GS Retail
VC Fund
Yeoksamdong, South Korea
GS Retail is a VC fund in Yeoksamdong focused on Food and Beverage and Apps. GS Retail sells beauty and skincare products, candles, gifts, perfumes, bathroom accessories and other products.
- Total investments:
- 25
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 16%
Last updated:
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Industries GS Retail invests in
Stages GS Retail invests in
Countries GS Retail invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
2 more contacts available
Round size
- Seed
- $186k–$1.6M
- Series A
- $2.2M–$5.9M
- Series B
- $2.7M–$17M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Food and Beverage 4 (16%)
- Apps 3 (12%)
- Robotics 3 (12%)
- Food Processing 3 (12%)
- Information Technology 3 (12%)
Stage
- Series A 8 (32%)
- Seed 7 (28%)
- Series B 6 (24%)
- Series C 2 (8%)
- Corporate Round 1 (4%)
Country
- South Korea 21 (84%)
- Iraq 1 (4%)
- United States 1 (4%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Lee Seong-hwa
managing director
|
managing director | Total investments: 3 | Find email | |
Yeon-soo Huh
President, Chief Executive Officer & Director
|
President, Chief Executive Officer & Director | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
YoungHoon Park
Senior Executive Vice President
|
Senior Executive Vice President | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
CafeWhale
|
the AI intelligence layer transforming physical retail into a continuous, data-driven ecosystem. By integrating real-time machine telemetry, customer behavior analytics, and automated engagement, MoonWhale connects the physical and digital, enabling retailers to optimize conversion, retention, and operations through a unified, adaptiveinfrastructure. | $1.6M / Seed / Feb 24, 2026 | |
PO:DL
|
PO:DL is a beauty and skincare brand. It develops and retails a variety of skincare products, including hydrating masks, pore-cleansing balms, and skin care packs. Its flagship product, the 'Gongju Balm Balm-to-Foam Cleanser,' is a gel-type cleanser that utilizes balm ingredients and eliminates the need for double cleansing. | $2.5M / Series A / Jun 19, 2025 | |
The Grit
|
The Grit manufactures multi-use container and collection boxes. | $4.1M / Series A / Oct 13, 2023 | |
Snackfor
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Snackfor is a B2B company that curates and delivers snacks to offices. The company provides subscription-based snack boxes delivered to offices at a pre-decided time, enabling businesses to outsource their food facilities and receive food items at their convenience. | $2.7M / Series B / Sep 11, 2023 | |
Robros
|
Robros is constantly creating technology to break through the barrier between people and robots in order to build a world in which everyone in the service industry can live a physically and emotionally happy life. | $1.2M / Seed / Jul 21, 2023 | |
Dayoff
|
Dayoff wants to be a sensual content and product-curating platform for travel media commerce. It promotes taste-based domestic and international unknown travel products and provides differentiating services in the current travel market, where well-known products and information centered on the lowest price are the main focus. In addition tosupplying limited direct contract products, it intends to expand the current accommodation service to include excursions and activities in the market. | Seed / Jul 19, 2023 | |
Kaviar
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Kaviar is an Restaurant Meal Replacement business that collects a wide range of dishes from illustrious chefs and eateries. | $12.1M / Series B / Dec 06, 2022 | |
Mommom
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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 28, 2022 | |
Robo Arete
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Robo Arete is a completely automated and robotics enables F&B servicing company with restaurants and takeaways. | $5.8M / Series A / May 12, 2022 | |
IMDT
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IMDT develops companion animal services focused on animal hospitals for both veterinarians and guardians. They create a platform that enables guardians to make simple, data-driven decisions. | $5.9M / Series A / May 10, 2022 | |
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FAQ
What does GS Retail invest in?
GS Retail invests primarily in Food and Beverage, Apps and Robotics startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 25 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 GS Retail's check size?
GS Retail typically joins rounds of $186k–$1.6M at Seed, $2.2M–$5.9M at Series A and $2.7M–$17M 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 GS Retail participates in.
How do I contact GS Retail?
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Who are the partners at GS Retail?
The team at GS Retail includes Lee Seong-hwa (managing director), Yeon-soo Huh (President, Chief Executive Officer & Director) and YoungHoon Park (Senior Executive Vice President). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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