# Xquared VC

> Xquared VC is a VC fund in Seoul backing Manufacturing and Artificial Intelligence. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Seoul, South Korea
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 25%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/xquaredvc
- Website: https://www.xqrd.vc

Xquared VC is a venture capital firm that invests in small and medium-sized companies at early stages.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $513k–$4.3M |
| Series A | $3.4M–$40M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Manufacturing | 3 | 38% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 25% |
| Medical | 1 | 13% |
| Computer | 1 | 13% |
| Robotics | 1 | 13% |

19 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 50% |
| Series A | 3 | 38% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 13% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CarbonSix | CarbonSix develops AI-powered robotics technologies for manufacturing automation, with a focus on tasks that involve high product variation and changing production conditions. Its platform uses imitation learning to enable industrial robots to learn from human demonstrations and perform complex manipulation tasks that are difficult to automateusing conventional programming methods. The company combines robotics hardware and AI software to improve robot adaptability while meeting industrial quality and reliability requirements. Its solutions are designed for manufacturing environments where flexible automation is needed for assembly and other variable production processes. | $40M | Series A | Jul 01, 2026 | https://www.carbon6robotics.com/ |
| PRTN | PRTN is the company that owns and operates Proteinner, a high-protein fast food brand focused on delivering convenient, nutritious meals designed to support active and health-conscious lifestyles. |  | Seed | Feb 11, 2026 |  |
| Pensées | Pensées is a 3D bio-printer company that develops cultured meat through 3D bioprinting technology. | $4.5M | Series A | Dec 29, 2025 | https://pensees.co.kr |
| Home & Co | Home & Co is a platform that can handle everything from simple home repair applications to on-site inspections and on-site construction. | $513.1K | Seed | Jun 10, 2025 | https://www.homeco.kr/ |
| CarbonSix | CarbonSix develops AI-powered robotics technologies for manufacturing automation, with a focus on tasks that involve high product variation and changing production conditions. Its platform uses imitation learning to enable industrial robots to learn from human demonstrations and perform complex manipulation tasks that are difficult to automateusing conventional programming methods. The company combines robotics hardware and AI software to improve robot adaptability while meeting industrial quality and reliability requirements. Its solutions are designed for manufacturing environments where flexible automation is needed for assembly and other variable production processes. | $4.3M | Seed | May 15, 2025 | https://www.carbon6robotics.com/ |
| MakinaRocks | Founded in December 2017, MakinaRocks is a startup specializing in industrial machine intelligence solutions. The company develops industrial AI solutions and a machine learning platform. MakinaRocks’s solutions mitigate the challenges of industries sites—optimizing production quality and process efficiency of the automotive, energy, semiconductor,and battery sectors. Built for ML engineers, MakinaRocks’s end-to-end ML platform covers integral machine learning and model development processes, enhancing while simplifying the transition to AI. | $12M |  | Dec 31, 2024 | http://www.makinarocks.ai/ |
| Episoden | Episoden is an English speaking training website. | $3.4M | Series A | Aug 23, 2024 | https://episoden.com |
| Pinderland | Pinderland is a mobile app that offers a shared map and allows users to share and communicate location information with one another. |  | Seed | Aug 22, 2024 | https://pinderland.xyz |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Storm Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/storm-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Foothill Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tsingyuan-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Zeitgeist Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/zeitgeist-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [A Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/a-ventures-47ad) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [BA Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ba-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bass Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bass-investment) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Xquared VC invest in?

Xquared VC invests primarily in Manufacturing, Artificial Intelligence and Medical startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 8 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 Xquared VC's check size?

Xquared VC typically joins rounds of $513k–$4.3M at Seed and $3.4M–$40M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Xquared VC participates in.

### When did Xquared VC last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Xquared VC closed in Jul 2026. Shizune tracks 8 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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