# SK Square Americas

> SK Square Americas is a VC fund backing Blockchain, Software and Cryptocurrency. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Sep 2022
- Lead investor: 20%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

SK Square Americas is a VC fund focused on Blockchain and Software. SK Square is an investment company spun off from South Korean telecoms provider SK Telecom. SK Square plans to invest in promising future technologies such as quantum cryptography, digital healthcare and future media content.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 3 | 60% |
| Software | 2 | 40% |
| Cryptocurrency | 2 | 40% |
| Gaming | 1 | 20% |
| Banking | 1 | 20% |

18 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 2 | 40% |
| Seed | 1 | 20% |
| Series A | 1 | 20% |
| Corporate Round | 1 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 3 | 60% |
| South Korea | 2 | 40% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Messari | Messari is the leading provider of market intelligence products that help professionals navigate crypto with confidence. For individuals and institutions alike, Messari combines deep analysis, data, news and powerful tools to improve industry transparency and drive smarter participation in crypto. Learn more at messari.io. | $35M | Series B | Sep 21, 2022 |  |
| Biotia | Biotia is a health tech company spun out of Cornell Tech leveraging next-generation sequencing and artificial intelligence for rapid and precise infectious disease discovery. Their software and laboratory technology enable clinicians and researchers to guide patient treatment and improve health outcomes. | $8M | Series A | Aug 23, 2022 |  |
| Prime Trust | Prime Trust is a technology-driven trust company unlike anything else in existence. We are doing to the traditional trust industry what Paypal did to merchant processing; completely disrupting it by writing software that brings services to the masses and that business partners can build on top of. As a chartered, regulated financial institution weare overseen by the banking commissioner’s office at the Financial Institutions Division. As a trust company we hold cash and non-cash assets such as stocks, bonds, Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, tokens, real estate, and private business ownership interests. We act as custodian and trustee for a wide variety of personal and corporate trusts, as well as a major part of the crowdfunding industry, and work with individuals, corporations, lawyers, brokers, investment advisers and others on holding and managing specialized custodial, escrow and trust services. | $107M | Series B | Jun 22, 2022 |  |
| HAEGIN | HAEGIN is a game development company. | $39.4M | Corporate Round | May 06, 2022 |  |
| bithumb META | bithumb META is a metaverse platform for the development of NFT marketplaces. | $7.4M | Seed | Mar 28, 2022 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Triton Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kraken-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Mayo Clinic Platform](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mayo-clinic-platform) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Trajectory Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/trajectory-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [BH Digital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bh-digital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Blockchain.com](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blockchain-info) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [CJ Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cj-investment) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does SK Square Americas invest in?

SK Square Americas invests primarily in Blockchain, Software and Cryptocurrency startups, most often at Series B and Seed stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did SK Square Americas last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for SK Square Americas closed in Sep 2022. Shizune tracks 5 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### 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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