# KDB Capital

> KDB Capital is a VC fund backing Software and Information Technology. See 123 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Seoul, South Korea
- Total investments: 123
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 4%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/korea-development-bank/
- Website: http://www.kdbcapital.co.kr

KDB Capital is a VC fund in Seoul focused on Software and Information Technology. KDB Capital Corp. operates as a credit specialized and corporate restructuring company in South Korea.It provides equipment leasing services for various properties, including machineries, ships, IT equipments, medical equipments, automation equipments, transportation machineries, educational research equipments, construction machineries, heavy,and other equipments for social services.The company provides venture capital for companies operating in various areas, including computer and related components, semiconductors and equipment, telecommunication and accessories, software, multimedia, precision chemistry, environment, biotechnology, content/fashion, mechatronics, and entertainment.In addition, the company offers services to help distressed companies, including merger and acquisition, business consulting, merger and acquisition loan, rescheduling, acquisition of stocks, operating loan fund for restructuring, and consulting for corporate reinforcement; funding services, such as working capital, project financing, and equipment funding; financing via acquiring account receivables from corporations; and credit card services.The company was established in 1972 and is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. KDB Capital Corp. is subsidiary of The Korea Development Bank.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $500k–$15M |
| Series A | $1.5M–$15M |
| Series B | $5.3M–$39M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 17 | 14% |
| Information Technology | 14 | 11% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 14 | 11% |
| Biotechnology | 13 | 11% |
| Health Care | 10 | 8% |

141 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 35 | 28% |
| Series B | 27 | 22% |
| Seed | 17 | 14% |
| Funding Round | 12 | 10% |
| Series C | 8 | 7% |

9 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| South Korea | 88 | 72% |
| United States | 4 | 3% |
| India | 1 | 1% |
| Mexico | 1 | 1% |
| Australia | 1 | 1% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ahn Byung Woo | Outside Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ahn-byung-woo |
| Chang Seok Joon | Senior Managing Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chang-seok-joon |
| Choi Jeong Sang | Outside Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/choi-jeong-sang |
| Goh Deok Jin | Head of Division | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/goh-deok-jin |
| Goo Dong Hyun | Non-Standing Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/goo-dong-hyun |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Unastella | Unastella is an aerospace company developing human spaceflight technologies, including launch vehicles and suborbital tourism systems. The company focuses on advancing reusable rocket technology and future space travel infrastructure for civilian space exploration missions. Unastella aims to support the growth of private human spaceflight andnext-generation aerospace innovation. | $22.2M | Series B | Jun 01, 2026 |  |
| Asteromorph | Asteromorph is an artificial intelligence (AI) research startup for the development of scientific superintelligence | $31.3M | Seed | May 29, 2026 |  |
| Coxwave | Coxwave provides product analytics and observability for AI applications. The Skylight platform instruments LLM prompts, responses, context, and user interactions via SDKs and ingestion APIs. It aggregates metrics such as quality, latency, token usage, and cost, and presents dashboards to monitor trends and detect regressions. Teams use it tocollect human feedback, build evaluation datasets, and compare prompt or model variants before and after releases. Tracing links events across sessions and workflows, helping correlate outcomes with inputs and application state. Integrations connect to common LLM providers, orchestration frameworks, and data pipelines, allowing data to flow into existing analytics stacks and workflows. | $4.7M | Seed | Jan 14, 2026 |  |
| 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 |  |
| Redrob | McKinley & Rice is a software development and outsourcing company. | $8.5M | Series A | Nov 20, 2025 |  |
| Plastal | Plastal is a mechanical and chemical engineering company that offers polymer, metal, and mold injection services. The company specializes in using its core technology required for bonding between metal and plastic resin, mold technology, injection conditions, and milling capabilities, enabling manufacturing companies to avail themselves of theproducts they desire. | $13.1M | Series B | Oct 16, 2025 |  |
| Wavelord | Wavelord is a semiconductor company founded in 2019 that develops and manufactures gallium nitride (GaN)–based wafers and chips used in power electronics, RF devices, and microLED displays. The company focuses on compound semiconductor technologies, including GaN epitaxial wafers and microLED components, for applications in communications, energy,and display industries. | $9.3M | Series B | Oct 01, 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 |  |
| Raion Robotics | Raion Robotics manufactures walking robots for industrial applications and offers prospects in potential industries such as defense, construction, and logistics. | $16.7M | Series A | Sep 16, 2025 |  |
| Eleven Corporation | Eleven Corporation creates value for lifestyle and beauty products. | $6.5M | Series B | Aug 28, 2025 |  |

10 of 123 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Korea Development Bank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/korean-development-bank) — VC Fund, 23 deals together
- [FuturePlay](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/futureplay-co) — VC Fund, 19 deals together
- [L&S Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/l-s-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 17 deals together
- [KB Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kbinvest) — VC Fund, 13 deals together
- [Korea Development Bank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kdb-industrial-bank) — VC Fund, 13 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 KDB Capital invest in?

KDB Capital invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 123 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 KDB Capital's check size?

KDB Capital typically joins rounds of $500k–$15M at Seed, $1.5M–$15M at Series A and $5.3M–$39M 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 KDB Capital participates in.

### How do I contact KDB Capital?

Public channels for KDB Capital 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 KDB Capital?

The team at KDB Capital includes Ahn Byung Woo (Outside Director), Chang Seok Joon (Senior Managing Director) and Choi Jeong Sang (Outside Director), among 13 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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