# KNet Investment Partners

> KNet Investment Partners is a VC fund backing Manufacturing. See 74 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Seoul, South Korea
- Total investments: 74
- Last investment: Aug 2026
- Lead investor: 8%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: http://en.knetinvestment.com/

KNet Investment Partners is a VC fund in Seoul focused on Manufacturing and Information Technology. K-Net is a venture capital firm.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $743k–$12M |
| Series A | $2.9M–$14M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Manufacturing | 12 | 16% |
| Information Technology | 11 | 15% |
| Gaming | 10 | 14% |
| Biotechnology | 8 | 11% |
| Software | 7 | 9% |

101 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 37 | 50% |
| Series A | 13 | 18% |
| Seed | 8 | 11% |
| Series B | 7 | 9% |
| Series C | 3 | 4% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| South Korea | 58 | 78% |
| United States | 5 | 7% |
| China | 1 | 1% |
| Russian Federation | 1 | 1% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ho-jang Lee | Partner & Executive Director | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ho-jang-lee |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Awexome Ray | Awexome Ray is a company that manufactures next-generation X-ray generator. | $5.3M | Series B | Aug 10, 2026 |  |
| The Muse Entertainment | The Muse Entertainment is a professional entertainment agency. | $3.9M | Venture - Series Unknown | Aug 05, 2026 |  |
| PaySign | Paysign is a SaaS platform that provides electronic document management and valid e-signature services for businesses. It allows users to create, send, sign, and track contracts online. |  | Series A | Dec 16, 2025 |  |
| Endorobotics | Endorobotics is an educational technology company specializing in exam preparation solutions. Its platform provides automated question generation, adaptive difficulty adjustment, CSAT-style question modeling, and the creation of similar questions based on incorrect answers. The company enables middle and high school educators and students to accesspersonalized mock examinations, enhance learning outcomes, and streamline exam preparation through automation and data-driven insights. | $22.2M | Series C | Dec 03, 2025 |  |
| Bone | Bone is a defense tech company. It builds autonomous drones and mission-ready AI systems. It integrates advanced hardware, intelligent software, and end-to-end solutions to support complex operations across commercial, industrial, and defense applications. It develops autonomous robotics systems for national defense and disaster response. | $11.7M | Seed | Nov 18, 2025 |  |
| Guru Company | Guru Company provides webtoon services aimed at increasing visitor involvement. The company offers embedding webtoons and web novel services in company-owned apps or websites. |  | Seed | Nov 20, 2024 |  |
| Brave Company | Brave company is a wellness company that creates consumer goods brands such as chicken breast and diet convenience foods. Brave Company aims to revolutionize the world's everyday health by infiltrating the daily routines of exercising, eating, and enjoying together with creators. | $2.9M | Series A | Nov 08, 2024 |  |
| VAGames | VAGames is a game-developing company that develops mobile games using 3D cartoon rendering graphic technology. | $2.3M | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 20, 2024 |  |
| Buying Square | BUYING SQUARE operates Catalog Shop, a next-generation B2B wholesale platform designed to eliminate inefficiencies in traditional wholesale transactions. This innovative platform streamlines the entire wholesale process by transforming unstructured product data—Excel sheets, PDFs, and image files—into standardized digital catalogs using proprietaryAI technology. Through Catalog Shop, global buyers can seamlessly browse brand catalogs, select their preferred language and currency, and place wholesale orders instantly with a user-friendly shopping cart system.Leveraging strategic partnerships with numerous brands and wholesalers, as well as its expertise in big data refinement, the company achieved KRW 8 billion in transaction volume within its first year. By 2024, just five years after its founding, cumulative transaction volume surpassed KRW 130 billion.In October 2024, it became the first B2B wholesale platform in South Korea to establish a 1,200-square-foot showroom in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York. This space will serve as a global hub for curated exhibitions and runway showcases, expanding market opportunities for emerging K-brands while fostering deeper connections between brands and international buyers.In 2025, the company signed exclusive wholesale distribution agreements with some of the most sought-after K-fashion brands, including ORR, CODEGRAPHY, ULKIN, BETTYBOOP, ANOETIC, LETERIE, and ENZO BLUES, further solidifying its position as a key player in the global fashion wholesale industry. Headquartered in Seoul, the company also operates offices in New York, Shanghai, Tokyo, and Tsim Sha Tsui, strengthening its presence across major international markets. | $14M | Series A | Mar 01, 2024 |  |
| Capsule Media | Capsule Media is a company focused on developing capsule-based health and wellness solutions, including dietary supplements and related products. It emphasizes improving personal well-being through convenient capsule formulations and user-friendly health solutions. The platform also provides information and products aimed at supporting nutrition,lifestyle, and preventive health care. | $3.8M | Series A | Jan 05, 2024 |  |

10 of 74 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Big Basin Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/big-basin-capital) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [CRIT Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/crit-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [IMM Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/imm-investment) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Korea Development Bank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/korean-development-bank) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Atinum Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/atinum-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Bass Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bass-investment) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does KNet Investment Partners invest in?

KNet Investment Partners invests primarily in Manufacturing, Information Technology and Gaming startups, most often at Funding Round and Series A stage. Most of the 74 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 KNet Investment Partners's check size?

KNet Investment Partners typically joins rounds of $743k–$12M at Seed and $2.9M–$14M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds KNet Investment Partners participates in.

### How do I contact KNet Investment Partners?

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### Who are the partners at KNet Investment Partners?

The team at KNet Investment Partners includes Ho-jang Lee (Partner & Executive Director). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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