POSCO Venture Capital
VC Fund
Pohang, South Korea
POSCO Venture Capital is a VC fund in Pohang focused on Software and Health Care. POSTECH Venture Capital Corporation(POSTECH VC) was founded and financed by POSCO to participate in SME(small and medium enterprise) Revitalization Policy in 1997 for the National Economy Restoration.We seek investment opportunities in diverse markets including Information Technologies, Advanced Materials, Bio Technologies, Renewable Energy,and Life Sciences.And we are to accelerate the commercialization of the valuable technologies from POSTECH(Pohang University of Science and Technology), RIST(Research institute of Industrial Science and Technology), and other institutes in Korea. More than 200 professors in POSTECH help POSTECH VC evaluate the technologiesPOSTECH VC is comprised of a team consisted of experienced venture capitalists who has previous experiences in successful startups, consulting firms, and executive management.We are currently investing from our several funds and manage over 60 billion Won.Our recent primary investment focus is on high growth opportunities in renewable energy such as bio-diesel and photovoltaic technologies.
- Total investments:
- 41
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 32%
Last updated:
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Industries POSCO Venture Capital invests in
Stages POSCO Venture Capital invests in
Countries POSCO Venture Capital invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Series A
- $344k–$7.2M
- Series B
- $3.2M–$44M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 9 (22%)
- Health Care 6 (15%)
- Information Technology 6 (15%)
- Artificial Intelligence 5 (12%)
- Machine Learning 4 (10%)
Stage
- Series A 16 (39%)
- Series B 9 (22%)
- Funding Round 5 (12%)
- Seed 4 (10%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 3 (7%)
Country
- South Korea 28 (68%)
- United States 6 (15%)
- China 1 (2%)
- Indonesia 1 (2%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Jin goon Sohn
Vice President
|
Vice President | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
|
Myungju Choi
CEO
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CEO | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
|
Park Tae-Joon
Founder
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Founder | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| TESOLLO develops robot and motion presenter products. | $3.4M / Series B / May 15, 2026 | ||
| TESOLLO develops robot and motion presenter products. | $4.4M / Series A / Jun 16, 2025 | ||
| NaraSpace Technology specializes in the design, development, integration, and testing of CubeSats and small space systems. | $14.7M / Series B / May 21, 2024 | ||
| Reset Company specializes in building sustainable energy production and resource circulation ecosystems. | $2.2M / Series A / Oct 05, 2023 | ||
| Mintech is a manufacturing company specializing in battery diagnostics and energy storage technologies. The company develops and manufactures equipment for battery inspection, charge/discharge testing, and energy storage systems (ESS). Its product portfolio includes electric vehicle battery dischargers, reusable battery ESS units, anddata-driven diagnostic systems applicable to lithium-ion, redox flow, and fuel cell batteries. | $10.6M / Series C / Jul 01, 2023 | ||
| Black Materials is a synthetic graphite manufacturer that uses domestic raw materials for the production of artificial graphite. | Seed / May 01, 2023 | ||
| GaN epi wafer and power devices | Series A / Apr 19, 2023 | ||
| Pluto provides a SaaS solution that includes both discovery and academic search engines customized for the institution. | $3.6M / Series A / Jan 11, 2023 | ||
| Nearthlab is a technology-driven startup founded by M.S. and Ph.D. graduates in aerospace engineering from KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology), often called the “MIT of Korea.” Nearthlab is focusing on developing autonomous drones, powered by proprietary deep learning algorithm, to automate safety inspection of industrialfacilities, an industry with estimated market size of billions of dollars. Nearthlab’s first product is an “all-in-one” automated inspection solution for wind turbine blades, which covers gathering visual data using drones, detecting cracks and damages by AI, and generating reports with minimal human involvement. Nearthlab is currently servicing numerous wind farms in Korea, with ongoing negotiations with various partners in Korea and overseas, including Japan and the United States, for wind farms and other facilities such as cell tower. | $15M / Series C / Mar 01, 2022 | ||
| Pruplechips provides solutions for the optimization design of system semiconductors. | Venture - Series Unknown / Dec 01, 2021 | ||
| See all 41 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does POSCO Venture Capital invest in?
POSCO Venture Capital invests primarily in Software, Health Care and Information Technology startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 41 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 POSCO Venture Capital's check size?
POSCO Venture Capital typically joins rounds of $344k–$7.2M at Series A and $3.2M–$44M 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 POSCO Venture Capital participates in.
How do I contact POSCO Venture Capital?
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Who are the partners at POSCO Venture Capital?
The team at POSCO Venture Capital includes Jin goon Sohn (Vice President), Myungju Choi (CEO) and Park Tae-Joon (Founder). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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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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