Kakao Investment
VC Fund
Seongnam, South Korea
Kakao Investment is a VC fund in Seongnam focused on Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence. Incorporated in 2015, Kakao Investment is a 100% subsidiary of Kakao which specializes in venture capital investments.Based on Kakao’s philosophy of “Connect Everything”, Kakao Investment seeks to invest and support innovative start-ups that can realize interpersonal connection and the connection of all of us to the things around us. Also KakaoInvestment strives to foster a virtuous circle with in the venture environment by facilitating M&As and IPOs.
- Total investments:
- 56
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 30%
Last updated:
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Industries Kakao Investment invests in
Stages Kakao Investment invests in
Countries Kakao Investment invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 6 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Seed
- $811k–$20M
- Series A
- $1.8M–$12M
- Series C
- $7.1M–$123M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Information Technology 10 (18%)
- Artificial Intelligence 8 (14%)
- Software 7 (13%)
- SaaS 4 (7%)
- FinTech 4 (7%)
Stage
- Seed 18 (32%)
- Series A 11 (20%)
- Series C 8 (14%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 8 (14%)
- Series B 6 (11%)
Country
- South Korea 38 (68%)
- United States 6 (11%)
- Japan 3 (5%)
- Singapore 2 (4%)
- Australia 1 (2%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Do-young Kim
CEO
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CEO | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
John Park
CEO
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CEO | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Kim Bum-soo
Founder
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Founder | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Kris Park
Director
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Director | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Park Ji-hwan
CEO
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CEO | Total investments: 6 | Find email | |
| See all 6 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| RLWRLD specializes in "Physical AI" by creating robotics foundation models (RFMs) designed to enable robots to function autonomously in real-world environments. | $26M / Seed / Feb 25, 2026 | ||
| Tommoro Robotics is an AI robotics company spun out from Seoul National University, developing Robot Foundation Models (RFM) for humanoid robots. It builds the HABILIS platform enabling robots to understand language, perceive environments, and perform tasks autonomously. The company focuses on Physical AI, aiming to create scalable humanoidworkforce solutions for real-world industrial and service applications. | Seed / Dec 30, 2025 | ||
FuriosaAI
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FuriosaAI develops system semiconductors optimized for AI, enabling efficient processing of large amounts of data in a short period of time. | $123.1M / Series C / Jul 22, 2025 | |
| Superb AI is a company that develops computer vision and MLOps solutions designed to support AI deployment across industries such as manufacturing, logistics, physical security, and autonomous systems. Its platform provides tools for data annotation, model training, deployment, monitoring, and dataset management to help organizations manage AIworkflows more efficiently. The company also develops industry-focused Vision AI technologies, including foundation models and video analytics systems that can be applied to industrial and operational environments. Superb AI works with enterprises in sectors including automotive, electronics, energy, and infrastructure, supporting applications such as defect detection, surveillance analysis, and autonomous driving data processing. In addition to its software platform, the company conducts research and development in areas such as data-centric AI, physical AI, and spatial recognition technologies. The company helps enterprises accelerate AI adoption through automated data labeling, model training, and continuous AI performance optimization. | $10.3M / Series C / Sep 26, 2024 | ||
| Pettaverse is an animal metaverse platform that creates characters using IPs of companion animals. | $7.3M / Series A / Aug 13, 2024 | ||
| Snaptag is a developer of an invisible watermark technology intended for image data engine processing. | $1.8M / Series B / Jul 10, 2024 | ||
| Lemontree is a financial technology startup that provides an application enabling parents to oversee their children's allowances, financial education, and stock investments in a single platform. This initiative is motivated by a vision to assist children in accumulating future wealth through personal finance education and fostering theireconomic independence. Lemon Tree seeks to convert traditional, theory-based financial education into practical, experiential learning. | $1.7M / Seed / Jul 09, 2024 | ||
| Zehitomo is an Japanese online platform that enables user to hire local service professionals, from photographers to personal trainers. | $7.1M / Series C / Apr 17, 2024 | ||
| With lightweight and fast 3D engine, Adler’s 3D Web will usher into an era where virtual reality becomes an everyday part of life, accessible from anywhere in the world.Adler 3D is a next-generation 3D random chat platform that combines real-time virtual environments with spontaneous social interaction. Users can connect through text or voice inimmersive spaces that reflect their mood and personality, meeting and expressing themselves through lifelike avatars, all instantly accessible from a web browser or mobile device.Blending the spontaneity of random chat apps with the immersion of virtual worlds, Adler 3D aims to create a safe, emotionally engaging space where people can relax, talk, and connect anytime, from anywhere.In 2022, Adler secured a significant investment of 2.1 million USD from prominent institutional investors, including Korea Investment Partners, the top-ranked investment firm in Korea based on AUM rankings, reaffirming its technological prowess. Last September, Adler took center stage as an official technology partner at the prestigious Carrousel du Louvre in Paris, France, during the Focus Art Fair.Yurica Ovaerenu, the CEO of Adler, embarked on her entrepreneurial journey at the age of 16 while studying in the second year of Seoul Science High School. She chose to drop out of Seoul National University, the top-ranked university in Korea. At the age of 27, she became a serial entrepreneur who underwent a gender transition. Inspired by her extensive experience playing 3D games like Overwatch and Mabinogi before her transition, she had a vision to create a virtual reality where individuals can truly be themselves. | $359.3K / Seed / Apr 16, 2024 | ||
| Revolutionizing human-machine interaction | $20M / Seed / Oct 04, 2023 | ||
| See all 56 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Kakao Investment invest in?
Kakao Investment invests primarily in Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence and Software startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 56 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in South Korea. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Kakao Investment invest in?
Kakao Investment typically joins rounds of $811k–$20M at Seed, $1.8M–$12M at Series A and $7.1M–$123M at Series C. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Kakao Investment's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Kakao Investment took part in.
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Who are the partners at Kakao Investment?
The team at Kakao Investment includes Do-young Kim (CEO), John Park (CEO) and Kim Bum-soo (Founder), among 6 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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