# Ministry of Trade Industry and Energy

> Ministry of Trade Industry and Energy is a VC fund backing Manufacturing. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sejung, South Korea
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 80%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://x.com/MOTIEKoreaEng/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MOTIEKoreaEng/

Ministry of Trade Industry and Energy is a VC fund in Sejung focused on Manufacturing and Information Technology. MOTIE is essential to attaining industrial growth, raising exports, promoting trade internationally, and broadening the scope of international collaboration. These actions enhance Korean enterprises' competitiveness and ultimately contribute to the expansion of the Korean economy.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Manufacturing | 2 | 40% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 40% |
| Computer | 1 | 20% |
| Printing | 1 | 20% |
| Logistics | 1 | 20% |

13 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Grant | 4 | 80% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 20% |

### Country

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

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HYUNDAI MOVEX | HYUNDAI MOVEX provides logistics, information technology, and cloud data services. | $13.1M | Grant | Jul 28, 2026 |  |
| Pasqal | PASQAL is developing a full-stack quantum computer that will be used to simulate complex phenomena for scientific discovery and to address general problems such as optimization, drug discovery, and machine learning. The company's quantum processing units are made up of hundreds of atomic qubits in 2D and 3D arrays, and their programmingenvironment, to address our customers' needs in quantum computing and simulation. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Oct 29, 2025 |  |
| Vault Creation | Vault Creation is an etching technology company specializing in developing the physical concept of dry etching. | $2.9M | Grant | Jul 31, 2024 |  |
| ReCerise Therapeutics | ReCerise Therapeutics is a bio-venture company that researches and develops targeted therapies for treatments of liver disease area. |  | Grant | Jul 01, 2024 |  |
| BRYTN | BRYTN has achieved technological competitiveness through the transfer of essential technologies and patents from SK Telecom. |  | Grant | May 01, 2020 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Dunamu & Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dunamu-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [LG Electronics](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lg) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- Seoul Metropolitan Government — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Ministry of Trade Industry and Energy invest in?

Ministry of Trade Industry and Energy invests primarily in Manufacturing, Information Technology and Computer startups, most often at Grant and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 5 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 Ministry of Trade Industry and Energy last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ministry of Trade Industry and Energy closed in Jul 2026. 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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