Hyundai Venture Investment Corporation
VC Fund
Seoul, South Korea
Hyundai Venture Investment Corporation is a VC fund in Seoul focused on Software and Biotechnology. With a corporate mission of helping small and medium companies, HVIC was founded in April 1997 with \ 30 billion of paid-in capital. HVIC is always ready to partner with companies which have innovative technology but weak financial and management basis. HVIC has a broad range of services for its portfolio companies including management control,technology consulting, not to mention financial assistance. HVIC became a new affiliated company of Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd on April 1, 2002
- Total investments:
- 16
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 31%
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Hyundai Venture Investment Corporation invests in
Stages Hyundai Venture Investment Corporation invests in
Countries Hyundai Venture Investment Corporation invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $560k–$6M
- Series A
- $3.1M–$13M
- Series B
- $4.9M–$26M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 4 (25%)
- Biotechnology 4 (25%)
- Health Care 3 (19%)
- SaaS 2 (13%)
- Wholesale 2 (13%)
Stage
- Series A 5 (31%)
- Series B 4 (25%)
- Seed 3 (19%)
- Funding Round 2 (13%)
- Post-IPO Equity 2 (13%)
Country
- South Korea 14 (88%)
- United States 1 (6%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Daniel ES Kim,
Founder
|
Founder | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Polaris3d offers indoor autonomous navigating solution. | $10.9M / Series B / Jun 03, 2024 | ||
| AUTOCRYPT is the leading player in mobility security technologies. Recognized by TU-Automotive as the Best Auto Cybersecurity Product/Solution of 2019, and shortlisted in 2020 for Automotive Tech Company of the Year, AUTOCRYPT continues to pave the way in transportation and mobility security through a multi-layered, holistic approach. Throughsecurity solutions for V2X/C-V2X, V2G (including Plug & Charge security), in-vehicle security, and Fleet Management, AUTOCRYPT ensures that security is prioritized before vehicles hit the road. | $25.5M / Series B / May 31, 2022 | ||
| We provides growth-hacking D2C solutions through AI headless commerce technology with data-pipeline connection and auto-marketing solutions. | $560K / Seed / May 12, 2022 | ||
| Anterogen is a bio-venture company specializing in research and development of cell therapy products and orphan drugs using adult stem cells. | Post-IPO Equity / Jan 01, 2022 | ||
| Amicogen develops bioproducts and health functional food ingredients. Their products include endo-lac, ginseng extraction powder, cauliflower mushrooms, chitosan oligosaccharides, chitoslim, keyclean, and more. | Post-IPO Equity / Jan 01, 2022 | ||
| APITBIO is a biotech company that specializes in antibody therapeutics research and development. | $12.7M / Series A / Feb 08, 2021 | ||
| Irang Tech develops, manufactures, and supplies communication components. | $915.5K / Seed / Dec 03, 2020 | ||
| We are a series B startup that was founded in October 2019 with $11.7 million in total funding. Unlike conventional creative studios, we work with various independent musicians, artists, and studios around the world to create a much more varied and inclusive content that we hope will resonate with the younger generations. We hope to make ourviewers smile and join them in meaningful conversations for years to come.https://www.youtube.com/c/CeREELs/ | $4.5M / Series A / Nov 15, 2020 | ||
| AUTOCRYPT is the leading player in mobility security technologies. Recognized by TU-Automotive as the Best Auto Cybersecurity Product/Solution of 2019, and shortlisted in 2020 for Automotive Tech Company of the Year, AUTOCRYPT continues to pave the way in transportation and mobility security through a multi-layered, holistic approach. Throughsecurity solutions for V2X/C-V2X, V2G (including Plug & Charge security), in-vehicle security, and Fleet Management, AUTOCRYPT ensures that security is prioritized before vehicles hit the road. | $12.7M / Series A / Sep 25, 2020 | ||
| Neosapience is a startup founded by former Qualcomm engineers and KAIST graduates in 2017. Their goal is to make AI powered virtual humans named Neosapience. They developed core technology to synthesize hyper-realistic and emotional speech from given text script. Currently, they run an AI voice actor service called Typecast based on the technology.Furthermore, they are also developing technologies to generate facial expressions and gestures, so that anyone can cast AI powered virtual voice and video actors and generate videos by just editing text. It would lead to a revolution in the media entertainment industry as creating content can be cheaper and easier. | $4.2M / Series A / Feb 12, 2020 | ||
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FAQ
What does Hyundai Venture Investment Corporation invest in?
Hyundai Venture Investment Corporation invests primarily in Software, Biotechnology and Health Care startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 16 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 Hyundai Venture Investment Corporation's check size?
Hyundai Venture Investment Corporation typically joins rounds of $560k–$6M at Seed, $3.1M–$13M at Series A and $4.9M–$26M 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 Hyundai Venture Investment Corporation participates in.
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The team at Hyundai Venture Investment Corporation includes Daniel ES Kim, (Founder). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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