Kona Venture Partners
VC Fund
Kona Venture Partners is a South Korea-based venture capital investment firm.
- Total investments:
- 40
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 8%
Last updated:
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Industries Kona Venture Partners invests in
Stages Kona Venture Partners invests in
Countries Kona Venture Partners invests in
Round sizes
Round size
- Seed
- $741k–$6.8M
- Series A
- $2.9M–$11M
- Series B
- $1.5M–$83M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Gaming 12 (30%)
- Video Games 5 (13%)
- Casual Games 5 (13%)
- Mobile Apps 4 (10%)
- Online Games 4 (10%)
Stage
- Seed 16 (40%)
- Series A 13 (33%)
- Series B 5 (13%)
- Funding Round 2 (5%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 2 (5%)
Country
- South Korea 24 (60%)
- United States 4 (10%)
- Russian Federation 1 (3%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Markoville is an entertainment content company that develops animation, games, comics, and character-based intellectual property (IP) using a media-mix strategy. It focuses on creating fun, family-friendly characters and storytelling content across multiple platforms. | Venture - Series Unknown / May 14, 2026 | ||
| Caveduck is an AI character chat platform where you can create, customize, and talk to virtual characters across web and mobile (iOS and Android). It focuses on AI character chats rather than general-purpose Q&A, letting you pick or design personas with specific traits, backstories, and moods. | $2.8M / Series A / Apr 02, 2026 | ||
| Warp Space is a South Korea-based AI entertainment company founded in 2023 that develops and operates CAVEDUCK, a generative AI character chat and interactive storytelling platform. Warp Space focuses on long-term character consistency and contextual storytelling through proprietary memory and context management technologies. | $2.9M / Series A / Apr 02, 2026 | ||
| Gen AI tool that converts existing videos into multiple short-form videos with a single click. | $1.1M / Seed / Oct 24, 2025 | ||
| StudioBside is a developer of a gaming studio designed to create original and engaging games. StudioBside provides studio offers online PC action games and strategic action-based role-playing games for mobile, enabling niche gaming communities and casual players. | Jul 23, 2025 | ||
| StudioBside is a developer of a gaming studio designed to create original and engaging games. StudioBside provides studio offers online PC action games and strategic action-based role-playing games for mobile, enabling niche gaming communities and casual players. | $1.5M / Series B / Jul 23, 2025 | ||
| ActionFit is a video game company with expertise in developing and publishing video games for the mobile platform. | Series A / Jul 14, 2025 | ||
| Markoville is an entertainment content company that develops animation, games, comics, and character-based intellectual property (IP) using a media-mix strategy. It focuses on creating fun, family-friendly characters and storytelling content across multiple platforms. | $3.1M / Series A / Feb 07, 2025 | ||
| GPUN is a platform that enables individuals to build games. | $4.8M / Seed / Feb 06, 2025 | ||
| D-ZARD is a next-generation game studio garnering attention for its development capabilities and unique IP. D-ZARD is accelerating the development of the return of a masterpiece, Princess Maker COR (Karen), and the stylish action battle royale Asurajang. | $6.8M / Seed / Dec 30, 2024 | ||
| See all 40 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Kona Venture Partners invest in?
Kona Venture Partners invests primarily in Gaming, Video Games and Casual Games startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 40 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in South Korea. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Kona Venture Partners invest in?
Kona Venture Partners typically joins rounds of $741k–$6.8M at Seed, $2.9M–$11M at Series A and $1.5M–$83M at Series B. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Kona Venture Partners's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Kona Venture Partners took part in.
When did Kona Venture Partners last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Kona Venture Partners closed in May 2026. Shizune tracks 40 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 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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