Top 50 Retail Startup Investors in South Korea (June 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Hana Ventures
VC Fund
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6 | South Korea, Japan, Malaysia | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care | $223k–$42M |
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Korea Credit Guarantee Fund
VC Fund
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6 | South Korea, United States | Seed, Series A | Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology | $297k–$7.1M |
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Strong Ventures
VC Fund
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6 | South Korea, United States, Poland | Seed, Series A, Series B | E-Commerce, Software, Health Care | $18k–$30M |
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MYSC
VC Fund
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5 | South Korea, China, France | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Food and Beverage, Health Care, E-Commerce | |
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Wadiz
VC Fund
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4 | South Korea | Seed, Equity Crowdfunding, Series A | E-Commerce, Sales, Retail | $1k–$3.3M |
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Lighthouse Combined Investment
VC Fund
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4 | South Korea, United States, Singapore | Series A, Seed, Series B | Food and Beverage, Information Technology, Manufacturing | $1k–$27M |
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Bass Investment
VC Fund
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4 | South Korea, United States, Singapore | Seed, Series A, Series B | E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology | $669k–$15M |
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Shinhan Capital
VC Fund
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4 | South Korea, United States, India | Series A, Seed, Series B | Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce | $371k–$17M |
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AI Angel Club
VC Fund
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4 | South Korea | Seed, Series A, Angel | Health Care, E-Commerce, Medical | $74k–$4.8M |
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Industrial Bank of Korea
VC Fund
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4 | South Korea, United States, China | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence | $149k–$29M |
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Altos Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea, United States, Canada | Series A, Series B, Series C | Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services | $2.1M–$102M |
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Yoonmin Foundation
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, Information Technology, Apps | $74k–$1.6M |
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Laguna Investment
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea, United States, Japan | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Information Technology, Apps | $743k–$35M |
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Devsisters Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea, United States, Russian Federation | Series A, Seed | Software, Gaming, Biotechnology | $1k–$7.8M |
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TBT
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea, United States | Series A, Seed, Series B | Information Technology, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence | $678k–$18M |
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CJ Investment
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea, United States | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, Food and Beverage, Apps | $366k–$21M |
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Big Basin Capital
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea, United States, Singapore | Seed, Series A | E-Commerce, Apps, Software | $371k–$7M |
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Korea Investment Partners
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea, United States, China | Series A, Series B, Seed | Information Technology, Biotechnology, Health Care | $743k–$60M |
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SBVA
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea, United States, China | Series A, Series B, Series C | Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce | $1.9M–$100M |
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IMM Investment
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea, United States, Japan | Series B, Series A | Biotechnology, Health Care, Software | $3M–$59M |
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DS Asset Management
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea, United States, Japan | Series B, Series A, Series C | Biotechnology, Medical, Software | $2k–$65M |
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SBI Investment Korea
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea, United States, Japan | Series A, Series B, Series C | Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence | $2.2M–$33M |
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LB Investment
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea, China, United States | Series B, Series A, Series C | Health Care, E-Commerce, Software | $29k–$50M |
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Kaist Venture Investment Holdings
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea, Australia, United States | Seed, Angel, Grant | Information Technology, Health Care, Retail | $149k–$750k |
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Capstone Partners
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea, United States, India | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, Mobile, Gaming | $223k–$15M |
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InfoBank
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea, South Africa, United States | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Apps | $25k–$9.2M |
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HB Investment
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea, United States, Vietnam | Series B, Series A | Biotechnology, Software, Health Care | $1.1M–$21M |
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We Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea, United States, Singapore | Series A, Seed, Series B | Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology | $335k–$15M |
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Bokwang Investment
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea, United States | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, Mobile, Health Care | $371k–$18M |
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KB Investment
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea, United States, Vietnam | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology | $743k–$40M |
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F&F Partners
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea | Series A, Series B, Series C | Retail, Media and Entertainment, Apps | $361k–$13M |
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KOSME
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States | Seed, Series A | Manufacturing, E-Commerce, Health Care | $74k–$37M |
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HITEJINRO CO
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, Japan, United States | Seed, Series A, Series B | E-Commerce, Agriculture, Food and Beverage | $1k–$1.5M |
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Fast Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, Hungary, United States | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Apps, Health Care, E-Commerce | $111k–$6.9M |
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IBK Capital
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, India | Series A, Seed, Series B | Health Care, Biotechnology, Information Technology | $2k–$21M |
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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–$39M |
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Korea Omega Investment
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, Vietnam, United States | Series A, Series B, Seed | Biotechnology, Medical, Health Care | $5k–$59M |
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KB Securities
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, China | Series B, Series A | Software, Information Technology, Health Care | $1.6M–$22M |
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Daesung Private Equity
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, India | Series A, Series B | Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce | $1.1M–$15M |
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Hana Financial Investment
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, Singapore, India | Series A, Series B, Seed | Information Technology, Biotechnology, Software | $860k–$25M |
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Naver
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, Indonesia | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, E-Commerce, Apps | $1k–$59M |
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Mark & Company
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea | Seed, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Beauty | $134k–$988k |
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Kolon Investment
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, India, Indonesia | Series A, Series B | Biotechnology, Software, Pharmaceutical | $3k–$22M |
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AIM Investment
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea | Series A | Retail, Food Delivery, Food and Beverage | $3M–$5.2M |
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HG Initiative
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States | Series A, Seed, Series B | Biotechnology, Health Care, Information Technology | $297k–$5.2B |
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CJ ENM
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, Japan | Series A, Series B, Pre-Seed | Software, Apps, Artificial Intelligence | |
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CRIT Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, Hong Kong | Seed, Series B | Information Technology, Blockchain, Gaming | $686k–$20M |
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Ascendo Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, Taiwan | Seed, Series A, Series B | E-Commerce, Medical, Health Care | |
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SK Securities
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, Singapore | Series A, Seed, Series B | Information Technology, Apps, Health Care | |
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East Gate Partners
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States | Seed, Series A | Gaming, Apps, Software | |
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Hana Ventures is a corporate venture capital of Hana Financial Group.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, Japan, Malaysia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 158
- Round size: Seed $223k–$4.1M; Series A $1.4M–$14M; Series B $3.3M–$42M
- Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Sasung power — Sasung power enhances energy storage performance using advanced structural battery source technology, developing new batteries for structural support and eco-friendly lightweight structures.
