# Forest Partners

> Forest Partners is a VC fund backing Financial Services. See 19 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Sep 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Seoul, South Korea
- Total investments: 19
- Last investment: Apr 2026
- Lead investor: 47%
- Last updated: Sep 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/forestpartners
- Website: http://forestgp.com/

Forest Partners is a leading alternative investment firm based in Korea focused on investing in high growth companies to deliver exceptional value to founders and investors. Our firm operates Venture Capital and Private Equity divisions so that we can invest in bold ideas across multiple strategies and help drive hypergrowth of our portfoliocompanies.Our robust network and team of experts with decades of combined investment and operating experience guides our portfolio companies on the path to global expansion so we can also deliver outsized returns back to our investors.Our vision is to grow together with great companies so that we can continue to be the go-to alternative investment firm in Asia.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $4M–$4.2M |
| Series A | $2.3M–$8.9M |
| Series B | $4M–$115M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 3 | 16% |
| Information Technology | 3 | 16% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 3 | 16% |
| Apps | 2 | 11% |
| FinTech | 2 | 11% |

42 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 8 | 42% |
| Series B | 5 | 26% |
| Seed | 2 | 11% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 11% |
| Series C | 1 | 5% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| South Korea | 14 | 74% |
| United States | 1 | 5% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Alex Seung Han | CEO & Founding Partner | 4 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alex-seung-han |
| Euna Cook | Head of IR & PR | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/euna-cook |
| NAM HWEU JO | SENIOR ASSOCIATE | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nam-hweu-jo |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Aim Intelligence | Aim Intelligence has developed 'AIM Red', a generative AI solution for automatic vulnerability detection and security diagnosis. AIM Red, a security performance evaluation solution for generative AI, automates attack prompt creation for enterprises' red teams. | $6.7M | Series A | Apr 10, 2026 | https://aim-intelligence.com |
| December & Company | December & Company offers customized asset management services to a broad population. It pursues innovation without avoiding the difficult path. They pioneer new ways with original thinking that has never existed before, presenting a path capable of changing the world. December & Company continuously researches technology through itsexcellent R&D team. They design and create a better life through sophisticated technology and data. The company also provides convenient and valuable services that people need and maintain a trustworthy attitude that feels consistent and stable. | $12.6M |  | May 14, 2024 | https://www.dco.com |
| December & Company | December & Company offers customized asset management services to a broad population. It pursues innovation without avoiding the difficult path. They pioneer new ways with original thinking that has never existed before, presenting a path capable of changing the world. December & Company continuously researches technology through itsexcellent R&D team. They design and create a better life through sophisticated technology and data. The company also provides convenient and valuable services that people need and maintain a trustworthy attitude that feels consistent and stable. | $12.5M | Series B | May 14, 2024 | https://www.dco.com |
| Absology | Developer of in-vitro-diagnostic systems designed to help save more lives. The company's platform offers various diagnostic kits such as testosterone, vitamin - D, PSA, TSH, FreeT4, PCT and also helps in anti-cancer therapy monitoring, cardiovascular disease, and Alzheimer's diseases monitoring, enabling doctors to easily diagnosedifferent types of medical conditions and treat them suitably. | $7.7M | Series B | Dec 21, 2023 | http://absology.co.kr/ |
| Rebel | Rebel is a global content network that offers diverse collaboration opportunities to the creators. The company leads the trend of the mobile generation by sharing new issues and information with mobile content producers and consumers along with providing talent management, new media production, and digital branding services, enabling businesses toaccess lean and efficient video partnerships for enhancing their business. | $7.1M | Series A | Dec 01, 2023 | https://rebelcorp.kr |
| Utransfer | Utransfer is a platform that offers overseas money transfer services. | $4M | Seed | Jul 06, 2023 | https://utransfer.com |
| Oilnow Korea | Oilnow Korea provides real-time gas station price comparison information. | $2.6M | Series A | May 17, 2023 | http://www.oilnow.co.kr |
| FADU | FADU is a fabless start up focusing on memory and storage architecture. Explosively increasing data requires next generation storage and FADU would like to preempt the opportunity. Though they are very new comer in this industry, they believe that new and innovative idea is the most required in this fast changing enviornment. Built based on 3groups of talented people, - brilliant architects including 5 Ph.Ds, high caliber ASIC experts, and seasoned SSD engineers from leading memory and storage companies - their team has comprehensive capabilities to innovate this industry. they introduce true next generation products and will raise the bar for the entire industry. | $9.1M | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 28, 2023 | https://fadutec.com |
| AIZEN Global | AIZEN is redesigning Digital Banking with CreditConnect, powered by our proprietary ABACUS AutoML platform specialized in the financial services industry. CreditConnect is an AI lending platform designed to bridge the gap between banks and data economy platforms, and automate key decision-making processes in accordance with the credit cycle. Thecompany has secured Series B round funding from a state-led fintech innovation fund (K-Growth) led by major Korean banks to roll out CreditConnect in Southeast Asia.We are also leading the digital transformation in the financial services industry using proprietary AutoML platform ABACUS, with successful use cases in underwriting, fraud detection, product development, claim analysis, and more. | $4M | Series B | Jun 15, 2022 | https://www.aizenglobal.com |
| Dot Slash Dash | Dot Slash Dash is a video platform for documenting the user's lifestyle. The company was founded by Changwoo Lee in 2020. | $4.2M | Seed | Feb 17, 2022 | https://www.dotslashdash.com/ |

10 of 19 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Activant Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/activant-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Samsung Venture Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/samsung-venture-investment-705d) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [SBVA](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/softbank-ventures-korea) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [AJ Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aj-capital-partners-daa8) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Albatross Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/albatross-investment-1a41) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Altos Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/altos-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Forest Partners invest in?

Forest Partners invests primarily in Financial Services, Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 19 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 Forest Partners's check size?

Forest Partners typically joins rounds of $4M–$4.2M at Seed, $2.3M–$8.9M at Series A and $4M–$115M 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 Forest Partners participates in.

### How do I contact Forest Partners?

Public channels for Forest Partners include LinkedIn and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Forest Partners?

The team at Forest Partners includes Alex Seung Han (CEO & Founding Partner), Euna Cook (Head of IR & PR) and NAM HWEU JO (SENIOR ASSOCIATE). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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