Top 50 Recruiting Startup Investors in South Korea (November 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Strong Ventures
VC Fund
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5 | South Korea, United States, Poland | Seed, Series A, Series B | E-Commerce, Software, Health Care | $89k–$26M |
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Fast Ventures
VC Fund
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4 | South Korea, Hungary, United States | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Health Care, Apps, Software | $418k–$7.5M |
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TheVentures
VC Fund
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4 | South Korea, United States, Vietnam | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $72k–$5.1M |
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Stonebridge Capital
VC Fund
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4 | South Korea, United States, China | Series A, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Information Technology, Mobile | $829k–$91M |
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Yusung Electronics
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea | Seed, Pre-Seed | Apps, Employment, Recruiting | $154k–$314k |
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Korea Investment Partners
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea, United States, China | Series A, Series B, Seed | Biotechnology, Health Care, Information Technology | $973k–$50M |
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Donghoon Investment
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea | Series A, Series B, Seed | Food and Beverage, Health Care, Medical | $419k–$44M |
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Mechanism Angel Fund
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea | Angel, Seed, Series A | Recruiting, Q&A, Apps | |
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Daekyo Investment
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, Hong Kong | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, Mobile Apps, Education | $589k–$17M |
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Capstone Partners
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, India | Series A, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Mobile, Artificial Intelligence | $276k–$44M |
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Bass Investment
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, Singapore | Seed, Series A, Series B | Artificial Intelligence, Software, E-Commerce | $414k–$15M |
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Murex Partners
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, India | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care | $1.7M–$17M |
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Storm Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | United States, South Korea, Germany | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, Information Technology, Enterprise Software | $1.5M–$50M |
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SparkLabs
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Apps, SaaS, Shoes | $90k–$846k |
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Kakao Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, Indonesia | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $266k–$27M |
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Nextrans
VC Fund
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2 | Vietnam, South Korea, United States | Seed, Series A, Series B | Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce | $865k–$15M |
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Mashup Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, Japan | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $100k–$3.2M |
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InfoBank
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, South Africa | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software | $85k–$11M |
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Hashed
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, Singapore | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services | $1M–$40M |
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Altos Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, Canada | Series A, Series B, Series C | Software, E-Commerce, Internet | $2.1M–$57M |
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Korea Social Investment Foundation
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea | Seed, Grant | Pet, FinTech, Information Technology | |
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Antler
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Singapore, Australia | Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $100k–$29M |
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KTB Network
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, China | Series B, Series A, Series C | Biotechnology, Software, E-Commerce | $1.4M–$150M |
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ENSL Partners
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea | Seed, Convertible Note | Artificial Intelligence, Pet, Apps | $74k–$1.1M |
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Korea Credit Guarantee Fund
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, China | Seed, Series A, Debt Financing | Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software | $229k–$8.8M |
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Mirae Asset Venture Investment
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, India | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology | $692k–$52M |
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Hallym University Technology Holdings
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea | Seed, Series A | Consulting, Recruiting, Health Care | |
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Kenaz
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Recruiting, Communities, Music Streaming | |
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Grand Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea | Seed, Series A | Apps, Education, E-Learning | $204k–$351k |
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BNK Venture Capital
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, Kuwait | Series A, Series B, Seed | Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Software | $20k–$13M |
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Atinum Partners
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States, Singapore | Series A, Series B, Series C | Software, Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence | $3M–$40M |
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Seoul Business Agency(SBA)
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Information Technology, E-Commerce, Health Care | |
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Gyeonggi Creative Economy Innovation Center
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea | Seed, Pre-Seed, Grant | Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Blockchain | $69k–$3.4M |
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Alois Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea | Seed, Series A | Parking, Employment, Recruiting | $759k–$1.6M |
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Pohang University of Science and Technology
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States | Seed, Series A | Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Software | |
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Industrial Bank of Korea
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States, China | Series A, Series B, Seed | Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software | $166k–$28M |
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Plan H Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, India, United States | Seed, Series A, Series B | Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology | $35k–$3.1M |
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KB Investment
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States, Vietnam | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology | $737k–$44M |
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Sazze Partners
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States, Japan | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $200k–$15M |
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CJ CheilJedang Corp.
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States, Israel | Seed, Series A, Series B | Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Nutrition | $508k–$105M |
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Pathfinder H
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea | Series A, Series B, Seed | E-Commerce, Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence | $775k–$26M |
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Suprema Investment
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Mobile, Information Technology | |
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NHN Investment
VC Fund
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1 | United States, South Korea, Israel | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence | $1M–$24M |
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CVC Capital Partners
VC Fund
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1 | United States, United Kingdom, Spain | Private Equity, Post-IPO Equity, Secondary Market | Software, Retail, Financial Services | $50M–$1.3B |
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Hoban Construction
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea | Series A, Seed, Post-IPO Secondary | Construction, Home Services, Manufacturing | $89k–$4.3M |
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Realbizen
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea | Seed, Angel | Art, EdTech, Sports | |
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Yoonmin Foundation
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | Software, Information Technology, Apps | $74k–$1.8M |
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We Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States, Singapore | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $729k–$19M |
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BA Partners
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Apps | $1.8k–$14M |
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STIC Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States, Vietnam | Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Series B | Biotechnology, Software, Information Technology | $2M–$47M |
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Strong Ventures is a generalist VC firm based in LA and Seoul, backing early-stage startups with a focus on Korean founders.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Poland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 395
- Round size: Seed $89k–$3M; Series A $1M–$10M; Series B $2.4M–$26M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $38M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- WeGlee — WeGlee is a food and beverage startup that operates 'WeGlee,' a fast-casual dining brand centered around pasta bowls.
- Neardoc — Neardoc operates on a business-to-business subscription model providing an ambient artificial intelligence scribe solution for healthcare facilities. The platform leverages a proprietary medical reasoning engine to automatically generate structured clinical SOAP notes by analyzing doctor-patient conversations in real time. Its core valueproposition centers on eliminating administrative overhead, reducing charting time for medical professionals, and increasing patient throughput.
