# MG Investment

> MG Investment is a VC fund backing Medical, Big Data and Software. See 3 investments, round sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Jan 2019
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: http://mginvest.co.kr/

MG Investment is a VC fund focused on Medical and Big Data. A private equity and venture capital firm.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Medical | 1 | 33% |
| Big Data | 1 | 33% |
| Software | 1 | 33% |
| Marketing | 1 | 33% |
| App Marketing | 1 | 33% |

12 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 1 | 33% |
| Series B | 1 | 33% |
| Series C | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MADUP | Since a number of smartphone users reached 40 million, a numerous number of fine quality mobile applications came out for them. However, there are few that still being loved. Nowadays, not only strategic planning and development are important, but also mobile app marketing takes a huge part of success.They provide accurate and optimal mobileapp marketing plan to advertisers. They extract reliable data from tracking tools, and apply them to a variety of services, such as app marketing consulting, platform management, advertisement planning, etc.They have performed reward marketing, CPI marketing, CPA marketing, and CPM marketing, and also they have worked with major companies with highest sales in commerce, real estate, education, games, and more.They proudly work with their own character as a startup and passionate team members. Together, they have figured mobile app map, mobile app market flow, mobile app trend, successful app revenue model and marketing strategies, and in 2016, they are still growing for brighter future. | $10M | Series B | Jul 24, 2018 |  |
| Watcha | WATCHA - Launched in AUG 2012, it quickly became Korea’s favorite movie review app - Its core competency lies in personalized recommendation technology - once users rate movie, WATCHA predicts how they will like movies they haven’t yet seen - Now provides the widest and most accurate movie, TV show and book reviews - Launched in Japan in 2015WATCHA PLAY - Launched in JAN 2016 - Subscription VOD service for movie and TV series available on multiple devices including Web, iOS/Android mobile and tablet, Samsung/LG Smart TV, Google Chromecast, Android TV - Provides extremely accurate personalized content recommendation, powered by WATCHA - 75% of content consumed based on recommendationsComment by Apple, App Store Editor Team “Thanks to its large volume of reliable review data collected from users, WATCHA PLAY can recommend contents that perfectly satisfy my taste. Please don’t waste your time in choosing what to watch. Trust WATCHA PLAY and Enjoy tonight” | $12M | Series C | Mar 30, 2018 |  |
| Deep Bio | Deep Bio is a AI healthcare company focused on digital pathology and cancer diagnostics. The company develops deep learning-powered software solutions that help pathologists detect and analyze cancers more accurately and efficiently. | $5.6M | Series A | Mar 02, 2018 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Aju IB Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aju-ib-investment) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Cognitive Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cognitive-investment) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Daesung Private Equity](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daesung-private-equity) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Dt& Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dt-investment) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Hyundai Investment Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hyundai-investment-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [ID Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/id-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does MG Investment invest in?

MG Investment invests primarily in Medical, Big Data and Software startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 3 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 MG Investment last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for MG Investment closed in Jan 2019. Shizune tracks 3 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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