Korea Development Bank
VC Fund
Seoul, South Korea
Korea Development Bank is a VC fund in Seoul focused on Software and Information Technology. The Korea Development Bank (KDB) provides long-term financing for projects designed to assist Koreaâ€:tm:s economic growth and development. It offers equipment capital loans and working capital loans to Korean private enterprises that undertake major industrial projects. The bank also extends guarantees to its clients to facilitate their otherborrowings and to finance major industrial projects. KDB guarantees Won-denominated corporate debentures, local currency loans, and other Won liabilities and foreign currency loans from domestic and overseas Korean financial institutions and from foreign institutions. The bankâ€:tm:s other activities include engagement in a range of industrial development activities, including conducting economic and industrial research; performing engineering surveys; providing business analyses and managerial assistance; and offering trust services. As of June 30, 2007, KDB had 40 local branches, 6 overseas branches, and 2 overseas offices. The bank was founded in 1954 and is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.
- Total investments:
- 345
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 14%
Last updated:
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Industries Korea Development Bank invests in
Stages Korea Development Bank invests in
Countries Korea Development Bank invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
1 more contact available
Round size
- Series A
- $2.1M–$32M
- Series B
- $5.1M–$33M
- Series C
- $7.5M–$51M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 32 (9%)
- Information Technology 28 (8%)
- Artificial Intelligence 26 (8%)
- Biotechnology 17 (5%)
- Health Care 16 (5%)
Stage
- Series B 66 (19%)
- Series A 44 (13%)
- Series C 29 (8%)
- Funding Round 18 (5%)
- Series D 9 (3%)
Country
- South Korea 147 (43%)
- United States 7 (2%)
- China 1 (0%)
- India 1 (0%)
- Japan 1 (0%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Adolfo Abueg
Co-Head of Project Finance, Asia Pacific
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Co-Head of Project Finance, Asia Pacific | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Dong-gull Lee
CEO
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CEO | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
James Ryu
Credit Officer
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Credit Officer | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
Sung Suh
Team Leader
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Team Leader | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
N.Light
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N.Light is a Metaverse 3D design software that allows individuals to effortlessly turn their ideas into reality. | $10.6M / Venture - Series Unknown / Aug 10, 2026 | |
READi Robust Machine
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Ready Robust Machine is a company that makes carbon reduction and fuel cost improvement systems. | $9.4M / Series B / Aug 04, 2026 | |
MID
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MID specializes in the development, testing, and production of space-related components. | $10.8M / Series A / Jul 29, 2026 | |
InnoDtech
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InnoDtech creates AI dental diagnostics and clear orthodontic aligners using 3D imaging, modeling, and personalized treatment planning. | $3.4M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jul 23, 2026 | |
CarbonSix
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CarbonSix develops AI-powered robotics technologies for manufacturing automation, with a focus on tasks that involve high product variation and changing production conditions. Its platform uses imitation learning to enable industrial robots to learn from human demonstrations and perform complex manipulation tasks that are difficult to automateusing conventional programming methods. The company combines robotics hardware and AI software to improve robot adaptability while meeting industrial quality and reliability requirements. Its solutions are designed for manufacturing environments where flexible automation is needed for assembly and other variable production processes. | $40M / Series A / Jul 01, 2026 | |
AB180
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AB180 is a marketing technology company that develops software for app growth, user acquisition, engagement, attribution, and monetization. The company provides a full-stack AI platform that helps businesses measure marketing performance, optimize customer acquisition, improve user retention, and maximize revenue across mobile apps, games, anddigital services. Its product portfolio includes Airbridge, a mobile measurement partner (MMP) and attribution platform; DeepLink Plan, a deep linking and user journey optimization solution; and Airflux, an AI-powered monetization platform for mobile games. Together, these products enable businesses to measure cross-platform marketing performance, predict customer lifetime value (LTV), detect ad fraud, automate in-app advertising and purchase optimization, and deliver personalized user experiences.AB180 also provides AI-driven analytics, customer engagement, and marketing automation solutions that integrate with enterprise platforms and advertising ecosystems. Its technologies leverage machine learning to optimize marketing campaigns, improve conversion rates, automate monetization experiments, and generate actionable insights from user behavior. In addition to its proprietary products, the company is a strategic implementation and consulting partner for platforms such as Amplitude and Braze, helping organizations deploy and optimize data-driven growth strategies. | $13.7M / Series C / Jul 01, 2026 | |
Leecell
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Leecell is a solar cell manufacturing company that produces organic and perovskite thin‑film photovoltaic cells. | $2.9M / Series A / Jun 18, 2026 | |
Perseus
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Perseus's hypervisor technology and security solution simplifies and secures automobile infrastructure.A standard ARM SoC found in the automotive industry can only support one operating system, and connected cars typically carry 120 SoCs, but we can reduce that to 30 with our solution, saving up to 75% on average, and of course with asimpler ecosystem, it’s easier to secure. With Perseus hypervisor, we are able to run multiple applications or operating systems off of a single SoC, which helps to reduce the in-car system complexity. Our technology is able to offer a fine grained on/off rate control and flexible and real-time control security parameters. Our security parameters can be pre-programmed, controlled algorithmically, or just manually recorded to requirement. Also, we’re able to offer a 100% performance guarantee of systems that we secure even under an OS attack. | $10.5M / Series B / Jun 10, 2026 | |
Unastella
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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 | |
Featuring
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Featuring’s goal is to make it easy for anyone to see and utilize the power of influencers. Today, as companies are accelerating their transition to digital business due to COVID-19, the number of companies leveraging The number of influencers is explosively increasing. Featuring allows brands and marketers to discover product-fit influencers andhelps matching based on their needs. Currently, over 3,600 brands are using Featuring, and more than 8,500 influencer campaigns have been done. As a Korea-based startup, Featuring plans on expanding the business to Far East Asia, including Japan and China. | $10.2M / Series B / May 19, 2026 | |
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FAQ
What does Korea Development Bank invest in?
Korea Development Bank invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Series B and Series A stage. Most of the 345 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 Korea Development Bank's check size?
Korea Development Bank typically joins rounds of $2.1M–$32M at Series A, $5.1M–$33M at Series B and $7.5M–$51M at Series C. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Korea Development Bank participates in.
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Who are the partners at Korea Development Bank?
The team at Korea Development Bank includes Adolfo Abueg (Co-Head of Project Finance, Asia Pacific), Dong-gull Lee (CEO) and James Ryu (Credit Officer). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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