# Yellowdog

> Yellowdog is a VC fund backing Apps, Medical and Seafood. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Mar 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/yellowdog
- Website: https://www.yellowdog.kr/en
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Yellowdog-Impact-Venture-Capital-100155964975084

Yellowdog is a venture capital and private equity firm that invests in new concepts. They invest in start-ups that have unique solutions to societal problems that cannot be addressed by the current system or enterprises. Yellowdog was established in 2016 as an impact venture capital firm.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $1.6M–$13M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apps | 1 | 25% |
| Medical | 1 | 25% |
| Seafood | 1 | 25% |
| Agriculture | 1 | 25% |
| Electronics | 1 | 25% |

12 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 2 | 50% |
| Series B | 1 | 25% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| South Korea | 3 | 75% |
| Singapore | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| The PlantEat | The PlantEat is a food-tech startup that designs, develops, produces, distributes, and sells a variety of plant-based alternatives powered by food data. It was established to address social issues such as the over-reliance on animal-based diet and global nutrition imbalances. The PlantEat aims to improve and create balanced eating habits to keepeveryone healthy and fit.More Information: www.theplanteat.com | $3.5M | Series B | Mar 30, 2021 |  |
| Shiok Meats | Shiok Meats is cellular aquaculture and cell-based meat company. With a mission to bring clean and healthy meats and seafood by harvesting from cells instead of animals. Shiok Meats brings cell-based crustacean meats that are animal-, health- and environment-friendly.Shiok Meats was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Central Region,Singapore. | $12.6M | Series A | Sep 29, 2020 |  |
| The Wave Talk | The.Wave.Talk developed a biosensor that can detect and monitor impurities (bacteria) within a second. 420,000 people die of food-borne disease per year. Moreover, 10 million people will die of antimicrobial resistance by 2050. It's all about bacteria. It is the origin of life and 5 million-trillion-trillion bacteria are living together withus today. Bacteria are everywhere and every-time. Comparing to this, conventional technologies can detect bacteria only with sampling manner. Because they take long time(several hours up-to days) even with expensive tools. | $2M |  | Apr 07, 2020 |  |
| Stayes | Stayes is an online platform that helps users to plan and live in South Korea. The platform enables individuals to get in touch with and book local agencies, housing schemes, and so on. Stayes was founded by Ralph Lee and is based in Seoul, Korea. | $1.6M | Series A | Apr 01, 2017 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Yellowdog](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yellowdog-b183) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [AJ Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aj-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [AiiM Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alpha-impact-investment-management) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Aqua Spark](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aqua-sparks) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Beyond Impact](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/beyond-impact) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Big Basin Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/big-basin-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Yellowdog invest in?

Yellowdog invests primarily in Apps, Medical and Seafood startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 4 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 Yellowdog's check size?

Yellowdog typically joins rounds of $1.6M–$13M 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 Yellowdog participates in.

### When did Yellowdog last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Yellowdog closed in Mar 2021. Shizune tracks 4 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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