# K and Investment Partners

> K and Investment Partners is a VC fund in Seoul backing Software and Artificial Intelligence. See 21 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Seoul, South Korea
- Total investments: 21
- Last investment: Feb 2026
- Lead investor: 10%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: http://www.kninvest.co.kr

K and Investment Partners is a venture capital company that offers venture investment, funding, and consulting services.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $383k–$728k |
| Series A | $1k–$60M |
| Series B | $20k–$25M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 5 | 24% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 4 | 19% |
| Automotive | 3 | 14% |
| Manufacturing | 3 | 14% |
| Transportation | 3 | 14% |

49 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 7 | 33% |
| Series B | 7 | 33% |
| Seed | 3 | 14% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 10% |
| Series C | 1 | 5% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| South Korea | 18 | 86% |
| United States | 1 | 5% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Uniqconn | Uniqconn is a telecommunication company that offers wireless and mechanical interference services. | $12.9M | Series B | Feb 27, 2026 |  |
| BOS Semiconductors | BOS Semiconductors is a fabless semiconductor firm specializing in automotive-grade System-on-Chip (SoC) solutions and high-performance computing platforms. Its technologies support advanced driver assistance, autonomous driving, and centralized in-vehicle computing systems. | $60.3M | Series A | Feb 23, 2026 |  |
| Flatdis | Flatis is a corporation that specializes in naval engine control equipment and ship maintenance. | $6.8M |  | Dec 15, 2025 |  |
| Beamworks | Beamworks is a research-centered company in medical imaging and conversational AI, that enables expert-level cancer diagnosis anywhere in the world and providing reliable medical consultations at any time. The company's platform utilizes an on-device AI system that processes ultrasound data in real-time without the need for serverconnectivity, achieving detection sensitivity and differential diagnosis performance, enabling healthcare providers to offer precise and timely diagnostics and improve patient outcomes, and reduce unnecessary procedures. | $10.9M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 02, 2025 |  |
| Autonomous a2z | Autonomous a2z is a driving mobility platform that provides autonomous driving service with judgement, control and recognition technologies. | $25.3M | Series B | Oct 10, 2023 |  |
| earlysloth | Earlysloth is an AI based survey on the messenger for the enterprise. | $383.1K | Seed | Mar 20, 2023 |  |
| TR Entertainment | TR Entertainment focuses on creating various content that can cater to international interest. | $727.5K | Seed | Nov 08, 2022 |  |
| Autoel | Autoel is a lidar sensing technology for self-driving cars. | $7.8M | Series A | Oct 05, 2022 |  |
| Preneu | Preneu is a manufacturer of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) specializing in drone development across VTOL fixed-wing, helicopter, and multirotor configurations. The company also researches flight control systems, power management, and companion computing, enabling applications in defense, public safety, construction, and agriculture. | $2.3M | Series A | Jul 21, 2022 |  |
| earlysloth | Earlysloth is an AI based survey on the messenger for the enterprise. |  | Series A | May 23, 2022 |  |

10 of 21 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Korea Development Bank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/korean-development-bank) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [KB Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kbinvest) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Hana Financial Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hana-financial-investment) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Korea Development Bank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kdb-industrial-bank) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [STIC Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stic-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
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## FAQ

### What does K and Investment Partners invest in?

K and Investment Partners invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and Automotive startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 21 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 K and Investment Partners's check size?

K and Investment Partners typically joins rounds of $383k–$728k at Seed, $1k–$60M at Series A and $20k–$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 K and Investment Partners participates in.

### When did K and Investment Partners last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for K and Investment Partners closed in Feb 2026. Shizune tracks 21 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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