# Kakao Ventures

> Kakao Ventures is a VC fund backing Software and Artificial Intelligence. See 364 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Seongnam, South Korea
- Total investments: 364
- Last investment: Aug 2026
- Lead investor: 31%
- Fund size: $9.6M
- Last fund: Jan 2012
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kakao-ventures/
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/kakaoventures
- Website: http://www.medium.com/kakaoventures
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/kakaoventures

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.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $297k–$4.2M |
| Series A | $966k–$14M |
| Series B | $3M–$30M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 35 | 10% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 29 | 8% |
| Information Technology | 28 | 8% |
| Gaming | 20 | 5% |
| Health Care | 18 | 5% |

212 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 139 | 38% |
| Series A | 73 | 20% |
| Series B | 28 | 8% |
| Funding Round | 22 | 6% |
| Series C | 10 | 3% |

10 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| South Korea | 157 | 43% |
| United States | 30 | 8% |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1% |
| Germany | 2 | 1% |
| Singapore | 2 | 1% |

10 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Anne Ahn | Senior Associate | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anne-an-d7f3 |
| Brian Jang | Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brian-jang |
| Jacob Kim | Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jacob-kim-2 |
| Jade Chung | Senior Associate | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jade-chung-5dbb |
| Jun Kim | CEO | 23 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jun-kim |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | 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 |  |

10 of 364 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Shinhan Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shinhan-capital) — VC Fund, 28 deals together
- [Bass Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bass-investment) — VC Fund, 24 deals together
- [KB Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kbinvest) — VC Fund, 18 deals together
- [D·CAMP](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/banks-foundation-for-young-entrepreneurs) — VC Fund, 13 deals together
- [Company K Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/company-k) — VC Fund, 12 deals together
- [Mirae Asset Venture Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mirae-asset-venture-investment) — VC Fund, 12 deals together

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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?

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