- READi Robust Machine — Ready Robust Machine is a company that makes carbon reduction and fuel cost improvement systems.
Fast Ventures is a venture capital investment firm.
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- Industry: Health Care, Apps, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: South Korea, Hungary, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 63
- Round size: Seed $418k–$2.6M; Series A $2M–$7.5M
- Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Bind — Bind is a start-up that operates the mobile and PC version of 'Athler'.
- Doers — Doers is an influencer commerce platform that offers several services for connecting influencers and companies.
- Driving Teacher — You may search and compare the pricing of all driving schools countrywide in Driving Teacher, and you can help students make real-time training reservations with just a few clicks without connecting to a counselor. Furthermore, it provides an online reservation management platform to driving schools in order to automate the driving school system,as well as sales growth through customized marketing.
TheVentures provides their portfolio companies access to on staff world class experts in recruiting, PR, marketing, early stage customer acquisition, raising money, and strategy. They even provide engineering and design support, co-building products with the founding team, while assiting in hiring those difficult to recruit early engineers.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Vietnam
Investor stats
- Total investments: 155
- Round size: Seed $74k–$1.5M; Pre-Seed $72k–$2M; Series A $1.1M–$5.1M
- Lead/follow: 48% lead, 52% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $7M in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- Sans — Sans is the first alternative coffee brand in Korea to replicate the taste and aroma of coffee without using beans, and it is the only brand in the world to operate specialty alternative coffee stores. Instead of coffee beans, which are designated as one of the "five endangered crops," Sans developed an alternative coffee similar toAmericano by combining 12 ingredients, such as jujube seeds, chicory roots, and barley, which are easy to grow in greenhouses in any country regardless of climate change.
- AnyBridge AI — AnyBridge is an enterprise AI platform that helps businesses deploy, manage, and scale AI agents using a unified software stack. It supports multiple AI models, including open-source and commercial models, through a single gateway. The platform optimizes AI workloads across different hardware infrastructures to improve performance, reduce costs, and simplify operations.
- Smoking Tiger — Smoking Tiger is a korean concept cafe enabling customers to experience Korean culture and heritage via food, drinks, and environment.
Stonebridge capital, Stonebridge ventures, Specializing in Venture Capital, Private Equity Fund Management
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Mobile
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: South Korea, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 183
- Round size: Series A $838k–$10M; Series B $829k–$15M; Venture - Series Unknown $852k–$91M
- Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $30M in 2010
Portfolio highlights
- BIGC — BIGC is a technology company that offers digital marketing, content creation, and advertising services.
- N.Light — N.Light is a Metaverse 3D design software that allows individuals to effortlessly turn their ideas into reality.
- SK Horizon — SK Horizon is an AI data center (AIDC) infrastructure company whose name reflects its ambition to “open new horizons” in the AIDC sector, will be responsible for expanding its infrastructure to a total capacity of 318 MW, encompassing eight data centers already in operation - Seocho, Ilsan (two locations), Bundang, Gasan, Centum, Yangju, and Pangyo- and new AIDCs currently under construction, including those in Ulsan and Guro.
Yusung Electronics is a SMT specialized company based on EMS technology that manufactures electrical and electronic devices and parts.
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- Industry: Apps, Employment, Recruiting
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Seed $154k–$314k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Career Day — Career Day is a business networking comapany that offers information to companies and experienced talents to facilitate connection.
Korea Investment Partners (KIP) is a leading venture capital & private equity firm that has over 30 years of experience in providing venture capital to bold and innovative entrepreneurs who want to change the world. Korea Investment Partners invests in leading pioneers like Kakao(KOSDAQ:035720), Naver(KRX:035420), YG Entertainment(KOSDAQ:122870), Bodyfriend, Osstem Implant(KOSDAQ:048260), Doubleu Games(KOSDAQ:192080) and Didi Chuxing. KIP manages over 20 venture and private equity funds with US$1.8 billion in total assets under management. The company operates globally from its Seoul headquarters office with other locations in Shanghai, Beijing, and Sunnyvale.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 548
- Round size: Seed $973k–$10M; Series A $2.2M–$19M; Series B $4.9M–$50M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $60M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Zamface — Zamface is an app that makes beauty video.
- Wakebunny — Wakebunny is a company that specializes in IP-based commerce, leveraging intellectual property to create, market, and monetize unique products and experiences. By focusing on the strategic use of copyrights, trademarks, and brand assets, Wakebunny transforms original ideas, characters, and stories into commercially viable offerings across variousplatforms such as e-commerce, digital media, merchandising, and licensing.
- Inovio Pharmaceuticals — INOVIO is advancing novel immunotherapy technologies to reshape the future of treating and preventing infectious diseases and cancer.
Dooghoon Investment is an investment firm that invests in biotechnology and information technology companies.
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- Industry: Food and Beverage, Health Care, Medical
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 32
- Round size: Seed $419k–$1.8M; Series A $1.7M–$5.9M; Series B $3.7M–$44M
- Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Future Connect — Livfarm is an online platform that delivers fresh vegetables and salad samplers.
- Blue M Tec — Blue M Tec develops a prescription medicine AI platform that offers medical supplies and medical consumables.
- NeoCannBio — NeoCannBio provides natural product processing facilities for generating new medications derived from natural goods and built a cannabinoid library of hemp, and medical cannabis.
Mechanism Angel Fund supports promising entrepreneurs and startups through investment, mentorship, domestic and overseas networks, and assisting in attracting subsequent investment.
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- Industry: Recruiting, Q&A, Apps
- Stage:Angel, Seed, Series A
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- AQOOM — AQOOM is a block-chain based social network Q&A platform that provides substantial token compensation to all users.
- Comento — Commento is creating an online education community centred on interaction and experience to solve learning needs. They provide more diverse opportunities and possibilities for many different people.
