IMM Private Equity
VC Fund
Seoul, South Korea
IMM Private Equity (“IMM PE”) is an independent private equity firm specializing in significant minority investment and middle market buyout. For the past 10 years, IMM PE has logged an unblemished record of outstanding growth and returns, and maintained its position at the top of Korea’s private equity industry.
- Total investments:
- 15
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 33%
- Fund size:
- $1.3B
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries IMM Private Equity invests in
Stages IMM Private Equity invests in
Countries IMM Private Equity invests in
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 3 (20%)
- Manufacturing 3 (20%)
- Apps 2 (13%)
- Cosmetics 2 (13%)
- Pet 1 (7%)
Stage
- Venture - Series Unknown 4 (27%)
- Series C 3 (20%)
- Private Equity 3 (20%)
- Series A 2 (13%)
- Series B 2 (13%)
Country
- South Korea 12 (80%)
- United States 2 (13%)
- Taiwan 1 (7%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
I.J. Song
CEO & Senior Partner
|
CEO & Senior Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Sung - Bae JI
Senior Partner
|
Senior Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Timothy Dong - Woo CHANG
CEO & Senior Partner
|
CEO & Senior Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Young - Ho Kim
CIO & Partner
|
CIO & Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Hae-Joon Joseph Lee
Partner and Chief Investment Officer
|
Partner and Chief Investment Officer | Total investments: 1 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goodai Global is a K beauty distribution and marketing platform company. | $586.3M / Private Equity / Jun 27, 2025 | ||
| MEGAZONECLOUD, headquartered in Seoul, South Korea is established in 2018 as spun out the cloud business of Megazone Corporation that was founded in 1998 with U$45M Series-A investment.We are a customer-centric company dedicated to empowering customers with cloud-optimized technology, people and process as we believe Cloud is the optimizeddigital transformation platform today. We provide a broad and rich set of consulting services and technology solutions for businesses' cloud adoption and digital transformation based on a strong partnership with Amazon Web Services(AWS) and 100+global technology partners.We have been trusted by more than 1500 enterprise, mid-market, and SME customers, including large Korean enterprises like Samsung, LG, Lotte Group, with diverse use cases ranging from simple migration to the most complex application projects. Our in-depth technical expertise and years of experience working with customers of different sizes and industries have proven us to be the largest premier consulting partner of AWS in Asia Pacific. Outside Korea, we currently have offices in Palo Alto, Tokyo, Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Hanoi aggressively expanding our presence in the global market. | $347M / Series C / Aug 10, 2022 | ||
| IMDT develops companion animal services focused on animal hospitals for both veterinarians and guardians. They create a platform that enables guardians to make simple, data-driven decisions. | $5.9M / Series A / May 10, 2022 | ||
| Bear Robotics addresses the increased pressure faced by the restaurant industry around wages, labor supply, and cost efficiencies. It aims to revolutionize the restaurant and food service industry using robotics and AI. The company makes robots that help customers receive an improved dining experience, employees with greater job satisfaction, andowners of restaurants with an increase in profits. | $81M / Series B / Mar 15, 2022 | ||
| Hanssem is a home interior distribution company that provides furniture, appliances, household accessories, and fabric products. | Venture - Series Unknown / Jan 01, 2022 | ||
| APRINOIA is a late-stage biotechnology company committed to protecting patients' brain health and changing outcomes of neurodegenerative diseases through first-in-class and best-in-class diagnostic tools and novel therapies. The company aims to bring precision medicine to neuroscience by identifying and targeting the protein aggregates of tau,alpha-synuclein and other proteins that play a critical role in the pathogenesis of many neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Diseases. The company currently has operations in Hong Kong, Suzhou, Shanghai, Tokyo, and Boston. | $40M / Series C / Dec 28, 2021 | ||
| Pet Friends is a one-hour delivery service for pet supplies. | Venture - Series Unknown / Jan 01, 2021 | ||
| - CARVI is the only company that offers "Vision-based Advanced Driver Assistance System (ADAS) + Contextual Data Platform based on Driver Behaviors and 3D road data“ - CARVI helps safe driving by eliminating the risk of accidents while driving and analyzing/managing the driver's habits. - CARVI also supports Smoke detection, DrunkDriving detection, Parking Violation detection and Keyless lock/unlock solution for Insurance, Fleets and Car-sharing services. - CARVI has experienced vision-based ADAS as an OEM to the car manufacturer, and now focuses on Telematics which has a market share of 100B dollars on 2025. - The "Camera-based driving, driver's habits, road conditions and environment" data acquired by CARVI has core values such as 3D road Map for self-driving cars. | $16.5M / Series B / Apr 30, 2020 | ||
| Air First is a manufacturer and distributor of industrial gases. | Venture - Series Unknown / Jan 01, 2019 | ||
| Shinhan Financial Group offers various financial services, including commercial banking, credit card services, securities services, insurance, credit services, and asset management, such as securities investment trust management, investment advisory, call transactions, domestic and foreign private equity fund business, and others. | Venture - Series Unknown / Jan 01, 2019 | ||
| See all 15 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does IMM Private Equity invest in?
IMM Private Equity invests primarily in Software, Manufacturing and Apps startups, most often at Venture - Series Unknown and Series C stage. Most of the 15 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in South Korea. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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Who are the partners at IMM Private Equity?
The team at IMM Private Equity includes I.J. Song (CEO & Senior Partner), Sung - Bae JI (Senior Partner) and Timothy Dong - Woo CHANG (CEO & Senior Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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