# TIPS Program

> TIPS Program is a VC fund in Seoul backing Software and Artificial Intelligence. See 116 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Seoul, South Korea
- Total investments: 116
- Last investment: Aug 2025
- Lead investor: 79%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tips-town/
- Website: http://www.jointips.or.kr/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theventuresco

TIPS Program is a VC fund in Seoul focused on Software and Artificial Intelligence. The TIPS program is a technology start-up support system that selects start-up teams with technological items led by the private sector.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 19 | 16% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 19 | 16% |
| Information Technology | 17 | 15% |
| Service Industry | 7 | 6% |
| SaaS | 6 | 5% |

172 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Grant | 56 | 48% |
| Seed | 45 | 39% |
| Non-equity Assistance | 10 | 9% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 2% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 1% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| South Korea | 104 | 90% |
| United States | 6 | 5% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Corner | Corner is a technology company that uses AI-based mobile app to provide property analysis, price calculation, and monitoring sales status. | $500.7K | Grant | Aug 20, 2025 |  |
| MUtron | M-Utron develops automated robots for nuclear power plant maintenance. | $72K | Grant | Aug 08, 2025 |  |
| The New Gray | The New Gray offers a variety of services connected to makeovers, lifestyle, and consultation. | $360.3K | Grant | Aug 05, 2025 |  |
| StepHow | StepHow facilitates the design and managing of business manuals. |  | Grant | Aug 04, 2025 |  |
| Gym Walk | Gym Walk is an app that records exercise routines and programs. Gym Walk is a fitness app that helps users track their workouts, exercise routines, and fitness progress. | $361.1K | Grant | Aug 04, 2025 |  |
| Vertical Bar | Vertical Bar builds process optimization platforms for system. | $1.1M | Grant | Aug 01, 2025 |  |
| DALPHA | Dalpha develops artificial intelligence technology for the creation of AI models. The company provides data security and ownership through a secure cloud environment and differential privacy technology. | $861.8K | Grant | Jul 31, 2025 |  |
| PhyxUp Health | Fixup Health provides remote monitoring software that allows rehabilitation therapists to easily provide rehabilitation treatment programs to patients, monitor them, and even file insurance claims | $502.7K | Grant | Jul 31, 2025 |  |
| Purple AI | Purple AI is a brain disease AI platform company. |  | Seed | Jul 29, 2025 |  |
| Poolix | Poolix is a B2B food OEM one-stop solution company that helps Korean food industry. |  | Seed | Jul 24, 2025 |  |

10 of 116 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [TIPS Program](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tips-program) — VC Fund, 110 deals together
- [Bluepoint](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bluepoint-partners-2) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [FuturePlay](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/futureplay-co) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Genaxis](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/genaxis) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [KB Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kbinvest) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [The Invention Lab](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/roa-invention-lab) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does TIPS Program invest in?

TIPS Program invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and Information Technology startups, most often at Grant and Seed stage. Most of the 116 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 TIPS Program last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for TIPS Program closed in Aug 2025. Shizune tracks 116 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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