Top 50 Recruiting VC Funds & Investors in South Korea (July 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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4 | South Korea, United States, Poland | Seed, Series A, Series B | E-Commerce, Software, Health Care | $18k–$30M |
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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–$4.8M |
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Yusung Electronics
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea | Seed, Pre-Seed | Apps, Employment, Recruiting | $149k–$314k |
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Fast Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea, Hungary, United States | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Apps, Health Care, E-Commerce | $371k–$7.5M |
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Nextrans
VC Fund
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2 | Vietnam, South Korea, United States | Seed, Series A | Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce | $805k–$13M |
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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 | $1.3M–$50M |
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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 | Singapore, Australia, United Kingdom | Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $108k–$28M |
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Bass Investment
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, Singapore | Seed, Series A, Series B | E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology | $523k–$20M |
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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, Financial Services | $2.1M–$60M |
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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, Information Technology | $5k–$44M |
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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 | $297k–$27M |
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Hashed
VC Fund
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2 | United States, South Korea, Singapore | Seed, Series A | Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services | $1M–$37M |
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SparkLabs
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Apps, SaaS, Shoes | $74k–$743k |
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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 | $223k–$7.5M |
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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, Health Care, Information Technology | $6k–$590M |
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Murex Partners
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, India | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, Health Care, Information Technology | $1.5M–$16M |
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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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Realbizen
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea | Seed | Art, EdTech, Sports | |
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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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BNK Venture Capital
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, Kuwait | Series A, Series B, Seed | Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence | $5k–$13M |
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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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CVC Capital Partners
VC Fund
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1 | United States, United Kingdom, Spain | Private Equity, Post-IPO Equity | Software, Retail, Financial Services | $50M–$1.3B |
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InfoBank
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, South Africa, United States | Seed, Series A, Series B | Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software | $76k–$16M |
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Translink Investment
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States, Singapore | Seed, Series A | Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology | $300k–$12M |
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Stonebridge Capital
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States, China | Series A, Series B, Series C | Software, Information Technology, Mobile | $743k–$33M |
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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 | $2.8M–$44M |
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Kaist Venture Investment Holdings
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States, Australia | Seed, Angel, Grant | Information Technology, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence | $149k–$1.5M |
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Angel Lounge
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea | Seed, Series A | Biotechnology, Medical, Recruiting | |
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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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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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We Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States, Singapore | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $743k–$19M |
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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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Mirae Asset Venture Investment
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States, India | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence | $594k–$54M |
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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 | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $149k–$29M |
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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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Mark & Company
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea | Seed, Series B | Beauty, Software, Cosmetics | $134k–$1.1M |
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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 | $2k–$8.5M |
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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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ENSL Partners
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea | Seed, Convertible Note | Artificial Intelligence, Pet, Apps | $74k–$1.1M |
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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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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 | $446k–$105M |
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Hoban Construction
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea | Series A, Seed | Drones, Employment, Industrial | $1.9M–$3M |
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KB Investment
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States, Vietnam | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $743k–$40M |
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Plan H Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, India, United States | Seed, Series B, Series C | Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology | $35k–$3M |
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Seoul Investment Partners
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States, Germany | Series A, Series B, Seed | Biotechnology, Medical, Software | $1k–$18M |
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Korea Investment Partners
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States, China | Series A, Series B, Seed | Biotechnology, Information Technology, Health Care | $973k–$50M |
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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 | $743k–$21M |
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NHN Investment
VC Fund
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1 | United States, South Korea, Israel | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence | $1M–$24M |
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STIC Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States, Vietnam | Series A, Series B | Biotechnology, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $2M–$46M |
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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: 301
- Round size: Seed $223k–$2.7M; Series A $966k–$10M; Series B $18k–$30M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $3.3M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Serpot — Serpot is a production service platform that offers film shooting products and support services.
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- Winegraph — Winegraph is an SNS-based wine search and recommendation platform.
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: 146
- Round size: Seed $73k–$1.5M; Pre-Seed $72k–$2M; Series A $2.5M–$4.8M
- Lead/follow: 46% lead, 54% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Kilofarms — Kilofarms is a tech-enabled platform that aims to help farmers overcome inefficiencies in the traditional farming practices and produce residue-free fruits and vegetables.
- 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.