- aha — aha is an online professional knowledge Q&A platform.
Daekyo Investment is a venture capital firm specialized in development of venture industry.
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- Industry: Software, Mobile Apps, Education
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Hong Kong
Investor stats
- Total investments: 76
- Round size: Seed $589k–$13M; Series A $1.8M–$15M; Series B $3.3M–$17M
- Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Switchwon — Switchwon provides currency exchange services.
- Inserasolution — Inserasolution produces high-performance Fast & Fine Steering Mirrors for laser-based space optical communications and sophisticated defense systems.
- S-Innovations — S-Innovations is a robotics software company that develops SynK, a cyber-physical AI operating system for robot deployment, integration, and recovery across different robot brands and industrial facilities. The company provides automation software that enables faster robot setup, system connectivity, and operational management for sectors usingautonomous mobile robots
Capstone Partners is a venture capital firm specializing in early-stage companies operating in the Information technology, wireless technology, architecture, pharmaceutical, internet, online game, software, solid state disk, and IP television sectors. It primarily invests in China and South Korea, with a focus in Seoul and Gyeonggi province. The firm prefers to exit its investments through a trade sale. Capstone Partners was founded in 2008 and is based in Seoul, South Korea. Capstone Partners is a venture capital firm that invests in entrepreneurs seeking success with fresh ideas. Capstone Partners values the funds of union investors better than our own, working for the interests of investors and following the objective of the investments.
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- Industry: Software, Mobile, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: South Korea, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 316
- Round size: Seed $276k–$3.1M; Series A $442k–$11M; Venture - Series Unknown $458k–$44M
- Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $42M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- ABLE Labs — ABLE Labs provide liquid handling robots and protocols so that all researchers can focus on constructing assay, leaving the execution to robots. If you want would contact them please contact them via phone call or email.
- Intellicia — AI-powered Synthetic Consumers platform for market research. 91.2% Spearman Correlation, 93.6% accuracy validated across 120+ PoC projects.
- Wrtn Technologies — Bring AGI Close to People
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 138
- Round size: Seed $414k–$6.9M; Series A $2.2M–$15M; Series B $6.7M–$14M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Airbility — Korean anti-drone and counter-drone company founded in 2023 by aerospace, defense and mobility engineers. Team, milestones and careers.
- Tect Group — We deliver real beauty based on distinctive brands and innovative marketing solutions, fostering confidence and positivity around the world.
- BioNexus — BioNexus is an artificial intelligence (AI) biotechnology startup that specializes in automating the early stages of biomedical research and drug discovery.
Murex Partners is a VC firm specializing in thesis-driven investing.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 107
- Round size: Seed $1.7M–$16M; Series A $2.4M–$11M; Series B $3.6M–$17M
- Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $30M in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- OQT — OQT is focusing on developing QPUs utilizing neutral atoms.
- Medifab — Medifab is a bio-healthcare center that offers 3D system testing, measurement analysis, and OEM service.
- Purple AI — FDA 510(k)-cleared AI for intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) detection on non-contrast head CT. See how PurpleAI Hyper Insight-ICH fits your stroke workflow.
Storm Ventures is a $600m (TAM) VC firm 100% focused solely on early-stage enterprise investments. We've been founders ourselves, of enterprise companies including Airespace (acquired by Cisco) and EchoSign (acquired by Adobe). We've had to go without pay as CEOs ourselves to make payroll. We've gone from $0 to $100m in ARR and lived all the stages in between. We've here to help, and add some strategic capital and insights. And not be in the way when we're not needed.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Enterprise Software
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: United States, South Korea, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 283
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$7M; Series A $4M–$18M; Series B $7.5M–$50M
- Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $220M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Flint — Flint helps marketers drive breakthroughs in conversion and CAC, by creating one closed loop of learning between ads and pages.
- Aron — Aron provides a procurement platform designed to analyze, benchmark, and automate negotiations for indirect spending.
- Aron — Aron develops AI-powered procurement software that acts as a chief of staff for procurement teams. The platform handles sourcing, RFQs, supplier follow-ups, contract redlining, supply-risk monitoring, and invoice checking. Aron works with existing procurement files and workflows without requiring integrations, serving mid-market and Fortune 500 procurement teams.
SparkLabs Group is a network of startup accelerators and venture capital funds that has invested in over 350 startups since 2013.
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- Industry: Apps, SaaS, Shoes
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- Round size: Seed $90k–$846k
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Sendtime — SendTime is a web-based automation tool that helps users schedule and send WhatsApp messages and status updates in advance. It allows you to plan messages, set exact timing, and automate delivery even when your device is offline, using a cloud-based system accessible from any browser.
- Career Day — Career Day is a business networking comapany that offers information to companies and experienced talents to facilitate connection.
- Impactus — Impactus is a social enterprise that runs a career and edutech platform. Impactus offers student-tailored major programs as well as public education courses to assist teenage students in discovering and developing occupations and aptitudes that are a good fit for them.
We are an independent subsidiary of Kakao Corp. & the most active, startup-friendly early stage VC of Korea. (Limited Partnerships, not strategic.).
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 430
- Round size: Seed $266k–$4.2M; Series A $988k–$11M; Series B $3.4M–$27M
- Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $40B in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- OQT — OQT is focusing on developing QPUs utilizing neutral atoms.
- Corologic — Korologic develops cardiovascular imaging AI solutions for medical procedures.
- Tect Group — We deliver real beauty based on distinctive brands and innovative marketing solutions, fostering confidence and positivity around the world.
Nextrans is a Korean-based venture capital firm invest in early-stage startups in Vietnam, Korea and the US. Our mission is to create a global network of talented and passionate founders pursuing world-changing impact.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Vietnam, South Korea, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 63
- Round size: Seed $865k–$4.5M; Series A $1.9M–$14M; Series B $9M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $50M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- BIGC — BIGC is a technology company that offers digital marketing, content creation, and advertising services.
