# KB Securities

> KB Securities is a VC fund backing Software and Information Technology. See 157 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Seoul, South Korea
- Total investments: 157
- Last investment: May 2026
- Lead investor: 11%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kb-securities/
- Website: http://www.kbsec.co.kr/

KB Securities is a Financial Services company.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $2.4M–$12M |
| Series B | $4.7M–$24M |
| Venture - Series Unknown | $3.4M–$27M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 27 | 17% |
| Information Technology | 23 | 15% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 23 | 15% |
| Health Care | 22 | 14% |
| Biotechnology | 17 | 11% |

177 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 45 | 29% |
| Series A | 36 | 23% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 22 | 14% |
| Post-IPO Equity | 16 | 10% |
| Seed | 12 | 8% |

11 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| South Korea | 117 | 75% |
| United States | 12 | 8% |
| China | 2 | 1% |
| Japan | 1 | 1% |
| Germany | 1 | 1% |

7 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jeong Seong-hun | Director | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jeong-seong-hun |
| Oh Young-joo | Team Manager | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/oh-young-joo |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Seeann Solution | SEEANN Solution is a medical technology company that develops AI-based 3D medical modeling software and patient-specific surgical instrument solutions for precision medicine. It specializes in medical image–driven 3D modeling, custom medical device design, and cloud-based collaboration tools that support surgeons and engineers in creatingpersonalized surgical plans. |  | Series A | May 14, 2026 |  |
| Upstage | Upstage AI develops artificial intelligence technologies focused on large language models and document processing systems designed to support enterprise workflows. Its platform includes tools that convert unstructured data such as PDFs, scans, and emails into structured, machine-readable formats, enabling downstream analysis and automation. Thecompany also provides models like its Solar LLM, which are optimized for tasks such as text generation, information extraction, and question answering within business environments. Its solutions are applied across industries including finance, healthcare, insurance, and manufacturing to handle tasks like document parsing, data extraction, and workflow automation. Additionally, its services can be deployed through APIs, cloud environments, or on-premise systems to integrate with existing enterprise infrastructure. | $121.7M | Series C | Apr 15, 2026 |  |
| Korean Air | Korean Air provides passenger air transportation, air cargo logistics, and related travel services through scheduled and charter flight operations. The company transports passengers between international and domestic destinations and manages ticketing, reservations, and in-flight services through its digital platforms and airport operations. Itscargo division handles freight transportation, including general cargo, special shipments, and charter logistics, and supports shipment tracking and electronic air waybill processing. The company also operates integrated logistics services such as trucking connections that link air routes with ground transport networks for cargo delivery. In addition, Korean Air runs programs that allow cargo customers to measure and reduce transportation-related carbon emissions through the use of sustainable aviation fuel initiatives. | $40.4M | Debt Financing | Apr 10, 2026 |  |
| Estech Pharma | Estech Pharma is a raw material pharmaceutical company. | $6.7M | Convertible Note | Mar 19, 2026 |  |
| Autonomous a2z | Autonomous a2z is a driving mobility platform that provides autonomous driving service with judgement, control and recognition technologies. | $27.4M | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 12, 2026 |  |
| Dasan Pharmaceutical | Dasan Pharmaceutical is a pharmaceutical CDMO (contract development and manufacturing organization). | $8.8M | Venture - Series Unknown | Dec 23, 2025 |  |
| Power Cube Semi | Power Cube Semi Co., Ltd. is a specialized company that designs and sells high-efficiency power semiconductor devices and heater solutions by integrating eco-friendly Green IT with Power IT. | $4.1M | Venture - Series Unknown | Dec 05, 2025 |  |
| AITRICS | AITRICS delivers AI-powered medical software designed to support clinicians in detecting and preventing critical patient deterioration. The company’s core product, AITRICS‑VC (VitalCare), continuously monitors data from electronic medical records (EMRs), including vital signs, lab tests, consciousness levels, and other relevant clinicalmeasurements to predict adverse events such as sepsis, cardiac arrest, unexpected ICU transfers, or mortality several hours before they occur.AITRICS-VC operates in real time, delivering risk scores and alerts to clinicians to enable earlier intervention and better resource allocation in hospital settings. The platform has been certified by the relevant regulatory authority in its home country and is classified as an “innovative medical device,” reflecting regulatory recognition of its predictive-analytics capabilities. In addition to monitoring and prediction, AITRICS engages in ongoing clinical validation and research; it publishes studies in peer-reviewed journals and presents its work in international AI conferences, indicating a commitment to evidence-based development and transparency in performance. | $23.8M | Series C | Dec 01, 2025 |  |
| Gadget Korea | Gadget korea offers data roaming services. | $7.7M | Series A | Oct 27, 2025 |  |
| Rebellions | AI chip architects are often inattentive to advanced deep learning features and requirements because they believe software stacks between their silicon and algorithms can provide effective abstract layers. We disagree. We do not think such naively designed chips can efficiently utilize expensive custom silicon resources. The more native hardwaresupports are enabled, the higher performance is achieved.Rebellions Inc is building genuine AI accelerators by bi-directionally bridging the gap between underlying silicon architectures and deep learning algorithms. We push algorithm boundaries to better exploit silicon budgets, while re-architecting AI processors to incorporate sophisticated deep learning features through silicon-dedicated DL kernels.Our goal is to deliver a domain-specific AI processor along with its optimized software. This approach, together with our unique decentralized programming model, will enable customers to arm with the most powerful yet energy-efficient AI hardware as well as seamless integration. | $250M | Series C | Sep 30, 2025 |  |

10 of 157 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [KB Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kbinvest) — VC Fund, 17 deals together
- [Korea Development Bank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/korean-development-bank) — VC Fund, 12 deals together
- [Industrial Bank of Korea](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/industrial-bank-of-korea) — VC Fund, 11 deals together
- [Shinhan Venture Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shinhan-venture-investment) — VC Fund, 10 deals together
- [KDB Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kdb-capital) — VC Fund, 9 deals together
- [Kiwoom Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kiwoom-investment) — VC Fund, 9 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does KB Securities invest in?

KB Securities invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Series B and Series A stage. Most of the 157 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 Securities's check size?

KB Securities typically joins rounds of $2.4M–$12M at Series A, $4.7M–$24M at Series B and $3.4M–$27M at Venture - Series Unknown. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds KB Securities participates in.

### How do I contact KB Securities?

Public channels for KB Securities include LinkedIn 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 KB Securities?

The team at KB Securities includes Jeong Seong-hun (Director) and Oh Young-joo (Team Manager). 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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