- Featuring — Featuring’s goal is to make it easy for anyone to see and utilize the power of influencers. Today, as companies are accelerating their transition to digital business due to COVID-19, the number of companies leveraging influencers is explosively increasing. Feauturing allows brands and marketers to discover product fit influencers and helps matchingbased on their needs. Currently, over 3,600 brands are using Featuring and more than 8,500 influencer campaigns have been done. As a Korea-based startup, Featuring plans on expanding the business to Far East Asia including Japan and China.
- Welcon Systems — WELCON Systems is a company that makes electronic control equipment used in machines. Their main products include servo drives and motion controllers, which help control the movement of motors in industrial machines and robots.
Korea Credit Guarantee Fund operates as a public financial institution.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: South Korea, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 187
- Round size: Seed $297k–$2.6M; Series A $743k–$7.1M
- Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow
Portfolio highlights
- MOAIS — MOAIS develops a smartphone AI solution that analyzes golf swing problem and offers a lesson solution. It is an on-device AI optimized for smart phones, has a video pose estimation, video segmentation, video classification, video object detection, and image processing of golf swing video.
- Searchdoc — Searchdoc is a large-scale AI startup specializing in advanced document and drawing analysis, leveraging cutting-edge machine learning technologies to extract insights, automate workflows, and enhance data interpretation across various industries.
- Limpid — Limpid is a Bio pet food startup. It set new standards in pet nutrition through continuous innovation.
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: 268
- Round size: Seed $223k–$2.2M; Series A $966k–$8M; Series B $18k–$30M
- Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $3.3M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Soroh —
- Stan World — Stan World is a Fandom Party World where fans can party & win rewards for their Stars, 24/7.
- TeamElysium — TeamElysium is a medical software development company.
MYSC is an innovative company that helps innovation through consulting, social venture accelerating, and impact investing.
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- Industry: Food and Beverage, Health Care, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: South Korea, China, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 70
- Lead/follow: no public data
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.
Wadiz is Asia's largest crowdfunding platform company.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Sales, Retail
- Stage:Seed, Equity Crowdfunding, Series A
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 26
- Round size: Seed $74k–$743k; Series A $891k–$3.3M; Equity Crowdfunding $1k–$1.1M
- Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
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- Industry: Food and Beverage, Information Technology, Manufacturing
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 46
- Round size: Seed $1k–$3M; Series A $3k–$7.8M; Series B $3M–$27M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
Portfolio highlights
- H2 — H2 is a Korea-based advanced energy storage company specialized in vanadium redox flow battery which is an optimal solution especially for large-scale and long-duration energy storage. H2 has developed cutting-edge EnerFLOW series energy storage using its own vanadium redox flow batteries, which is commercially available at the moment. H2 isexpected to grow fast and big due to H2's unique design and manufacturing capabilities, and a promising market of large-scale energy storage.
- Seadronix — Seadronix is a AI technology-based autonomous navigation solutions developed by PhD researchers. It saves cost and secures safety based on various learning data.
- BRUSH Theatre — BRUSH Theatre is a theatre for live performances.
Bass Investment is a Investment Firm.
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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: 118
- Round size: Seed $669k–$7.2M; Series A $1.9M–$15M; Series B $6.7M–$12M
- Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Magnendo — Advancing neurovascular care with cutting-edge robotic technologies.
- Tect Group — We deliver real beauty based on distinctive brands and innovative marketing solutions, fostering confidence and positivity around the world.
- Kompass — Kompass is building the world's first comprehensive fertility monitor that is portable, easy to use, and low cost. We're breaking barriers to fertility care and redefining blood testing for accessibility and affordability.
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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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 135
- Round size: Seed $371k–$3M; Series A $1.5M–$10M; Series B $2.2M–$17M
- Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Trioar — Trioar is a biotechnological research company that manufacture pharmaceutical products and drugs.
- KB-Element — KB-Element is a graphene development and production company that also turns graphene into intermediate items and novel materials.
- Spark Biopharma — SPARK BioPharma Co., Ltd. was established in Seoul National University in January 2016 based on the unique drug molecule diversity technology, the image-based screening technology using the unique fluorescent skeleton probe, and the target protein identification technology in the initial drug development stage. We are currently exploring anddeveloping new drug candidates using these three core technologies, and we will continue to accelerate the development of new drugs and increase the success rate through strategic cooperation research with domestic and overseas research institutes and pharmaceutical institutions. '
AI Angel Club is an angel investment club that specializes in seed investment in the medical and bio healthcare field.