- FuriosaAI — FuriosaAI develops system semiconductors optimized for AI, enabling efficient processing of large amounts of data in a short period of time.
- KaliVir Immunotherapeutics — multiple therapies, one virus.KALIVIR is developing cutting edge, next-generation oncolytic viral immunotherapy programs for treatment of cancer. LEARN MORE NEWS AND EVENTSAugust 19, 2026 - KaliVir Immunotherapeutics Announces Closing of $14 Million Series A Extension Financing READ MORE November 19, 2025 - KaliVir Immunotherapeutics Announces Clinical Trial Collaboration and Supply Agreement with Roche to Evaluate
Mashup Ventures is a Seoul based early-stage VC led by Taekkyung Lee, co-founder of Daum Communications, focusing on AI, SaaS, and IT.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 177
- Round size: Seed $180k–$1.7M; Pre-Seed $100k–$3.2M
- Lead/follow: 47% lead, 53% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Rosherin — Rosherin is a healthcare startup that researches, develops and manufactures various medical supplies and medical devices.
- Airbility — Korean anti-drone and counter-drone company founded in 2023 by aerospace, defense and mobility engineers. Team, milestones and careers.
- NanoForge AI — Nanoforge AI merges AI-driven material design with robotics automation to cut material development time from years to weeks
InfoBank develops and provides mobile messaging solutions and other related services. The company offers business messaging services such as SMS, LMS, and multimedia message services; interactive media services; smart car solutions; and integrated online and offline payment services. InfoBank was founded in 1995 and is based in Gyeongju, South Korea.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: South Korea, United States, South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 167
- Round size: Seed $85k–$1.5M; Series A $88k–$9.4M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.8M–$11M
- Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Pmatch — Pmatch is a comprehensive platform designed to provide reliable, accurate medication information to help users make informed decisions about their healthcare. By offering detailed insights into various medications, including their uses, dosages, side effects, and interactions, Pmatch ensures that individuals can use medicines in a smarter and saferway. The platform aims to enhance patient safety, reduce medication errors, and improve overall health outcomes by empowering users with the knowledge they need to manage their treatments effectively. Whether for healthcare professionals or patients, Pmatch serves as a trusted resource for promoting informed decision-making and better health management.
- Switchwon — Switchwon provides currency exchange services.
- Limpid — Limpid is a Bio pet food startup. It set new standards in pet nutrition through continuous innovation.
Hashed is a global, early stage venture fund focused on backing founders who are pioneering the future of blockchain and cryptocurrency. Hashed is based in Seoul and San Francisco.
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- Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 333
- Round size: Seed $1M–$15M; Series A $2.6M–$37M; Venture - Series Unknown $2M–$40M
- Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- Oh — Chat live with uncensored AI girlfriends and digital twins of top creators. Flirty, personalised conversations, voice, and steamy images. Discover your favourite companion on OhChat.
- Chance Studios — Every Collection Starts With A Chance
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We are privileged to invest on behalf of institutional investors, most with charitable, educational, or non-profit missions. Serving entrepreneurs is a calling for us, and we look to partner with companies with an equally strong sense of purpose.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Internet
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 415
- Round size: Series A $2.1M–$26M; Series B $4.1M–$35M; Series C $5.2M–$57M
- Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $350M in 2026
Portfolio highlights
- Soraban — The cloud-based platform modernizing and automating menial work for tax firms.
- PureSpace — Shelf-Life Extension Technology: Remarkably effective ethylene scrubber designed to keep fruits and vegetables fresher for longer. 50% food waste reduction in the supply chain. Explore more.
- Branders.com — Branders.com sells instantly customizable promotional items suchs as pens, hats, magnets, etc for marketing, sales, and event planning. They provide a single source to locate, design, order, and track promotional items online. Branders.com experience also offers you the following benefits to help you with your purchase: - Provides aone-stop shop for customizing merchandise - Aids in product selection with advanced, custom search and recommendation services - Allows you to customize and decorate your own products online and in real-time - Reduces fulfillment activities - Improves corporate identity management
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Browse database — It's Free!Korea Social Investment Foundation is a business finance and business consulting service firm.
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- Industry: Pet, FinTech, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Grant
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 15
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Hubriz — Hubriz is a babysitter hiring company.
- Hubris.io — A new tool that blends your everyday work apps into one. It's the all-in-one workspace for you and your team
- Works Mate — Works Mate is a job search matching platform for daily workers in the field of construction and architecture sectors.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Singapore, Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2394
- Round size: Seed $159k–$4.6M; Pre-Seed $100k–$611k; Series A $4.1M–$29M
- Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $7.5M in 2026
Portfolio highlights
- Praktiki — Praktiki is the AI platform for medical education: expert-led, case-based 5-minute modules HCPs love, built in hours and measured for behaviour change.
- ReportsAI — ReportsAI is an impact operating system that automates data collection and reporting for NGOs and industry to ensure audit-ready compliance.
- Plouton AI —
Korea Technology Development Company, a government-funded investment vehicle specializing in technology-related investment opportunities, KTB Financial Group(“KTB”) has since grown into a comprehensive financial group offering a wide range of financial services, including securities, asset management, venture capital, and private equity. KTB also has expanded our global network by actively entering overseas markets includes the United States, China, and Thailand.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Software, E-Commerce
- Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
- Geography: South Korea, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 87
- Round size: Series A $1.4M–$17M; Series B $7.4M–$30M; Series C $11M–$150M
- Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
Portfolio highlights
- NYOU — NYOU is a game development company that develops games for recreational purposes.
- Soelect — Soelect creates cutting-edge engineering solutions for anode technology and solid-state electrolyte materials, enabling safe, high-energy-density batteries for use in electric vehicles, portable electronics, power tools, drones, aircraft, spacecraft, and tactical defense equipment. Soelect's LiX technology is a lithium metal anode for fastcharging of all advanced and solid-state batteries.
