Kakao Ventures
VC Fund
Seongnam, South Korea
Kakao Ventures is a VC fund in Seongnam focused on Software and Artificial Intelligence. Kakao Ventures Corp. is an independent subsidiary of Kakao Corp. & the most active, startup-friendly early stage VC of Korea.
- Total investments:
- 364
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 31%
- Fund size:
- $9.6M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Kakao Ventures invests in
Stages Kakao Ventures invests in
Countries Kakao Ventures invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $297k–$4.2M
- Series A
- $966k–$14M
- Series B
- $3M–$30M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 35 (10%)
- Artificial Intelligence 29 (8%)
- Information Technology 28 (8%)
- Gaming 20 (5%)
- Health Care 18 (5%)
Stage
- Seed 139 (38%)
- Series A 73 (20%)
- Series B 28 (8%)
- Funding Round 22 (6%)
- Series C 10 (3%)
Country
- South Korea 157 (43%)
- United States 30 (8%)
- Indonesia 3 (1%)
- Germany 2 (1%)
- Singapore 2 (1%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Anne Ahn
Senior Associate
|
Senior Associate | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Brian Jang
Director
|
Director | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Jacob Kim
Director
|
Director | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Jade Chung
Senior Associate
|
Senior Associate | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
Jun Kim
CEO
|
CEO | Total investments: 23 | Find email | |
| See all 8 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
6pence
|
6pence is a K-beauty skincare startup that develops skincare products for global consumers from the outset. | $1.4M / Seed / Aug 06, 2026 | |
Addit & Ark
|
Adit & Ark operates an AI-powered advertising platform that connects brands with Instagram-based digital magazines and content creators, enabling targeted collaborations and more effective marketing campaigns. | Seed / Aug 04, 2026 | |
UNX
|
UNX is an emerging AI entertainment technology startup that develops fully autonomous AI Creators capable of running 24 hour live streams and interacting with vast online audiences simultaneously. | Seed / Jul 30, 2026 | |
Algorix
|
Algorix is an AI data infrastructure startup building a platform to combine organized and unstructured multimodal data across enterprise platforms. | Pre-Seed / Jul 14, 2026 | |
Red Brick House
|
Red Brick House is a specialized South Korean indie game publisher dedicated to discovering, supporting, and publishing innovative independent games, helping talented developers bring creative and engaging gaming experiences to players across domestic and global markets. | Seed / Jul 14, 2026 | |
SPECTRAINTEL
|
SPECTRAINTEL is a deep tech startup developing ultra-compact, lightweight imaging hyperspectral hardware, custom spectral databases, and advanced analytics software. | Seed / Jul 09, 2026 | |
MODEPICK
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MODEPICK offers an AI-powered cross-border shopping service that connects global premium fashion markets with domestic consumers. | Seed / Jul 07, 2026 | |
Aristo
|
Membase makes AI agents remember across tools. It is the persistent context backend that sits behind your agents, keeps your memory organized, and gives each agent the right context when it needs it. | Pre-Seed / Jun 25, 2026 | |
TapZero
|
TapZero is building a Personal Digital Twin platform that analyzes individual biometric data to suggest optimal timing for health interventions. They aim to predict how specific behavioral changes will affect future health status by integrating lifelog data like sleep, exercise, nutrition, blood sugar, and HRV. | Seed / Jun 08, 2026 | |
Config
|
Config develops data infrastructure services for robotics applications. | $27M / Seed / May 11, 2026 | |
| See all 364 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Kakao Ventures invest in?
Kakao Ventures invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 364 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 Kakao Ventures's check size?
Kakao Ventures typically joins rounds of $297k–$4.2M at Seed, $966k–$14M at Series A and $3M–$30M 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 Kakao Ventures participates in.
How do I contact Kakao Ventures?
Public channels for Kakao Ventures include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. 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 Kakao Ventures?
The team at Kakao Ventures includes Anne Ahn (Senior Associate), Brian Jang (Director) and Jacob Kim (Director), among 8 team members tracked by Shizune. 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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