# STIC International

> STIC International is a VC fund in Palo Alto backing Software and Electronics. See 12 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Palo Alto, United States
- Total investments: 12
- Last investment: Jun 2018
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: http://www.sticinternational.com

STIC International is a VC fund in Palo Alto focused on Software and Electronics. STIC INVESTMENTS is a Pan Asian Private Equity Group dedicated to alternative investments. The firm was founded in 1999 and currently manages more than USD1.2 billion. They have over 45 dedicated investment professionals in regional offices around the world in Seoul, Busan, Taipei, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Silicon Valley and soon to be Vietnam.STICstarted as a venture capitalist fund in partnership with South Korea’s Ministry of Information & Communication (“MIC”). Their long-term experience gave us the insight and patience to become a recognized leader in technology investments across a broad spectrum of technologies including mobile telecommunications, next-generation networks, biotechnology and robotics. STIC is also the leading and most experienced Korean private equity group specializing in mid-cap private equity buyouts and secondary market transactions. With their breadth of talent, intensive research and risk-averse approach they creatively seek out new opportunities that allow us to remain a leader in alternative investments. STIC is the first South Korean private equity company to manage Shariah compliant funds.STIC’s edge is its ability to utilize and leverage local insight from its offices by collaborating with its investment professionals around the globe in all aspects of the investment process from deal sourcing, due diligence and monitoring. As a result, creating more investment opportunities, deeper level of regional expertise and successful exits that translate into return for their investors.Since inception, the firm has invested in more than 282 portfolio companies diversified across the entire spectrum of technologies, and has successfully achieved 48 IPO’s and 147 M&A’s and trade sales including partial exits (as of June 2008).

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $6.5M–$20M |
| Series B | $17M–$20M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 17% |
| Electronics | 2 | 17% |
| Manufacturing | 2 | 17% |
| Mobile | 1 | 8% |
| Finance | 1 | 8% |