- Wecare — Wecare is an e-commerce business that shares childcare-related product information through the community and sells content and products.
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 $149k–$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.
Fast Ventures is a venture capital investment firm.
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- Industry: Apps, Health Care, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: South Korea, Hungary, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 63
- Round size: Seed $371k–$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.
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
- Geography: Vietnam, South Korea, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 56
- Round size: Seed $805k–$4.2M; Series A $1.7M–$13M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- BIGC — BIGC is a technology company that offers digital marketing, content creation, and advertising services.
- Qymune — Qum Therapeutics Develops immunotherapies that target pathogenic cells. The company designs treatments to engage the patient’s immune system and control disease progression. Its approach focuses on precision targeting and minimizing side effects. The technology is applied to cancer and other diseases that involve pathogenic cells.
- Filum.ai — In the new digital transformation era, connecting every touchpoint for every stakeholder on the journey is crucial in helping businesses create a competitive advantage. Filum enables businesses to build a foundation that promotes creativity and the power of inner strengths to make journeys of excellence. We empower businesses by helping them createexcellent experiences with the power of data and cutting-edge technologies.
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 andlived 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: 239
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$7M; Series A $4M–$18M; Series B $7M–$50M
- Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $220M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Flint — Flint AI is an autonomous web platform built for fast-growing marketing and GTM teams. Launch on-brand landing pages in minutes.
- Cobalt AI — Cobalt builds indoor robots that work alongside human guards to provide security. It offers indoor security robots that do patrolling in the premises, as well as look for intruders or anything that's out of the ordinary; and comprise intruder and anomaly detection, human-robot interaction, and mapping and sensing capabilities. Erik Schluntzand Travis Deyle founded it in 2016, with its headquarters in San Mateo in California.
- InScope — InScope build the future of Accounting, Financial Reporting and Audits.
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: Singapore, Australia, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1820
- Round size: Seed $186k–$4.6M; Pre-Seed $108k–$750k; Series A $4.6M–$28M
- Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $72M in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- Agentio — Agentio's patent-pending ad platform empowers marketers to finally unlock scalable, creator-led advertising. Programmatically buy the highest quality creator and influencer ad reads to deliver unprecedented efficiency and performance.
- Codis.io — COD LEGAL BLOG CONTACT US Areas We Serve California Florida TEXAS Ohio Trusted Insights on Birth Injury and Medical Negligence Law COD LEGAL BLOG is a dedicated legal information platform created to help readers understand complex legal matters in a clear and structured way. Click here to learn more. The legal system can often feel
- Quantflo — Options market intelligence and structured trade planning for Indian markets.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 129
- Round size: Seed $523k–$7.2M; Series A $1.9M–$20M; Series B $6.7M–$12M
- Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Clobe ai — Clobe ai is an AI‑powered financial platform that simplifies money management for individuals and small‑to‑medium businesses.
- Bind — Bind is a start-up that operates the mobile and PC version of 'Athler'.
- Tect Group — We deliver real beauty based on distinctive brands and innovative marketing solutions, fostering confidence and positivity around the world.
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, Financial Services
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 321
- Round size: Series A $2.1M–$30M; Series B $4.1M–$33M; Series C $5.2M–$60M
- Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $450M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- PushPress — Automate and scale your fitness business with an easy-to-use solution that your clients and your team will love. Cut your costs and save time with PushPress.
- MyRealTrip — MyRealTrip operates an online travel booking platform for accommodations, transportation, tours, and activity reservations. The company provides travel itinerary services, ticket booking systems, local experience listings, and payment processing tools used for domestic and international travel planning.
- NexGenT — Launch Your IT Career in Networking or Cyber Security Online With Our Military Grade Inspired Next Generation Training Programs. Go From Zero To Engineer within 6 months! Zero Up Front Tuition Options Available!
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- Industry: Food and Beverage, Health Care, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 30
- Round size: Seed $371k–$1.8M; Series A $1.5M–$6.3M; Series B $5k–$44M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Future Connect — Livfarm is an online platform that delivers fresh vegetables and salad samplers.
- 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.
- Endorobotics — Endorobotics is a healthcare centre that offers endoscopic surgery services.
