# Korean Government TIPS Program

> Korean Government TIPS Program is a VC fund backing SaaS, Drones and Sensor. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Mar 2020
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Korean Government TIPS Program is a VC fund focused on SaaS and Drones. Korean Government TIPS Program

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $610k–$2.5M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SaaS | 1 | 20% |
| Drones | 1 | 20% |
| Sensor | 1 | 20% |
| Analytics | 1 | 20% |
| Automotive | 1 | 20% |

21 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 80% |
| Grant | 1 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 4 | 80% |
| South Korea | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| BuildBlock | Build Block Inc. is an online real estate investment platform targeting Asian investors who wish to invest in US real estate. Founded in 2018, the company’s goal is to lower the entry barrier of individual investors who have no credible intermediary to facilitate overseas investment. We have found a problem with existing overseas investment whereindividuals are faced with cumbersome paperwork, no credible partner, and lack of transparency. Combined with the most up-to-date technology, we will select, monitor, and sell suitable properties that meet the preferences of our customers. The customers can seek our help for both short-term FLIP and ADU models or a long-term investment model. Our business model consists of a service fee (bigger value of $5,000 or 2% of total investment) and 50% of profit-sharing, or 10% of monthly income for long-term investors. We have two offices, both in Korea and in the United States, where the Korean office is mainly responsible for attracting customers, and the US office will oversee construction and property searches. We expect even more further growth in the coming years. Our plan is to expand the investment region beyond California and also expand our customer base globally. | $2.5M | Seed | Mar 09, 2020 | https://www.buildblock.io/ |
| Qureator (Formerly known as Curiochips) | Qureator’s Microphysiological Systems (MPS) known as Curiochips, are designed for recapitulating the complexity of tissue microenvironments, thus providing ideal microscale 3D cell culture conditions for a variety of applications in biomedical research. | $371K | Grant | Jul 20, 2019 | https://www.qureator.com |
| Orbis AI | Founded by 2 Cal alumni and a member of the Berkeley SkyDeck's Fall '19 Cohort, Orbis AI helps individuals and enterprises create authentic and engaging video and audio contents at a lower cost and less time by providing a platform for real-time voice creation, replication, and conversion.We are a voice conversion and creation platformthat provides the perfect voice for people's content. From individual YouTubers and Podcasters to corporations looking to create engaging adverts and interactive products, anyone can easily utilize our voice conversion and replication services at the fraction of the cost and time spent on hiring voice actors. Furthermore, companies with an existing supply of voices can utilize us as a potential new channel of distribution and a source of revenue.Unlike simple TTS players who simply translate the written words, we can take the style of a person’s speech, including the tone and pitch, accent, and even verbal habits, and transplant them onto a new voice. This creates a much more emphatic and emotional delivery, leading to a content that is more authentic, relatable, and likeable. A content that is – human. | $1.3M | Seed | Apr 24, 2018 | https://www.orbisai.co |
| Adriel | The future of digital marketing is here. Take your business to the next level and achieve higher returns on your paid advertising.Adriel’s award-winning technology allows you to manage and optimize all of your digital marketing campaigns in just one place. By centralizing all communication channels and key data into one platform, we help yourbusiness deliver a uniform and efficient promotional message across all channels.Having worked with over 5,000+ companies worldwide, we designed a user-friendly virtual dashboard that allows for a comprehensive yet straightforward overview of your campaigns at just a glance. Discover the true status of your paid advertising. Combine data for cross-platform insights you can’t get anywhere else. Monitor your ROAS and adjust accordingly.Our software also provides real-time insights and suggestions through an alert system to catch green and red signals faster than ever before. Your Instagram campaign is trending today, but Twitter is a little slow? Seize opportunities and redirect your budget towards higher-performing creatives and channels with just a few clicks.We make it our mission to provide data in a format that is easy to understand and help your business reach its full advertising potential. From small business owners to Fortune 500 marketers, everyone achieves more with Adriel. | $1.5M | Seed | Apr 01, 2018 | https://adriel.com/en |
| SOS LAB | SOS Lab, a LiDAR development company focusing on core technology for self-driving cars, plans to present its differentiated hybrid LiDAR system, the SL-1SOS LAB's long-range, hybrid scanning design combines the advantages of the widely-used motor scanning system with a solid-state MEMS mirror, and will be offered at a much lower price pointcompared to traditional LiDAR products on the market today. SL-1 is expected to play an important role in the popularization and accessibility of self-driving cars.In addition to the SL-1, SOS LAB offers two additional LiDAR products designed to integrate safe, effective, and affordable LiDAR technology into various industries: the GL-3 for factory automation and robotics, and the TL-3 for security and automatic doors. SOS LAB is also focusing on combining hardware-based sensors and AI-based object recognition and tracking technology using 3D point cloud LiDAR data, and plans to provide LiDAR data space/object recognition solutions for self-driving vehicles.SOS LAB includes jointly developing their hybrid LiDAR with a partner automotive electronic equipment field company, continuing to develop the next generation of Solid-State-LiDAR with global semiconductor companies to overstep the limits of OPA-method LiDAR, and extending the global footprint of SOS LAB to provide the smartest solutions for self-driving and ADAS markets. SOS LAB is planning to enter global markets based on its R&D centers in Seoul and Gwangju and business centers in Silicon Valley. | $610K | Seed | Jul 01, 2017 | http://soslab.co |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [FuturePlay](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/futureplay-co) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Berkeley SkyDeck Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/berkeley-skydeck-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Dunamu & Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dunamu-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Hana Financial Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hana-financial-investment) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Naver](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/naver-corporation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [nTels Inc.](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ntels-inc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Korean Government TIPS Program invest in?

Korean Government TIPS Program invests primarily in SaaS, Drones and Sensor startups, most often at Seed and Grant stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Korean Government TIPS Program's check size?

Korean Government TIPS Program typically joins rounds of $610k–$2.5M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Korean Government TIPS Program participates in.

### When did Korean Government TIPS Program last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Korean Government TIPS Program closed in Mar 2020. Shizune tracks 5 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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