# Shinsegae

> Shinsegae is a VC fund in Seoul backing Apps, Beauty and Mobile. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Seoul, South Korea
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Dec 2024
- Lead investor: 25%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/shinsegae/?originalSubdomain=in
- Website: http://english.shinsegae.com/english/main.asp
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shinsegae.dep

Shinsegae is a VC fund in Seoul focused on Apps and Beauty. In 1930, Shinsegae, the first department store of Korea, brought light to the history of distribution industry in Korea. With a dream toward the new world and passion for customers, the Main Store has been the symbol and confidence of Shinsegae pursuing to create a better world. Since then, Shinsegae has been continuously creating values in theireveryday life as a leader to modernize the distribution industry of Korea. Throught these efforts, Shinsegae is continuouly developing the new world of distribution.From Shinsegae and E-mart, the first department store and discount store of Korea, to premium outlets… Over the past 80 years, Shinsegae has been leading the affluent living culture of Korea by ceaselessly striving to advance in the distribution industry. The path Shinsegae has been pursuing is indeed the history and traditional of distribution indistry in Korea. Now, Shinsegae is creating a happy world through continuous value creation for customers and new attempts that take the world by surprise.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Shinsegae. Shizune tracks 1 team members at Shinsegae. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/shinsegae?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apps | 1 | 25% |
| Beauty | 1 | 25% |
| Mobile | 1 | 25% |
| Content | 1 | 25% |
| Messaging | 1 | 25% |

8 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 2 | 50% |
| Series B | 1 | 25% |
| Corporate Round | 1 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| South Korea | 3 | 75% |
| Japan | 1 | 25% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jang Jae-young | CEO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jang-jae-young |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Mindmark | Mindmark is a content company which develops various forms of content, including films and dramas, going forward. | $7M | Corporate Round | Dec 10, 2024 |  |
| Grace | Grace operates as a health and beauty brand aggregator. | $10.6M | Series B | Aug 28, 2024 |  |
| Line | LINE develops calling and messaging applications for mobile phones in Japan and internationally. It offers LINE, a smartphone application that allows users to make free calls and messaging with other users regardless of which mobile network provider they are using.The company also offers NAVER, a search communication service; NAVER Matome, auser-participatory curation platform; Livedoor, a portal site; livedoor Blog, a blogging service; and livedoor News that provides information gathered from various news sources, as well as a range of advertising products. In addition, it operates LINE GAME, a platform that lets LINE users to play games. | $9.7M | Series A | Jul 13, 2022 | https://linecorp.com/ja/ |
| Line Next | Line Next is committed to advancing and expanding the worldwide NFT industry. LINE NEXT seeks to offer innovative digital experiences and pave the road for the future by utilising blockchain and NFT technology. | $10M | Series A | Jul 13, 2022 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [CJ ENM](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cj-enm) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Hashed](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hashed-f96b) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [K Auction](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/k-auction) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Line Games](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/line-games) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Naver](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/naver-corporation) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Naver Webtoon](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/naver-webtoon) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Shinsegae invest in?

Shinsegae invests primarily in Apps, Beauty and Mobile startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in South Korea. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Shinsegae?

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### Who are the partners at Shinsegae?

The team at Shinsegae includes Jang Jae-young (CEO). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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