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: 319
- Round size: Seed $297k–$4.2M; Series A $891k–$14M; Series B $3M–$27M
- Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $9.6M in 2012
Portfolio highlights
- LifeLabs — LifeLabs is a Canadian-owned company that has been serving the healthcare needs of Canadians for more than 50 years. Today, LifeLabs performs more than 100 million laboratory tests every year, helping healthcare providers diagnose, treat, monitor and prevent disease in patients.LifeLabs is strongly committed to continual innovation in testingservices. For our patients and healthcare providers, this means we always strive to provide access to the latest specialized clinical tests—to detect cancer for example, to monitor heart disease, identify neurological disorders and pinpoint allergies.LifeLabs is well-positioned to deliver care at home, in the community and across Ontario and British Columbia. We have over 5,400 professionally trained staff members, over 360 conveniently located patient service centres and an extensive network of couriers and mobile phlebotomists on the job.
- MakeDashy — Maximize repeat purchases with targeted user segmentation and dynamic product recommendation at Retentics, powered by AI
- Tect Group — We deliver real beauty based on distinctive brands and innovative marketing solutions, fostering confidence and positivity around the world.
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
- Geography: United States, South Korea, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 287
- Round size: Seed $1M–$15M; Series A $2.6M–$37M
- Lead/follow: 34% lead, 66% follow
Portfolio highlights
- The Trive — The Trive is a car subscription service platform through which users can pay a monthly subscription fee to drive the car they most desire.
- DarcMatter — DarcMatter is a fintech platform that provides cloud based infrastructure for asset managers to better manage, communicate and access investors. By utilizing proprietary structuring and technology, DarcMatter is able to provide a frictionless process for both investors and private issuers while remaining fully compliant of all current financialregulations.
- Ceramic Network — Ceramic Network is a provider of protocols for decentralized and composable data applications. The network decentralizes application databases, making data universally composable and reusable across applications. It consists of three core parts: a highly-scalable, decentralized infrastructure for data availability and consensus, a marketplace ofcommunity-created data models, and a suite of standard APIs for storing, updating, and retrieving data from those models.
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 $74k–$743k
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Sendtime — Sendtimes is an automated B2B tool that offers a software platform for schedule management.
- 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.
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: 263
- Round size: Seed $223k–$2.9M; Series A $743k–$7.5M; Debt Financing $254k–$4.9M
- Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Cloto — CLOTHO Co., Ltd. is a South Korean B2B GovTech company that provides operational support for government-funded R&D projects. Their flagship service, "Hello Unicorn" (헬로유니콘), helps startups, SMEs, universities, and research institutes manage research administration, project expenditure, settlement, and documentation — reducingcompliance issues, missing paperwork, deadline risks, and operational gaps from personnel changes through systematized processes.
- 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.
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 alsohas expanded our global network by actively entering overseas markets includes the United States, China, and Thailand.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Information Technology
- Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
- Geography: South Korea, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 71
- Round size: Series A $2.3M–$20M; Series B $6k–$30M; Series C $5.7M–$590M
- Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
Portfolio highlights
- NYOU — NYOU is a game development company that develops games for recreational purposes.
- Soelect — Soelect provides engineering solutions and develops solid-state battery components for electric vehicles, power tools and electronics.
- Wantedlab — Wanted provides personalized job recommendations and content programs to empower your lifelong career journey. Wanted is here for you, every step of the way.
Murex Partners is a VC firm specializing in thesis-driven investing.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 99
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$16M; Series A $2.2M–$10M; Series B $3M–$13M
- Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- Dentlink — Next Generation Dental Lab Service
- Medifab — Medifab is a bio-healthcare center that offers 3D system testing, measurement analysis, and OEM service.
- Contents Technologies — Content Technologies is a content IP-based company builder.
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: 61
- Round size: Seed $74k–$1.8M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Jaranda — One-on-one child-oriented play sitter / learning sheeter for working parents and children's happiness.
- 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 develops compact AI-powered maskless lithography systems that make semiconductor and microfabrication tools more accessible to research labs, universities, and emerging semiconductor ecosystems. Its platform uses UV-DLP and DMD-based digital patterning to expose high-precision micro/nano patterns directly from digital files withoutphysical photomasks or full cleanroom infrastructure. Plancklab’s technology supports semiconductor education, microfabrication research, MEMS, biochips, microfluidics, 2D material devices, and advanced packaging R&D.
Realbizen creates successful business with pre-seed, seed, and series A stage companies.
