# Next G Investment

> Next G Investment is a VC fund in Seoul backing Fashion, Jewelry and Artificial Intelligence. See 12 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Seoul, South Korea
- Total investments: 12
- Last investment: Nov 2025
- Lead investor: 8%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://nextginvest.com

Next G Investment is an investment management company that offers venture capital and consulting services.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $3.2M–$10M |
| Series B | $5.4M–$7.5M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Fashion | 2 | 17% |
| Jewelry | 2 | 17% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 17% |
| AgTech | 1 | 8% |
| Gaming | 1 | 8% |

32 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 4 | 33% |
| Seed | 3 | 25% |
| Series B | 2 | 17% |
| Series C | 1 | 8% |
| Series D | 1 | 8% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| South Korea | 9 | 75% |
| Japan | 1 | 8% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CoreTissue BioEngineering | CoreTissue BioEngineering is a development of an artificial ligament for reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament in Japan. | $3.9M | Series A | Nov 10, 2025 |  |
| Dexter Studios | Dexter Studios is a total contents production company that can develop and produce variable motion pictures and TV contents, and also, provide state-of-the-art visual effects from the Asia’s largest visual effects production. | $9.5M | Debt Financing | Oct 02, 2025 |  |
| Makestar | Makestar is a platform that provides K-culture content and information. Makestar allows artists and production companies to share their visions with a global audience. Makestar brings Hallyu stars and fans from all over the world together. It also offers the opportunity for fans to interact with celebrities and participate in the creation ofcontent. | $22.4M | Series D | Oct 08, 2024 |  |
| New Id | New Id is a digital content platform for content management system, channel publishing, and AI solutions. | $10M | Series A | Jun 23, 2022 |  |
| BEJEWEL | BEJEWEL is a jewelry-tech startup that is creating global jewelry commerce focuses on advancing jewelry e-commerce with technology. Amondz Lab is a platform that helps people create and grow their own jewelry brands by providing design, manufacturing, and online sales support. | $7.5M | Series B | Nov 08, 2021 |  |
| iPIXEL | iPIXEL is an augmented reality platform that offers On-Device AI Vision Solution for AR Contents and Smartphones. The platform provides an On-Device AI object recognition solution for next-generation content development. They are developing services that connect and integrate new experiences and future values ​​by optimizing sustainable innovationfor more consumers.iPIXEL started providing a solution to various companies, advertising agencies, mobile gaming, education, and mobile content companies. It develops a casual mobile game connecting the physical world and digital with a global leading publisher. | $1.8M | Seed | Oct 19, 2021 |  |
| Makestar | Makestar is a platform that provides K-culture content and information. Makestar allows artists and production companies to share their visions with a global audience. Makestar brings Hallyu stars and fans from all over the world together. It also offers the opportunity for fans to interact with celebrities and participate in the creation ofcontent. | $11.9M | Series C | Sep 14, 2021 |  |
| Makestar | Makestar is a platform that provides K-culture content and information. Makestar allows artists and production companies to share their visions with a global audience. Makestar brings Hallyu stars and fans from all over the world together. It also offers the opportunity for fans to interact with celebrities and participate in the creation ofcontent. | $5.4M | Series B | Feb 08, 2021 |  |
| Coconut Filter | Coconut Filter specialises in the design, development, and manufacturing of water treatment materials. |  | Seed | Jan 13, 2021 |  |
| Greenlabs | Greenlabs is an agri-tech company that develops a digital agricultural platform for farm management. Its platform provides a variety of features including analyses of the data to understand which environment is suitable for growing crops, and an environmental growth system to automatically adjust IoT devices on farms as well as provides otherintegrated information and services. It provides farmers with tools that can maximize production along with selling opportunities.The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Korea. | $5.3M | Series A | May 01, 2020 |  |

10 of 12 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Korea Development Bank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/korean-development-bank) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Altos Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/altos-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [IMM Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/imm-investment) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Isu Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/isu-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Korea Development Bank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kdb-industrial-bank) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Bluepoint](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bluepoint-partners-2) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Next G Investment invest in?

Next G Investment invests primarily in Fashion, Jewelry and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Series A and Seed 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 is Next G Investment's check size?

Next G Investment typically joins rounds of $3.2M–$10M at Series A and $5.4M–$7.5M 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 Next G Investment participates in.

### When did Next G Investment last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Next G Investment closed in Nov 2025. 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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