Top 30 Restaurants VC (Venture Capital) Funds in South Korea in December 2024
A list of 30 VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Restaurants startups based in South korea. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Restaurants companies from South korea. We update this investor list every month.Top 30 Restaurants VC (Venture Capital) Funds in South Korea in December 2024
Investor | Restaurants South Korea investments |
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Industrial Bank of Korea | 2 |
HITEJINRO CO | 2 |
Hana Financial Investment | 1 |
Mirae Life Resources | 1 |
Yewon Partners | 1 |
The Wells Investment | 1 |
DS Asset Management | 1 |
Mirae Asset Venture Investment | 1 |
Humax Holdings | 1 |
SmartStudy Ventures | 1 |
Shinhan Capital | 1 |
Primer Sazze Partners | 1 |
Wadiz | 1 |
KNet Investment Partners | 1 |
IMM Investment | 1 |
Widus Partners | 1 |
MYSC | 1 |
Alumni Partners | 1 |
SL Investment | 1 |
Shinhan Alternative Investment Management | 1 |
Woowa Bros | 1 |
YG Investment | 1 |
Mega Investment | 1 |
Korea Credit Guarantee Fund | 1 |
Altos Ventures | 1 |
Solaire Partners | 1 |
GS Retail | 1 |
Eveo Partners | 1 |
Korea Investment Partners | 1 |
Intervalue Partners | 1 |
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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- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
- Series A, Series B, Seed
- South Korea, United States, China
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- Roumit — Roumit is software for tax office automatic evidence transmission, financial transfer, employee/labor management, and pay statement.
- Mepsgen — Mepsgen is a biotechnology research organization that focuses on pharmaceutical services and drug development.
- Kookmin Bio — Kookmin Bio is a biotechnology company that specialises in the development of bio-food and pharmaceutical materials.
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- Agriculture, E-Commerce, Farming
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- South Korea, Japan, United States
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- USIMSA — USIMSA is a mobile sim company that offers eSIM-based overseas roaming service.
- TIDEPOOL — Tidepool(500 Global selected) DBA Fishscope, powerful AI Fish & Feed Monitoring solution that solves periodic sampling and fish health diagnosis that requires human labor through Computor vision tech for BioMass Measurement, Fish Healthcare, and Feeding Optimization. - 10+ partnerships including GS E&C(Fortune 500 GS Group Subsidiary) andmany major government arms based in APAC - 90% or more accuracy for weight estimation of live fish in water - Demo: http://fishscope.tidepool.kr/
- Unique Good Company — Unique Good Company develops entertaining mobile apps.
Hana Financial Investment Company Limited offers brokerage, securities dealing, underwriting, mutual funds, and online trading services
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- Information Technology, Biotechnology, Health Care
- Series A, Series B, Seed
- South Korea, Singapore, India
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- Trustay — Trustay is a real estate asset management company.
- AIZEN Global — AIZEN is redesigning Digital Banking with CreditConnect, powered by our proprietary ABACUS AutoML platform specialized in the financial services industry. CreditConnect is an AI lending platform designed to bridge the gap between banks and data economy platforms, and automate key decision-making processes in accordance with the credit cycle. Thecompany has secured Series B round funding from a state-led fintech innovation fund (K-Growth) led by major Korean banks to roll out CreditConnect in Southeast Asia.We are also leading the digital transformation in the financial services industry using proprietary AutoML platform ABACUS, with successful use cases in underwriting, fraud detection, product development, claim analysis, and more.
- Kuntian New Energy — Hebei Kuntian New Energy is a producer of anode materials for lithium-ion batteries.
Mirae Life Resources is a life science company that provides values necessary for mankind.
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- Cooking, Restaurants
- Seed
- South Korea
Portfolio highlights
- Dad Company — Dad Company operates a cookery service that sells restaurant menus in half-cooked form.
Yewon Partners is an early-stage and technology-type startup investor that invests in startups that can achieve creation beyond innovation.
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- Restaurants, Food Delivery, Food and Beverage
- Seed
- South Korea
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- Offermeal — Offermeal provides lunch pick-up service for office workers.