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- Industry: Health Care, E-Commerce, Medical
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 51
- Round size: Seed $126k–$817k; Angel $74k–$104k; Series A $1.1M–$4.8M
- Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Wig Hill — Wig Hill is a seller of pet products.
- MyBrain — MyBrain's brain-only MRI can lower equipment costs through component miniaturization, lower maintenance costs and enhance maintenance through the use of conduction cooling technology, and improve diagnosis ease and accuracy through the development of AI diagnosis software. It is unique in that it can be improved.
- Pots Company — Potts Company develops manufacturing technologies for sustainable plastic circulation & leads the resource recycling market for consumption.
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, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 222
- Round size: Seed $149k–$8.3M; Series A $1.7M–$16M; Series B $4.9M–$29M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
Portfolio highlights
- BIGC — BIGC is a technology company that offers digital marketing, content creation, and advertising services.
- Habit Factory — Habit Factory provides financial big data analytics solutions.
- Featuring — Featuring’s goal is to make it easy for anyone to see and utilize the power of influencers. Today, as companies are accelerating their transition to digital business due to COVID-19, the number of companies leveraging influencers is explosively increasing. Feauturing allows brands and marketers to discover product fit influencers and helps matchingbased on their needs. Currently, over 3,600 brands are using Featuring and more than 8,500 influencer campaigns have been done. As a Korea-based startup, Featuring plans on expanding the business to Far East Asia including Japan and China.
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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: 291
- Round size: Series A $2.1M–$22M; Series B $3.7M–$30M; Series C $4.3M–$102M
- Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $450M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Toss — Toss is a South Korea-based mobile financial service platform operated by fintech startup Viva Republica. Its application offers peer-to-peer money transfers, manages credit scores and bank accounts, access loan and insurance plans, split bill options, QR payment and other similar services that enable users to manage their finance.
- chunmyung — online-to-offline (O2O) platforms that connect customers with fortune-telling services and consultations
- Generation Esports — Generation Esports provides an innovative platform for schools, businesses, clubs and communities alike to come together, engage and compete easily.
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
- Geography: South Korea, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 58
- Round size: Seed $74k–$1.6M
- Lead/follow: 34% lead, 66% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Jaranda — One-on-one child-oriented play sitter / learning sheeter for working parents and children's happiness.
- Digital Natives — Digital Natives is an advertising agency that develops digital advertising transaction comparison platform for marketers.
- H Charging Research Institute — H Charging Research Institute is an electric vehicle company. Aside from fire prevention and PNC (Plug & Charge) charging services, the company plans to build a V2G power business using electric vehicles by using advanced charging technology. The company distributes PLC-embedded charger H chargers to the market and diversifies futurebusinesses, including V2G, in order to create the future of electric vehicle charging.
Laguna Investment is a venture capital firm focused on professional entrepreneurial investments.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 81
- Round size: Seed $743k–$4.6M; Series A $1.8M–$7.7M; Series B $1.9M–$35M
- Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
Portfolio highlights
- infludeo — infludeo is a fan membership platform that connects global Kpop fans with Kpop artists.
- Hourplace — Hourplace operates a filming place sharing platform.
- Numeric Song Company — Numeric Song Company is a start-up founded in September 2020 by Kim Hee-bin, CEO of the mega hit songs 'Number Song' and 'Carrot Song', in collaboration with IT companies such as NAVER, LINE, and CJ E&M.
Venture Capital firm in Korea. We are interested in early-stage investment in gaming, healthcare/biotech, IT services and high technology companies.
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- Industry: Software, Gaming, Biotechnology
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Russian Federation
Investor stats
- Total investments: 106
- Round size: Seed $1k–$3M; Series A $3k–$7.8M
- Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Cure Stream — Cure Stream specializes in developing autonomous artificial pancreas system based on AI hormone injection decision algorithm.
- StudioBside — StudioBside is a mobile game developer based in Korea.
- 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.
TBT is an Adventure Capital.We are more than your average VC investor; we are always up for an adventure. Investment means more than just transfer of capital for us. We want to be a discussion partner that discovers possibilities beyond risk and aligns growth with progress. We want to share decades of industry knowledge and experience in internetand mobile services to build services and products that can make the world a better place.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 51
- Round size: Seed $743k–$4.5M; Series A $678k–$18M; Series B $3M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Shopl & Company — From Scheduling to Task management and Communication. Collaborate easily with teams on site with Shopl.
