# Strong Ventures

> Strong Ventures is a VC fund in Los Angeles backing E-Commerce and Software. See 349 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Los Angeles, United States
- Total investments: 349
- Last investment: Aug 2026
- Lead investor: 19%
- Fund size: $3.3M
- Last fund: Sep 2019
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/strong-ventures-llc/about/
- Website: http://www.strongvc.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/strongvc/

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 topof 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.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $223k–$3.2M |
| Series A | $1M–$10M |
| Series B | $2.4M–$26M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 24 | 7% |
| Software | 19 | 5% |
| Health Care | 16 | 5% |
| Apps | 13 | 4% |
| Information Technology | 13 | 4% |

205 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 150 | 43% |
| Series A | 53 | 15% |
| Series B | 12 | 3% |
| Pre-Seed | 8 | 2% |
| Funding Round | 8 | 2% |

9 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| South Korea | 143 | 41% |
| United States | 34 | 10% |
| Poland | 1 | 0% |
| Indonesia | 1 | 0% |
| Philippines | 1 | 0% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cho Ji-yoon | Chief judge | 7 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cho-ji-yoon |
| Hyerim Yoo | Judge | 10 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hyerim-yoo |
| John Nahm | Co-Founder & Managing Partner | 6 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-nahm |
| Josh Chung | Limited Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/josh-chung |
| Kihong Bae | Co-Founder & Managing Partner | 25 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kihong-bae |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WeGlee | WeGlee is a food and beverage startup that operates 'WeGlee,' a fast-casual dining brand centered around pasta bowls. |  | Seed | Aug 07, 2026 |  |
| READi Robust Machine | Ready Robust Machine is a company that makes carbon reduction and fuel cost improvement systems. | $9.4M | Series B | Aug 04, 2026 |  |
| Neardoc | 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 | 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 Liquidation | 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 | Daily Cookie is the developer of an online education platform designed to deliver language and general knowledge courses. |  | Seed | Apr 08, 2026 |  |
| Soroh | Soroh is a longevity wellness brand that provides nutrient rich drinks and supplements for better life. |  | Seed | Apr 03, 2026 |  |
| Spotlite | Spotlite operates a professional model recruitment platform for commercial photography. |  | Debt Financing | Feb 10, 2026 |  |
| Hupo | 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 | Superband provides premium hydrocolloid wound care bandage for cuts, burns and breakouts designed to support healing, reduce scarring. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2026 |  |

10 of 349 investments shown.

## Co-investors
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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 349 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 Strong Ventures's check size?

Strong Ventures typically joins rounds of $223k–$3.2M at Seed, $1M–$10M at Series A and $2.4M–$26M 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 Strong Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Strong Ventures?

Public channels for Strong Ventures 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 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 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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