# SAMYANG CHEMICAL GROUP

> SAMYANG CHEMICAL GROUP is a VC fund in Seoul backing Food and Beverage and Artificial Intelligence. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Seoul, South Korea
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Aug 2024
- Lead investor: 14%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/samyangchem
- Website: http://www.samyangchem.co.kr/eng/

SAMYANG CHEMICAL GROUP is a VC fund in Seoul focused on Food and Beverage and Artificial Intelligence. Samyang Chemical Group Where based in Seoul, Korea. Since the establishment in 1975, Samyang Chemical has been succeeding in variety of Industries including Chemical, Distribution, Steel, IT and etc. Through the constant success, Samyang Chemical has become the Global Leading Company with numbers of Affiliates. As a CVC, we also could provide ournetwork around the world, China and America especially. you may check our 10 branch and client network on our website (www.samyangchem.co.kr/eng) - we have a global business partners like BASF, Hyundai, LG Electronics etc. We are looking for startups which have potential in our new business category, Even we are chemical based company though, quite open to any industries.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Food and Beverage | 2 | 29% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 29% |
| Retail | 1 | 14% |
| Social | 1 | 14% |
| Grocery | 1 | 14% |

21 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 6 | 86% |
| Series A | 1 | 14% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| South Korea | 6 | 86% |
| United States | 1 | 14% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| AI Connect | AI Connect is a health management system focused on metabolism, providing accurate measurement and diagnosis, tailored prescriptions, personalized one-on-one coaching, and continuous change management. AI CONNECT also runs the AI-driven global social matching service known as Havit. |  | Seed | Aug 01, 2024 |  |
| ImpriMed | ImpriMed is a company that creates individualized drug response prediction technology to help veterinarians fight lymphoma. The company's technology provides precision medicine techniques that allow veterinary oncologists to find appropriate anticancer drugs by developing a patient-derived database for pet cancer treatment that can eventuallybe translated into human cancer care, allowing doctors to decide on a final treatment regimen based on a data-driven prediction of response success in each individual patient's body. | $23M | Series A | Nov 06, 2023 |  |
| MY NORMAL | MY NORMAL provides food and services for ketogenic diets. | $1.2M | Seed | Oct 06, 2022 |  |
| Future Connect | Livfarm is an online platform that delivers fresh vegetables and salad samplers. | $4.2M | Seed | Jun 30, 2022 |  |
| LabNote | LabNote provides research data solutions for the bio, nano, and chemical industries. | $2.2M | Seed | Jun 06, 2022 |  |
| City Storage | City Storage is a side dish platform that produces and sells salads, soups, and pickles. |  | Seed | Jan 03, 2022 |  |
| BlockOdyssey | BlockOdyssey is a tech start-up that provides 'blockchain-based B2B solutions'.Currently, the main solution is supplying 'blockchain-based anti-counterfeiting solution', and logistics & distribution history management is in progress with blockchain. It has received investment from Asia's largest cosmetic company, andis conducting business with French pharmaceutical companies. | $2.5M | Seed | Mar 15, 2021 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Smilegate Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/smilegate-investment) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Bass Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bass-investment) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Byucksan](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/byucksan) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Draglim Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/draglim-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Hana Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hana-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Han River Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/han-river-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does SAMYANG CHEMICAL GROUP invest in?

SAMYANG CHEMICAL GROUP invests primarily in Food and Beverage, Artificial Intelligence and Retail startups, most often at Seed and Series A 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.

### When did SAMYANG CHEMICAL GROUP last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for SAMYANG CHEMICAL GROUP closed in Aug 2024. 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.

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