# Root Impact

> Root Impact is a VC fund in Seongdong backing Finance and Financial Services. See 1 investment, round sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Seongdong, South Korea
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Nov 2014
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/root-impact/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/Root_Impact
- Website: http://www.rootimpact.org/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RootImpact/

Root Impact is a social service and non-profit organization.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Finance | 1 | 100% |
| Financial Services | 1 | 100% |
| Information Technology | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| THECHEAT | THECHEAT provides financial fraud prevention services. |  | Seed | Nov 01, 2014 | https://thecheat.co.kr |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [D3 Jubilee](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/d3jubilee) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Root Impact invest in?

Root Impact invests primarily in Finance, Financial Services and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in South Korea. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Root Impact last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Root Impact closed in Nov 2014. Shizune tracks 1 investment 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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