# TKG VENTURES

> TKG VENTURES is a VC fund in Seoul backing Education, Beauty and Social. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Seoul, South Korea
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Dec 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://ventures.taekwang.com/kr

TKG VENTURES is a VC fund in Seoul focused on Education and Beauty. TKG VENTURES focuses on investing in new technology companies.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Education | 2 | 33% |
| Beauty | 1 | 17% |
| Social | 1 | 17% |
| Cosmetics | 1 | 17% |
| E-Commerce | 1 | 17% |

12 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 2 | 33% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 17% |
| Secondary Market | 1 | 17% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 17% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| NaruSecurity | NaruSecurity provides security architecture to prevent recurrence and analysis based on the cyber kill chain. The company has pioneered the development of technologies designed to detect attacker movements after they infiltrate the internal network. They have supplied these solutions across diverse sectors, particularly supporting government anddefense organizations with high-level threat analysis that traditional security teams often find challenging—such as identifying internal threats, investigating incidents, and detecting signs of targeted attacks. Naru Security is dedicated to protecting the assets and services and are committed to continuous technological innovation and exceptional support to respond faster and more accurately to evolving threats in the cyber domain. |  | Series B | Dec 12, 2025 |  |
| BENOW | BENOW is a Korea-based beauty company focused on developing and distributing skincare and cosmetic products. It builds K-beauty brands and operates both online and offline retail channels to reach global consumers. The company emphasizes product innovation, brand development, and international expansion of Korean beauty offerings across multiplemarkets. | $10M | Secondary Market | Aug 20, 2025 |  |
| underdogs | Underdogs is a company specializing in social innovation entrepreneurship education. | $6.1M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 13, 2025 |  |
| UD Impact | UD Impact is an environmental, social, governance solutions company that focuses on turning ideas into real-world impact through execution. It provides integrated services such as startup education, social value measurement, and tech-based talent development | $6.1M |  | Jan 13, 2025 |  |
| BENOW | BENOW is a Korea-based beauty company focused on developing and distributing skincare and cosmetic products. It builds K-beauty brands and operates both online and offline retail channels to reach global consumers. The company emphasizes product innovation, brand development, and international expansion of Korean beauty offerings across multiplemarkets. | $11.2M | Venture - Series Unknown | Aug 21, 2024 |  |
| Point2 Technology | Point2 Technology develops a dielectric waveguide for high speed interconnect for both datacenter applications. The company is a provider of interconnect technology solutions that delivers ultra-low power, low-latency, point-to-point interconnect and range enhancement SoC solutions specifically designed to fulfill the bandwidth needs of hyperscaleAI/ML datacenters and 5G infrastructure. | $22.6M | Series B | Feb 14, 2024 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [IMM Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/imm-investment) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [KB Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kbinvest) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [LB Private Equity](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lb-private-equity) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Positive Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/positive-investment) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Smilegate Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/smilegate-investment) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [SV Investment Corp](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sv-investment-corp) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does TKG VENTURES invest in?

TKG VENTURES invests primarily in Education, Beauty and Social startups, most often at Series B and Funding Round 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 TKG VENTURES last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for TKG VENTURES closed in Dec 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 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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