- CoLearn — Aplikasi belajar online yang bantu belajar Matematika, Fisika, Kimia jadi lebih cepat dimengerti. Ada beragam fitur aplikasi mulai dari bantuan mengerjakan PR dengan foto soal sampai bimbel untuk SD, SMP, SMA.
ENSL Partners is an investment accelerator firm that invests in startup companies.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Pet, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Convertible Note
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 45
- Round size: Seed $74k–$1.1M
- Lead/follow: 49% lead, 51% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Rivetta — Rivetta provides a web novel translation platform that supports global publishing through translation, distribution, promotion, and settlement services. It enables writers to share their work with international audiences while managing publishing and monetization processes. The platform helps creators grow readership and expand their presenceacross diverse global markets.
- TalentSeeker — TalentSeeker is an AI-powered recruitment platform developing global talent sourcing and hiring automation solutions. The company provides AI-based candidate search, resume parsing, talent database management, and personalized outreach tools to help businesses streamline recruitment workflows.
- Meta Energy Frontier — Meta Energy Frontier is a carbon-neutral smart energy solution company utilizing high-transmittance artificial photovoltaics. It contributes to improving building energy ratings through proprietary technology that converts 20% of existing unused lighting light energy into electricity. The company aims to recycle wasted light from indoor LEDlighting and utilize it as a distributed power source in urban areas.
Korea Credit Guarantee Fund operates as a public financial institution.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Debt Financing
- Geography: South Korea, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 350
- Round size: Seed $229k–$2.9M; Series A $881k–$8.8M; Debt Financing $380k–$3.6M
- Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Limpid — Limpid is a Bio pet food startup. It set new standards in pet nutrition through continuous innovation.
- DoubleT — DoubleT is an innovative tech enterprise specialized in industrial workplace safety and business automation. Its premier product, HEIMDALL, utilizes artificial intelligence and real-time location systems to prevent industrial accidents. They also operate DoubleWorks for corporate management and Jikguraound to streamline global B2B sourcing forbusinesses.
- Studio Meta K — Studio Meta K is a content creation company that provides artificial intelligence and virtual reality services.
A fundamental investment philosophy of ‘Building on principles’ guides us at Mirae Asset. Over the years, these principles have enabled us to become Asia’s premier financial group and created new trends in the Asian capital market. Above all, we put our clients’ interests first, always adhering to high ethical standards. Because our success clearly comes from their success, we use fundamental investment principles to identify opportunities that generate value and lasting profits. We are strong believers in teamwork and are determined to recruit the best and brightest people as we open new horizons in Asia and expand globally. Just as we strive to continually improve our own performance, Mirae Asset is committed to helping every community it joins. On behalf of the entire Mirae Asset Financial Group, I would like to convey the sense of responsibility your trust in us merits and pledge to do all that we can to exceed your expectations.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 344
- Round size: Seed $692k–$14M; Series A $2M–$40M; Series B $5M–$52M
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $118M in 2026
Portfolio highlights
- Medifab — Medifab is a bio-healthcare center that offers 3D system testing, measurement analysis, and OEM service.
- NanoForge AI — Nanoforge AI merges AI-driven material design with robotics automation to cut material development time from years to weeks
- The Pant Project — The Pant Project is an e-tailoring company that specializes in customizing pants according to individual fit and style. They offer a curated range of premium fabrics including poly viscose, knit, and wool. The company also provides a 4-way stretch technology in their formal pants for enhanced comfort and mobility. Customers can track their ordersthrough the company's website.
Hallym University Technology Holdings operates as an investment firm.
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- Industry: Consulting, Recruiting, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- QSTEM — Qstem is a biotech business that specializes in stem cell technologies for hair loss treatments and other bio-healthcare solutions.
- TR — TR is a digital healthcare company that designs and develops medical devices and electronic products.
- Group by — Create a custom website in less than a minute with instant page loads, SEO optimization, and customized theming. All your content is kept and managed in Notion so you can focus on creating while Super handles the rest.
Kenaz is a webtoon creation studio that offers production services.
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- Industry: Recruiting, Communities, Music Streaming
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Heavenly — Platform dedicated to female-oriented content, encompassing BL, GL, LGBTQ+ themes, romance, drama, webtoons, audio, movies, and a community
- ONOMA AI — Bring your story to life
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- Industry: Apps, Education, E-Learning
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 14
- Round size: Seed $204k–$351k
- Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Alt – A — Alt – A is developing a “next-generation connected convex mirror” as a smart traffic safety solution. In particular, urban private land (residential, university, hospital) areas lack basic infrastructure typically seen in public spaces such as convex mirrors, street signs and stoplights, creating many blind spots for vehicles and thus causingsignificant safety risks for children and people in general.Alt – A’s first product, the Safety Stick, uses video and sensor technology to indicate to drivers the existence of unseen living objects in advance. In addition, the company’s product allows for data analytics of vehicle/human traffic flows and issue spots for the given land area.
- Herbbloom — Herbbloom creates and sells skin care products.
- Career Day — Career Day is a business networking comapany that offers information to companies and experienced talents to facilitate connection.
BNK Venture Capital is an investment firm.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Software
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, Kuwait
Investor stats
- Total investments: 81
- Round size: Seed $268k–$5.5M; Series A $1.5M–$9M; Series B $20k–$13M
- Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- Leesol — Leesol is a sleep technology company engaged in the production of AI based neuromodulation devices for the prevention and treatment solutions for modern-day people’s healthy brains. The company's product range includes the sleepisol which is a functional smart wearable device that utilizes CES (Cranial Electrotherapy Stimulation) and is aneffective product for the customer’s quality of sleep and life. The product can also be used with a user-oriented data based App.
- GREENDA — GREENDA is a bio-aviation oil and gas raw material manufacturing company.
- Camello Tech Co. — Camello Tech Co. is an agricultural products company that sells tea capsules and aloesonic pills.