VC, Venture Capital
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- Apps, Software, Artificial Intelligence
- Series A, Series B, Seed
- South Korea, United States
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- Kneader — Kneader is a job search platform that offers staffing and recruiting services.
- Rovigos — Rovigos analyzes data from your whole business to help you make better forecasts and choices.
- Testworks — Testworks is a social enterprise company in Seoul, Korea. We create innovative solutions in AI data and software testing fields while providing an inclusive employment model for socially disadvantaged people. Our technical excellence ranges from AI data processing automation to manual software testing and review. We are recognized as thebest-in-class data processing company for building high quality datasets used for AI training and verification.
DS Asset Management is a firm that invests in listed companies and venture firms.
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- Biotechnology, Software, E-Commerce
- Series A, Series B, Series C
- South Korea, United States, Japan
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- AIMMO — AIMMO is the developer of a data annotation platform with custom workflow designs, labeler analytics, and real-time communication functions. The company was founded in 2016 by SeungTaek Oh and is headquartered in Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea.
- GOPIZZA — GOPIZZA is a food and beverage company based in Mapo.
- IDID — IDID provides an entertainment platform designed to host short-form entertainment content. The company provides a short-form social entertainment platform that can generate content by superimposing different images on different sound sources.
Mirae Asset Venture Investment invests in specialized enterprises and provides technology, funding and management consulting.
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Investment focus
- Software, Biotechnology, Information Technology
- Series A, Series B, Seed
- South Korea, United States, India
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- Class101 — Class101 is an online platform where people can make and enjoy hobbies.
- Baropharm — Baropharm is an online e-commerce platform that sells pharmaceutical products for improved individual care.
- Gwanak Analog — Gwanak Analog is a supplier of high performance Power/Analog SoC and Sensor products
Humax is one of the world's largest manufacturers of digital set-top boxes, exporting its products to over 90 countries across the globe. Over the last 5 years they have built a solid reputation as a leading supplier of high quality, feature-rich digital TV products including digital TV recor ders (DTRs) and high definition (HD) set-top boxes.The company headquarters and R&D facility are based in Korea, with offices in Dubai, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Thailand, Australia, Hong Kong, Sweden, Spain, the UK and the US.Unlike many consumer-electronics brands, Humax specialises in digital TV technology and this focus has been a driving force in securing their position as a pioneer in the market. They have continued to stay one step ahead of the competition, defining the market for DTRs and HD set-top boxes, combining both of these elements in their latest FOXSATHDR Freesat DTR.Research and development is key to Humax's success, ensuring their products are innovative, future-proof and of the highest quality, to deliver the platform for easy and convenient enjoyment of digital content anywhere in the home.Humax has been the driving force in the development of the global digital TV market, developing strong partnerships with some of the world's leading operators and broadcasters to deliver the very best TV experience.Across Europe, they have been actively involved in key digital TV initiatives, including the UK digital switchover trials in 2006 and remiere's High Definition launch. More recently, Humax was at the forefront of the UK's new Freesat digital TV service and also the launch of the new Freeview HD service. Bringing to market state of the art STBs and Digital Television Recorders.Humax has developed partnerships with some of the world's leading conditional access and middleware solution providers to ensure uncompromising quality and the continued advancement in digital technology.
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- Robotics, Information Technology, Software
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- South Korea, United States
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- AZMT — Hotel space development startup
- To-Day — To-Day is a developer of an online delivery platform to create a same day delivery service.
- Monthly kitchen — Monthly Kitchen is a digital food service platform company.
SmartStudy Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of global entertainment company SmartStudy.
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Investment focus
- Media and Entertainment, Internet, Software
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- South Korea, United States
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- Live X — Live X is a digital transformation and brand development company that provides media services.
- Space Oddity — Space Oddity is a music company.
- Copper Innovation Technology — CIT Co, Ltd utilizes metal single crystals and the ASE method to ensure the accurate, lossless transmission of every signal.
Shinhan Capital is a credit-specialized company offering corporate finance services for its clients. It provides financial services, lease, corporate loans, investment financing, housing loans, installment financing, etc.
Shinhan Capital was established in 1991. The company is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.
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- Information Technology, Software, Apps
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- South Korea, United States, India
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- CURAUM — CURAUM is a specialist in oral care and sleep-related health care products.
