# POSCO Venture Capital

> POSCO Venture Capital is a VC fund in Pohang backing Software and Health Care. See 38 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Pohang, South Korea
- Total investments: 38
- Last investment: May 2026
- Lead investor: 29%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/posco/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/poscoway?lang=en
- Website: http://pvcc.co.kr/

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.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $1.7M–$6.3M |
| Series B | $2.6M–$44M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 9 | 24% |
| Health Care | 6 | 16% |
| Information Technology | 6 | 16% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 5 | 13% |
| Machine Learning | 4 | 11% |

95 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 15 | 39% |
| Series B | 9 | 24% |
| Funding Round | 6 | 16% |
| Seed | 4 | 11% |
| Series C | 2 | 5% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| South Korea | 27 | 71% |
| United States | 6 | 16% |
| China | 1 | 3% |
| Indonesia | 1 | 3% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jin goon Sohn | Vice President | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jin-goon-sohn |
| Myungju Choi | CEO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/myungju-choi |
| Park Tae-Joon | Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/park-tae-joon-b168 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| TESOLLO | TESOLLO develops robot and motion presenter products. | $3.4M | Series B | May 15, 2026 |  |
| TESOLLO | TESOLLO develops robot and motion presenter products. | $4.4M | Series A | Jun 16, 2025 |  |
| NaraSpace Technology | 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 | Reset Company specializes in building sustainable energy production and resource circulation ecosystems. | $2.2M | Series A | Oct 05, 2023 |  |
| Mintech | 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 | Black Materials is a synthetic graphite manufacturer that uses domestic raw materials for the production of artificial graphite. |  | Seed | May 01, 2023 |  |
| A-PRO SEMICON | GaN epi wafer and power devices |  | Series A | Apr 19, 2023 |  |
| Pluto | 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 | 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 |  |
| Purplechips | Pruplechips provides solutions for the optimization design of system semiconductors. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Dec 01, 2021 |  |

10 of 38 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Korea Development Bank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/korean-development-bank) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Enlight Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/enlight-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [IDG Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/idg-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [KB Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kbinvest) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Mirae Asset Venture Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mirae-asset-venture-investment) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Samsung Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/samsung-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

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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 38 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 $1.7M–$6.3M at Series A and $2.6M–$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?

Public channels for POSCO Venture Capital include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and 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 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.

### 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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