# JYP

> JYP is a VC fund in Seoul backing Printing, Apps and Content. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Seoul, South Korea
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Jul 2024
- Lead investor: 38%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/jypnation
- Website: https://www.jype.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jypnation

JYP is an entertainment and music label company based in South Korea.

## Contacts

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

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Printing | 2 | 25% |
| Apps | 1 | 13% |
| Content | 1 | 13% |
| Fashion | 1 | 13% |
| FinTech | 1 | 13% |

23 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 3 | 38% |
| Seed | 2 | 25% |
| Series B | 1 | 13% |
| Corporate Round | 1 | 13% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 13% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Park Jin-young | Founder, Co-Chief Executive Officer & Head | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/park-jin-young |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ​Orange Square | ​Orange Square is a fintech platform that offers prepaid cards and mobile wallets for travelers. | $7.3M | Corporate Round | Jul 11, 2024 |  |
| Webling | Weebling is concentrating on infrastructure investment for service differentiation in addition to introducing high-end DTG (Direct to Garment) printing technology from Cornit, Israel for the first time in the domestic POD sector to increase the printing quality of its key product, apparel. |  | Seed | Aug 22, 2023 |  |
| Snaps | Snaps sells photo books, clothes, calendars, stickers, photo frames, and accessories. | $9M | Venture - Series Unknown | Aug 22, 2023 |  |
| Forest Factory | Forest Factory is a content production company specialising in album and MD packaging, providing integrated management of the entire process from planning to production and post-production. Forest Factory translates the planning intent and direction of projects into tangible content. | $1.6M | Series A | Aug 18, 2023 |  |
| vling | Vling is a search engine platform that provides data and insights. | $1.9M | Series A | Jul 04, 2022 |  |
| 4by4 | 4by4 is a video production and content management platform that aid small and large business institutions in business development. | $4.2M | Seed | Dec 01, 2021 |  |
| NAVER Z | NAVER Z develops an application where users can create different 3D avatars online using facial recognition, AR, and 3D technology. The app allows users to create different identities online, where they can make friends across age, gender, race, and region, and they can go anywhere, transcending time and space. | $188.9M | Series B | Nov 30, 2021 |  |
| NAVER Z | NAVER Z develops an application where users can create different 3D avatars online using facial recognition, AR, and 3D technology. The app allows users to create different identities online, where they can make friends across age, gender, race, and region, and they can go anywhere, transcending time and space. | $3.7M | Series A | Nov 09, 2020 |  |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Hybe](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hybe-corporation) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [YG Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yg-investment) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [YG PLUS](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yg-plus) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Korea Development Bank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kdb-industrial-bank) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Korea Development Bank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/korean-development-bank) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Korea Venture Investment Corp](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/korea-venture-investment-corp) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does JYP invest in?

JYP invests primarily in Printing, Apps and Content startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 8 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in South Korea. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact JYP?

Public channels for JYP include X (Twitter), the website linked on this profile and Facebook. 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 JYP?

The team at JYP includes Park Jin-young (Founder, Co-Chief Executive Officer & Head). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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