- Sky Labs — Our company, Sky Labs, is developing a ring-type Cardio Tracker, CART to help continuous monitoring of atrial fibrillation which is difficult to diagnose even in a hospital in daily life.According to a disease statistics study released in 2004, atrial fibrillation is a very common chronic disease that occurs in 1 out of 4 people in their 40s orolder. As stated in the Atrial Fibrillation Report from the UK's Atrial Fibrillation Association in 2012, the biggest problem is that atrial fibrillation is not diagnosed in 1 in 2 patients because it is not accompanied by severe subjective symptoms and hard to find due to the intermittent properties.To diagnose atrial fibrillation, the following three features of continuous monitoring are essential. Our product, CART, is equipped with these features to fully maximize the benefits of continuous monitoring.1) Comfortability as a wearable device : You can always wear CART on a daily basis. Additionally, it is even water-proof and dust-proof. So, you don't have to take it off while taking a shower, or washing hands.2) No-user intervention : By just wearing it on any finger which fits for you, every measurement is performed on the background basis without any intervention.3) Medical proof & Accuracy : Diagnosis is based on the conventional diagnosis method of cardiologists.By simply wearing CART on user's finger, CART continuously detects atrial fibrillation without any user intervention. CART detects and records atrial fibrillation, so users can track and manage their heart health status. In addition, users can diagnose atrial fibrillation whenever they want and see the results on their smartphone. By merely tapping CART, users can make event logs and analyze atrial fibrillation data at that moment when it occurs. Finally, the collected atrial fibrillation data can be used to help the physician diagnose of the atrial fibrillation.Initial target market is 0.2 million atrial fibrillation patients in Finland. Total target market is 300 million people to diagnose atrial fibrillation and tens of million subjects in clinical trials.Sky Labs is currently conducting clinical trials with the Seoul National University Hospital to verify the device's performance and is analyzing clinical data on heart disease. And, Sky Labs is working with global pharmaceutical company Bayer to make innovative healthcare business.
- FREECO — FREECO is a content provider for businesses. Consultation, sales, and software development and supply Cosmetics wholesale and retail business Marketing consulting and advertising business.
CJ Investment operates as an investment firm.
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- Industry: Software, Food and Beverage, Apps
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 50
- Round size: Seed $366k–$6.7M; Series A $2.2M–$10M; Series B $2M–$21M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Playtag — Playtag uses AI technology to analyze infant behavior and provide customized education in kindergartens.
- Aurumplanet — A new tool that blends your everyday work apps into one. It's the all-in-one workspace for you and your team
- City Storage — City Storage is a side dish platform that produces and sells salads, soups, and pickles.
Big Basin Capital is a venture capital firm based in Silicon Valley, investing in early-stage startups in Korea and the United States.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Apps, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 83
- Round size: Seed $371k–$2.5M; Series A $1M–$7M
- Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2013
Portfolio highlights
- Dentlink — Next Generation Dental Lab Service
- Purple AI — Purple AI is a brain disease AI platform company.
- 276 Holdings — 276 Holdings is a finance company that offers corporate financial service flow and a new flow of trade receivables value to companies.
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: Information Technology, Biotechnology, Health Care
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 392
- Round size: Seed $743k–$10M; Series A $1.7M–$30M; Series B $2.6M–$60M
- Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $6.7M in 2014
Portfolio highlights
- MORAI — MORAI offers an accurate, true-to-life autonomous vehicle driving simulator.
- Appota — Appota is a pioneer in providing technology solutions and digital entertainment content in Vietnam. Their strengths reside in producing and distributing online entertainment content, e-sports, advertising, payment, cloud computing, and IoT. In addition, the company also regularly publishes market reports on mobile, advertising, fintech, e-sports toprovide market information and promote foreign investment activities into the market.Appota has gone through three complete investment rounds, received funding from investors across Vietnam, Singapore, South Korea, and Japan.Currently, Appota has four subsidiaries: Gamota (game publishing company), Adsota (advertising company), Appota Pay (payment solutions company), Kdata (cloud solutions company)
- Prokarium — Prokarium is pioneering the field of microbial immunotherapy. Our pipeline is designed to unlock the next level of immuno-oncology by building on the most recent advances in cancer immunology. Prokarium’s lead program is focused on transforming the treatment paradigm in bladder cancer by orchestrating immune-driven, long-lasting antitumor effects.
Established in 2000 as an early-stage venture capital arm of SoftBank Group, SBVA has a storied history of empowering extraordinary entrepreneurs across the globe. In 2023, we joined forces with The Edgeof, a global startup ecosystem builder founded by Taizo Son, JP Lee, and Atsushi Taira and began our new chapter as an independent entity with arenewed commitment to fostering innovation and technological advancement.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
- Geography: South Korea, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 244
- Round size: Series A $1.9M–$44M; Series B $4M–$63M; Series C $8.9M–$100M
- Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- Clairo Robotics — CLE provides software packages, scanning, 3D reconstruction, and modeling services for factory automation.
- Syncly — Syncly is an AI-native customer intelligence platform for fast-growing brands. Turn customer conversations into actionable insights to help your brand grow faster.
- Payhere — Payhere is a fintech company that provides card terminals and online payment gateway services for multiple industries.
Korean alternative asset investment firm
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
- Stage:Series B, Series A
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 195
- Round size: Series A $3M–$55M; Series B $5.2M–$59M
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $25M in 2016
Portfolio highlights
- MediBloc — MediBloc is a decentralized healthcare information ecosystem built on blockchain technology for patients, healthcare providers, and researchers.MediBloc provides data I/O control(core) and interfaces(service) for 3rd party applications & services. On top of MediBloc platform, all kinds of services using medical data can be implemented.This new healthcare information system with unprecedented possibility will bring a revolutionary movement in global healthcare.
- Kai Health — Kai Health uses Artificial Intelligence to empower fertility clinics to make better treatment decisions.