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Browse database — It's Free!Atinum Partners is a venture capital firm that invests in the growth stage startups in the IT, biotech, and healthcare sectors.
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- Industry: Software, Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 198
- Round size: Series A $3M–$24M; Series B $5M–$29M; Series C $12M–$40M
- Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $596M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Hurotics — Hurotics is a company with deep-tech technology related to human-robot fusion.Hurotix's wearable robots, notably the 'H-Flex', are modular and give personalized support based on the user's demands, assisting users in overcoming physical restrictions.
- Liner — LINER is Asia’s first AI Agent that helps users accomplish more with less time and effort “AI Workspace”, known as the autonomous agent, performs various and complex tasks requested by users using LLM-based AI, differentiated by LINER’s highlighter database. More than 94% of LINER's users are from outside Korea & more than 100 countries.We are reducing our customer’s research time from hundreds of minutes to tens of seconds every day with our product.
- Subtle Medical — Subtle Medical is a healthcare technology company that provides AI-powered medical imaging. Its products, SubtlePET and SubtleMR, are FDA Cleared and CE Marked AI product that enhances images in PET and MR exams aimed for faster & safer workflow.The company's SubtleGAD technology is also awarded by RSNA and a $1.6M NIH SBIR Grant tofacilitate the adoption using AI to make imaging exams safer. They provide a vendor-agnostic AI infrastructure powering its products and providing service and analytics to clinical imaging providers.Subtle Medical's goal is to improve the quality, value, and accessibility of medical imaging by significantly reducing cost, imaging time, and radiation dose.
Seoul Business Agency (서울산업통상진흥원) is a Koran startup providing support services for small businesses to increase their efficiency and foster a stable business. The company provides support in the areas of technology, management, human resources, and more.
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- Industry: Information Technology, E-Commerce, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 32
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Dot Mill — Dot Mill is a mixed reality content production company.
- Foody Worm — Foody Worm is an insect research company that practices and develops ESG and sustainability management through insects.
- Works Mate — Works Mate is a job search matching platform for daily workers in the field of construction and architecture sectors.
Gyeonggi Creative Economy Innovation Center is a Business management consultant in Seongnam.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Blockchain
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Grant
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 26
- Round size: Seed $69k–$3.4M
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Factagora — Eliminate AI hallucinations with the world's first Knowledge Graph verification engine. Build your Temporal Knowledge Graph for explainable fact-checking and multi-hop reasoning.
- Forest Jalan — Forest Jalan is a fintech firm that allows small restaurants, cafes, and stores in Southeast Asia access financial services at moderate rates, rather than high-interest loans.
- Testify — Testify provides software quality assurance and testing services that assess and validate applications across platforms such as PC, mobile, smart TV and VR. The company conducts software testing using a range of tools to evaluate performance and functional quality and offers consulting to tailor quality activity frameworks for different softwarecharacteristics. Testify also supports software market management by guiding adaptation to platform-specific policies. Its services are designed to help clients identify defects and improve software behavior before release.
Alois Ventures is an investor in the field of startup, we believe new startups and founders are just like those unfamiliar species and resources in Antarctica
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- Industry: Parking, Employment, Recruiting
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Seed $759k–$1.6M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
Portfolio highlights
- BIGC — BIGC is a technology company that offers digital marketing, content creation, and advertising services.
- Kowork — Kowork is an IT company that offers valuable information to all foreigners, whether domestic or international, who aspire to secure employment in Korea. In addition to serving as a job search platform for foreigners, the firm offers a comprehensive array of services designed to facilitate a stable K-LIFE for expatriates, which includes assistancewith visas, studying abroad, and adapting to life in Korea. The company provides personalized job information that is specifically tailored to the requirements, along with support for resume reviews, interview preparation, and visa processing assistance.
- sherpas — Sherpas offers SMPLY, a data-based SaaS and IT management service, which uses AI for IT asset management. It simplifies tracking of applications and devices, analyzes business size and usage patterns, and recommends the most suitable solution for each company
Pohang University of Science and Technology is a school.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: South Korea, United States
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- Total investments: 23
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- ADDD — Dalgo is a peer-to-peer advertising platform.
- Enough — Enough produces nutritious foods for kids.
- Stellar Vision — StellaVision can interpret synthetic aperture radar (SAR) sensors, an unparalleled radar technique for interpreting satellite data. Information is critical for making investment or policy decisions. Historically, we relied on news sources and government figures to make decisions. However, relying entirely on previously published knowledge may causeyou to be late to the game, and making decisions based on rumors or gossip may result in big losses. Satellite imaging provides a solution to this information mismatch. Satellite imaging is becoming a key decision-making tool in a variety of businesses due to its ability to give fast and accurate information.
Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK) is committed to honoring its charter of financing small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). The Bank has extended the scope of its expertise to provide a comprehensive range of financial services to individual customers in a quest to emerge as a leading financial services group. In pursuit of that goal, IBK is making every effort to enhance its competitiveness, achieve balanced growth and strengthen its global presence. The Bank employs around 10,000 staff and operates a distribution network of 612 branches including 12 overseas branches. Providing complementary services, the Bank also operates several subsidiaries: IBK Capital Corporation, IBK-SG Asset Management, IBK System Co., Ltd., and IBK Credit Information Corporation. In 2008, IBK Investment & Securities was launched, focused on meeting the needs of SME customers for services such as IPOs and M&As. Moreover, strategic alliance with Korea Investment Holdings enhances product competitiveness and affiliation with the National Post Office promoting easy customer access to IBK banking services.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 316
- Round size: Seed $166k–$4.5M; Series A $2.3M–$17M; Series B $4.8M–$28M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
Portfolio highlights
- BIGC — BIGC is a technology company that offers digital marketing, content creation, and advertising services.
- Hurotics — Hurotics is a company with deep-tech technology related to human-robot fusion.Hurotix's wearable robots, notably the 'H-Flex', are modular and give personalized support based on the user's demands, assisting users in overcoming physical restrictions.