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- Industry: Art, EdTech, Sports
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% 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 — Tyrell develops an artificial intelligence personalization platform with a strong emphasis on privacy and security. It utilizes advanced de-identification techniques and Generative Adversarial Network (GAN) technology to train models across decentralized systems while minimizing data breach risks. The platform enables users to comprehend, generate,and interact in human language within secure digital communication environments.
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 — ONOMA AI develops artificial intelligence technologies for multimodal, NLP, and CV services.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, Kuwait
Investor stats
- Total investments: 63
- Round size: Seed $743k–$4.8M; Series A $1.1M–$9.3M; Series B $5k–$13M
- Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Finda Auto — Finda Auto is an internal business of Finda, a finance company that specializes in financing.
- AIDIN ROBOTICS — AIDIN ROBOTICS redefine interactive sensors. Advanced force/torque sensor, proximity sensor for human-robot collaboration.
- Korea Precision Materials Industry — Korea Precision Materials Industry is a manufacturer of next-generation composite materials used for weight reduction.
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 —
- TR — TR is a digital healthcare company that designs and develops medical devices and electronic products.
- Group by — Group by is a recruitment platform for start-up career developer
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
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Spain
Investor stats
- Total investments: 114
- Round size: Private Equity $50M–$1.3B; Post-IPO Equity $145M–$855M
- Lead/follow: 62% lead, 38% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $30B in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- ironSource — ironSource is a business platform enabling mobile content creators to prosper in the app economy. Our mission is to help app developers turn their apps into scalable and sustainable, with the most robust, comprehensive business platform available. Ultimately, we help customers focus on what they do best - creating great apps and user experiences -while we enable their business expansion in the app economy.
- 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
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, SouthKorea.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, South Africa, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 140
- Round size: Seed $76k–$1.5M; Series A $761k–$9.4M; Series B $8.2M–$16M
- Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Solarstic — Solarstic is an innovative, eco-friendly energy technology startup specializing in the development of lightweight, high-efficiency solar modules designed to make clean energy more accessible, scalable, and sustainable for residential, commercial, and off-grid applications.
- Limpid — Limpid is a Bio pet food startup. It set new standards in pet nutrition through continuous innovation.
- Walkie Doki — Walkie Doki provides offline store management customized platform and job recommendations.
Translink Investment is a startup investment company.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 101
- Round size: Seed $300k–$4M; Series A $2.2M–$12M
- Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Dentlink — Next Generation Dental Lab Service
- Pop-Up Studio — Pop-Up Studio is a joint venture between Singapore-based venture studio Wilt Venture Builders (WVB) and AI studio DubDubDub, bringing together venture creation expertise and advanced artificial intelligence capabilities to develop innovative, technology-driven solutions for brands and digital platforms.
- Korea Deep Learning — Korea Deep Learning is an artificial intelligence technology company that offers OCR, analytics, and 3D DX solutions.
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, Series C
- Geography: South Korea, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 158
- Round size: Series A $743k–$10M; Series B $743k–$15M; Series C $743k–$33M
- Lead/follow: 34% lead, 66% 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.
- Design and Practice —
- Playtag — Playtag uses AI technology to analyze infant behavior and provide customized education in kindergartens.
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: 147
- Round size: Series A $2.8M–$24M; Series B $4.2M–$44M; Series C $11M–$40M
- Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Byte Lab — Byte Lab prioritizes achieving long-term results by concentrating on *how* we grew rather than just growing quickly.
- 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.
- De novo Biotherapeutics — De novo Biotherapeutics is a biotechnology company developing mRNA-encoded antibodies and NK cell-engaging antibodies for cancer treatment.
Kaist Venture Investment Holdings is a startup company that invests in startups that solve social problems through innovative technologies. They invest in businesses that maximize synergy by pursuing both social and financial values at the same time. It focuses on five sectors including health, environment, education, elimination of inequality, andsocial infrastructure. Kaist Venture Investment Holdings was founded on October 31, 2014, and is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Grant
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 43
- Round size: Seed $149k–$1.5M
- Lead/follow: 49% lead, 51% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Blue Magnet — Blue Magnet is a startup company that develops technology for treating radioactive waste from nuclear power plants. The company specializes in nuclear waste treatment solutions, with a particular focus on developing magnetic materials for collecting and processing radioactive cesium and other contaminants from nuclear facilities.