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Browse database — It's Free!DS Asset Management is a firm that invests in listed companies and venture firms.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Medical, Software
- Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 90
- Round size: Series A $2k–$12M; Series B $4.5M–$50M; Series C $4.2M–$65M
- Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
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- Bilix — Bilix is a biotechnology company that produces anti-inflammatory and cancer therapy drugs for inflammatory diseases. Bilix, developer of PEGylated bilirubin nanoparticles designed to treat ischemia-reperfusion injury by reducing inflammation and oxidative stress.
- AIMEDBIO — AIMEDBIO provides therapeutic solutions to patients with serious brain diseases.
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SBI Investment Co., Ltd. has established itself as a true partner of the Republic of Korea venture business development in the past 28 years as a venture capital concept introduced first in Korea in 1986 was even unfamiliar concept of 'venture'. SBI Investment Co., Ltd. is a direct excavation domestic / other promising venturesinvestment as well as domestic / external funding attracted through cooperation with institutional investors and technology, marketing, public offering (IPO), the law, adhere to the role which has been providing comprehensive services such as Value-up tax.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 103
- Round size: Series A $2.2M–$12M; Series B $4.5M–$21M; Series C $8.5M–$33M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
Portfolio highlights
- FOODPANG — Food Pang is a food ordering app.
- NO Search — NO Search is an online marketplace for home and kitchen appliances.
- Studio Lab — Studio Lab offers artificial intelligence technology for the fashion industry.
LB Investment is one of the top VCs in Korea. LB invests in diverse industries ranging from Technology and Contents to Bio and healthcare
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- Industry: Health Care, E-Commerce, Software
- Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
- Geography: South Korea, China, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 123
- Round size: Series A $29k–$44M; Series B $3.9M–$42M; Series C $7.4M–$50M
- Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow
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- Klleon — Revolutionizing AI-Human Interactions with Real-Time Digital AvatarsEstablished in 2019, Klleon pioneers a fresh dimension in AI-human relations through its real-time digital avatar video chat. Recognized by industry giants like NVIDIA, AWS, and Microsoft, Klleon's unique technologies facilitate emotionally resonant AI digital avatarinteractions. Features include rapid-response digital human animations and optimized GPT processing, ensuring efficiency in both time and cost. By creating lifelike digital avatars from just a facial snapshot and 30 seconds of voice, Klleon transcends physical, temporal, spatial, and linguistic boundaries. With Klleon, your digital twin can converse globally, anytime, in any language.
- S2W — S2W is a data intelligence company to solve the problems with technology for good.
- Seadronix — Seadronix is a AI technology-based autonomous navigation solutions developed by PhD researchers. It saves cost and secures safety based on various learning data.
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, Retail
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Grant
- Geography: South Korea, Australia, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 33
- Round size: Seed $149k–$750k
- Lead/follow: 45% lead, 55% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Grayzip — Grayzip, is an online investment platform enabling fractional investments in prime apartments. Investors can participate, earning monthly interest with potential additional returns linked to property value appreciation. It offers both market-linked and fixed-rate investment options, enhancing accessibility to real estate investments.
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- CHOOPERMARKET — Choopermarket sells winery and gift products.
Capstone Partners is a venture capital firm that invests in entrepreneurs seeking success with fresh ideas.
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- Industry: Software, Mobile, Gaming
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 223
- Round size: Seed $223k–$3.9M; Series A $223k–$11M; Series B $743k–$15M
- Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $37M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Rapeech — Rapeech is an AI voice technology company that provides product development services.
- Arocell — Arocell is a bio-beauty brand that employs stem cell culture fluid in its cosmetic products. Its flagship offering is the Arocell Super Collagen Mask, which is a mask pack that incorporates stem cell culture fluid derived from human umbilical cord blood. This fluid is categorized as a skin conditioning agent within the classification of cosmeticingredients and is recognized for its ability to enhance moisture retention. Additionally, the company has introduced a mask pack that utilizes botulinum toxin, the primary component of Botox. This product is distinguished by its improved absorption facilitated by a bio-drug delivery system, and the company has secured a patent for a cosmetic aimed at reducing wrinkles that contains botulinum toxin as its active ingredient.
- Brave Company — Brave Company is an internet publishing company. Well, the lusts, but not the burdens of the ZZP existence. BraveCompany is for self-employed people who want to do more and manage less. Are you in paid employment and do you doubt whether you dare to make the leap? Even then, BraveCompany offers a warm bath with 'colleagues' that you havegone for, a network with potential assignments and invoicing services. BraveCompany is for successful professionals who are or want to become independent. What can we mean for each other? We share knowledge, trends and help with professional issues. And all that in the atmosphere of a home port. So you benefit from the benefits of experienced colleagues. Do you see any more possibilities with your current client to do work, or do you regularly refer projects to colleagues? We offer the framework to seize these opportunities and also be rewarded for your talent as a matchmaker.
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, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: South Korea, South Africa, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 118
- Round size: Seed $74k–$1.6M; Pre-Seed $25k–$150k; Series A $761k–$9.2M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% 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.
- Rootfinders — RouteFinders develops an AI-based media platform to support independent living for visually impaired individuals in an increasingly digital world.
- Openull — Openull offers BNPL products and services.
