# DONGYU Investment

> DONGYU Investment is a VC fund backing Information Technology and Software. See 5 investments, round sizes, portfolio. Updated Oct 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Mar 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Oct 2026

DONGYU Investment is a private equity firm based in South Korea.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Information Technology | 3 | 60% |
| Software | 2 | 40% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 40% |
| Sales | 1 | 20% |
| Chatbot | 1 | 20% |

14 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 40% |
| Series A | 2 | 40% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| South Korea | 4 | 80% |
| United States | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DAAN Biotherapeutics | DAAN Biotherapeutics develops novel treatments for cancer patients. The company conducts cancer treatment research and development, including cell therapies, antibodies, and small molecule inhibitors. | $4.1M | Seed | Mar 28, 2022 | http://www.daanbiotpx.com |
| EXCELLO | EXCELLO specializes in the development of IoT technology. | $3.6M | Series A | May 13, 2021 | http://iexcello.com |
| The Check | The Check is a mobile application that offers card sales settlement, electronic labor contracts and real-time VAT inquiry services. | $9M | Series A | Mar 26, 2021 | https://thecheck.co.kr/ |
| Aisum | Aisum develops AI-based semiconductor design automation software for integrated circuit and chip development processes. The company provides engineering solutions that support semiconductor verification, optimization, and simulation workflows. Its technologies help improve design productivity and support automation across semiconductor developmentstages. Aisum also develops software tools for electronic design automation and data-driven semiconductor engineering applications. The company serves organizations involved in semiconductor design and manufacturing operations. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 01, 2019 | https://aisum.com |
| PersonaAI | Persona AI is a Korean artificial intelligence company that develops its own NLP-based conversational AI engine and AI contact center (AICC) solutions for businesses. It provides enterprise AI services such as chatbots, callbots, and automation platforms designed to improve customer communication and support operations. The company focuses onbuilding scalable AI infrastructure including edge AI and generative AI tools used across industries like healthcare, finance, and customer service. |  | Seed | Oct 01, 2018 | https://bottalks.ai |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Aju IB Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aju-ib-investment) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Company K Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/company-k) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Industrial Bank of Korea](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/industrial-bank-of-korea) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [KB Securities](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kb-securities) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [NS Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ns-investment) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Paratus Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/paratus-investment) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does DONGYU Investment invest in?

DONGYU Investment invests primarily in Information Technology, Software and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 5 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 DONGYU Investment last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for DONGYU Investment closed in Mar 2022. Shizune tracks 5 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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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