# IBX Partners

> IBX Partners is a VC fund in Seoul backing FinTech, Finance and Software. See 9 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Seoul, South Korea
- Total investments: 9
- Last investment: Apr 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

IBX Partners is a venture capital firm that supports visionary entrepreneurs who are eager to solve the most painful problems worldwide.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 2 | 22% |
| Finance | 2 | 22% |
| Software | 2 | 22% |
| SaaS | 1 | 11% |
| Hotel | 1 | 11% |

23 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 3 | 33% |
| Series C | 3 | 33% |
| Series B | 2 | 22% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 11% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Medistream | Medistream operates an integrated platform for oriental medicine. | $17.1M | Series C | Apr 02, 2024 |  |
| Medistream | Medistream operates an integrated platform for oriental medicine. | $8.1M | Series B | Jan 16, 2023 |  |
| STAYFOLIO | * Founded in 2015, STAYFOLIO is a Fine-Stay platform that curates accommodations with unique values and personality with the motto of “Curate the space where staying itself is travel” * Beyond just introducing accommodation, we provide exclusive accommodation solutions by building a full value chain for Fine Stays, from the process of creatingaccommodation spaces to branding, promotion, operation and service. | $7.8M | Series A | Dec 21, 2022 |  |
| SentBe | Sentbe is creating finance without borders. As a fintech money transfer service, Sentbe provides an easier, faster, and more convenient way to transfer money abroad. | $10.8M | Series C | Sep 13, 2022 |  |
| Atlas Labs | Atlas Labs develops and delivers language-based AI solutions. | $6.5M | Series A | Sep 07, 2022 |  |
| PeopleFund | Founded in 2015, PeopleFund is Korea's leading data-driven digital lender focused on consumer finance. Our mission is to give financial freedom to all consumers through more affordable loans and better investment opportunities. Leveraging its proprietary, data-driven credit model and eliminating inefficiencies with technology, PeopleFunddelivers better loan rates for borrowers while maintaining an industry low loss rate to benefit retail and institutional investors. PeopleFund is the first digital lender in Korea to surpass $1B in loan originations and has provided an innovative way to invest to nearly 400,000 retail investors. It is notably the first fintech platform to offer loan and investment products directly on KakaoTalk, Korea's equivalent of WhatsApp. To date, PeopleFund has completed its Series C round of funding with a total of $63.4M of equity capital raised. For more information, visit www.peoplefund.co.kr. | $12.1M | Venture - Series Unknown | May 30, 2022 |  |
| Kodebox | A blockchain technology company on a mission to create and enable smarter asset management systems. | $16M | Series B | Apr 25, 2022 |  |
| Shopl & Company | Shopl, stands for “Shop + people”, is SasS-based software trying to resolve problems such as checking field team employees’ attendance and performance, get store data and set sales targets in the retail industry. It is the right technology connecting employees at retail shops and back-office teams at Headquarters. Shopl is in full operation from2020, and it already secured 10,000 users. Also, it is making revenue from paid customers by providing services to Global manufacturing companies.Shopl helps to manage both employees and store issues in real-time and improves employee engagement in the shop which positively impacts business performance. | $5M | Series A | Feb 08, 2022 |  |
| Soomgo | Soomgo supports interactions across categories such as education, home maintenance, event-related work, and personal services. It enables users to search for and engage providers for specific tasks, while service providers list and manage their offerings through the platform. Soomgo is a local services marketplace. | $28.6M | Series C | Jun 14, 2021 |  |

9 of 9 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [TBT](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tbt) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [IMM Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/imm-investment) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Korea Development Bank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kdb-industrial-bank) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Korea Development Bank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/korean-development-bank) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [TBT Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tbt-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Atinum Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/atinum-investment) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does IBX Partners invest in?

IBX Partners invests primarily in FinTech, Finance and Software startups, most often at Series A and Series C stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in South Korea. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did IBX Partners last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for IBX Partners closed in Apr 2024. Shizune tracks 9 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?

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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