# Cognitive Investment

> Cognitive Investment is a VC fund in Seoul backing Apps, FinTech and Finance. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Seoul, South Korea
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Sep 2019
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Cognitive Investment is a VC fund in Seoul focused on Apps and FinTech. Venture Capital based in Seoul, South Korea

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $2.5M–$3.6M |
| Series B | $4.8M–$75M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apps | 1 | 14% |
| FinTech | 1 | 14% |
| Finance | 1 | 14% |
| Big Data | 1 | 14% |
| Education | 1 | 14% |

15 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 14% |
| Series A | 1 | 14% |
| Series B | 1 | 14% |
| Series C | 1 | 14% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 14% |

### Country

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

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Quantec | 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 | 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. | $2.6M |  | Aug 16, 2018 |  |
| Vendys | Vendys offers mobile meal management solution for office workers. | $4.8M | Series B | Jul 17, 2018 |  |
| Tevaluewise | 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 | $743K | Seed | May 15, 2018 |  |
| Watcha | 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 | 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 |  |
| Slide App | Slide is a lock-screen application that takes an interesting take on displaying infotainment from the comfort of your lock screen. Be it reading your favorite blogs or staying updated with latest happenings pertaining to fashion, news, health and movies, Slide provides you with an alternative to do all that directly from your phone’s lock-screen.Along with that, it also has a rather unique concept of rewards that actually pay the users for using the app. Rewards and offers is Slide’s developers’ idea of encouraging users to unlock their phones more, and even make them share Slide with their friends. | $3.6M | Series A | Nov 29, 2016 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [AG Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ag-investment) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Aju IB Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aju-ib-investment) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
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- [Songhyun Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/songhyun-investment) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [D·CAMP](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/banks-foundation-for-young-entrepreneurs) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Cognitive Investment invest in?

Cognitive Investment invests primarily in Apps, FinTech and Finance startups, most often at Seed and Series A 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 is Cognitive Investment's check size?

Cognitive Investment typically joins rounds of $2.5M–$3.6M at Series A and $4.8M–$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 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 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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