# Hanmi Pharmaceutical

> Hanmi Pharmaceutical is a VC fund backing Biotechnology and Biopharma. See 11 investments, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Seoul, South Korea
- Total investments: 11
- Last investment: Sep 2025
- Lead investor: 82%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hanmi-pharmaceuticals
- Website: http://www.hanmipharm.com

Hanmi Pharmaceutical is a VC fund in Seoul focused on Biotechnology and Biopharma. Established in 1973 in Korea, Hanmi Pharmaceuticals now is one of the top 5 pharmaceutical companies in terms of revenue, and the most R&D focused company with the highest R&D investment for several years.Hanmi has been successful for a few decades with high flexibility, continuously changing its market/development strategy fromfirst generics to IMD & FDC (Incrementally Modified Drug and Fixed Dose Combination) to new drug development including innovative small molecules and biologics. During the period of significant changes, Hanmi made multiple strategic collaboration relationships with multinational companies and biotech companies.Based on the success in 1980s and 1990s, Hanmi started its Chinese operation in 1996 with establishment of Beijing Hanmi. Now, Beijing Hanmi grew as a well-localized and well-settled Chinese company with more than 1,300 staffs including R&D, sales / marketing, and manufacturing experts and significant growth rate higher than 20% every year. Currently, Hanmi and Beijing Hanmi is closely collaborating on various business opportunities and new drug development projects as well as sales and marketing in Chinese territories.As the only Asian company with significant presence both in Korea and China, as the most R&D focused company with number of clinical stage projects with competitiveness, and as the company with open innovation based on multiple development/marketing collaborations, Hanmi is trying to develop and provide differentiated treatment options to patients suffering from various disease.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Biotechnology | 5 | 45% |
| Biopharma | 3 | 27% |
| Health Care | 3 | 27% |
| Pharmaceutical | 3 | 27% |
| Clinical Trials | 2 | 18% |

16 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 18% |
| Corporate Round | 2 | 18% |
| Post-IPO Equity | 2 | 18% |
| Series C | 1 | 9% |
| Post-IPO Debt | 1 | 9% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 4 | 36% |
| South Korea | 2 | 18% |
| Canada | 1 | 9% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Chong-Yoon Lim | President & CEO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chong-yoon-lim |
| Gwan-Sun Lee | President & CEO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gwan-sun-lee |
| Sung-ki Lim | Chairman & CEO / Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sung-ki-lim |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Aptose Biosciences | Aptose Biosciences is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, research and development of novel, first-in-class anticancer therapies with high safety profiles. Through its own discovery efforts, as well as partnering activities, Lorus is building a portfolio of promising anticancer drugs ranging from discovery and preclinical toclinical-proof-of concept stage. Lorus seeks suitable partners for subsequent late-stage registration trials and eventual commercialization. | $11.9M | Post-IPO Debt | Sep 22, 2025 | https://aptose.com/ |
| Aptose Biosciences | Aptose Biosciences is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, research and development of novel, first-in-class anticancer therapies with high safety profiles. Through its own discovery efforts, as well as partnering activities, Lorus is building a portfolio of promising anticancer drugs ranging from discovery and preclinical toclinical-proof-of concept stage. Lorus seeks suitable partners for subsequent late-stage registration trials and eventual commercialization. | $7.1M | Post-IPO Debt | Jun 20, 2025 | https://aptose.com/ |
| MEDiC | MEDiC is focusing on cancer drug targets in 3D tumor models using its proprietary CRISPR functional genomics platform. The biotech company is based in the San Francisco Bay Area. | $5M | Corporate Round | Oct 14, 2024 | https://www.medic-life-sciences.com |
| Aptose Biosciences | Aptose Biosciences is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, research and development of novel, first-in-class anticancer therapies with high safety profiles. Through its own discovery efforts, as well as partnering activities, Lorus is building a portfolio of promising anticancer drugs ranging from discovery and preclinical toclinical-proof-of concept stage. Lorus seeks suitable partners for subsequent late-stage registration trials and eventual commercialization. | $7.4M | Post-IPO Debt | Aug 30, 2024 | https://aptose.com/ |
| Aptose Biosciences | Aptose Biosciences is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, research and development of novel, first-in-class anticancer therapies with high safety profiles. Through its own discovery efforts, as well as partnering activities, Lorus is building a portfolio of promising anticancer drugs ranging from discovery and preclinical toclinical-proof-of concept stage. Lorus seeks suitable partners for subsequent late-stage registration trials and eventual commercialization. | $4M | Post-IPO Equity | Jan 26, 2024 | https://aptose.com/ |
| Aptose Biosciences | Aptose Biosciences is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, research and development of novel, first-in-class anticancer therapies with high safety profiles. Through its own discovery efforts, as well as partnering activities, Lorus is building a portfolio of promising anticancer drugs ranging from discovery and preclinical toclinical-proof-of concept stage. Lorus seeks suitable partners for subsequent late-stage registration trials and eventual commercialization. |  | Post-IPO Equity | Sep 06, 2023 | https://aptose.com/ |
| Digital Pharm | Digital Pharm is a pharmaceutical company that specializes in electroceuticals and DTx. |  | Corporate Round | Apr 01, 2022 |  |
| Spectrum Pharmaceuticals | Spectrum Pharmaceuticals is a commercial-stage biotechnology company with fully integrated commercial and drug development operations, and a focus in oncology and hematology. | $20M | Post-IPO Equity | Jan 04, 2022 | http://sppirx.com |
| EvidNet | EvidNet is a heathcare IT company that provides Real World Evidence (RWE) solutions based on hospital data, empowers R&D and business decision-making in the life sciences and healthcare industries. We works with over 50 university hospitals and tertiary/general hospitals in Korea to build Real World Data (RWD) using the OMOP-CDM standard,our FeederNet® data platform enables multi-institutional research and AI Federated M/L without compromising on privacy and security. Our solutions and AI technologies provide a wide range of insights for customers from R&D to commercialization. |  | Seed | Nov 12, 2018 | https://www.evidnet.com/ |
| Darmiyan | Darmiyan has developed a novel, proprietary, patent-protected technology called The Virtual Microscope (Software Algorithm). Using a non-invasive routine clinical brain MRI scan, The Virtual Microscope technology looks into the human brain and localizes and quantifies cell distortion (neurodegeneration) in every voxel of brain MRI generating newbrain maps. The first clinical product of this technology is BrainSee, an AI-powered algorithm that has completed a successful third-party validation in the US and Canada establishing a remarkable accuracy and consistency for prognosis of mild cognitive impairment. It is built on over 40 years of cutting-edge neuroscience research combined with advanced medical image analysis and AI, and has received official approval from the late Prof. Paul Greengard, Nobel Laureate in Physiology/ Medicine 2000. | $3.7M | Seed | Oct 01, 2017 | https://www.darmiyan.com/ |

10 of 11 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [AAF Management Ltd.](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aafmanagement) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [AAF Management Ltd.](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arabangel) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Arkitekt Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arkitekt-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [DHVC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/danhua-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [IT-Farm](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/it-farm) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [KT Corp](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kt-corp) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Hanmi Pharmaceutical invest in?

Hanmi Pharmaceutical invests primarily in Biotechnology, Biopharma and Health Care startups, most often at Seed and Corporate Round stage. Most of the 11 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Hanmi Pharmaceutical?

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### Who are the partners at Hanmi Pharmaceutical?

The team at Hanmi Pharmaceutical includes Chong-Yoon Lim (President & CEO), Gwan-Sun Lee (President & CEO) and Sung-ki Lim (Chairman & CEO / Founder). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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