- ELROILAB — ELROILAB provides an AI hyperspectral imaging solution to find foreign objects in food materials.
- Avelos Therapeutics — Avelos Therapeutics is a precision medicine company in the clinical stage that finds, creates, and sells targeted therapeutics.
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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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- South Korea, United States, Japan
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- Bakatio — Bakatio enables accommodation providers to perform direct transactions on social media without using a platform.
- Episoden — Enjoy free English conversations in video chat format with international friends for your English speaking practice.
- Liberty Labs — Liberty Labs specializes in prompt engineering that allows them to build applications that showcase AI potential. Liberty Labs offers products such as Toolbuilder, regex.ai, Opencharacter, and CLN.me.
Wadiz is Asia's largest crowdfunding platform company.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Health Care, Sales
- Seed, Equity Crowdfunding, Series A
- South Korea
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- GrowingMom — GrowingMom is an online parenting consultation/analysis platform.
- Power Player — Natural Clean Beauty
- KOOZA — KOOZA is a kitchenware brand that offers cookware and household goods and supplies them to department stores, and live commerce companies.
K-Net is a venture capital firm.
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Investment focus
- Manufacturing, Information Technology, Gaming
- Funding Round, Series A, Series B
- South Korea, United States, China
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- GXC — The Company that aims to change the global gaming ecosystem for the better
- Globaleur — Thousands of travelers from around the world rely on Globaleur for travel. Leverage Globaleur's software and APIs that include dynamic destination data and AI-powered developer tools to change the way we travel the world.
- Contents Technologies — Content Technologies is a content IP-based company builder.
Korean alternative asset investment firm
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Investment focus
- Biotechnology, Software, Health Care
- Series B, Funding Round, Series A
- South Korea, United States, Japan
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- WELT — From Wristworn to Waistworn: WELT, the Smart Belt for Fashion & HealthcareWELT is a 'Smart Fashion Belt' that manages users’ wellness.We encourage users to embrace healthy habits while keeping in style. We promise to help the wearer better track food intake, keep tabs on the activity level, and manage weight.To dothis, WELT keeps check on the overall health by measuring(1)Waist size, (2)Steps, (3)Sitting time, and (4)Overeating habits.To help users avoid metabolic risks factors, custom messages tomanage these risks are given through the app via BLE.Also, its elegant design makes it look just like a regular, leather belt.Battery is rechargeable, and can stand up to more than 7 days.
- Hybe IM — HYBE INTERACTIVE MEDIA (HYBE IM) is broadening the scope of HYBE's entertainment offerings by creating games and publishing them for people all over the world. HYBE IM creates numerous contents and services by combining cutting-edge interactive media technology with music, artists, and entertainment components, resulting in new viewpoints andexperiences.
- Mediwhale — Medi Whale seeks to achieve sustainable healthcare where every eye can truly be the window to one’s health with our world's first-of-its-kind 1-stop AI screening platform solution for cardiovascular, renal, metabolic risk assessment, and eye disease diagnosis. Our AI Platform was developed through several clinical collaborations (Korea,Singapore, India, UK, and other European datasets) using structured longitudinal event-based datasets for the development of our retinal biomarker engines. RetiCVD® (cardiovascular disease risk assessment): Developed using coronary artery calcium (CAC) score, CAC is recognized as the gold standard for precise CVD risk calculation. Our CVD engine predicts the presence of CAC and provides a stratified probabilistic risk based on US ASCVD and EU SCORE guidelines.RetiCKD® (chronic kidney disease risk assessment): Developed using eGFR and full lab panel, our CKD engine has been demonstrated to achieve better predictive capability as compared to eGFR or full panel analysis.RetiEYE®: Referable Eye Disease engine detects and flags common aging-related eye modalities such as diabetic retinopathy, age-related macular degeneration, glaucoma, and cataract at its referable disease state.Medi Whale retinal-based systemic biomarkers have been clinically demonstrated to be non-inferior to current gold standards and are recognized by clinical and scientific communities with two Lancet Digital Health publications.
