# CTK Investments

> CTK Investments is a VC fund in Seoul backing Information Technology and Finance. See 14 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Seoul, South Korea
- Total investments: 14
- Last investment: Aug 2024
- Lead investor: 14%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ctk-investment/
- Website: http://www.ctkinvest.com/

CTK Investments is an early stage and growth investment company.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $5.1M–$5.3M |
| Series A | $3.4M–$15M |
| Series B | $9.6M–$22M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Information Technology | 3 | 21% |
| Finance | 2 | 14% |
| Payments | 2 | 14% |
| Software | 2 | 14% |
| Consulting | 2 | 14% |

27 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 29% |
| Series A | 4 | 29% |
| Series B | 3 | 21% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 14% |
| Private Equity | 1 | 7% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| South Korea | 11 | 79% |
| United States | 2 | 14% |
| Malaysia | 1 | 7% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Pepper & Salt | Pepper & Salt is a creative company specializing in branding, marketing, and intellectual property development. It offers integrated services spanning concept planning, design, content creation, and production, helping businesses build distinct brand identities and engaging customer experiences through strategic, content-driven solutions. | $14.6M | Series A | Aug 08, 2024 |  |
| OROS Labs | OROS Labs is a material technology company provides thermal solutions. | $22M | Series B | Apr 03, 2024 |  |
| Biobijou | Biobijou is a biotech and medical aesthetics company. The company develops and manufactures skin boosters, hyaluronic acid dermal fillers, botulinum toxin products, cosmetics, and related medical aesthetic devices. The company operates a vertically integrated model covering R&D, manufacturing, marketing, and global distribution. The companyemphasizes GMP-certified production facilities and automated manufacturing lines for aesthetic injectables. | $1.1M | Private Equity | Feb 29, 2024 |  |
| Colosseum | Colosseum is a logistics company that provides e-commerce logistics services to various locations. |  | Series A | Oct 30, 2023 |  |
| Syscon | Syscon specializes in factory automation that provides comprehensive solutions required in the era of the 4th industrial revolution. | $2.7M | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 23, 2023 |  |
| Monolabs Co | Monolabs Co provides digital transformation, information technology, health subscription, and advisory services to the healthcare industry. | $9.6M | Series B | Jul 01, 2022 |  |
| Paywatch Korea | Paywatch is a fintech company offering an Earned Wage Access (EWA) platform. It allows employees to access their earned salary before payday as a financial wellness benefit. The company also provides employee financial services like benefits, payments, and wage-linked solutions for employers and workers. | $5.3M | Seed | Jan 20, 2022 |  |
| Paywatch | Paywatch offers a platform that allows employees to access their earnings before payday anytime. | $5.1M | Seed | Jan 12, 2022 |  |
| Celebe | Celebe is an online platform that generates revenue from points accumulated for views. | $5.2M | Seed | Nov 24, 2021 |  |
| poled | Poled develops and manufactures car seat that has passed real vehicle crash tests. | $3.4M | Series A | Nov 17, 2021 |  |

10 of 14 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Crumpton Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/crumpton-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Third Prime](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/third-prime) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Airbus Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/airbus-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [A STONE VENTURES](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/a-stone-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [BTC Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/btc-investment) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Cheongbo Industrial Co. (CBI)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cheongbo-industrial) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does CTK Investments invest in?

CTK Investments invests primarily in Information Technology, Finance and Payments startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 14 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 CTK Investments's check size?

CTK Investments typically joins rounds of $5.1M–$5.3M at Seed, $3.4M–$15M at Series A and $9.6M–$22M 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 CTK Investments participates in.

### When did CTK Investments last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for CTK Investments closed in Aug 2024. Shizune tracks 14 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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