# Thanks Ventures

> Thanks Ventures is a VC fund in Seoul backing Pet, Apps and Retail. See 6 investments, round sizes, portfolio. Updated Oct 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Seoul, South Korea
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Apr 2025
- Lead investor: 17%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- Website: https://www.thnx.vc

Thanks Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital that provides investment opportunities to startups.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pet | 1 | 17% |
| Apps | 1 | 17% |
| Retail | 1 | 17% |
| Fashion | 1 | 17% |
| Grocery | 1 | 17% |

13 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 67% |
| Series A | 1 | 17% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PAWCHI | PAWCHI is a pet insurance company. | $4.2M | Series A | Apr 29, 2025 |  |
| Guru Company | Guru Company provides webtoon services aimed at increasing visitor involvement. The company offers embedding webtoons and web novel services in company-owned apps or websites. |  | Seed | Jun 20, 2024 | https://www.gurucompany.co.kr/ |
| Dinos | Dinoz operates 'Childcare Crew', a neighborhood-based parenting app for mothers raising children under 6. It includes Match Crew, co-parenting programs, one-day crews, small groups, free groups, and a job posting bulletin board for parallel use. |  | Seed | Mar 04, 2024 | https://www.yugacrew.com |
| Vice Versa | Vice Versa provides a generative AI-based fashion platform with fashion content and offers to build the fashion design they envision by entering a prompt. | $961.3K | Seed | Nov 22, 2023 | https://www.viceversa.ai |
| Uglyus | Uglyus offers eco-friendly monthly subscription vegetable box at affordable prices. | $1.5M | Seed | Jul 19, 2023 | https://uglyus.co.kr |
| Uglyus | Uglyus contributes to environmental protection by reducing unnecessary waste and provides fair compensation for farmers' efforts. | $1.5M | Seed | Jul 19, 2023 | https://uglyus.co.kr/ |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Capstone Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/capstone-partners-korea) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Korea Credit Guarantee Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/korea-credit-guarantee-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Korea Investment Accelerator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/korea-investment-accelerator) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Smilegate Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/smilegate-investment) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Springcamp](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/spring-camp) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [BonAngels Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bon-angels) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Thanks Ventures invest in?

Thanks Ventures invests primarily in Pet, Apps and Retail startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 6 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 Thanks Ventures last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Thanks Ventures closed in Apr 2025. Shizune tracks 6 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 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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