Founded in 2010, Widus Partners was established to provide practical solutions and advice to corporations in Asia and the U.S. Our services include: (1) M&A and Investment Advisory and (2) Private Equity and Principal Investments. Because of our reputation for getting transformative deals done, our unwavering ambition to “connect-the-dots”across markets, and our focus on building long-term relationships, we are quickly becoming one of the premier go-to “deal makers” in Asia and beyond. What makes us unique is that we are led by professionals who were previously PE/M&A lawyers, management consultants, investment bankers, and public and private equity investors, having lived and worked in many of the key markets around the world and now working together under one roof, Widus Partners.
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Investment focus
- Robotics, Education, E-Commerce
- Seed, Series A, Debt Financing
- South Korea
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- Million on Mars — Play, Build and Own with Million on Mars An MMO open sandbox city builder where you decide on your homestead's location, and build out your settlement on the highest-fidelity in-game Mars terrain! Painstakingly created from NASA/JPL topographical data, your location is as close to reality as you can get.
- Wholesum Brands — Our mission is to transform the ecommerce entrepreneur journey by discovering their brands and inspiring innovative teams who re-think brand expansion and scaling strategies to elevate independent local products into global brands.
- Shin Starr presents — Shin Starr presents create, operate, and franchise Korean cuisine-based QSR and fast-casual dining restaurants built around its proprietary robotic kitchen technology and Korean cuisine excellence.It develops and commercializes SPACE+ Technology™, a spatial technology platform brand created by SHIN STARR presents to enhance cooking and foodservicing quality and efficiency.SPACE+ combines and integrates in-house made robotic and network technologies into a flawless autonomous kitchen platform.
MYSC is an innovative company that helps innovation through consulting, social venture accelerating, and impact investing.
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Investment focus
- Food and Beverage, Health Care, E-Commerce
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- South Korea, China, France
Portfolio highlights
- Rovigos — Rovigos analyzes data from your whole business to help you make better forecasts and choices.
- Welfare Union — Welfare Union focused on customized senior care meals and nutritional services.
- Phyto Research — Phyto Research offers virus-free, high-quality seedlings as OEM through tissue culture and seed manufacturing.
Alumni Partners is a venture capital firm based in South Korea.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Bakery, Local Business
- Seed, Series A
- South Korea
Portfolio highlights
- Dalol — Dalol is a bakery that sells snacks, cakes, and rice chips.
- DEEPX — DEEPX is a Korean AI hardware system solution company.
- Freshstore — We Love To Eat The Fresh Food
SL investment (SLi) aims at a company with global standards through management by principle and transparency.SLi is a venture capital firm founded in February 2000 and has widely invested in the companies from early to mezzanine stage, in the field of semiconductors, display (AMOLED, LED, LCD), renewable energy, and health care industry.Since its incorporation, SLi has recorded black-ink balances for 12 consecutive years with zero debt and also has successfully dissolved all the five funds with outstanding earning rates.SLi tries to raise the value of venture companies not only by offering funds but by supporting the management omnidirectionally after its investment. Consequently, 31 companies have been successfully listed in KOSDAQ market for 12 years and all the companies have positioned as leading firms in their specific fields.
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Investment focus
- Biotechnology, Software, Manufacturing
- Series B, Series A, Seed
- South Korea, United States
Portfolio highlights
- EMCRAFTS — EMCRAFTS specializes in the manufacturing and designing of scanning electron microscopes.
- Panmnesia — True composable resource disaggregation, CXL hardware/software infrastructure from the beginning to the end.
- Novelty Nobility — Novelty Nobility Inc. is a private biotech company. They are currently focused on the research of novel angiogenesis targets and develop antibody-based therapeutics in ophthalmology and oncology, where angiogenesis plays a key pathogenic role.In ophthalmology, Novelty Nobility first discovered a novel angiogenesis target, Stem Cell Factor(SCF)and c-KIT, which was initially known for its engagement with proliferation and survival of primitive hematopoietic stem cells for a couple of past decades. We believe that anti-SCF/c-KIT could effectively address the unmet medical needs, mostly caused by inherent limitations of anti-VEGFs, in terms of treatment efficacy and long-term safety. Our target discovery is widely and strongly patent-protected in US/KOR and the lead pipeline, NN2101(a full-human monoclonal antibody), is currently under preclinical development.