- Visionary — Visionary operates as a spatial intelligence infrastructure company for autonomous systems.Visionary is a single data platform for autonomous systems, from registration and processing to search and evaluation.
- K-Work Partners — K-Work Partners provide comprehensive living support services essential to foreign workers in Korea.
Angel Lounge is a financial service agency that provides angel investment services.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Medical, Recruiting
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- RNAgene — RNAgene is a company that focuses on the development of therapeutics based on messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA). The mission is to create innovative biopharmaceuticals for incurable diseases, fostering a symbiotic relationship with the field to create new value.
- Group by — Group by is a recruitment platform for start-up career developer
- BIONT — BioNT Co., Ltd. is a company possessing bio-material convergence technology centered on biocompatible polymers. We aim to become a global standard company that develops new drugs and creates new markets through creative ideas, exceptional expertise, and a differentiated pipeline. The company focuses on biomaterial convergence technology usingbiocompatible polymers and delivers drugs into the body through multi-encapsulation and mass production of microspheres of the desired size with a high yield, enabling the pharmaceutical industry to provide effective substance products globally.
Building the Future
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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.
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Browse database — It's Free!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.
we ventures is a VC industry with innovative venture capitalists, who invest in creative, honest, and outstanding entrepreneurs.
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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: 90
- Round size: Seed $743k–$4.5M; Series A $2.2M–$19M; Series B $3M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow
Portfolio highlights
- KB-Element — KB-Element is a graphene development and production company that also turns graphene into intermediate items and novel materials.
- ActionPower — ActionPower is an AI-based startup company that offers speech recognition and natural language processing technology services.
- Automata — Automata creates AI-powered tools like AI agents and smart integrations that simplify how teams plan, communicate, and work. The company solves business problems by enabling AI to build, manage, and evolve software workflows while humans guide the AI to deliver real value.Automata provides industry-tailored AI solutions
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
Portfolio highlights
- 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 — ONOMA AI develops artificial intelligence technologies for multimodal, NLP, and CV services.
- Dot Connect — Dot Connect specializes in the development of complete software-based IMS, SIP Client and Client Engine.
Mirae Asset Venture Investment invests in specialized enterprises and provides technology, funding and management consulting.
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- Industry: Software, Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 283
- Round size: Seed $594k–$12M; Series A $1.7M–$38M; Series B $3.7M–$54M
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- Medifab — Medifab is a bio-healthcare center that offers 3D system testing, measurement analysis, and OEM service.
- Asteromorph — We are an AI for Science lab in Seoul. Our mission is to accelerate scientific advancements through the pursuit of superintelligence.
- Ohouse — No.1 Interior Onestop Platform
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 makingevery 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: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 287
- Round size: Seed $149k–$8.3M; Series A $2M–$17M; Series B $4.8M–$29M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
Portfolio highlights
- BIGC — BIGC is a technology company that offers digital marketing, content creation, and advertising services.
- Gadget Korea — Gadget korea offers data roaming services.
- Raion Robotics — Raion Robotics manufactures walking robots for industrial applications and offers prospects in potential industries such as defense, construction, and logistics.
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
Investor stats
- 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.
Mark & Company is an open innovation platform that provides app traffic, legal, and accounting consulting services.
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- Industry: Beauty, Software, Cosmetics
- Stage:Seed, Series B
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 22
- Round size: Seed $134k–$1.1M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- Roai — One Click Controls Robots, Creating Anything You Imagine
- Eleven Corporation — Eleven Corporation creates value for lifestyle and beauty products.
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: 23
- Round size: Seed $100k–$5.3M; Series A $1.5M–$7.9M; Series B $2k–$8.5M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% 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.
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.
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: 32
- Round size: Seed $74k–$1.1M
- Lead/follow: 53% lead, 47% 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.
- BigTech Plus — BigTech Plus is a real estate information based fintech company.
- Pass ONE Golf —
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Browse database — It's Free!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
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: 15
- Round size: Seed $446k–$10M; Series A $1.5M–$22M; Series B $18M–$105M
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% 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.
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: Drones, Employment, Industrial
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Seed $1.9M–$3M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- AEOL — AEOL is a ventilation and air purifier products manufacturing company.
- 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.
