# Hanwha

> Hanwha is a VC fund in Seoul backing Manufacturing and Information Technology. See 30 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Seoul, South Korea
- Total investments: 30
- Last investment: Aug 2026
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/hanwha-corporation
- Website: http://english.hanwhacorp.co.kr
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/HanwhaCorp

Hanwha is a VC fund in Seoul focused on Manufacturing and Information Technology. Hanwha Corporation manufactures and sells explosives worldwide. The company offers industrial explosives; cladding and demolition materials; fireworks; explosive inflators; nitric acid, liquid ammonium nitrate, and ammonia; and blasting products. It also provides ballistic and cruise-type guided weapon systems; precision smart ammunitions;underwater sonar sensors, navigation devices, seekers, and laser target designators; small- and medium-sized unmanned systems; and more. In addition, the company trades oil products, plastic processed products, and inorganic chemicals; steel, nonferrous metals, and other raw materials; components for the machinery industry, welding facilities for shipbuilders, heavy equipment for construction sites, and vehicles; and paper products.Hanwha Corporation provides engineering and construction services for building, plant, and environment facilities, and others; operates athletic facilities, hotels, sports clubs, and department stores; develops, manages, and leases real estate properties; manages golf courses and resorts; manages deposits and installment savings; and offers shipping, leasing, asset management, and insurance agency and brokerage services. It also manufactures and trades machinery, petrochemicals, and synthetic resins; processes and distributes agricultural, livestock, and forest products; manufactures compounds, silicon ingots, bearings, and car parts; and generates solar energy. It is also involved in water treatment, pharmaceutical, environmental pollution, aquarium operation, incinerator, institutional foodservice and restaurant, packaging, forest development, reforestation, resources development, tourism, and catering businesses.Hanwha Corporation was formerly known as Korea Explosives Corp. and changed its name to Hanwha Corporation in March 1993. It was founded in 1952 and is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Manufacturing | 5 | 17% |
| Information Technology | 5 | 17% |
| Energy | 3 | 10% |
| Software | 3 | 10% |
| Solar | 2 | 7% |

52 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 5 | 17% |
| Series B | 4 | 13% |
| Seed | 2 | 7% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 7% |
| Post-IPO Equity | 2 | 7% |

12 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 11 | 37% |
| South Korea | 5 | 17% |
| Norway | 1 | 3% |
| Australia | 1 | 3% |
| Singapore | 1 | 3% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Korea Aerospace Industries | Korea Aerospace Industries is a producer and supplier of aerospace parts. They provide products that include fixed wing, rotary wing, UAV, aerostructures commercial, aerostructures military, training systems, satellites, korea space launch vehicles, commercial aircraft MRO, modification, and military aircraft MRO. | $352.6M | Post-IPO Equity | Aug 10, 2026 |  |
| REC Silicon ASA | REC Silicon ASA is a leading producer of advanced silicon materials, supplying high-purity polysilicon and silicon gases to the solar and electronics industries worldwide. We combine over 30 years' experience and best-in-class proprietary technology to deliver on customer expectations. Our two U.S. based plants have a capacity of more than20,000 MT high-purity polysilicon. REC Silicon is headquartered in Fornebu, Norway and listed on the Oslo stock exchange under the ticker: REC. | $10M | Post-IPO Debt | May 27, 2026 |  |
| Panthalassa | Panthalassa is a technology company focused on developing renewable energy systems in the ocean, particularly to power computing and artificial intelligence infrastructure. The company works on harnessing wave energy to generate electricity at sea, which can then be used to run offshore data centers or converted into fuels that are transported backto land. | $140M | Series B | May 04, 2026 |  |
| Hanwha Solutions | Hanwha Solutions is a newly formed corporation with the merger of Hanwha Chemical, Hanwha Q CELLS, and Hanwha Advanced Materials in January of 2020. Hanwha Solutions operates in three business areas: chemicals, total energy solutions, and advanced materials.Hanwha Solutions’ Chemical Division (formerly Hanwha Chemical), the undisputed leader inSouth Korea’s petrochemical industry, is becoming a global chemical company with high-value-added products, cost competitiveness, and strategic investments. | $571M | Post-IPO Equity | Apr 08, 2026 |  |
| Vatn Systems | Vatn Systems builds affordable autonomous underwater vehicles that act in cooperative swarms.At the core of Vatn's R&D efforts is advanced navigation software that is effective in GPS, vision, and comms compromised environments while reducing hardware costs. | $60M | Series A | Dec 10, 2025 |  |
| HavocAI | HavocAI is an artificial intelligence company that offers maritime autonomy solutions to the defense and commercial markets. | $85M | Series A | Oct 09, 2025 |  |
| MaverickX | Maverick BioMetals is a biotechnology business that is working to improve lithium processing. Founded in 2022 and is based in San Francisco, CA. | $19M | Seed | Apr 08, 2025 |  |
| MaverickX | MaverickX is a startup engineering advanced chemicals for natural resource extraction, focusing on oil, gas, and critical metals. | $19M | Seed | Apr 03, 2025 |  |
| Austal | Austal is a shipbuilding platform that designs, construct, and support revolutionary defense and commercial vessels. | $116.8M | Post-IPO Equity | Mar 17, 2025 |  |
| Hone Health | Hone treats men's hormone imbalances and low testosterone with at-home lab testing, physician consultations, and medication | $33M | Series A | Jan 28, 2025 |  |

10 of 30 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Altos Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/altos-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
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- [Amplify Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amplify-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
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## FAQ

### What does Hanwha invest in?

Hanwha invests primarily in Manufacturing, Information Technology and Energy startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 30 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Hanwha last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Hanwha closed in Aug 2026. Shizune tracks 30 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?

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