SK Holdings
VC Fund
Seoul, South Korea
SK Holdings is a VC fund in Seoul focused on Biotechnology and Manufacturing. SK Global Business Development(GBD), a global investment arm in SK holdings, has a mission to support and invest in promising entrepreneurs who aspire to make a difference in the startup field. GBD has been mainly focusing on the super-early stage investment where huge growth potential resides and where the teams' contribution to the startupcould be leveraged to the highest extent. We've been building a wide range of networks from incubators/startup institute to other VC firms under the name of "Hicosystem", which can share our vision and present deep impact on the global startup ecosystem. GBD has been especially interested in sectors that possess exponential growth prospect. GBD actively builds partnership with leading entrepreneurs who disrupt the industry and therefore create a new value to the startup community in a more sustainable way than so far.
- Total investments:
- 29
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 41%
Last updated:
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Industries SK Holdings invests in
Stages SK Holdings invests in
Countries SK Holdings invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 8 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Series B
- $4.1M–$75M
- Series C
- $28M–$350M
- Corporate Round
- $7.2M–$350M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Biotechnology 8 (28%)
- Manufacturing 4 (14%)
- Pharmaceutical 4 (14%)
- Transportation 4 (14%)
- Food Processing 3 (10%)
Stage
- Series B 6 (21%)
- Series C 5 (17%)
- Corporate Round 5 (17%)
- Series D 4 (14%)
- Seed 3 (10%)
Country
- United States 10 (34%)
- South Korea 8 (28%)
- China 2 (7%)
- Israel 1 (3%)
- Sweden 1 (3%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jinsoo Lee
New Tech Investor, SK Holdings Director
|
New Tech Investor, SK Holdings Director | Total investments: 6 | Find email | |
Joon Young Yoon
Manager
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Manager | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Jungwook Seo
Data Platform Team Leader
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Data Platform Team Leader | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Myoungjin Son
Project Leader(Senior)
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Project Leader(Senior) | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Sunghwan Choi
Vice President, Head of Global Business Development
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Vice President, Head of Global Business Development | Total investments: 17 | Find email | |
| See all 8 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wild Type is an agtech platform based in San Francisco, California.Wild Type aims to create clean and sustainable fish and meat. They use cellular agriculture technologies to address the most pressing challenges of the generation: climate change, food security, and health. They are looking for committed scientists to fundamentally redefine howthe world sources healthy and delicious meat. | $7.5M / Corporate Round / Nov 25, 2022 | ||
| a41 is a blockchain infrastructure startup that focuses on blockchain validator. | $9.1M / Seed / Sep 28, 2022 | ||
| Thermo Lab korea supplies eco-friendly packaging optimized for the cold chain to customers. | $4.2M / Series A / Feb 14, 2022 | ||
| Center for Breakthrough Medicines is an innovative cell and gene therapy focusing on contract development and manufacturing organization. | $350M / Corporate Round / Jan 10, 2022 | ||
| Fulcrum Bioenergy converts household garbage into low-carbon transportation fuels, including jet fuel, diesel, and ethanol.The company aims to create a clean, low-cost, and sustainable source of domestic transportation fuel. Their approach relies on an abundant and renewable feedstock: municipal solid waste. Using a proven thermochemical processto convert municipal solid waste into ethanol, Fulcrum is leading the next generation of ethanol production. In 2007, E. James Macias and Jim McDermott established the company in Pleasanton, California. | $50M / Venture - Series Unknown / Dec 16, 2021 | ||
| Palm NFT Studio is a collective of entertainment, technology, cryptoart and art industry leaders set up to on-ramp artists, creators and rights owners who want to establish NFT marketplaces and next-generation creative works on Palm. | $27M / Series B / Dec 09, 2021 | ||
| Halio is transforming glass into responsive, intelligent, beautiful architectural elements that transition from clear to tinted to dark – automatically or on command. We're transforming architecture and design by offering a much more versatile architectural element for windows, walls, and skylights.We're transforming buildings andhomes to be more efficient, beautiful, and comfortable.Most importantly, we're transforming lives by giving people unprecedented comfort and control of their indoor environments and more connection to the outside world, while creating inspiring spaces for living and working.We’re doing it through technology. Halio technology is so advanced that we don’t call it electrochromic. Though it does tint when it receives an electrical charge, Halio tints up to 10x faster, it tints uniformly (no more iris or curtain effect), it looks like natural clear glass (no more honey hues), it tints to classic, neutral shades of gray (no more smurf blue), and finally, we give you unlimited tint level options. It's why we thought it needed to be called "smart-tinting glass."And that’s just the glass itself. Our software and hardware controls are best-of-class – and they’re designed to work seamlessly with building management/automation systems.Beyond performance, our manufacturing techniques result in yields that match the flat panel display industry – and that means on-time deliveries, no matter where in the world your project is located. | $100M / Series D / Dec 06, 2021 | ||
| Perfect Day produces dairy proteins that are nutritionally identical to proteins from cow’s milk. Perfect Day is pioneering a whole new era in animal-free dairy products. One the delivers all of the taste, texture, and nutrition of dairy with none of the food safety, environmental, or animal welfare downsides.The company's animal-freeapproach, based on the safe and proven techniques that give the consumers beer or vegetarian rennet also provides consumers and food manufacturers with the same product they all know and love - through a more sustainable and compassionate process.It was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Emeryville, California. | $350M / Series D / Sep 30, 2021 | ||
| GenEdit was founded to transform the delivery of gene therapies and enable the next generation of non-viral, gene editing-based therapeutics. GenEdit’s proprietary technology, NanoGalaxy™ platform solves current delivery challenges by systematically screening its nanoparticle library and providing safer and efficient delivery to target tissues. Thecompany's tool makes therapeutic gene editing possible and is easier to use, faster and more accurate than previous gene-editing techniques and thus has the potential for a wide range of therapeutic applications, enabling physicians to cure incurable genetic diseases. | $26M / Series A / Sep 23, 2021 | ||
| Nature’s Fynd is a food company producing a protein from a microbe discovered in the geothermal springs. The company's mission is to create foods that both nourish people and the planet. Its revolutionary fermentation technology grows protein using a fraction of the land and water resources required by traditional agriculture.Nature’s Fyndwas founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. | $350M / Series C / Jun 04, 2021 | ||
| See all 29 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does SK Holdings invest in?
SK Holdings invests primarily in Biotechnology, Manufacturing and Pharmaceutical startups, most often at Series B and Series C stage. Most of the 29 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does SK Holdings invest in?
SK Holdings typically joins rounds of $4.1M–$75M at Series B, $28M–$350M at Series C and $7.2M–$350M at Corporate Round. These are whole funding-round sizes, not SK Holdings's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds SK Holdings took part in.
How do I contact SK Holdings?
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Who are the partners at SK Holdings?
The team at SK Holdings includes Jinsoo Lee (New Tech Investor, SK Holdings Director), Joon Young Yoon (Manager) and Jungwook Seo (Data Platform Team Leader), among 8 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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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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