- Airbility — Korean anti-drone and counter-drone company founded in 2023 by aerospace, defense and mobility engineers. Team, milestones and careers.
Plan H Ventures is an investment company that invests in businesses.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, India, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 21
- Round size: Seed $35k–$3.1M
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
Portfolio highlights
- CLUSH — Clush is an AI and cloud infrastructure company that builds enterprise software to help organizations develop, deploy, and manage AI systems. The company offers cloud-native services and products, enabling customers to build, manage, and collaborate on cloud-based applications and data. Clush provides products such as Clush Kube MLOps, AIgovernance platforms, AI agents, hybrid cloud infrastructure, and enterprise collaboration tools for industries including finance, manufacturing, and public sector organizations
- ASWEMAKE — ASWEMAKE is a provider of digital transformation management solutions, dedicated to creating a customer experience that makes purchasing daily necessities online as satisfying as buying them in person. By focusing on developing online sales infrastructure within competitive nationwide food ingredient markets and collaborating with local offlinepartners, the company aims to achieve 'Today's Shopping,' where orders made today are delivered the same day throughout the country, leveraging logistics and distribution services. It operates 'Q Market,' an application for same-day delivery from local grocery stores. Q Market serves as an O2O service that links consumers residing within a 3km radius of medium-to-large offline supermarkets, using city center supermarkets as delivery hubs to ensure that orders reach customers' doorsteps on the same day. The company is committed to offering consumers a fresher 'Convenience Premium' (Convenience + Premium) by setting itself apart through the use of logistics warehouses associated with supermarkets, ensuring that the products customers require are delivered as quickly as possible.
- EcoRemix — EcoRemix-Sustainable Concrete Solution
Founded in 1990, KB Investment Co., Ltd. (KBIC) is one of Korea’s leading investment firms of venture capital and private equity funds with over USD 2.6 Billion of asset under management as of December 2023. KBIC is a subsidiary of KB Financial Group, Korea’s premier financial group with the largest domestic customer base as well as the widest network of service branches in Korea. KBIC’s team is recognized for industry thought leadership, a broad network of powerful industry relationships, and a unique professional investment approach to investing. KBIC passionately support our portfolio companies with active guidance in all key aspects of team building, strategy, operations and governance
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Vietnam
Investor stats
- Total investments: 441
- Round size: Seed $737k–$7.2M; Series A $2.5M–$36M; Series B $5.2M–$44M
- Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow
Portfolio highlights
- H&B Asia — H&B Asia specializes in sourcing, importing, and distributing fresh fruits and agricultural products. The company works closely with global growers and suppliers to bring high-quality produce into the Korean market. It focuses on building strong partnerships, ensuring consistent supply, and supporting efficient logistics across the fooddistribution value chain.
- GMI Cloud — Run production AI workloads on GMI Cloud. Deploy serverless inference, dedicated GPU clusters, and bare metal AI infrastructure on one scalable platform.
- ACT-ion Battery Technologies — ACT-ion Battery Technologies is a manufacturing company that offers cathode active materials for lithium batteries.
Primer Sazze Partners - We like to find founders who are making the impossible happen through sheer force of will and a refusal to accept hard truths.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 174
- Round size: Seed $200k–$4.5M; Pre-Seed $200k–$2.8M; Series A $264k–$15M
- Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $127M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Concorda — Concorda is a legal tech platform helping teams manage contracts, automate workflows, and streamline business operations.
- Airbility — Korean anti-drone and counter-drone company founded in 2023 by aerospace, defense and mobility engineers. Team, milestones and careers.
- Pascal — Pascal, founded in 2023, develops innovative low-pressure solid refrigerant systems for cooling applications including air conditioning and industrial uses. Join us in building better cooling solutions.
A global lifestyle company that creates health, happiness and convenience
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- Industry: Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Nutrition
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 17
- Round size: Seed $508k–$10M; Series A $1.7M–$22M; Series B $18M–$105M
- Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Michroma — Michroma is a biotech platform producing natural ingredients in a sustainable, scalable, and cost-effective way. We are using synthetic biology to unleash the potential of filamentous fungi and develop proprietary strains capable of producing high-performance ingredients in bioreactors.
- New Culture — New Culture is a food and beverage company that focuses on revolutionizing how cheese is made. It was founded in 2018 and headquartered in San Francisco, California.
- AQUA Cultured Foods — Whole muscle-cut sustainable seafood alternatives made using biomass fermentation. Our product looks and tastes just like traditional seafood.
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Browse database — It's Free!Pathfinder H is a venture capital firm.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 46
- Round size: Seed $775k–$6M; Series A $3.3M–$13M; Series B $2.7M–$26M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Namdo Market — Namdo Market is a mobile application for wholesale and retail trading services. It is a online wholesale marketplace that connects buyers with products from major Korean shopping districts. It allows users to browse and order items directly from multiple vendors in one place.
- Perseus — World Best Hypervisor Security Solutions for SDV
- Camello Tech Co. — Camello Tech Co. is an agricultural products company that sells tea capsules and aloesonic pills.
Suprema Inc. is a leading global provider of biometrics technology and identity management solutions.
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- Industry: Software, Mobile, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- 12cm — 12cm operates echoss, a cloud O2O service platform that provides offline to mobile connection services. The company also offers echoss stamp products.12cm’s platform also includes a service mobile plugin, commerce service, and coupon service components. In addition, its echoss platform is applied and extended to O2O service, includingmembership, promotion, mobile certification, commerce, and utility. It is based in Bundangdong, Kyonggi-do.
- ONOMA AI — Bring your story to life
- Dot Connect — Dot Connect specializes in the development of complete software-based IMS, SIP Client and Client Engine.
