Posco
VC Fund
Seoul, South Korea
POSCO (formerly Pohang Iron and Steel Company) is a multinational steel-making company. Has become the world's number one steel company POSCO through continuous plant efficiency and production of conductive and practical power beyond the limits. They constantly strive to create better products for new materials development energy.
- Total investments:
- 24
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 38%
Last updated:
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Industries Posco invests in
Stages Posco invests in
Countries Posco invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Series A
- $1.7M–$12M
- Series B
- $10M–$111M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Manufacturing 4 (17%)
- Mineral 3 (13%)
- Renewable Energy 3 (13%)
- Mining 2 (8%)
- Industrial 2 (8%)
Stage
- Series A 4 (17%)
- Series B 4 (17%)
- Funding Round 3 (13%)
- Seed 2 (8%)
- Secondary Market 2 (8%)
Country
- South Korea 12 (50%)
- Australia 3 (13%)
- United States 2 (8%)
- The Netherlands 1 (4%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Kang Tae Young
President, POSCO Research Institute
|
President, POSCO Research Institute | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
|
Jeong Woo Choi
CEO
|
CEO | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRILS Corporation, a leading professional system engineering organization, takes pleasure in providing pioneering automation system designs and integrated solutions. | $4.7M / Venture - Series Unknown / Apr 07, 2026 | ||
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Enforus
|
Enforus is building project represents a new model for rapidly commercializing large corporations technologies. | Seed / Jan 21, 2026 | |
|
Mineral Resources - Operational Lithium Business
|
Mineral Resources - Operational Lithium Business operates lithium mines. | $783.5M / Secondary Market / Nov 11, 2025 | |
| Black Rock Mining is a graphite exploration company. It owns the mahenge graphite mine, graphite and corporate resources graphite flake resources. | $40M / Post-IPO Equity / Sep 03, 2025 | ||
| Founded in December 2017, MakinaRocks is a startup specializing in industrial machine intelligence solutions. The company develops industrial AI solutions and a machine learning platform. MakinaRocks’s solutions mitigate the challenges of industries sites—optimizing production quality and process efficiency of the automotive, energy, semiconductor,and battery sectors. Built for ML engineers, MakinaRocks’s end-to-end ML platform covers integral machine learning and model development processes, enhancing while simplifying the transition to AI. | $12M / Dec 31, 2024 | ||
| SN Display develops display materials using perovskite nanocrystal technology for color conversion layers used in next-generation screens. It focuses on improving color purity, efficiency, and visual performance for electronic display applications including smartphones, TVs, and emerging visual devices. The company works on material-level displaysolutions. for various uses cases in | Series A / Jun 01, 2024 | ||
| Hysata is a developer of hydrogen electrolyzer designed to accelerate the world's shift away from fossil fuels to green hydrogen | $111M / Series B / May 08, 2024 | ||
| EnergyX is a clean technology company that optimizes the lithium extraction process. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, FL. | $50M / Series B / Oct 15, 2023 | ||
| Hardt develops a transport system in traveling huge distances completely emission-free, safe, and accessible to everyone. Hardt Hyperloop has emerged from the winning team at the SpaceX Hyperloop Competition, dedicated to realizing the hyperloop. | $13.2M / Jul 05, 2023 | ||
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Elk Valley Resources
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Elk Valley Resources operates as a steelmaking coal producer. Teck Resources Limited announced the reorganization of its business to separate Teck into two independent, publicly-listed companies: Teck Metals Corp. (“Teck Metals”) and Elk Valley Resources Ltd. (“EVR”). | $757.4M / Secondary Market / Feb 21, 2023 | |
| See all 24 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Posco invest in?
Posco invests primarily in Manufacturing, Mineral and Renewable Energy 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 round sizes does Posco invest in?
Posco typically joins rounds of $1.7M–$12M at Series A and $10M–$111M at Series B. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Posco's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Posco took part in.
How do I contact Posco?
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Who are the partners at Posco?
The team at Posco includes Kang Tae Young (President, POSCO Research Institute) and Jeong Woo Choi (CEO). 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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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