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 widestnetwork 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, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Vietnam
Investor stats
- Total investments: 378
- Round size: Seed $743k–$7.2M; Series A $1.9M–$36M; Series B $4.5M–$40M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
Portfolio highlights
- TESOLLO — TESOLLO develops robot and motion presenter products.
- 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.
- ACT-ion Battery Technologies — ACT-ion is pioneering a transformative approach to battery material manufacturing, specializing in advanced lithium battery cathode active materials (CAMs). Our innovative, clean, and efficient continuous process revolutionizes production, driving cost savings and enhanced performance for the energy
Plan H Ventures is an investment company that invests in businesses.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series B, Series C
- Geography: South Korea, India, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 14
- Round size: Seed $35k–$3M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% 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 shopping app that delivers groceries.
- EcoRemix — EcoRemix-Sustainable Concrete Solution
Seoul Investment Partners is a private equity and venture capital firm focused on investments in small and medium businesses.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Medical, Software
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 64
- Round size: Seed $743k–$3M; Series A $1k–$11M; Series B $6k–$18M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Flatdis — Flatis is a corporation that specializes in naval engine control equipment and ship maintenance.
- MediMabBio — Creating therapeutic opportunities for the most serious diseases.
- Eurobotics — Eurobotics is a cutting-edge startup focused on developing autonomous walking robot technology capable of navigating and operating effectively in irregular, complex, or unpredictable environments.
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), YGEntertainment(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, Information Technology, Health Care
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 434
- Round size: Seed $973k–$11M; Series A $1.9M–$23M; Series B $2.7M–$50M
- Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $6.7M in 2014
Portfolio highlights
- 90days — 90days is an electronic bill-based P2B investment brokerage platform.
- New Id —
- Art Together — Art Together is a crowdfunding platform to buy an artwork.
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: 44
- Round size: Seed $743k–$6M; Series A $3.1M–$13M; Series B $2.2M–$21M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
Portfolio highlights
- ASET — ASET is a technology-based startup developing all-solid-state, composite electrolyte membrane technology that simultaneously improves fire safety and energy density.
- Beamworks — Beamworks is a research-centered company in medical imaging and conversational AI, that enables expert-level cancer diagnosis anywhere in the world and providing reliable medical consultations at any time. The company's platform utilizes an on-device AI system that processes ultrasound data in real-time without the need for serverconnectivity, achieving detection sensitivity and differential diagnosis performance, enabling healthcare providers to offer precise and timely diagnostics and improve patient outcomes, and reduce unnecessary procedures.
- Perseus — World Best Hypervisor Security Solutions for SDV
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, Series B, Seed
- Geography: United States, South Korea, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 29
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$7.4M; Series A $1M–$18M; Series B $3M–$24M
- Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% 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.
- Works Mate — Works Mate is a job search matching platform for daily workers in the field of construction and architecture sectors.
- VA Corporation — VA Corporation provides storytelling, content creation, and planning services for virtual production, VFX, branding, and digital marketing.
STIC Ventures invests in small and mid-sized venture companies with core technologies and new business models.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Vietnam
Investor stats
- Total investments: 128
- Round size: Series A $2M–$44M; Series B $5.2M–$46M
- Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Asteromorph — We are an AI for Science lab in Seoul. Our mission is to accelerate scientific advancements through the pursuit of superintelligence.
- CYTUR — CYTUR is a leader in ship cyber security, support to shipowner and shipbuilder protect their smart-ships against cyber-attacks.
- 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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Shizune enriches investors with contact data that includes: email, phones, LinkedIn, socials, website, and others.
To guarantee the highest discovery rate, we search across 20+ contact search tools.
To maximize delivery rate and reduce bounce rate, we validate emails.
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What is Shizune?
Shizune is a 48,091 investor database updated daily.
With Shizune you can:
- browse the database
- use smart matching
- enrich with emails
- download
All you need to find investors for your startup.
Who is Shizune for?
Shizune is built for startup founders by startup founders.
If you are looking for funding for your startup, try the Shizune database — we have investors for every stage, industry, and country.
Is Shizune free?
Shizune is free forever. You can search and browse investors for free.
Email search and export are paid features.
For full info, visit our pricing.
Who built Shizune?
Shizune is built by founders with the goal of helping all founders raise funding no matter where they are.
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