# Union Investment Partners

> Union Investment Partners is a VC fund backing Biotechnology and Health Care. See 47 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Seoul, South Korea
- Total investments: 47
- Last investment: Aug 2026
- Lead investor: 13%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/union-investment-partners/
- Website: http://www.unionip.net/en/

Union Investment Partners is a VC fund in Seoul focused on Biotechnology and Health Care. “Union Investment Partners” since its founding in 2000, has been the leading venture capital firm in Korea specializing in contents investment that includes successful investment portfolios of films, animations, games, TV dramas, and live concerts. Union Investment Partners will maintain its role as a major investment partner of venture businessesand contents industry that seeks growth and advancement to the global market.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Union Investment Partners. Shizune tracks 3 team members at Union Investment Partners. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/union-investment-partners?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.2M–$10M |
| Series A | $1.5M–$8.6M |
| Series B | $3M–$15M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Biotechnology | 8 | 17% |
| Health Care | 5 | 11% |
| Media and Entertainment | 5 | 11% |
| Medical | 4 | 9% |
| E-Commerce | 4 | 9% |

85 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 18 | 38% |
| Series B | 11 | 23% |
| Seed | 9 | 19% |
| Series C | 3 | 6% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 3 | 6% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| South Korea | 38 | 81% |
| United States | 1 | 2% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jaewoo Lee | Chief Executive Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jaewoo-lee-3a8b |
| Kim Taek-gyun | Vice President & Chief Operating Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kim-taek-gyun |
| Paul Young-Do Kim | Managing Director | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/paul-young-do-kim |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Awexome Ray | Awexome Ray is a company that manufactures next-generation X-ray generator. | $5.3M | Series B | Aug 10, 2026 |  |
| LabInCube | LabInCube develops inCube materials capable of selective drug release, sustained release, and supporting complex raw materials. | $9.8M | Series B | Mar 18, 2026 |  |
| Pinot Bio | Pinot Bio is a biotechnology company that specializes in developing new generation anticancer treatments. | $9.1M |  | Oct 27, 2025 |  |
| MediMabBio | MediMabBio platform uses systems biology combined with sophisticated immunological solutions to identify significantly improving immuno-oncology drugs that can actively target a range of solid tumors. The antibody discovery I-O platform brings the advantages of rational drug design to large molecule therapeutic development. | $17.8M | Series B | Oct 24, 2025 |  |
| Dexter Studios | Dexter Studios is a total contents production company that can develop and produce variable motion pictures and TV contents, and also, provide state-of-the-art visual effects from the Asia’s largest visual effects production. | $9.5M | Debt Financing | Oct 02, 2025 |  |
| SCBIO | SCBIO is a pharmaceutical company that makes drugs with specialized technologies in immuno-oncology. The company discovers and develops novel therapeutics for future medicine. | $10M | Seed | Sep 01, 2025 |  |
| S2 ENTERTAINMENT | S2 ENTERTAINMENT is an entertainment management company. It helps K-pop bands and artistes expand worldwide. It manages K-pop artists and produces Korea music. It coordinates artiste activities and fan engagement. | $3.6M | Series A | Jul 30, 2025 |  |
| Near Solution | NearSolution is an AI logistics technology business that provides innovative, cloud-based software solutions for intelligent warehouse execution and logistics optimization. | $2.6M | Series A | Jul 03, 2025 |  |
| Livotech | Livotech develops drugs that provide treatment for various diseases. The company develops drugs that can treat different diseases using messenger ribonucleic acid targets, enabling doctors to treat genetic diseases by giving patients the correct version of a defective gene. | $1.7M | Seed | Jan 31, 2025 |  |
| Ubix Therapeutics | Ubix Therapeutics is a research and development company that develops anti-cancer drugs. | $17.7M | Series C | Dec 23, 2024 |  |

10 of 47 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [BNH Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bnh-investment) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Industrial Bank of Korea](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/industrial-bank-of-korea) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [KB Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kbinvest) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Korea Development Bank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/korean-development-bank) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [FuturePlay](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/futureplay-co) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Hashed](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hashed-f96b) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

## Similar investors

### Similar industry
- [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund
- [SV Angel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sv-angel) — VC Fund
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund

### Similar stage
- [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund
- [General Catalyst](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/general-catalyst-partners) — VC Fund

### Similar country
- [Strong Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/strong-ventures) — VC Fund
- [Korea Credit Guarantee Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/korea-credit-guarantee-fund) — VC Fund
- [Kakao Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kakao-ventures) — VC Fund

## Featured in investor lists
- [Media (entertainment) Investors in South Korea](https://shizune.co/investors/media-entertainment-investors-south-korea)
- [Media (entertainment) VC Funds in South Korea](https://shizune.co/investors/media-entertainment-vc-funds-south-korea)
- [Media (entertainment) Investors in South Korea](https://shizune.co/investors/media-entertainment-investors-south-korea)
- [Media (entertainment) VC Funds in South Korea](https://shizune.co/investors/media-entertainment-vc-funds-south-korea)
- [Medical VC Funds in South Korea](https://shizune.co/investors/medical-vc-funds-south-korea)
- [Medical Device Investors in South Korea](https://shizune.co/investors/medical-device-investors-south-korea)

## FAQ

### What does Union Investment Partners invest in?

Union Investment Partners invests primarily in Biotechnology, Health Care and Media and Entertainment startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 47 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 Union Investment Partners's check size?

Union Investment Partners typically joins rounds of $1.2M–$10M at Seed, $1.5M–$8.6M at Series A and $3M–$15M 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 Union Investment Partners participates in.

### How do I contact Union Investment Partners?

Public channels for Union Investment Partners include LinkedIn and the website linked on this profile. 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 Union Investment Partners?

The team at Union Investment Partners includes Jaewoo Lee (Chief Executive Officer), Kim Taek-gyun (Vice President & Chief Operating Officer) and Paul Young-Do Kim (Managing Director). 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.

# About Shizune
Shizune.co is an investor database. Core features:
- 48,091 startup investors (angels, VCs, accelerators, and others)
- Email, phone, LinkedIn (for intros), socials, and other contact data
- Updated daily from public funding news
- CSV and Excel export

The User can access the full database FOR FREE after signing up: shizune.co