HB Investment Inc. was founded on November 11, 1999 starting with paid-in Capital of KRW 10 billion.Since its foundation, HB Investment Inc. has been investing small and medium businesses that have the potential for steady growth and profitability and helping the invested companies to grow well by giving various consulting services. As a result,HB Investment Inc.constructed comprehensive portfolio out of various industrial areas, such as game, entertainment, as well as representative high-tech industries related to semiconductor, Internet, LCD, and a smart phone, bio, health care. In addition, HB Investment Inc. has experiences in implementing business Success-fully by organizing several partnership funds for recent years.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Software, Health Care
- Stage:Series B, Series A
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Vietnam
Investor stats
- Total investments: 135
- Round size: Series A $1.1M–$14M; Series B $2.2M–$21M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
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- Dnotitia — Dnotitia is a pioneering AI (Artificial Intelligence) company driving innovative value by integrating AI and data. Founded in October 2023, Dnotitia specializes in developing; Seahorse, a high-performance vector database powered by its proprietary Vector Data Processing Units (VDPU), and Mnemos, a cutting-edge service solution for Large LanguageModels (LLMs). The company also leads the development of sLMs (Small Language Models) and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems, crucial for advancing generative AI technologies and positioning itself at the forefront of AI technology.
- Banban Taxi — Banban Taxi is a taxi-booking app that offers ride-hailing, AI-optimized matching, fare-splitting, and loyalty points. The company provides personalized mobility that fits perfectly with granular call product options. Banban Taxi operates taxi and designated driver services and garnered attention as a platform that connects passengers with matchingorigins and destinations for ride-sharing.
- BOS Semiconductors — Driving the Future of Automotive, BOS Semiconductors
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 83
- Round size: Seed $335k–$4.5M; Series A $1.2M–$12M; Series B $3M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 33M2 — 33M2 is a housing rental platform.
- KB-Element — KB-Element is a graphene development and production company that also turns graphene into intermediate items and novel materials.
- Sapien Semiconductors — Sapien Semiconductors is a semiconductor design and manufacturing company that specializes in display driver ICs for micro‑LED and OLED technologies. The company develops custom ASICs and silicon‑proven IPs, including CMOS backplane drivers for AR/MR micro‑LED and pixel‑level driver ICs for TVs and digital signage. The firm also providesdisplay‑driver IP licensing and chip customization services.
Bokwang Investment is a Korean investment management firm that supports funds and management for small- and medium-sized companies.
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- Industry: Software, Mobile, Health Care
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 43
- Round size: Seed $371k–$2.2M; Series A $743k–$18M; Series B $1.5M–$12M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
Portfolio highlights
- MOAIS — MOAIS develops a smartphone AI solution that analyzes golf swing problem and offers a lesson solution. It is an on-device AI optimized for smart phones, has a video pose estimation, video segmentation, video classification, video object detection, and image processing of golf swing video.
- Body Cherish — Body Cherish installs and maintains vending machines.
- PEOPLE & TECHNOLOGY — PEOPLE AND TECHNOLOGY provides DX-based AI solutions on INDOOR GEOLOCATION AND SMART SENSING through its INDOORPLUS+ IoT, Location Based System (LBS) and Real Time Location System (RTLS) platform in the fields of healthcare, manufacturing, defense, smart cities, and the public sector.More than 100 corporate customers in various business sectorssuch as healthcare, banking, manufacturing, retail, energy and public services have already chosen PEOPLE AND TECHNOLOGY to deploy industry grade solutions for employee safety, asset tracking & monitoring, security & access control, flow management and process efficiency. They have gained improvements in productivity and process efficiency while reducing their corporate risks and optimizing their procurement. Since its foundation in 2013, PEOPLE AND TECHNOLOGY has become a leading provider in South Korea and is expanding overseas.
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, Biotechnology
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Vietnam
Investor stats
- Total investments: 337
- Round size: Seed $743k–$7M; Series A $1.6M–$36M; Series B $3.4M–$40M
- Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
Portfolio highlights
- AI SPERA — AI Spera provides AI driven security based on cyber threat intelligence
- Channel Talk — Channel Corp. provide a chat platform Channel Talk to create a customer-centric culture.
- 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
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- Industry: Retail, Media and Entertainment, Apps
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Round size: Series A $361k–$5.6M; Series B $8.8M–$13M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Innohas — Innohas is a food tech startup that researches, develops, produces, and distributes alternative meat using vegetables and animal protein.
- WizSchool — We employ real-time user code analysis algorithm based on compiler technology to diagnose learners’ levels and status of the software education. And our AI tutor for coding education using deep learning technology offers learner-centered customized learning contents to the users. Aiming for the global market, we are developing and growing ourbusiness to solve the shortage problem of software education instructors and also provide the market with the best quality software education service.
- Pepper & Salt — Pepper & Salt is a creative company specializing in branding, marketing, and intellectual property development. It offers integrated services spanning concept planning, design, content creation, and production, helping businesses build distinct brand identities and engaging customer experiences through strategic, content-driven solutions.
KOSME specializes in providing youth entrepreneurship services. It offers support for all the stages of the startup lifecycle. it has contents that major programs, entrepreneurship education, practical education for startups, multiple coaching systems focusing on practical business. additional, follow-up supports for graduate companies forovercoming the Death Vally and innovation growth.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, E-Commerce, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: South Korea, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 38
- Round size: Seed $74k–$2.4M; Series A $743k–$37M
- Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Cloudike — Cloudike powers cloud storage. Cloudike helps OEMs, mobile and Internet service providers acquire, retain, and upsell their customers by offering a compelling personal cloud experience under their own brand.