Shinhan Alternative Investment Management Inc. analyzes the profitability, growth, and risks of its businesses by sector (real estate, infrastructure, corporate credit, private equity, etc.) and region (international/domestic); identifies comparative advantages; and makes targeted investments in areas that will yield excess returns. Thecompany will continue achieving differentiated growth to fulfill its role as Korea’s foremost leader in the alternative investment industry.
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Investment focus
- Apps, Artificial Intelligence, E-Learning
- Series B, Series A, Seed
- South Korea, United States
Portfolio highlights
- GGQ — Download GGQ Desktop and Enjoy Your Game - Offers real-time champion ban-pick recommendations based on summoner play analysis, play highlights, AI coaching, and tutorial videos. PC Cafe LoL Program, LoL Assistant Program, LoL AI Analysis
- SSMM — SSMM provides artificial intelligence-based media and mobility solutions.
- Sendy — sendy Korea is a cloud-based logistics platform that provides on-demand freight transportation services.
WOOWA BROS (우아한형제들) is a Korean developer of smartphone applications and advertising platforms. Its service portfolio also includes local marketing and web services solutions and products, such as a sports events app and a food delivery app.
WOOWA BROS was established in March 2011 in Seoul, Korea.
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Investment focus
- Food and Beverage, Artificial Intelligence, Software
- Seed, Series B, Series A
- South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia
Portfolio highlights
- iPrice Group — Shop now with the largest selection of top brands and products in the region - all in a single website! Discover new products, compare smartphone prices and products. Get the latest coupon and voucher codes for Lazada, Zalora, Qoo10, Grab Car, and more!
- lululab — Lumini is a personalized AI skin assistant that analyzes the user’s skin and recommends the best products and services for each user. It examines the facial skin based on six categories: wrinkles,pores, acne, sebum, melasma, and redness simply by taking a photo of the face. It also features an intelligent chatbot within the mobile app that logs andanalyzes user’s lifestyle. It then combines all relevant data to provide a comprehensive skin analysis along with accurate skincare recommendations. Lumini is the first brainchild of lululab, the 22nd spin-off company from Samsung Electronics.
- Shiok Meats — Delicious, healthy & cell-based seafood from Shiok Meats. Get variety of cultivated meat, cultivated seafood, cell cultured meat & Lab Meats in Singapore.
YG Investment is an investment firm.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Information Technology, Mobile
- Seed, Series B, Series C
- South Korea, Russian Federation
Portfolio highlights
- AdForUs — AdForUs specializes in strategic online and mobile advertising.
- Webling — Weebling is concentrating on infrastructure investment for service differentiation in addition to introducing high-end DTG (Direct to Garment) printing technology from Cornit, Israel for the first time in the domestic POD sector to increase the printing quality of its key product, apparel.
- READi Robust Machine — Ready Robust Machine is a company that makes carbon reduction and fuel cost improvement systems.
Innovative and Passionate Value Creating Venture Capital
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Investment focus
- Apps, Information Services, E-Commerce
- Series A, Series B, Seed
- South Korea, India, United States
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- Balaan — Balaan is a platform that allows you to get the latest luxury goods in just 3 days at a lower price than overseas fasting by contract with European local boutique
- Dohands — Dohands provides customized logistics services.
- Robo Arete — Robo Arete is a completely automated and robotics enables F&B servicing company with restaurants and takeaways.
Korea Credit Guarantee Fund operates as a public financial institution.
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Investment focus
- Artificial Intelligence, Software, Manufacturing
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- South Korea, United States
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- VUS — VUS is a public transportation company that offers traffic analysis, transportation card data analysis, and visualization services.
- Wello — Wello is a government business solution that offers a natural language processing-based business recommendation-application-management service.
- Worker's high — Worker's high Co. is a commerce company that offers an IOT based unmanned store service.
Altos Ventures was founded in 1996 to invest in early-stage technology companies. After starting with $30 million in committed capital, they currently manage more than $8 billion in regulatory assets under management, supporting the full lifecycle of companies from inception to global growth and profitability. They have been the first and leadinstitutional investor in 100+ companies around the world. They invest in both consumer and enterprise tech companies, with a particular interest in enterprise SaaS, FinTech, e-commerce, and consumer brands and services. They look to invest in high-growth, capital-efficient, founder-led companies. Initial investments can start as small as $500,000 while our follow-on investments can exceed $100 million in a single round, purchasing both primary and secondary shares.
