# NHN Investment

> NHN Investment is a VC fund backing Software and Artificial Intelligence. See 31 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Seoul, South Korea
- Total investments: 31
- Last investment: Nov 2022
- Lead investor: 26%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: http://www.nhninv.com/invkr/index.nhn

NHN Investment is a specialized investment organization providing investments, loans, and management as well as technological guidance to new technology enterprises and venture businesses.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for NHN Investment. Shizune tracks 9 team members at NHN Investment. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/nhn-investment?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.5M–$8.7M |
| Series A | $1M–$18M |
| Series B | $3M–$24M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 8 | 26% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 6 | 19% |
| Health Care | 5 | 16% |
| Internet | 3 | 10% |
| Messaging | 3 | 10% |

74 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 8 | 26% |
| Seed | 7 | 23% |
| Series B | 7 | 23% |
| Funding Round | 4 | 13% |
| Series C | 1 | 3% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 12 | 39% |
| South Korea | 8 | 26% |
| Israel | 2 | 6% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 6% |
| Egypt | 1 | 3% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Dong-Ha Cha | Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dong-ha-cha |
| Heung-Chul Chung | Venture Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/heung-chue-chung |
| Jean Kyu Kang | General Manager | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jean-kyu-kang |
| Ji-hyun Kim | Manager | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ji-hyun-kim |
| Jong-seung Lee | CEO | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jong-seung-lee |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Works Mate | Works Mate is a job search matching platform for daily workers in the field of construction and architecture sectors. | $3.1M | Seed | Nov 30, 2022 |  |
| tru.ID | Mobile Authentication, Reimagined. Blazingly Fast Phone Verification. APIs for instant, invisible strong authentication. | $4.8M | Seed | Mar 31, 2022 |  |
| Parking Cloud | Parking Cloud is a cloud-based parking system. | $83.7M | Series D | Feb 09, 2022 |  |
| VA Corporation | VA Corporation is a media and entertainment company. It is involved in virtual production, VFX, virtual human characters, and the planning and production of original film and drama content. The company is building a global content and metaverse ecosystem for or metaverse content production. It also specializes in an original content IP library. | $8.7M | Seed | Aug 09, 2021 |  |
| tru.ID | Mobile Authentication, Reimagined. Blazingly Fast Phone Verification. APIs for instant, invisible strong authentication. | $4.2M | Seed | Feb 16, 2021 |  |
| tru.ID | Mobile Authentication, Reimagined. Blazingly Fast Phone Verification. APIs for instant, invisible strong authentication. | $4.2M | Seed | Feb 16, 2021 |  |
| ImmunoMet Therapeutics | ImmunoMet Therapeutics is a development-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of novel oncology products that are aimed to improve the quality of life of cancer patients. With more than 6 years of experience in the field of cancer metabolism and immunometabolism, ImmunoMet has developed a comprehensivepipeline of metabolic regulators preferentially targeting the cellular metabolism of drug-resistant cancer subpopulations and immuno-suppressors of anti-cancer effector T cells. | $7M |  | Feb 08, 2021 |  |
| ImmunoMet Therapeutics | ImmunoMet Therapeutics is a development-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of novel oncology products that are aimed to improve the quality of life of cancer patients. With more than 6 years of experience in the field of cancer metabolism and immunometabolism, ImmunoMet has developed a comprehensivepipeline of metabolic regulators preferentially targeting the cellular metabolism of drug-resistant cancer subpopulations and immuno-suppressors of anti-cancer effector T cells. | $7M | Series B | Feb 08, 2021 |  |
| Breadfast | Breadfast delivers household essentials, bakeries, groceries, fruits, veggies, and more than 3,000 items in minutes. | $1M | Series A | Mar 08, 2020 |  |
| Macaron M | Macaron M is a mobile application that offers taxi services. |  | Series A | Jan 15, 2020 |  |

10 of 31 investments shown.

## Co-investors
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## FAQ

### What does NHN Investment invest in?

NHN Investment invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and Health Care startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 31 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is NHN Investment's check size?

NHN Investment typically joins rounds of $1.5M–$8.7M at Seed, $1M–$18M at Series A and $3M–$24M 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 NHN Investment participates in.

### How do I contact NHN Investment?

Public channels for NHN Investment include the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at NHN Investment?

The team at NHN Investment includes Dong-Ha Cha (Director), Heung-Chul Chung (Venture Partner) and Jean Kyu Kang (General Manager), among 9 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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