace for fashion, consisting of clothing, shoes, accessories, cosmetics, and all other fashion items. With 4 years of history, the company has a stable b2b2c platform "Seller Hub" which connects with all major marketplaces via API, helping merchants sell their products to multiple front-end with a push ofa button. Most "lately", we launched an APP that focuses on K-fashion designer brands. You can search for "lately" on Google Play Store or iphone App Store. | $2.4M / Series A / Apr 01, 2018 | |
Watcha
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WATCHA - Launched in AUG 2012, it quickly became Korea’s favorite movie review app - Its core competency lies in personalized recommendation technology - once users rate movie, WATCHA predicts how they will like movies they haven’t yet seen - Now provides the widest and most accurate movie, TV show and book reviews - Launched in Japan in 2015WATCHA PLAY - Launched in JAN 2016 - Subscription VOD service for movie and TV series available on multiple devices including Web, iOS/Android mobile and tablet, Samsung/LG Smart TV, Google Chromecast, Android TV - Provides extremely accurate personalized content recommendation, powered by WATCHA - 75% of content consumed based on recommendationsComment by Apple, App Store Editor Team “Thanks to its large volume of reliable review data collected from users, WATCHA PLAY can recommend contents that perfectly satisfy my taste. Please don’t waste your time in choosing what to watch. Trust WATCHA PLAY and Enjoy tonight” | $12M / Series C / Mar 30, 2018 | |
Timetree
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TimeTree keeps families and groups organized. It also helps manage busy lives while sharing calendars, events, and more! | $74.7M / Series B / Aug 01, 2017 | |
BiNAREE
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BiNAREE is an international mobile/VR/AR game studio that provides zombie apocalypse games. They develop fun games and do the marketing/live operation for the global market as well as Korea by ourselves.The company has 2 mobile game project called Zap Zombies (Sep 2015) is an idle RPG featuring zombie action and APO (June 2016) isan action strategy about the zombie apocalypse.BiNAREE was founded in 2015 and is based in Seoul, Korea. | Series A / Jul 26, 2017 | |
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FAQ
What does Cognitive Investment invest in?
Cognitive Investment invests primarily in Mobile Apps, Apps and Gaming startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 12 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 Cognitive Investment's check size?
Cognitive Investment typically joins rounds of $500k–$926k at Seed, $2.4M–$6.6M at Series A and $5.8M–$75M 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 Cognitive Investment participates in.
When did Cognitive Investment last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Cognitive Investment closed in Sep 2019. Shizune tracks 12 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 Sep 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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