# Il Kim

> Il Kim is a Series A investor at Kakao Brain (Seongnam) backing Medical and Biotechnology. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Kakao Brain](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kakaobrain)
- Location: Seongnam, South Korea
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Dec 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Il Kim is a Series A investor at Kakao Brain in Seongnam focused on Medical and Biotechnology. Il Kim is based out of Seongnam, Kyonggi-do and is the Co-Founder and CEO of Open Research.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Medical | 1 | 100% |
| Biotechnology | 1 | 100% |
| Product Research | 1 | 100% |
| Professional Services | 1 | 100% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Galux | Galux provides molecular design technology focusing on discovering and developing novel drugs for incurable and rare diseases using its AI-based drug design platform technologies. | $4.2M | Series A | Dec 16, 2021 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Dayli Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dayli-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Kakao Brain

VC Fund · Seongnam, South Korea

Developing key technologies regarding AI and seek various ways to improve technologies, service and business

3 contacts available at Kakao Brain.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Daemyung Jang | Software Engineer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daemyung-jang |
| Hunchul Park | Software Engineer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hunchul-park |
| Il Kim | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kim-il-doo |

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## FAQ

### What does Il Kim invest in?

Il Kim invests primarily in Medical, Biotechnology and Product Research startups, most often at Series A stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in South Korea. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Il Kim last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Il Kim closed in Dec 2021. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### 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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