# Shinhan Financial Group

> Shinhan Financial Group is a VC fund backing Software. See 44 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Seoul, South Korea
- Total investments: 44
- Last investment: Nov 2025
- Lead investor: 18%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/shinhan-financial-group-co-ltd-
- Website: http://www.shinhangroup.co.kr/

Shinhan Financial Group is a VC fund in Seoul focused on Software and Information Technology. Shinhan Financial Group offers various financial services, including commercial banking, credit card services, securities services, insurance, credit services, and asset management, such as securities investment trust management, investment advisory, call transactions, domestic and foreign private equity fund business, and others.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $1.8M–$88M |
| Series B | $4.8M–$111M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 10 | 23% |
| Information Technology | 7 | 16% |
| Health Care | 6 | 14% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 6 | 14% |
| Apps | 5 | 11% |

94 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 11 | 25% |
| Series B | 8 | 18% |
| Seed | 6 | 14% |
| Series C | 6 | 14% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 4 | 9% |

10 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| South Korea | 36 | 82% |
| India | 1 | 2% |
| Vietnam | 1 | 2% |
| Australia | 1 | 2% |
| Indonesia | 1 | 2% |

7 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cho Yong Byeong | CEO & Chairman | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cho-yong-byeong |
| Jinsoo Lee | Head of Global Investment | 6 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jinsoo-lee |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Korea Digital Asset Custody | Korea Digital Asset Custody provides custodial solutions for digital assets with security and blockchain technology services. |  | Seed | Nov 26, 2025 |  |
| Datumo | Datumo got your back!Obtaining the proper data has always been the top issue for many AI labs/companies. To solve this problem, Datumo provides a platform that connects your company to the crowd-workers.It's MORE than just a connection! We passionately research crowd-workers and your project to develop cutting-edge technologies forthe optimized mobile crowd-sourcing.Keep disrupting the world! Just for your project, we are here to maintain the quality, cost-efficiency, or any other burdens related to the data. Datumo was founded in 2018. | $15.5M | Series B | Aug 11, 2025 |  |
| Curefoods | Curefoods democratizes access to food on a sustainable basis. They focus on operations management for cloud kitchens and the online food ordering market. | $40M | Series D | Dec 18, 2024 |  |
| INFINIQ | INFINIQ is a software testing company in Korea. | $11.2M | Venture - Series Unknown | Sep 09, 2024 |  |
| Hysata | 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 |  |
| ARPI | ARPI builds AI-powered video analytics and monitoring solutions that deliver real-time operational insights. The company focuses on intelligent data processing systems that analyze visual information for security, management, and automation purposes. Its technology enables organizations to improve decision-making, enhance operational visibility,and streamline monitoring workflows across various environments. |  | Seed | Apr 01, 2024 |  |
| Habit Factory | Habit Factory provides financial big data analytics solutions. | $4.8M | Venture - Series Unknown | Oct 10, 2023 |  |
| A Biotech | Abiotech is a biotechnology company based in South Korea that develops recombinant protein and antibody-related technologies for health, beauty, and industrial applications. It focuses on research and development as well as the creation of biological materials and technologies used in cosmetics and related fields. |  | Seed | May 30, 2023 |  |
| Show Golf | Show Golf spearheads a new golf culture by transforming the traditional golf driving range into a trendy and vibrant, complex cultural space, breaking away from conventional norms.The company is expanding its presence by opening new stores in Gayang and Dobong, in addition to the existing Gimpo Airport store. Furthermore, they are expanding theirbusiness by securing an exclusive domestic distribution partner for products from Flightscope, a renowned overseas swing analyzer company. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 14, 2023 |  |
| GSIL Co., Ltd. | GSIL Co., Ltd provide ‘Total safety care solution’ using Risk-Matrix first in world.We are doing our best i) To apply filed-worker’s needs ii) To administrate safety of filed-workers using real-time IoT technology. iii) To reduce overtime works.in our misson, ‘Good Safety in Life’.<Saint> that is GSIL’s safety solution reportlabor’s exact location, identification, state of educated and situation of admission control.The Saint is designed to enable safety-manager/person-in-charge to figure out all situation of field. 1. Precheck dangerous factor. 2. Analyze possibility of accident occurrence. 3. To able to handle the crisis stand on accurate data.The Saint, safety-control-system using IoT technology is already used in real field.The Saint help field-manager to figure out all situation, to diagnose dangerous in real-time, to establish best strategy in crisis. | $1.1M | Venture - Series Unknown | Dec 12, 2022 |  |

10 of 44 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Capstone Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/capstone-partners-korea) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Hana Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hana-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Industrial Bank of Korea](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/industrial-bank-of-korea) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Kakao Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kakao-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [KB Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kbinvest) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Kiwoom Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kiwoom-investment) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Shinhan Financial Group invest in?

Shinhan Financial Group invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and Health Care startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 44 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 Shinhan Financial Group's check size?

Shinhan Financial Group typically joins rounds of $1.8M–$88M at Series A and $4.8M–$111M 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 Shinhan Financial Group participates in.

### How do I contact Shinhan Financial Group?

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### Who are the partners at Shinhan Financial Group?

The team at Shinhan Financial Group includes Cho Yong Byeong (CEO & Chairman) and Jinsoo Lee (Head of Global Investment). 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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