# SK Planet

> SK Planet is a VC fund in Seoul backing Mobile and Software. See 11 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Seoul, South Korea
- Total investments: 11
- Last investment: Jun 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sk-planet/
- Website: http://www.skplanet.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/skplanet

SK Planet is a VC fund in Seoul focused on Mobile and Software. SK planet, a wholly owned subsidiary of SK telecom, was established in October 1, 2011 with an aspiration to become a global platform innovator.As the lynchpin of SK telecom's future growth, the company was spun off with the industry-leading platform businesses including T-Store, T-map, MelOn, and Cyworld, Korea's biggest mobile appstore, mobile navigation, online music service and SNS respectively. The company also pioneers in new media with hoppin, Korea's first multi-screen premium video service, and continues to build momentum in its online commerce leadership with 11th Street. SK planet aspires to develop a wide scope of global partnerships such as TMK, a media joint venture with Disney. Through collaborations with partners, SK planet is committed to building global platform business in Asia and other strategic markets.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $35k–$750k |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mobile | 5 | 45% |
| Software | 3 | 27% |
| Mobile Apps | 3 | 27% |
| Hardware | 2 | 18% |
| Health Care | 2 | 18% |

31 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 45% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 18% |
| Angel | 1 | 9% |
| Series A | 1 | 9% |
| Series B | 1 | 9% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| South Korea | 7 | 64% |
| United States | 3 | 27% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Greg Park | Executive Vice President | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/greg-park |
| Sungwon Suh | Chief Executive Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sungwon-suh-249f |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bertis | Bertis is the AI-Driven proteomics for the Next Era of Precision Medicine. Bertis platform utilises molecular diagnostics to identify cancer-related biomarkers, enabling medical practitioners to detect diseases. | $13.4M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 03, 2021 |  |
| Bertis | Bertis is the AI-Driven proteomics for the Next Era of Precision Medicine. Bertis platform utilises molecular diagnostics to identify cancer-related biomarkers, enabling medical practitioners to detect diseases. | $11.9M |  | Dec 28, 2020 |  |
| Stripes | Stripes is a Korea-based apparel company that designs and manufactures men’s clothing products. Stripes’ clothing collection carries directional designs, as well as every day favorites including, t-shirts, shirts, and suits. The company also provides personalized styling services, enabling customers to personalize their clothes and have themdesigned to a perfect fit. Stripes markets its product through the web and mobile medium, giving consumers the facility of buying clothes at the comfort of their homes.Stripes was established in January 2013. | $3K | Series A | Nov 23, 2015 |  |
| Melephant | Melephant Inc. is a Korea based startup established in October 2013. | $253K | Angel | Oct 26, 2015 |  |
| Gimbal | Gimbal develops and delivers mobile contextual awareness platform and solutions to enhance mobile engagement. Using its own hardware and software, Gimbal enables brands, media agencies, and marketers to improve their campaigns with personalized messaging and drive measurable business outcomes. The company offers Gimbal, a geofencing and analyticsplatform; AdSynergy, AdKit, AdCast, AdScore, AudienceArchitect, for mobile media campaigns; people and proximity platform, such as Gimbal Manager, GeoFences, and Location SDK, for cloud-based location management; and Bluetooth smart beacons with iBeacon technology. |  |  | May 29, 2015 |  |
| FraSen | Frasen Inc. provides software and hardware related to healthcare services. It developed a hardware known as Neurofeedback Sleep Mask and a software known as Personal Sleep Care Service.Neurofeedback Sleep Mask is based on the neuroscience of sleep. It is able to measure the brain waves to monitor sleep stages precisely and to stimulate thebrain using sound and light to synchronize brain waves from light sleep stages to deep sleep stages.Frasen has received investments from FastTrackAsia.It was established on March 8, 2010. | $35K | Seed | Apr 23, 2014 |  |
| Jumping Nuts | Jumpingnuts is an app designed to provide a new social experience for teens around social modes, and the app also provides granular controls over followers to ensure that users can decide who sees their content. |  | Seed | Mar 10, 2014 |  |
| Korbit | Korbit provides online bitcoin exchange, wallet, and merchant processor services. Kangmo Kim, Louis Jinhwa Kim, and Tony Lyu founded it on July 5, 2013, with its headquarters in Seoul in South Korea as a subsidiary of NXC as of September 26, 2017. | $74K | Seed | Aug 01, 2013 |  |
| Bapul | Immediately Solve [Bapul] (바로풀기 [Bapul]) is a question-and-answer (Q&A) platform that enables users to ask and answer study-related questions.Immediately Solve has won many awards including Women's Entrepreneurship Competition Prize in 2011, Chung Founded Contest Prize in 2012, and Republic of Korea Mobile App Award in 2013.Immediately Solve was founded on June 13, 2011, by Bapul, a Korean web development company. |  | Seed | Jul 01, 2013 |  |
| Tapas Media | Tapas is the “Youtube for story tellers” -- a platform and community for over 50,000 creators, who publish original stories in the form of serialized webcomics and novels. Tapas has over 2 million monthly unique readers, who collectively spend 70 million minutes per month on the platform with stories on Tapas having been read over 5 billion timesto date. We co-produce original IPs with our top creators that can be shopped and brokered into the next hit TV series/movies/games/physical books. About 70% of Tapas’s audience are female millennials primarily located in the US. The Tapas app has been downloaded over 2 million times and is one of the top grossing comics apps on iOS and Android. Check out some of the latest news articles about Tapas here: https://tapas.io/site/about | $750K | Seed | Nov 15, 2012 |  |

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## Co-investors
- [D·CAMP](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/banks-foundation-for-young-entrepreneurs) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [SK Telecom](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sktelecom) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Smilegate Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/smilegate-investment) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [500 Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/500-startups) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [AEG](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aeg) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Asan Sharing Foundation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/asan-sharing-foundation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does SK Planet invest in?

SK Planet invests primarily in Mobile, Software and Mobile Apps startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 11 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 SK Planet's check size?

SK Planet typically joins rounds of $35k–$750k at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds SK Planet participates in.

### How do I contact SK Planet?

Public channels for SK Planet include LinkedIn, the website linked on this profile and Facebook. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at SK Planet?

The team at SK Planet includes Greg Park (Executive Vice President) and Sungwon Suh (Chief Executive Officer). 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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