# SM Culture & Contents

> SM Culture & Contents is a VC fund in Kangnam backing Apps, Retail and Fashion. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Kangnam, South Korea
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Feb 2023
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/smcnc
- Website: https://www.smcultureandcontents.com

SM Culture & Contents is an entertainment and TV program production company.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apps | 1 | 50% |
| Retail | 1 | 50% |
| Fashion | 1 | 50% |
| Software | 1 | 50% |
| E-Commerce | 1 | 50% |

7 industries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Charan | Charan is an operator of an e-commerce platform intended to sell second-hand fashion apparel. | $3.2M | Seed | Feb 23, 2023 | https://charan.ai/ |
| ATTACK | ATTACK is an application for learning Korean through K-contents. |  | Seed | Mar 29, 2022 | https://x.com/leicammm |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [CJ Logistics](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cj-logistics) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Goodwater Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/goodwater-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Schmidt](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/schmidt-4d8d) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [SparkLabs Accelerator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sparklabs-accelerator) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [T Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/t-investment) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does SM Culture & Contents invest in?

SM Culture & Contents invests primarily in Apps, Retail and Fashion startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in South Korea. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did SM Culture & Contents last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for SM Culture & Contents closed in Feb 2023. Shizune tracks 2 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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