Top 50 Social Media Startup Investors in South Korea (October 2026)
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CRIT Ventures
VC Fund
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5 | South Korea, United States, Hong Kong | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A | Gaming, Information Technology, Video Games | $287k–$42M |
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Korea Investment Partners
VC Fund
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4 | South Korea, United States, China | Series A, Series B, Seed | Biotechnology, Health Care, Information Technology | $973k–$50M |
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Laguna Investment
VC Fund
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4 | South Korea, United States, Japan | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $741k–$35M |
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Sazze Partners
VC Fund
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4 | South Korea, United States, Japan | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $200k–$15M |
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Kakao Ventures
VC Fund
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4 | South Korea, United States, Indonesia | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $280k–$27M |
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Bridge Alliance Partners
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea | Seed, Series A, Series B | Artificial Intelligence, CRM, Wholesale | $188k–$9.3M |
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Capstone Partners
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, India | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, Mobile, Artificial Intelligence | $223k–$17M |
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Magna Investment
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, Japan | Seed, Series A, Series B | Health Care, Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical | $147k–$18M |
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KB Investment
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, Vietnam | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology | $737k–$44M |
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Northern Light Venture Capital
VC Fund
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2 | China, United States, South Korea | Series A, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown | Health Care, Medical, Biotechnology | $1.5M–$60M |
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Evergreen Investment Partners
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software | $256k–$5.2M |
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Samsung Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | United States, South Korea, Israel | Series A, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Manufacturing | $1.8M–$90M |
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New Enterprise Associates
VC Fund
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2 | United States, China, India | Series A, Series B, Series C | Software, Health Care, Biotechnology | $6M–$100M |
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InfoBank
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, South Africa, United States | Seed, Series A, Series B | Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software | $85k–$16M |
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Kakao Investment
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, Japan | Seed, Series A, Series C | Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Software | $811k–$123M |
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Qiming Venture Partners
VC Fund
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2 | China, United States, Hong Kong | Series B, Series A, Series C | Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical | $4.3M–$120M |
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TheVentures
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, Vietnam | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $72k–$5.1M |
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DT Capital Partners
VC Fund
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2 | China, United States, South Korea | Series A, Series B, Series C | Health Care, Medical, Biotechnology | $1.5M–$102M |
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Shinhan Capital
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, India | Series A, Seed, Series B | Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce | $424k–$20M |
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Bass Investment
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, Singapore | Seed, Series A, Series B | Artificial Intelligence, Software, E-Commerce | $414k–$15M |
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Globespan Capital Partners
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Spain, Canada | Series B, Series C, Series D | Software, Enterprise Software, Information Technology | $6M–$44M |
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DS Asset Management
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States, Japan | Series B, Series A, