KB Financial Group
VC Fund
Seoul, South Korea
KB Financial Group is a VC fund in Seoul focused on Financial Services and Software. KB Financial Group is Korea’s leading financial institution with the largest customer base and the most extensive branch network in the country. With total assets exceeding US$342 billion, the Group wields a solid capital prowess and enjoys a strong brand loyalty. As of December 2012, the Group has ten domestic subsidiaries--banking, credit cards,securities, life insurance, asset management, real estate trust, venture capital, credit information, data system, and savings bank--and four overseas subsidiaries in Hong Kong, England, Cambodia, and China.KB Financial Group was established in September 2008 with extensive stock transfers from major subsidiary companies. The Group’s establishment was to better deal with such fundamental changes in the financial markets at home and abroad as the rapid globalization of financial service, a declining profitability of traditional banking operations, new industry regulations, and an increasing demand for comprehensive financial services.
- Total investments:
- 14
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 21%
Last updated:
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Industries KB Financial Group invests in
Stages KB Financial Group invests in
Countries KB Financial Group invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Series A
- $1M–$45M
- Series B
- $7.8M–$128M
- Series D
- $182M–$220M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Financial Services 5 (36%)
- Software 4 (29%)
- SaaS 2 (14%)
- E-Commerce 2 (14%)
- Health Care 2 (14%)
Stage
- Series A 6 (43%)
- Series B 3 (21%)
- Series D 2 (14%)
- Seed 1 (7%)
- Series C 1 (7%)
Country
- South Korea 6 (43%)
- India 2 (14%)
- Vietnam 1 (7%)
- Indonesia 1 (7%)
- Singapore 1 (7%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Woong Won Yoon
CFO
|
CFO | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Young-Rok Lim
Chairman & CEO
|
Chairman & CEO | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Jong-gyu Yoon
Chairman
|
Chairman | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wavebridge is a top-tier institutional digital asset company with expertise in both traditional and crypto finance. The company was established in November 2018 to provide a comprehensive suite of investment solutions utilizing its data processing and AI technology. | $7.8M / Series B / Dec 21, 2022 | ||
Nitra
|
Nitra offers expense management software that integrates with the banks to provide innovative loan products. | $16M / Seed / Aug 23, 2022 | |
Ohouse
|
No.1 Interior Onestop Platform | $182M / Series D / May 08, 2022 | |
| BlockOdyssey is a tech start-up that provides 'blockchain-based B2B solutions'.Currently, the main solution is supplying 'blockchain-based anti-counterfeiting solution', and logistics & distribution history management is in progress with blockchain. It has received investment from Asia's largest cosmetic company, andis conducting business with French pharmaceutical companies. | $29.5M / Series A / Mar 24, 2022 | ||
| Cerecin is a healthcare company that develops novel evidence-based therapeutics and products that aim to help people.We develop novel evidence-based therapeutics and products that aim to help millions of people. These solutions are designed to target conditions ranging from memory impairment to Alzheimer’s disease and other devastatingneurological diseases. | $29.5M / Series A / Oct 18, 2021 | ||
| Korea Credit Data provides essential services for merchants in Korea including business management, customer analysis, POS and payment services as well as marketplace platform. KCD and its six subsidiaries currently serve more than two million businesses in Korea. KCD aims to resolve issues a business owner faces from the beginning to end of hisbusiness life. To this end, KCD expands its business areas to include payment(Korea Payment Networks), POS(IMU), and credit bureau(Korea Credit Service) which obtained a CB license for the first time in 17 years.KCD made strong strategic partnerships with industry leading companies and built a high entry barrier; the company raised $220M+ from Temasek(Pavilion Capital), Morgan Stanley(Tactical Value), Kakao(No.1 mobile platform in Korea), KB Kookmin Bank(No.1 retail bank in Korea), Hanwha Life Insurance, Shinhan Card(No.1 credit card company in Korea), Dunamu(No.1 cryptocurrency exchange in Korea 'Upbit'), GS Holdings(No.1 CVS in Korea 'GS25'), Fiserv(the largest non-bank merchant acquirer) and more. | $35.8M / Series C / Apr 20, 2021 | ||
| GPay provides money transfer, withdrawal, payment services during and outside office hours. | Series A / Jan 19, 2021 | ||
| MEGAZONECLOUD, headquartered in Seoul, South Korea is established in 2018 as spun out the cloud business of Megazone Corporation that was founded in 1998 with U$45M Series-A investment.We are a customer-centric company dedicated to empowering customers with cloud-optimized technology, people and process as we believe Cloud is the optimizeddigital transformation platform today. We provide a broad and rich set of consulting services and technology solutions for businesses' cloud adoption and digital transformation based on a strong partnership with Amazon Web Services(AWS) and 100+global technology partners.We have been trusted by more than 1500 enterprise, mid-market, and SME customers, including large Korean enterprises like Samsung, LG, Lotte Group, with diverse use cases ranging from simple migration to the most complex application projects. Our in-depth technical expertise and years of experience working with customers of different sizes and industries have proven us to be the largest premier consulting partner of AWS in Asia Pacific. Outside Korea, we currently have offices in Palo Alto, Tokyo, Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Hanoi aggressively expanding our presence in the global market. | $128.2M / Series B / Dec 03, 2020 | ||
| Xinapse is artificial intelligence startup in South Korea. We are committed to solve digital divide and innovate conventional ways of working to inspire PEOPLE and provide them a better value of LIFE by connecting ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE to life. | Series A / Aug 12, 2020 | ||
| Bank Bukopin is a provider of banking and financial services. | Post-IPO Equity / Jun 11, 2020 | ||
| See all 14 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does KB Financial Group invest in?
KB Financial Group invests primarily in Financial Services, Software and SaaS startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 14 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 KB Financial Group's check size?
KB Financial Group typically joins rounds of $1M–$45M at Series A, $7.8M–$128M at Series B and $182M–$220M at Series D. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds KB Financial Group participates in.
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Who are the partners at KB Financial Group?
The team at KB Financial Group includes Woong Won Yoon (CFO), Young-Rok Lim (Chairman & CEO) and Jong-gyu Yoon (Chairman). 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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