# HG Ventures

> HG Ventures is a VC fund in Seoul backing Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. See 26 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Seoul, South Korea
- Total investments: 26
- Last investment: Dec 2025
- Lead investor: 12%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/HG__ventures
- Website: https://www.hgventures.io/

HG Ventures is a VC fund in Seoul focused on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. blockchain investment based in Korea

## Contacts

5 contacts available for HG Ventures. Shizune tracks 1 team members at HG Ventures. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/hg-ventures-5797?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $780k–$5.7M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 15 | 58% |
| Cryptocurrency | 8 | 31% |
| Finance | 4 | 15% |
| Gaming | 3 | 12% |
| FinTech | 3 | 12% |

34 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 16 | 62% |
| Funding Round | 5 | 19% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 3 | 12% |
| Initial Coin Offering | 2 | 8% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| South Korea | 5 | 19% |
| United States | 3 | 12% |
| Taiwan | 2 | 8% |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 8% |
| Singapore | 2 | 8% |

7 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Simon Jiang | Co-Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/simon-jiang-87ba |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Zoo Finance | Zoo Finance is a pioneering DeFi protocol focused on unlocking liquidity from locked assets, empowering users to access capital more efficiently while maximizing the utility of their on-chain holdings. | $8M | Seed | Dec 02, 2025 |  |
| POP Planet | PoPP is a web3 creator community program that serves as an integrated creator community tool and a one-stop content deposition application, supporting a large community by utilizing Web3 and AI technology. | $6M |  | Mar 13, 2025 |  |
| CryptoHunter World | CryptoHunter World is a blockchain-based collectible RPG Move to Play service that allows users to go on adventures with different Cryptids and win rewards through interaction and battle. | $2.8M | Seed | Sep 03, 2024 |  |
| XRADERS | XRADERS enables investors to make smart choices and experts can share unique market insights. | $2.1M | Seed | Apr 02, 2024 |  |
| Bell Therapeutics | Bell Therapeutics seeks to offer digital hearing rehabilitation therapies that are optimized for cochlear implant patients. We intend to eventually construct a digital treatment solution with a tailored rehabilitation AI module for each patient in phases by creating clinical data sets of the normal group and the hearing loss patient group andproducing an AI module capable of precise hearing diagnostics. |  | Seed | Sep 20, 2023 |  |
| Dmail | Dmail Network is a decentralized mailbox that provides a safe and private environment for users' communication, storage, tokens, and NFTs. The company was founded by Mittal S. and Lucas L. in 2021. |  | Seed | Jul 24, 2023 |  |
| Intmax | Intmax uses stateless Layer 2 zkRollup to provide cost-effective, private, and interoperable solutions to blockchain applications. | $5M | Seed | Apr 15, 2023 |  |
| Me2On | ME2ON develops, operates, and sells online social casino games. The company offers online social poker game platform, Fulpot Poker, and mobile social casino game platform, and Full House Casino game. It markets its products in South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore, and Japan. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jul 11, 2022 |  |
| Horizon Land | Horizon Land is the infrastructure platform that empowers builders to construct their own open and accessible virtual worlds; and to scale in a complete ecosystem of Games, Education, Entertainment, Social networks, … | $720K | Seed | Apr 01, 2022 |  |
| Reign of Terror | Reign of Terror is a cyberpunk metaverse blockchain game created to immerse players in a dreamlike futuristic metaverse. | $5M | Seed | Mar 24, 2022 |  |

10 of 26 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Spark Digital Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/spark-digital-capital) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [GBV Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/genesis-block-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [ZBS CAPITAL](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/zbs-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [GBIC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gbic) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Mindfulness Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mindfulness-capital-3e03) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Pragma Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pragma-ventures-e373) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does HG Ventures invest in?

HG Ventures invests primarily in Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Finance startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 26 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 HG Ventures's check size?

HG Ventures typically joins rounds of $780k–$5.7M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds HG Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact HG Ventures?

Public channels for HG Ventures include X (Twitter) 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 HG Ventures?

The team at HG Ventures includes Simon Jiang (Co-Founder). 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 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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