# Korea Growth Investment Corp

> Korea Growth Investment Corp is a VC fund in Seoul backing EdTech and Information Technology. See 12 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Seoul, South Korea
- Total investments: 12
- Last investment: Feb 2022
- Lead investor: 17%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://eng.kgrowth.or.kr/main/main.asp

Korea Growth Investment Corp is an independent private equity fund-of-funds management company specialized in VC and PE investment.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| EdTech | 3 | 25% |
| Information Technology | 3 | 25% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 3 | 25% |
| Apps | 2 | 17% |
| FinTech | 2 | 17% |

28 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 4 | 33% |
| Series A | 3 | 25% |
| Seed | 2 | 17% |
| Series C | 2 | 17% |
| Private Equity | 1 | 8% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| South Korea | 10 | 83% |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 8% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Mildang PT | Mildang PT is an ed-tech platform that provides lectures, management, evaluation, and content through online mode. | $25M | Series C | Feb 28, 2022 |  |
| Payta Lab | Payta Lab is a platform that makes the culture of order payment smarter. | $10.1M | Series B | Feb 15, 2022 |  |
| Luxury & All | Luxury & All is an online platform that offers repairing and restoration services for luxury goods. | $425.7K | Seed | Oct 31, 2021 |  |
| Balaan | Balaan is a platform that allows you to get the latest luxury goods in just 3 days at a lower price than overseas fasting by contract with European local boutique | $27.3M | Series B | Oct 07, 2021 |  |
| TRU Technologies | TRU Technologies is a technology company focusing on developing and operating Securities Finance software products. | $3.1M | Series A | Jun 29, 2021 |  |
| AJA School | AJA School is an experiential learning platform that provides learning through study, play, and experience. | $266.4K | Seed | May 14, 2021 |  |
| Guhada | Guhada platform serves as a luxury goods distribution hub, connecting local boutiques in Europe, domestic conglomerate shopping malls, and luxury goods and fashion vertical commerce. Guhada has been supplying the domestic market with luxury goods owned by European boutiques, ranging from high-demand high-end luxury goods to contemporary onlineproducts. | $4M | Series A | Mar 05, 2021 |  |
| Parameta | Parameta is a blockchain-specialized tech company that provides the entire technical support to the leading global blockchain projects. Parameta acquires both scalability and security in existing platforms and maximizes the utility of blockchain technology with SCORE Smart Contract, LFT Algorithm, Tiered System, Multi-Channel, and ModularArchitecture. | $4.5M | Series A | Jul 03, 2020 |  |
| Parameta | Parameta is a blockchain-specialized tech company that provides the entire technical support to the leading global blockchain projects. Parameta acquires both scalability and security in existing platforms and maximizes the utility of blockchain technology with SCORE Smart Contract, LFT Algorithm, Tiered System, Multi-Channel, and ModularArchitecture. | $13.2M | Private Equity | Jun 03, 2020 |  |
| Fount | Fount Inc. Is an asset management Robo-Advisor startup founded in 2015. Their investing algorithm based on BigData Technology helps you plan for every event of your life. fount team believes in passive investing, which takes the right level of risk for your goal's time horizon, and allows their advanced computer algorithms do all the work. | $12.2M | Series B | May 26, 2020 |  |

10 of 12 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Korea Growth Investment Corporation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/korea-growth-investment-corporation-ef9d) — VC Fund, 11 deals together
- [Lotte Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lotte-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Shinhan Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shinhan-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Hana Financial Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hana-financial-investment) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [KB Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kbinvest) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Kiwoom Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kiwoom-investment) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Korea Growth Investment Corp invest in?

Korea Growth Investment Corp invests primarily in EdTech, Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Series B and Series A stage. Most of the 12 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 Korea Growth Investment Corp last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Korea Growth Investment Corp closed in Feb 2022. Shizune tracks 12 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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