Strong Ventures
VC Fund
Los Angeles, United States
Strong Ventures is a seed fund, based in California, that finances, supports, and mentors Korean/Asian/Global entrepreneurs, empowering them to build strong ventures and to break successfully into the global market. With proven experience as operators, executives, and entrepreneurs, they provide hands-on assistance and guidance. On top of their financial investment, they aim to provide tangible value to their entrepreneurs, through network reach, strategic thinking, and execution collaboration. And, as they engage together in their venture endeavors, they hope to make the entrepreneurial ecosystem, where they build companies and labor in, a better, stronger, and more fun place for all.
- Total investments:
- 390
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 18%
- Fund size:
- $38M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Strong Ventures invests in
Stages Strong Ventures invests in
Countries Strong Ventures invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $135k–$3M
- Series A
- $1M–$10M
- Series B
- $2.4M–$26M
Investment Focus
Industry
- E-Commerce 35 (9%)
- Software 27 (7%)
- Health Care 22 (6%)
- Apps 18 (5%)
- Food and Beverage 16 (4%)
Stage
- Seed 205 (53%)
- Series A 64 (16%)
- Series B 17 (4%)
- Pre-Seed 10 (3%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 10 (3%)
Country
- South Korea 182 (47%)
- United States 47 (12%)
- Poland 2 (1%)
- Indonesia 2 (1%)
- China 1 (0%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Cho Ji-yoon
Chief judge
|
Chief judge | Total investments: 7 | Find email | |
|
Hyerim Yoo
Judge
|
Judge | Total investments: 10 | Find email | |
John Nahm
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
|
Co-Founder & Managing Partner | Total investments: 6 | Find email | |
Josh Chung
Limited Partner
|
Limited Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Kihong Bae
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
|
Co-Founder & Managing Partner | Total investments: 29 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
WeGlee
|
WeGlee is a food and beverage startup that operates 'WeGlee,' a fast-casual dining brand centered around pasta bowls. | Seed / Aug 07, 2026 | |
| Ready Robust Machine is a company that makes carbon reduction and fuel cost improvement systems. | $9.4M / Series B / Aug 04, 2026 | ||
| Neardoc operates on a business-to-business subscription model providing an ambient artificial intelligence scribe solution for healthcare facilities. The platform leverages a proprietary medical reasoning engine to automatically generate structured clinical SOAP notes by analyzing doctor-patient conversations in real time. Its core valueproposition centers on eliminating administrative overhead, reducing charting time for medical professionals, and increasing patient throughput. | Seed / Jul 06, 2026 | ||
| Unastella is an aerospace company developing human spaceflight technologies, including launch vehicles and suborbital tourism systems. The company focuses on advancing reusable rocket technology and future space travel infrastructure for civilian space exploration missions. Unastella aims to support the growth of private human spaceflight andnext-generation aerospace innovation. | $22.2M / Series B / Jun 01, 2026 | ||
| Remex provides online return management and unfulfillable inventory resale solution for eCommerce seller. Especially, we focus on Amazon Unfulfillable Inventory; that used to disposal from Amazon FBA center. We resale amazon seller's unfulfillable inventory and generate revenue ! | $4.2M / Series B / May 26, 2026 | ||
| Daily Cookie is the developer of an online education platform designed to deliver language and general knowledge courses. | Seed / Apr 08, 2026 | ||
| Soroh is a longevity wellness brand that provides nutrient rich drinks and supplements for better life. | Seed / Apr 03, 2026 | ||
| Spotlite operates a professional model recruitment platform for commercial photography. | Debt Financing / Feb 10, 2026 | ||
| Ami is a human-centric mental wellness platform that provides employees with one-click mental health coaching by connecting them with relevant coaches. | $10M / Series A / Jan 13, 2026 | ||
| Superband provides premium hydrocolloid wound care bandage for cuts, burns and breakouts designed to support healing, reduce scarring. | Seed / Jan 01, 2026 | ||
| See all 390 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Strong Ventures invest in?
Strong Ventures invests primarily in E-Commerce, Software and Health Care startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 390 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in South Korea. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Strong Ventures invest in?
Strong Ventures typically joins rounds of $135k–$3M at Seed, $1M–$10M at Series A and $2.4M–$26M at Series B. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Strong Ventures's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Strong Ventures took part in.
How do I contact Strong Ventures?
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Who are the partners at Strong Ventures?
The team at Strong Ventures includes Cho Ji-yoon (Chief judge), Hyerim Yoo (Judge) and John Nahm (Co-Founder & Managing Partner). 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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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