# Octagon Venture Partners

> Octagon Venture Partners is a VC fund in Seoul backing Finance, Software and Financial Services. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Seoul, South Korea
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Oct 2025
- Lead investor: 29%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://www.octagonvp.com

Octagon Venture Partners is a VC fund in Seoul focused on Finance and Software. Octagon Venture Partners invests in entrepreneurs and identifies firms early in their lifespan.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $154k–$2.2M |
| Series A | $1.6M–$14M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Finance | 2 | 29% |
| Software | 2 | 29% |
| Financial Services | 2 | 29% |
| AgTech | 1 | 14% |
| Farming | 1 | 14% |

13 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 3 | 43% |
| Seed | 2 | 29% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| South Korea | 4 | 57% |
| Malaysia | 1 | 14% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Peanut AI | Peanut AI is a cybersecurity company that specializes in embedded protection for industrial OT and IoT systems. The company help manufacturers secure their factory equipment, PLCs, sensors, and industrial networks with lightweight and real-time defense solutions designed for global compliance. | $1.6M | Series A | Oct 16, 2025 |  |
| Metafarmers | Metafarmers is an agricultural technology company that provides robotic assistance in farming to increase production. | $2.2M | Seed | Aug 12, 2025 |  |
| Paywatch | Paywatch offers a platform that allows employees to access their earnings before payday anytime. | $13.8M | Series A | Jun 24, 2024 |  |
| Paywatch Korea | Paywatch is a fintech company offering an Earned Wage Access (EWA) platform. It allows employees to access their earned salary before payday as a financial wellness benefit. The company also provides employee financial services like benefits, payments, and wage-linked solutions for employers and workers. | $14.4M | Series A | Jun 24, 2024 |  |
| Granter | Granter is a cost management business that offers services at the lowest possible price on the market. | $492.7K | Seed | Jan 10, 2024 |  |
| Barca | Barca is an AI-based agricultural product forward trading platform. Barca possesses agricultural production forecasting technology comparable to that of the U.S. government. | $304.5K | Seed | Dec 05, 2023 |  |
| Metafarmers | Metafarmers is an agricultural technology company that provides robotic assistance in farming to increase production. | $154.1K | Seed | Nov 30, 2023 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Third Prime](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/third-prime) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [University of Illinois Foundation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/university-of-illinois-foundation) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Wooshin Venture Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wooshin-venture-investment-corp) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [FuturePlay](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/futureplay-co) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [InfoBank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/infobank) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Intops Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/intops-investment) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Octagon Venture Partners invest in?

Octagon Venture Partners invests primarily in Finance, Software and Financial Services startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 7 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 Octagon Venture Partners's check size?

Octagon Venture Partners typically joins rounds of $154k–$2.2M at Seed and $1.6M–$14M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Octagon Venture Partners participates in.

### When did Octagon Venture Partners last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Octagon Venture Partners closed in Oct 2025. Shizune tracks 7 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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