# Midas Doang-A Investment

> Midas Doang-A Investment is a VC fund backing Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology. See 24 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 24
- Last investment: Jan 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Midas Doang-A Investment is a VC fund focused on Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology. Midas Doang-A Investment

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.1M–$1.3M |
| Series A | $1.9M–$7.7M |
| Series B | $12k–$13M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pharmaceutical | 5 | 21% |
| Biotechnology | 4 | 17% |
| Food and Beverage | 3 | 13% |
| Music | 2 | 8% |
| Content | 2 | 8% |

39 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 9 | 38% |
| Series B | 8 | 33% |
| Seed | 3 | 13% |
| Series C | 2 | 8% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| South Korea | 17 | 71% |
| Pakistan | 1 | 4% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Astrogen, inc. | Astrogen is a biotech company developing new drugs. | $9.3M | Series C | Jan 17, 2024 |  |
| GPCR Therapeutics | GPCR Therapeutics is a clinical-stage international biopharmaceutical firm that develops therapeutics based on proprietary GPCR data. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. The company’s proprietary data driven approach has identified over 1000 GPCR pairs upon which drug screening campaigns can be pursued.Identification of the best GPCR pair to target for specific disease indications and patient subpopulations creates a personalized approach to combination therapy. By targeting the unique pharmacology of GPCR pairs, we aim to develop life changing treatments for cancer and other diseases. | $3.2M | Series C | Nov 29, 2023 |  |
| growV | GrowV Labs develops AI-based educational technology platforms focused on interactive learning and child development. The company provides digital learning content, voice-based interaction systems, and data collection tools used for educational applications, language learning, and child-focused AI model development through multimedia and interactiveplatforms. | $4.7M | Series A | Feb 09, 2023 |  |
| Lively | 'Lively', an online music performance platform enjoyed with characters | $1.3M | Seed | Mar 29, 2022 |  |
| Acon3D | Acon3D is an online 3D model marketplace. | $7.4M | Series A | Feb 15, 2022 |  |
| Carpenstreet | Carpenstreet provides ACON and ABLER to reduce production time for digital content creators. ACON is an e-commerce platform that connects 2D/3D asset sellers and content creating buyers. ABLER is a software that helps content creators easily edit and utilize 3D assets to make creative scenes efficiently. | $7.7M | Series A | Feb 15, 2022 |  |
| Acon3D | Acon3D is an online 3D model marketplace. | $7.7M | Series A | Feb 15, 2022 |  |
| Samsam Seafood | Samsam Seafood is a fresh seafood brand of Secondist Co., Ltd., is leading the growth of the domestic seafood market by selling ultra-fresh seafood and seafood meal kits. | $5.1M | Series A | Dec 29, 2021 |  |
| CultureHero | CultureHero is a food company. | $11M | Series B | Dec 03, 2021 |  |
| You Need Character | You Need Character is an animation production company that created animated characters for children's books, videos and games. | $2.4M | Series A | May 25, 2021 |  |

10 of 24 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Midas Doang-A Investment invest in?

Midas Doang-A Investment invests primarily in Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology and Food and Beverage startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 24 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 Midas Doang-A Investment's check size?

Midas Doang-A Investment typically joins rounds of $1.1M–$1.3M at Seed, $1.9M–$7.7M at Series A and $12k–$13M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Midas Doang-A Investment participates in.

### When did Midas Doang-A Investment last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Midas Doang-A Investment closed in Jan 2024. Shizune tracks 24 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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