# IP Ventures

> IP Ventures is a VC fund backing News, Medical and Education. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Jul 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

IP Ventures is a VC fund focused on News and Medical. IP Ventures

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series B | $16M–$25M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| News | 1 | 20% |
| Medical | 1 | 20% |
| Education | 1 | 20% |
| Logistics | 1 | 20% |
| Industrial | 1 | 20% |

11 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 2 | 40% |
| Seed | 1 | 20% |
| Series A | 1 | 20% |
| Series D | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Byte Company | Daily Byte is a business and economics media platform that delivers simplified financial and market news through newsletters, premium content, and investment analysis services. The platform helps readers understand complex economic issues, stock markets, and business trends in an easy-to-digest format through daily briefings and educationalcontent. It also offers premium research content under the “Byte+” membership service focused on investing, finance, and economic insights. |  | Seed | Jul 07, 2022 | https://www.mydailybyte.com/ |
| TeamFresh | TeamFresh is a cargo and freight company that provides logistics services. | $123.8M | Series D | Jun 28, 2022 | https://www.teamfresh.co.kr/ |
| Jaranda | Jaranda is a learning sheet for working parents platform. They provide services for children. It solves the problem of asymmetry in child care and education information that depends on human networks. It helps children and parents discover and experience what they want. | $24.5M | Series B | Apr 29, 2022 | https://jaranda.kr/ |
| MetaFines | MetaFines is a biopharma firm that creates anticancer medications with the goal of preventing the spread of cancer. By extending and reconfiguring the indications of off-label medications for terminal tumors, the company creates minimal anticancer pharmaceuticals. It also provides subcutaneous injections and therapies, allowing patients to fightcancer and enhance their standard of living with cancer metabolism.The company develops ow-toxic medicines for metabolic cancer. This low-toxic metabolic anti-cancer agent is distinguished by being created so that metabolic anti-cancer agents that limit cell growth but operate via various pathways can work in concert with one another. | $15.7M | Series B | Apr 28, 2022 | http://www.metafines.com/ |
| Jaranda | Jaranda is a learning sheet for working parents platform. They provide services for children. It solves the problem of asymmetry in child care and education information that depends on human networks. It helps children and parents discover and experience what they want. | $8.7M | Series A | Jun 03, 2021 | https://jaranda.kr/ |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Korea Development Bank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/korean-development-bank) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Korea Development Bank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kdb-industrial-bank) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Korea Investment Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/korea-investment-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Atinum Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/atinum-investment) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Atinum Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/atinum-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [BMI KOREA](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bmi-korea) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does IP Ventures invest in?

IP Ventures invests primarily in News, Medical and Education startups, most often at Series B and Seed stage. Most of the 5 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 IP Ventures's check size?

IP Ventures typically joins rounds of $16M–$25M 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 IP Ventures participates in.

### When did IP Ventures last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for IP Ventures closed in Jul 2022. Shizune tracks 5 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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