# Kaist Venture Investment Holdings

> Kaist Venture Investment Holdings is a VC fund backing Health Care. See 45 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Seoul, South Korea
- Total investments: 45
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 49%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: http://kaistventures.com/home-en/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kvi1031/

Kaist Venture Investment Holdings is a startup company that invests in startups that solve social problems through innovative technologies. They invest in businesses that maximize synergy by pursuing both social and financial values at the same time. It focuses on five sectors including health, environment, education, elimination of inequality, andsocial infrastructure. Kaist Venture Investment Holdings was founded on October 31, 2014, and is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $149k–$1.5M |
| Grant | $7k–$1.3M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Health Care | 8 | 18% |
| Information Technology | 8 | 18% |
| Medical | 6 | 13% |
| Apps | 5 | 11% |
| Software | 5 | 11% |

88 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 39 | 87% |
| Grant | 2 | 4% |
| Angel | 1 | 2% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 2% |
| Series A | 1 | 2% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| South Korea | 40 | 89% |
| United States | 2 | 4% |
| Australia | 1 | 2% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Byungtae Lee | Founder and CEO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/byungtae-lee |
| Kyoungchul Kong | Associate Professor | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kyoungchul-kong |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SnapScale | SnapScale develops an ontology-driven, agentic AI platform designed to automate FEED-EPC design and document verification processes for the plant engineering industry. Operating entirely on-premise to protect proprietary data, the system utilizes specialized engineering knowledge graphs to autonomously modify CAD drawings, execute hydrauliccalculations, and verify cross-document consistency. This approach eliminates structural data mismatches and slashes engineering verification cycles from weeks to a single day, preventing costly project delivery penalties. |  | Seed | Jul 31, 2026 |  |
| Metealth | Metealth is a company that provides simple, non-invasive genetic testing and personalized healthcare solutions using fingernails. It focuses on pain-free genetic testing and health monitoring by extracting high-quality DNA from 0.05g of fingernails rather than blood or saliva. | $7K | Grant | Jul 30, 2026 |  |
| Blue Magnet | Blue Magnet is a startup company that develops technology for treating radioactive waste from nuclear power plants. The company specializes in nuclear waste treatment solutions, with a particular focus on developing magnetic materials for collecting and processing radioactive cesium and other contaminants from nuclear facilities. |  | Seed | Jun 08, 2026 |  |
| Visionary | Visionary operates as a spatial intelligence infrastructure company for autonomous systems.Visionary is a single data platform for autonomous systems, from registration and processing to search and evaluation. | $528.7K | Seed | Apr 01, 2026 |  |
| A.drop | A.drop is an advertising solution that effectively leverages first-party (1P) in-app data from both web and mobile app developers to deliver highly personalized and targeted marketing campaigns, driving better engagement, higher conversion rates, and improved return on investment (ROI). | $1.5M | Seed | Sep 03, 2025 |  |
| MetaDx | MetaDx is a veterinary bioinformatics analysis company that detects tumors in pets and provides diagnostic services. | $344.4K | Seed | Apr 03, 2025 |  |
| Podonos | Podonos' evaluation service offers industry-leading evaluation outcomes at a 10x reduction in time and expense. | $680.1K | Pre-Seed | Mar 28, 2025 |  |
| Risorius | Risorious provide clear guidelines for prescribing neuropsychiatric drugs. | $341.7K | Seed | Mar 25, 2025 |  |
| Shunytech | Shunytech owns an experienced aquaculture technology company that aims to revolutionize the industry. The company provides smart aquaculture equipment and monitoring systems, allowing aquaculture farms to function more efficiently |  | Seed | Dec 19, 2024 |  |
| CHOOPERMARKET | Choopermarket sells winery and gift products. | $225.1K | Seed | Sep 20, 2024 |  |

10 of 45 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Kakao Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kakao-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Lotte Accelerator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lotte-accelerator) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [MYSC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mysc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Primer](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/primer) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Ascendo Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ascendo-ventures-llc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Banking Youth Startup Foundation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/banking-youth-startup-foundation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Kaist Venture Investment Holdings invest in?

Kaist Venture Investment Holdings invests primarily in Health Care, Information Technology and Medical startups, most often at Seed and Grant stage. Most of the 45 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 Kaist Venture Investment Holdings's check size?

Kaist Venture Investment Holdings typically joins rounds of $149k–$1.5M at Seed and $7k–$1.3M at Grant. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Kaist Venture Investment Holdings participates in.

### How do I contact Kaist Venture Investment Holdings?

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### Who are the partners at Kaist Venture Investment Holdings?

The team at Kaist Venture Investment Holdings includes Byungtae Lee (Founder and CEO) and Kyoungchul Kong (Associate Professor). 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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