# SK Group

> SK Group is a VC fund in Seoul backing Manufacturing and Energy. See 25 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Seoul, South Korea
- Total investments: 25
- Last investment: Jun 2023
- Lead investor: 68%
- Fund size: $25M
- Last fund: Dec 2015
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sk-group-media/
- Website: http://www.sk.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mediask

SK Group is a VC fund in Seoul focused on Manufacturing and Energy. SK Group specializes in the fields of Biopharmaceuticals, energy, life sciences, semiconductors, and telecommunications. SK Group is a collection of diverse multi-national manufacturing and service companies united under a holding company structure that shares a common SK Brand and Corporate Culture.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for SK Group. Shizune tracks 4 team members at SK Group. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/sk-group?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Manufacturing | 7 | 28% |
| Energy | 5 | 20% |
| CleanTech | 4 | 16% |
| Health Care | 3 | 12% |
| Oil and Gas | 3 | 12% |

59 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Corporate Round | 6 | 24% |
| Post-IPO Equity | 4 | 16% |
| Series A | 3 | 12% |
| Series C | 3 | 12% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 8% |

10 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 11 | 44% |
| Vietnam | 4 | 16% |
| South Korea | 3 | 12% |
| China | 2 | 8% |
| Japan | 1 | 4% |

7 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Chaney Phillips | Production Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chaney-phillips |
| Chey Jong-hyon | Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chey-jong-hyon |
| Dong-Hyun Jang | CEO | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dong-hyun-jang |
| Tae-won Chey | Chairman | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chey-tae-won |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| NET Power | NET Power: · Produces clean power from natural gas inherently capturing all emissions with superior economic advantage to any emitting and non-emitting source of power generation · Partners are 8 Rivers, Exelon, McDermott, and Occidental Petroleum · 50 MWth plant constructed in La Porte, TX is now under its operational testingphase with power being supplied to the ERCOT grid soon · Commercial unit will be 500MWth, and we are engaged with many customers globally for these units · Allows the world to meet all its climate targets at power prices the entire world can afford | $540M | Post-IPO Equity | Jun 08, 2023 |  |
| Lunar Energy | Lunar Energy's mission is to transition homes to 100% clean energy. Founded in 2020, Lunar Energy is designing and engineering the world’s best clean energy products to electrify all homes and connect communities to form clean, resilient virtual power plants. The fast-growing, global company is delivering an ecosystem of all-electric productsto make our electricity greener, our air cleaner, and our energy more safe, secure, and reliable for all. | $300M | Venture - Series Unknown | Aug 24, 2022 |  |
| TerraPower | TerraPower aims to develop a sustainable and economic nuclear energy system while greatly reducing proliferation risks and creating new options for converting low-level waste into vast energy resources. TerraPower is investigating a class of nuclear fast reactors called the traveling wave reactor (TWR). | $750M |  | Aug 15, 2022 |  |
| TerraPower | TerraPower aims to develop a sustainable and economic nuclear energy system while greatly reducing proliferation risks and creating new options for converting low-level waste into vast energy resources. TerraPower is investigating a class of nuclear fast reactors called the traveling wave reactor (TWR). | $830M | Series A | Aug 15, 2022 |  |
| Geminus AI | Geminus.AI provides reimaging industrial process design with artificial intelligence. | $7.4M | Seed | Jun 27, 2022 |  |
| The CrownX | The Crown X is an integrated consumer-retail platform. | $340M | Secondary Market | Nov 11, 2021 |  |
| BigPay | Empowering Southeast Asians with financial services to level up their lives, one transaction at a time | $100M | Series A | Aug 06, 2021 |  |
| TBM | TBM is a company that develops, manufactures and sells paper and plastic alternative products made from a limestone-based material known as “LIMEX”. | $121M | Corporate Round | Jul 01, 2021 |  |
| Monolith | Monolith Materials is a carbon black manufacturing company that uses a proprietary process to convert natural gas to carbon black in a cost-competitive and environmentally advantaged manner. It uses a proprietary process and natural gas feedstock to manufacture carbon black, used in tires and industrial rubber products, plastics, coatings, andpetroleum refining applications. The company's process also produces hydrogen tail-gas, a valuable co-product that can be sold into the power generation or industrial gas markets.Monolith Materials was established in 2012 and is headquartered in Lincoln, Nebraska. |  | Corporate Round | Jun 03, 2021 |  |
| Monolith | Monolith is the world’s leading clean hydrogen and clean materials company. The company’s proprietary commercial-scale methane pyroloysis process uses 100% renewable power to superheat-- not burn-- conventional and renewable natural gas to create clean hydrogen, ammonia, and carbon black in an environmentally advantaged manner. Founded in 2012 byRob Hanson and Pete Johnson, Monolith was formed on the belief that you could build both a profitable company and create a cleaner world using technology. |  | Corporate Round | Jun 03, 2021 |  |

10 of 25 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Darling Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/darling-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [8 Rivers](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/8-rivers-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Ant Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ant-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [ArcelorMittal](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arcelormittal) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [China Reform Holdings Corporation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chinese-reform-holdings-corporation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Collaborative Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/collaborative-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does SK Group invest in?

SK Group invests primarily in Manufacturing, Energy and CleanTech startups, most often at Corporate Round and Post-IPO Equity stage. Most of the 25 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact SK Group?

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### Who are the partners at SK Group?

The team at SK Group includes Chaney Phillips (Production Director), Chey Jong-hyon (Founder) and Dong-Hyun Jang (CEO). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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