NHN Investment is a specialized investment organization providing investments, loans, and management as well as technological guidance to new technology enterprises and venture businesses.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: United States, South Korea, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 33
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$8.7M; Series A $1M–$18M; Series B $3M–$24M
- Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
Portfolio highlights
- tru.ID — APIs for fast & frictionless mobile verification. Sign up today to see how tru.ID can turbocharge your user onboarding, conversion, security and experience.
- Parking Cloud — Parking Cloud is a cloud-based parking system.
- Works Mate — Works Mate is a job search matching platform for daily workers in the field of construction and architecture sectors.
CVC has seven complementary strategies across private equity, secondaries and credit, through which we invest on behalf of pension funds and other leading institutions
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- Industry: Software, Retail, Financial Services
- Stage:Private Equity, Post-IPO Equity, Secondary Market
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Spain
Investor stats
- Total investments: 128
- Round size: Private Equity $50M–$1.3B; Post-IPO Equity $145M–$855M; Secondary Market $279M–$585M
- Lead/follow: 65% lead, 35% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $3.4B in 2026
Portfolio highlights
- Australian Venue Co — Explore over 200+ unique and iconic venues + function spaces Australia-wide. Contact Australian Venue Co. today for bookings + more!
- Dream Games — Join Dream Games and explore a vibrant universe of characters and puzzles. Discover why millions of players worldwide love our mobile games. Visit us to learn more about our games, company culture, and career opportunities.
- Rayner Surgical Group — Rayner is a British manufacturer of ophthalmic medical products, including intraocular lenses (IOLs) and eye drops to support ocular health
Hoban Construction operates a housing construction business. The Company builds high-rise residential buildings, low-rise apartments, villas, and others.
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- Industry: Construction, Home Services, Manufacturing
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Post-IPO Secondary
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- Round size: Seed $89k–$3.1M; Series A $1.7M–$4.3M
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
Portfolio highlights
- EUM — EUM offers a platform service for smart residential life as well as for house management.
- ViewMagine — This domain used to be connected to a Wix website. Learn how to reconnect it, or create your own website.
- Works Mate — Works Mate is a job search matching platform for daily workers in the field of construction and architecture sectors.
Realbizen creates successful business with pre-seed, seed, and series A stage companies.
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- Industry: Art, EdTech, Sports
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Begin Lab — Begin Lab is an online learning platform that educates bioinformatics and human resources courses.
- Locle — Locle is a platform designed specifically for academies and variety of classes including music, dance, arts, crafts, and sports.
- Tyrell — Welcome to Tyrell Inc., pioneers in hyper-personalized AI services. Experience Clapy, our flagship Personal AI built on a proprietary NLP engine, designed to learn, adapt, and safeguard your privacy. Discover a world where personalization meets privacy.
Yunmin Foundation provides start-up support, youth challenge school, and online start-up education.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: South Korea, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 62
- Round size: Seed $74k–$1.8M
- Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Semonyeo — Semonyeo is a senior lifestyle brand dedicated to enhancing the dining experience of older adults. The company designs, develops, and sells specialized tableware tailored to the unique needs of seniors, focusing on comfort, safety, and ease of use.
- Plancklab — Plancklab is a professional stereolithography company. We Provide customized 3D printing system, DLP printer, and Micro Projection Stereolithography Technology based machines.
- Namdo Market — Namdo Market is a mobile application for wholesale and retail trading services. It is a online wholesale marketplace that connects buyers with products from major Korean shopping districts. It allows users to browse and order items directly from multiple vendors in one place.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 95
- Round size: Seed $729k–$4.3M; Series A $2.2M–$19M; Series B $3M–$16M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- GraphAI — GraphAI AI enables seamless integration of diverse data sources for fast and user-friendly AI-powered Business Intelligence (BI).GraphAI-A leverages neural networks to maintain a comprehensive graph view and swiftly reveals valuable insights from enterprise data, facilitating trend analysis and a 360-degree customer perspective. This is achievedthrough In-DB AI technology with an intuitive low-code interface.GraphAI-T delivers accelerated and robust BI analytics by leveraging the valuable insights obtained from GraphAI-A. It further facilitates transaction processing on business data through structured queries like SQL and Cypher.
- KB-Element — KB-Element is a graphene development and production company that also turns graphene into intermediate items and novel materials.
- Bunker Kids — Bunker Kids is a startup that provides solutions optimized for achieving personal health goals using data and algorithms.
BA Partners
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Apps
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 31
- Round size: Seed $100k–$4.2M; Series A $1.8k–$6M; Series B $2.4M–$14M
- Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow
Portfolio highlights
- BRLab — BRLab offers a framework that makes it possible to implement sophisticated sleep analysis and enhancement techniques. The solutions are based on a unique sleep-enhancing technology that is scientifically validated and patented, as well as an AI-powered algorithm with the highest level of reliability.
- Pensées — Pensées is a 3D bio-printer company that develops cultured meat through 3D bioprinting technology.
- Beyond Honeycomb — Beyond Honeycomb is a food-tech company developing an AI-driven kitchen robot solution. Our AI Chef reproduces the texture and taste of the world-class chef’s dish at the molecular level.
STIC Ventures invests in small and mid-sized venture companies with core technologies and new business models.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Software, Information Technology
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Vietnam
Investor stats
- Total investments: 166
- Round size: Series A $2M–$44M; Series B $8.8M–$47M; Venture - Series Unknown $3.7M–$17M
- Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $172M in 2013
Portfolio highlights
- Liner — LINER is Asia’s first AI Agent that helps users accomplish more with less time and effort “AI Workspace”, known as the autonomous agent, performs various and complex tasks requested by users using LLM-based AI, differentiated by LINER’s highlighter database. More than 94% of LINER's users are from outside Korea & more than 100 countries.We are reducing our customer’s research time from hundreds of minutes to tens of seconds every day with our product.
- Enhans — Viralpick provides IT services for organizations including data analysis, automation, acquisition, and advertising services.
- Pebble Square — Pebble Square's new Processing-In-Memory (PIM) architecture is a significant advancement for AI performance and power efficiency.
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