- VivaLabs — VivaLabs is a health tech company that analyzes senior health data with AI technology and implements a personalized exercise prescription system to provide scientific strength training programs.
- Studio Galilei — Studio Galilei is an SFO platform company that operates and manages mobility services.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Agriculture, Food and Beverage
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, Japan, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 21
- Round size: Seed $1k–$1.5M
- Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
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- Herb Today — Herb Today is a supplier of vegetable, seaweed, and mushroom products for the food industry.
- Mr. Dad — Mr. Dad is a seller of food products.
- Charging Pig — Charging Pig is a mobile app that provides auxiliary battery rental services.
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: 61
- Round size: Seed $111k–$2.5M; Series A $2M–$6.9M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% 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.
IBK Capital is the venture capital arm of the Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK).
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- Industry: Health Care, Biotechnology, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 103
- Round size: Seed $2k–$7.6M; Series A $3k–$8.2M; Series B $5k–$21M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
Portfolio highlights
- AutoHands — AutoHands is a South Korea-based mobility company that offers comprehensive integrated mobility services including vehicle buying and selling, management, online used-car auctions, car rentals, extended warranties, residual value guarantees, mobile maintenance, and accident compensation programs.
- 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
- PEOPLE & TECHNOLOGY — PEOPLE AND TECHNOLOGY provides DX-based AI solutions on INDOOR GEOLOCATION AND SMART SENSING through its INDOORPLUS+ IoT, Location Based System (LBS) and Real Time Location System (RTLS) platform in the fields of healthcare, manufacturing, defense, smart cities, and the public sector.More than 100 corporate customers in various business sectorssuch as healthcare, banking, manufacturing, retail, energy and public services have already chosen PEOPLE AND TECHNOLOGY to deploy industry grade solutions for employee safety, asset tracking & monitoring, security & access control, flow management and process efficiency. They have gained improvements in productivity and process efficiency while reducing their corporate risks and optimizing their procurement. Since its foundation in 2013, PEOPLE AND TECHNOLOGY has become a leading provider in South Korea and is expanding overseas.
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: 269
- Round size: Seed $1M–$15M; Series A $2.6M–$39M
- Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Lysto — How much does culture influence creative thinking?
- Jemimi — Jemimi is the operator of the infant media-based parenting platform 'Ssuksukchak'.
- Decentralised Gaming Ventures — D.G.Pals is a virtual pet, NFT Game Project that focuses on Squad-battler (PvP and Competitive), Siege Defence, Clan System, and various types of genre revolving around the IP as part of the ecosystem in the D.G.Verse.
Korea Omega Investment Finance is a private equity and venture capital firm
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Medical, Health Care
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, Vietnam, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 24
- Round size: Seed $743k–$1.6M; Series A $3.3M–$22M; Series B $5k–$59M
- Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
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- ActionFit — ActionFit is a video game company with expertise in developing and publishing video games for the mobile platform.
- Esol — Esol operates a semiconductor equipment business focused on extreme ultraviolet (EUV) technology. It provides EUV pellicle transmittance and mask phase measurement systems, as well as interference patterning equipment, enabling higher-resolution, denser, and more advanced semiconductor chips.
- MilieMoon — Demi-fine Jewelry for Finer Taste.
KB Securities is a Financial Services company.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Health Care
- Stage:Series B, Series A
- Geography: South Korea, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 136
- Round size: Series A $1.6M–$11M; Series B $4.1M–$22M
- Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
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- MOVV — Move is a travel agency that offers ticketing, travel, and reservation services.
- Autonomous a2z — Autonomous a2z is a driving mobility platform that provides autonomous driving service with judgement, control and recognition technologies.
- Odd Concepts — Odd Concepts provide an wide portfolio of ready to use image recognition and search technology as a cloud based API service. Each customer has different requirements, and they assure ach customer requirement is met by our scientists tuning and combining analysis engines for optimal results.
Daesung Private Equity is a Korean venture capital firm offering investment, corporation restructuring, and incubation services.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 62
- Round size: Series A $1.1M–$10M; Series B $1.5M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2014
Portfolio highlights
- Qunova Computing, Inc. — Quantum computing based computing innovations for new materials and drug discovery, and advanced technology solution consulting services.
- Autonomous a2z — Autonomous a2z is a driving mobility platform that provides autonomous driving service with judgement, control and recognition technologies.
- Nanosystem — Nanosystem is a solution partner in 3D measurement and inspection systems for semiconductor and display industries. With a focus on continuous research and development, the company aims to create value for customers through innovation, technology development, talent development, and cost reduction, ensuring satisfaction and repaid shareholdertrust.
Hana Financial Investment Company Limited offers brokerage, securities dealing, underwriting, mutual funds, and online trading services
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- Industry: Information Technology, Biotechnology, Software
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, Singapore, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 90
- Round size: Seed $860k–$7.9M; Series A $1.9M–$25M; Series B $1.6M–$25M
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
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- Trustay — Trustay is a real estate asset management company.
- Kimu Studio — Kimu discovers servant artists, plans education and exhibitions with the artist's unique sensibility.
- Kuntian New Energy — Hebei Kuntian New Energy is a producer of anode materials for lithium-ion batteries.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Beauty
- Stage:Seed, Series B
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 20
- Round size: Seed $134k–$988k
- 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.
