Kyowon Group
VC Fund
Seoul, South Korea
Kyowon Group is a VC fund in Seoul focused on Apps and Travel. Since its founding in 1985, KYOWON has attained the top position of Korea's education industry faster than any other company. With the stated goal of improving the quality of life of humanity through education from cradle to grave by nurturing creative intellectuals and developing high quality educational materials, KYOWON has carved its nicheas a distinctive leader in the field of education and publication services.
- Total investments:
- 12
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
Last updated:
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Industries Kyowon Group invests in
Stages Kyowon Group invests in
Countries Kyowon Group invests in
Round sizes
Round size
- Seed
- $3k–$7.9M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Apps 2 (17%)
- Travel 2 (17%)
- Tourism 2 (17%)
- Children 2 (17%)
- Art 1 (8%)
Stage
- Seed 4 (33%)
- Series A 3 (25%)
- Series B 2 (17%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 2 (17%)
- Series C 1 (8%)
Country
- South Korea 8 (67%)
- United States 2 (17%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
J Fun
|
J Fun is a marketing agency that provides design, video production, and domestic marketing services. | $454.7K / Venture - Series Unknown / Nov 13, 2023 | |
XCREW
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Global Activity Platform with local crews From all over the world | Seed / Apr 13, 2023 | |
Com2Verse
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Com2Verse is a channel. They also provide real life and virtual world connection services. Additionally, they also build new ecosystem in metavers and metaverse game publishing services. | $9.4M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jan 03, 2023 | |
WAUG
|
WAUG Travel Inc. is a leading tour and activity reservation platform that enables travelers easily make travel itineraries & book fun things-to-do around the world via mobile and web. Visit us at http://www.waug.com/ | $10.1M / Series C / Nov 04, 2021 | |
Let's go baby
|
Let's go baby is a mobile travel app that helps people find cafes, theme parks, playgrounds, and outings. | Seed / Nov 01, 2021 | |
FUNTORY HOUSE (Envisible)
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FUNTORY HOUSE offers arts, entertainment, and child care services. | $264.3K / Series A / Oct 22, 2020 | |
AFUN Interactive
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AFUN Interactive is a 3D graphics company that creates 3D content with real-time rendering technology. | $4.2M / Seed / Oct 01, 2019 | |
Qraft Technologies
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Qraft Technologies they are data scientists and researchers, data engineers, and investment experts, who develop investment solutions powered by AI (artificial intelligence). | $9.6M / Seed / Apr 22, 2019 | |
BEGiN
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BEGiN is an education technology company that creates learning products to bring children quality education. The company leverages talents in technology, education, and entertainment to create learning programs that cultivate the critical skills children need to succeed in the future. BEGiN’s all-inclusive offering includes HOMER, KidPass, andcodeSpark Academy. BEGiN is backed by recognized names in early childhood development, including LEGO Ventures, Sesame Workshop, and Gymboree Play & Music. BEGiN was co-founded by Neal Shenoy, Noelle Millholt, and Stephanie Dua and is one of Crain’s 100 Best Places to Work in New York City. | $12.5M / Series B / May 09, 2016 | |
Speakaboos
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Speakaboos is a reading application that offers bedtime stories, nursery rhymes and songs for kids, located in New York. | Series B / Nov 13, 2014 | |
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FAQ
What does Kyowon Group invest in?
Kyowon Group invests primarily in Apps, Travel and Tourism startups, most often at Seed 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.
What round sizes does Kyowon Group invest in?
Kyowon Group typically joins rounds of $3k–$7.9M at Seed. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Kyowon Group's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Kyowon Group took part in.
When did Kyowon Group last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Kyowon Group closed in Nov 2023. 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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