18 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 3 | 25% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 25% |
| Series B | 2 | 17% |
| Series C | 2 | 17% |
| Private Equity | 1 | 8% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 3 | 25% |
| China | 1 | 8% |
| Canada | 1 | 8% |
| Indonesia | 1 | 8% |
| South Korea | 1 | 8% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Daniel Kyung Hyung Lee | Managing Director | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daniel-kyung-hyung-lee |
| Seong Kyu Lee | Managing Partner, Head of Research and Due Diligence Division | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/seong-kyu-lee |
| Andy Chang | Managing Partner, Head of Greater China Team | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andy-chang-2 |
| Byung Won (BW) Choi | CFO & Managing Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/byung-won-bw-choi |
| Chang Jin Kim | Managing Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chang-jin-kim |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CoHive | CoHive is Indonesia’s largest CoWorking space company, previously known as EV Hive. We offer cohesive working and living experience by providing the options of CoWorking, CoLiving, CoRetail and Event Space. Our goal is to be the biggest community builder in Indonesia, where we connect and enable startups as well as micro, small and mediumenterprises - SMEs to grow their businesses. Currently, we have approximately 9.000 members working from 33 locations in four cities (Jakarta, Medan, Yogyakarta, and Bali) with a total of approximately 66.000 sqm. Around 80% of our members are startups and SMEs, while the rest are enterprises working in various industries. CoHive is managed by Jason Lee (Co-founder & CEO), Ethan Choi (Co-founder & CCO), Erich Hirawan (COO) and Iris Wee (CRO). | $20M | Series A | Jun 05, 2018 |  |
| International Machinery | International Machinery engages in outsourced tire mold and drum manufacturing and manufacturing of tire building machinery. The company is based in South Korea. |  | Private Equity | Feb 07, 2011 |  |
| PlaySpan | PlaySpan™ is the global leader in monetization solutions for over 1,000 online games, virtual worlds, and social networks. PlaySpan's patent-pending in-game digital goods commerce and micropayment platform enables game publishers and developers to generate new revenues, acquire new users, and extend the loyalty of existing users.PlaySpan also provides global payment solutions through its UltimatePay product which enables users to make safe, convenient, and friendly in-app purchases using over 85 global payment methods in 180 countries. UltimatePay includes PlaySpan’s ULTIMATE GAME CARD, which is a pre-paid card available in over 45,000 retail locations across North America and growing rapidly worldwide. PlaySpan is headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices in Ohio, Virginia, and Mumbai. Investors include Easton Capital, Menlo Ventures, STIC and Novel TMT Ventures. The company won the 2009 OnHollywood Category Award for Best Gaming Company. | $18M | Series C | Aug 19, 2010 |  |
| Plato Networks | Plato Networks, Inc. designs and delivers physical layer integrated circuits (ICs) for wireline and wireless applications. It offers PHY ICs for interconnections in computing, networking, and storage applications. The company also provides reference designs and evaluation kits for system original equipment manufacturers. Plato Networks, Inc.was founded in 1996 and is based in Santa Clara, California. | $7.5M | Series C | Jul 07, 2009 |  |
| PlaySpan | PlaySpan™ is the global leader in monetization solutions for over 1,000 online games, virtual worlds, and social networks. PlaySpan's patent-pending in-game digital goods commerce and micropayment platform enables game publishers and developers to generate new revenues, acquire new users, and extend the loyalty of existing users.PlaySpan also provides global payment solutions through its UltimatePay product which enables users to make safe, convenient, and friendly in-app purchases using over 85 global payment methods in 180 countries. UltimatePay includes PlaySpan’s ULTIMATE GAME CARD, which is a pre-paid card available in over 45,000 retail locations across North America and growing rapidly worldwide. PlaySpan is headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices in Ohio, Virginia, and Mumbai. Investors include Easton Capital, Menlo Ventures, STIC and Novel TMT Ventures. The company won the 2009 OnHollywood Category Award for Best Gaming Company. | $16.8M | Series B | Nov 25, 2008 |  |
| PlaySpan | PlaySpan™ is the global leader in monetization solutions for over 1,000 online games, virtual worlds, and social networks. PlaySpan's patent-pending in-game digital goods commerce and micropayment platform enables game publishers and developers to generate new revenues, acquire new users, and extend the loyalty of existing users.PlaySpan also provides global payment solutions through its UltimatePay product which enables users to make safe, convenient, and friendly in-app purchases using over 85 global payment methods in 180 countries. UltimatePay includes PlaySpan’s ULTIMATE GAME CARD, which is a pre-paid card available in over 45,000 retail locations across North America and growing rapidly worldwide. PlaySpan is headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices in Ohio, Virginia, and Mumbai. Investors include Easton Capital, Menlo Ventures, STIC and Novel TMT Ventures. The company won the 2009 OnHollywood Category Award for Best Gaming Company. | $5M |  | Jul 18, 2008 |  |
| Canesta | Canesta is the inventor of revolutionary, low-cost electronic perception technology that is the foundation for the "other side of 3-D" – true 3-D perception as input to everyday devices, rather than the widely-understood 3-D representational technologies as output.Canesta's 3-D input technology, based upon tiny, CMOS 3-Dimaging chips or "sensors", enables fine-grained, 3-dimensional depth-perception in virtually any kind of consumer device such as PCs, TVs, game consoles, and mobile phones, as well as automotive, industrial, and other products. Such products can then react on sight to the actions or motions of individuals and objects in their field of view, gaining levels of functionality and ease of use that were simply not possible in an era when such devices were blind.Numerous applications are under active development by Canesta's OEM customers and partners, including consumer electronics, PC, TV, building automation, security, robotics, automotive, and others. Such customers and partners include Hitachi, Honda, Optex, Optronic, Quanta, SMSC, and others which have yet to be announced.Canesta is located in Sunnyvale, CA. The company has filed in excess of fifty patents, 40 of which have been granted so farThe company was founded in 1999 and is based in Sunnyvale, California. | $10M |  | Sep 12, 2007 |  |
| PlaySpan | PlaySpan™ is the global leader in monetization solutions for over 1,000 online games, virtual worlds, and social networks. PlaySpan's patent-pending in-game digital goods commerce and micropayment platform enables game publishers and developers to generate new revenues, acquire new users, and extend the loyalty of existing users.PlaySpan also provides global payment solutions through its UltimatePay product which enables users to make safe, convenient, and friendly in-app purchases using over 85 global payment methods in 180 countries. UltimatePay includes PlaySpan’s ULTIMATE GAME CARD, which is a pre-paid card available in over 45,000 retail locations across North America and growing rapidly worldwide. PlaySpan is headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices in Ohio, Virginia, and Mumbai. Investors include Easton Capital, Menlo Ventures, STIC and Novel TMT Ventures. The company won the 2009 OnHollywood Category Award for Best Gaming Company. | $6.5M | Series A | Sep 01, 2007 |  |
| Plato Networks | Plato Networks, Inc. designs and delivers physical layer integrated circuits (ICs) for wireline and wireless applications. It offers PHY ICs for interconnections in computing, networking, and storage applications. The company also provides reference designs and evaluation kits for system original equipment manufacturers. Plato Networks, Inc.was founded in 1996 and is based in Santa Clara, California. | $20M | Series B | Jul 23, 2007 |  |
| DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT | Datang Mobile Communications Equipment Co., Ltd (hereinafter referred to as ‘Datang Mobile'), registered and established in Beijing on February 8, 2002, is one of the core members of Datang Telecom Technology and Industry Group (hereinafter referred to as ‘Datang Group'). The company headquarters in Beijing, with one subsidiary inShanghai and one branch in Xi' an. | $25M |  | May 29, 2006 |  |

10 of 12 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Menlo Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/menlo-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Easton Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/easton-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Novel TMT Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/novel-tmt-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Crosslink Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/crosslink-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Granite Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/granite-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [KDB Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kdb-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does STIC International invest in?

STIC International invests primarily in Software, Electronics and Manufacturing startups, most often at Series A and Funding Round stage. Most of the 12 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is STIC International's check size?

STIC International typically joins rounds of $6.5M–$20M at Series A and $17M–$20M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds STIC International participates in.

### How do I contact STIC International?

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### Who are the partners at STIC International?

The team at STIC International includes Daniel Kyung Hyung Lee (Managing Director), Seong Kyu Lee (Managing Partner, Head of Research and Due Diligence Division) and Andy Chang (Managing Partner, Head of Greater China Team), among 10 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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