- Veramore — Veramore is an online store that sells a wide range of beauty and cosmetic products.
- Eleven Corporation — Eleven Corporation creates value for lifestyle and beauty products.
Kolon Investment, Inc. is a venture capital and private equity firm specializing in buyouts, mezzanine, corporate restructuring, growth capital, and turnaround investment. It prefers to invest in electronic components, petroleum, energy, computer, and telecommunications equipment. The firm primarily invests in South Korea with a focus in Seoul,Gyeonggi, Incheon, and Gyeongbuk. Kolon Investment, Inc. was established in 2000 and is based in Seoul, South Korea.Source: Businessweek
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Software, Pharmaceutical
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, India, Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 103
- Round size: Series A $3k–$9.3M; Series B $4.1M–$22M
- Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Dnotitia — Dnotitia is a pioneering AI (Artificial Intelligence) company driving innovative value by integrating AI and data. Founded in October 2023, Dnotitia specializes in developing; Seahorse, a high-performance vector database powered by its proprietary Vector Data Processing Units (VDPU), and Mnemos, a cutting-edge service solution for Large LanguageModels (LLMs). The company also leads the development of sLMs (Small Language Models) and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems, crucial for advancing generative AI technologies and positioning itself at the forefront of AI technology.
- XYZ — LoungeLAB is a Retail-tech startup that augments space with technology, using the state-of-the-art technologies such as AI and Robotics technology. LoungeLAB focuses on enhancing the product value and services, and we develop in the field rather than on the desk. We Invent Everyday Technology for All.
- Habit Factory — Habit Factory provides financial big data analytics solutions.
AIM Investment is a private equity fund manager specializing in equity investment, mergers, and acquisitions.
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- Industry: Retail, Food Delivery, Food and Beverage
- Stage:Series A
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Round size: Series A $3M–$5.2M
- Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow
HGI runs an impact-driven business, seeking to address diverse social issues through sustainable innovations.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 36
- Round size: Seed $297k–$7.7M; Series A $1M–$7.4M; Series B $4M–$5.2B
- Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Brewguru — Brewguru is an online beverage store that makes and sells healthy beverages.
- ONG Going — ONG Going specializes in pickup, packaging, and delivery.
- Dolbom-ui-sin — Caregiver is a specialized platform operator that provides hospitals with advanced nursing solutions, streamlining patient care coordination, enhancing clinical workflows, and supporting specialized nursing practices through intelligent tools and integrated digital systems.
CJ ENM is a Korean entertainment and mass media company.
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- Industry: Software, Apps, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Pre-Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Japan
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- Total investments: 15
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- PulseAd — PulseAd harnesses the latest in machine learning technology to transform your retail advertising efforts, ensuring each campaign you run is data-driven, highly targeted, and optimized for success across major platforms like Amazon, Walmart, and Target. It's an intelligent advertising solution that empowers your brand to make impactfulconnections with customers, scaling your presence in the global marketplace. With PulseAd, you're not just running ads—you're embracing a strategic partner that propels your brand to new heights with every click and conversion.
- Pozalabs — AI Music Startup
- wavve — wavve is an app for sharing audio from your podcast, music and recordings on social media.
The Road Not Taken
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- Industry: Information Technology, Blockchain, Gaming
- Stage:Seed, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Hong Kong
Investor stats
- Total investments: 108
- Round size: Seed $686k–$6.5M; Series B $2.3M–$20M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Girin Labs — Girin Wallet will soon be available to Web3 users. Simultaneously access the XRP Ledger and the root network with ease.
- Puzzle Monsters — Puzzle Monsters is a game production company.
- Spaceport Technologies — Accelerating the growth of the next digital economy
Ascendo Ventures is a Seoul, Korea-based venture capital firm that strives to be a true lifecycle partner for the fastest growing, game-changing Asian tech companies. From the moment we invest in our portfolio companies, we commit to being a long-term partner and ascend together embracing the treme
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Medical, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Taiwan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 36
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Aldavar — ALDAVER provides incredibly realistic personalized surgical training models using innovative biopolymer materials that closely resemble human tissues and 3D printing technology.
- Ugly Lab — Ugly Lab is a waste-tech startup that provides subscription-based waste collection services and consulting.
- H Energy — H Energy provides optimal operation of distributed resources and power brokerage services.
SK Securities is a South Korea-based financial service provider that specializes in the securities market. It primarily engaged in securities brokerage, dealing and underwriting businesses, covering stocks, futures, options, government bonds, corporate bonds, foreign exchanges, and financial derivative products. The company also involves in theinvestment banking business, which provides acquisition, project financing services, and wealth management services.SK Securities was founded in 1955.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Apps, Health Care
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 40
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- DSRV — DSRV, a leading blockchain infrastructure company, offers A-Z solutions across the entire ecosystem for 160+ institutions through vertical integration of technologies such as staking, custody, and validators.
- Hutom — Reshaping Surgery Through Digital Innovation
- Soft Berry — Soft Berry is an electric vehicle charging platform.
East Gate Partners is a venture capital firm specializing in investment for businesses.
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- Industry: Gaming, Apps, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: South Korea, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 33
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Biocom — Biocom is a green bio management company.
- Groupware Pro — Groupware Pro is a business management company that provides software for groupware communication solution.
- The Blessed Moon — The Blessed Moon is a cosmetics brand that sells and offers skin, face, hair, and body care products.
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