# DS&Partners

> DS&Partners is a VC fund backing Medical, Software and Health Care. See 10 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 10
- Last investment: Nov 2025
- Lead investor: 30%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

DS&Partners is an investment firm.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $4M–$4M |
| Series A | $4.7M–$8.5M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Medical | 2 | 20% |
| Software | 2 | 20% |
| Health Care | 2 | 20% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 20% |
| Apps | 1 | 10% |

21 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 4 | 40% |
| Seed | 3 | 30% |
| Series C | 1 | 10% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 10% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| South Korea | 6 | 60% |
| India | 1 | 10% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Redrob | McKinley & Rice is a software development and outsourcing company. | $8.5M | Series A | Nov 20, 2025 |  |
| Redrob | Redrob is a people discovery platform that employs artificial intelligence to restructure the people data into a intelligible manner, enabling global sales, networking, and recruitment. | $4M | Seed | Dec 19, 2023 |  |
| Redrob | McKinley & Rice is a software development and outsourcing company. | $4M | Seed | Nov 02, 2023 |  |
| Redrob | McKinley & Rice is a software development and outsourcing company. | $4M | Seed | Nov 02, 2023 |  |
| De novo Biotherapeutics | De novo Biotherapeutics is a biotechnology company developing mRNA-encoded antibodies and NK cell-engaging antibodies for cancer treatment. | $5.8M | Series A | Nov 25, 2022 |  |
| Mommom | Mommom gathers and analyzes online meta data, as well as a list of national items categorized by objective group. Mommom is located in Gangnam-gu, Seoul. |  | Seed | Jul 05, 2022 |  |
| GXC | GXC is a game platform. Game Round (G.Round) - Global Game Community-driven, Big-data Business Platform Global Top Round(GTR) - a Top-tier Game Startup Accelerator, has invested and supported 62 game studios worldwide via its GTR Accelerator program, the program that inducts 10 new game studios every year. Round Ventures - A VC fund company thatpromotes successful game investment based on team execution power and user preference/sales forecast data | $4.7M | Series A | Jun 23, 2021 |  |
| Medical IP | Medical IP provides medical institution services for imaging analysis and 3D medical printing. | $17.9M | Series C | May 06, 2021 |  |
| Rosetta Exosome | Rosetta Exosome is a medical company that offers exosome purification kits. | $7.2M | Series A | Apr 28, 2021 |  |
| GXC | GXC is a game platform. Game Round (G.Round) - Global Game Community-driven, Big-data Business Platform Global Top Round(GTR) - a Top-tier Game Startup Accelerator, has invested and supported 62 game studios worldwide via its GTR Accelerator program, the program that inducts 10 new game studios every year. Round Ventures - A VC fund company thatpromotes successful game investment based on team execution power and user preference/sales forecast data | $1.9M |  | Dec 31, 2019 |  |

10 of 10 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Murex Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/murex-partners) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
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## FAQ

### What does DS&Partners invest in?

DS&Partners invests primarily in Medical, Software and Health Care startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 10 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 DS&Partners's check size?

DS&Partners typically joins rounds of $4M–$4M at Seed and $4.7M–$8.5M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds DS&Partners participates in.

### When did DS&Partners last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for DS&Partners closed in Nov 2025. Shizune tracks 10 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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