# YG Investment

> YG Investment is a VC fund in Seoul backing E-Commerce and Software. See 18 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Seoul, South Korea
- Total investments: 18
- Last investment: Oct 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: http://www.yg-investment.com/

YG Investment is an investment firm.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for YG Investment. Shizune tracks 1 team members at YG Investment. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/yg-investment?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $223k–$1.9M |
| Series B | $8.9M–$57M |
| Venture - Series Unknown | $5.5M–$11M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 5 | 28% |
| Software | 3 | 17% |
| Information Technology | 3 | 17% |
| Mobile | 2 | 11% |
| Mobile Apps | 2 | 11% |

49 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 7 | 39% |
| Series B | 5 | 28% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 3 | 17% |
| Series C | 2 | 11% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| South Korea | 16 | 89% |
| Russian Federation | 1 | 6% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sang-bong Han | CEO | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sang-bong-han |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| AutoHands | AutoHands is a South Korea-based mobility company that offers comprehensive integrated mobility services including vehicle buying and selling, management, online used-car auctions, car rentals, extended warranties, residual value guarantees, mobile maintenance, and accident compensation programs. | $10.9M | Venture - Series Unknown | Oct 16, 2025 |  |
| Preneu | Preneu is a manufacturer of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) specializing in drone development across VTOL fixed-wing, helicopter, and multirotor configurations. The company also researches flight control systems, power management, and companion computing, enabling applications in defense, public safety, construction, and agriculture. | $10.9M | Series C | Jul 08, 2025 |  |
| EASYWITH | Easywith is a media research and development company design and produces creative content using new visuals and ideas. | $5.5M | Venture - Series Unknown | Dec 23, 2024 |  |
| Webling | Weebling is concentrating on infrastructure investment for service differentiation in addition to introducing high-end DTG (Direct to Garment) printing technology from Cornit, Israel for the first time in the domestic POD sector to increase the printing quality of its key product, apparel. |  | Seed | Aug 22, 2023 |  |
| Snaps | Snaps sells photo books, clothes, calendars, stickers, photo frames, and accessories. | $9M | Venture - Series Unknown | Aug 22, 2023 |  |
| READi Robust Machine | Ready Robust Machine is a company that makes carbon reduction and fuel cost improvement systems. | $1.4M | Seed | Oct 04, 2022 |  |
| Redbrick | We employ real-time user code analysis algorithm based on compiler technology to diagnose learners’ levels and status of the software education. And our AI tutor for coding education using deep learning technology offers learner-centered customized learning contents to the users. Aiming for the global market, we are developing and growing ourbusiness to solve the shortage problem of software education instructors and also provide the market with the best quality software education service. | $13.7M | Series B | Jul 20, 2022 |  |
| brick | Redbrick, a tech startup founded in 2018, aims to democratize the creation of games and metaverse content. It offers a cloud-based 3D creation engine, which has significantly lowered the entry barrier to game development that was previously complex and challenging. Redbrick's 3D creation engine leverages Artificial Intelligence GeneratedContent (AIGC), Educational Technology (Edtech), and Blockchain technology, enabling anyone to easily and quickly create games, metaverse, VR, and AR content. Additionally, the Redbrick Store allows for the monetization of these creative works. Currently, Redbrick boasts over 200,000 UGC (User Generated Content) game creators and more than 1 million users. |  | Series B | Jul 20, 2022 |  |
| AdForUs | Adforus develops adtech platforms for mobile advertising, publisher monetization, campaign analytics, and performance marketing services. It possesses diverse technological capabilities spanning both mobile and online, including marketing technology, advertising platforms, and ad servers. It also holds qualifications as an excellent company inSeoul and an implementing agency for government export vouchers. |  | Seed | Jun 07, 2022 |  |
| Shine Games | Shine Games provides mobile game software development and supply. |  | Seed | Mar 10, 2022 |  |

10 of 18 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Aion Investment Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aion-investment-management) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [YG PLUS](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yg-plus) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [DS Asset Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ds-asset-management) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Hybe](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hybe-corporation) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [IBK Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ibk-capital-951b) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Industrial Bank of Korea](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/industrial-bank-of-korea) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does YG Investment invest in?

YG Investment invests primarily in E-Commerce, Software and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Series B stage. Most of the 18 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 YG Investment's check size?

YG Investment typically joins rounds of $223k–$1.9M at Seed, $8.9M–$57M at Series B and $5.5M–$11M at Venture - Series Unknown. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds YG Investment participates in.

### How do I contact YG Investment?

Public channels for YG Investment include 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 YG Investment?

The team at YG Investment includes Sang-bong Han (CEO). 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.

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