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- Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services
- Series A, Series B, Series C
- South Korea, United States, Canada
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- Nirvanana — Nirvanana is a game developer that develops an online gaming platform to connect gamers across the world.
- 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.
- Soombit.AI — AIRead-CXR is a web-based AI solution for radiologist.
Solaire Partners is an investment firm
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Investment focus
- Apps, Music, Events
- Series A
- South Korea
Portfolio highlights
- Umag — Umag is a music content company that provides brand channel, concerts, and advertisment services.
- Order Plus — Order Plus is a food service company that offers grocery supplies for restaurants.
GS Retail sells beauty and skincare products, candles, gifts, perfumes, bathroom accessories and other products.
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- Food and Beverage, Information Technology, Food Processing
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- South Korea, United States
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- Dayoff — Dayoff wants to be a sensual content and product-curating platform for travel media commerce. It promotes taste-based domestic and international unknown travel products and provides differentiating services in the current travel market, where well-known products and information centered on the lowest price are the main focus. In addition tosupplying limited direct contract products, it intends to expand the current accommodation service to include excursions and activities in the market.
- Robros — Robros is constantly creating technology to break through the barrier between people and robots in order to build a world in which everyone in the service industry can live a physically and emotionally happy life.
- Snackfor — Snackfor is a B2B company that curates and delivers snacks to offices.
Eveo Partners is an investment firm.
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Investment focus
- Apps, Grocery, Restaurants
- Series A
- South Korea
Portfolio highlights
- Order Plus — Order Plus is a food service company that offers grocery supplies for restaurants.
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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- Biotechnology, Information Technology, Health Care
- Series A, Series B, Seed
- South Korea, United States, China
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- Kardome — Kardome offers a real-time software suite that can be inserted in a variety of processing environments. The company engages a real-time software beamformer to improve speech signals from several speakers. It offers high-quality sound output without the need to shout or position the users mouths close to the microphone. The company developssolutions such as voice controlled devices, hands-free speakerphones, tablets and cellphones, and conference call devices.Kardome was founded on 2018 and is headquartered in Mazor, Hamerkaz, Israel.
- RideFlux — RideFlux is a self-driving software company for safe and reliable autonomous transporation service. Since our foundation in 2018, we hope for a better world where everyone can be safer and more comfortable while moving with our self-driving cars and software. We believe in the potential that self-driving technology embraces, how driving canbecome an innovative experience not a mere stress, which inspires us to build up its future with every step on our way.Our headquarter is located in Jeju island, one of the best test-beds in the world for developing reliable AD software technologies. It has a variety of road environments and various weather conditions across the island (1850 square kilometers), and significantly high demands for mobility service (16 million visitors a year without bring own vehicles). We are strategically located for technology enhancement for reliable urban autonomy. For the Safety, Beyond the Safety.
- Panmnesia — True composable resource disaggregation, CXL hardware/software infrastructure from the beginning to the end.
InterValue Partners is a financial investment firm that provides venture capital, corporate venture capital, and other investment services. The company provides services all over South Korea.
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Investment focus
- Software, Manufacturing, Information Technology
- Series B, Series A, Seed
- South Korea
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- Absology — Developer of in-vitro-diagnostic systems designed to help save more lives. The company's platform offers various diagnostic kits such as testosterone, vitamin - D, PSA, TSH, FreeT4, PCT and also helps in anti-cancer therapy monitoring, cardiovascular disease, and Alzheimer's diseases monitoring, enabling doctors to easily diagnosedifferent types of medical conditions and treat them suitably.
- Unastella — Unastella operates its own launch vehicles to provide human space travel platform services.
- Caredoc — CareDoc is an elderly care professional platform that provides information on proven elderly care facilities. Consumers looking for elderly care services were not able to find the information they wanted online or getting inaccurate information through word of mouth.On the other hand, providers of care services were having difficulty incollecting elderly customers. Caredoc solves these problems by providing verified care servise provider information on the mobile.
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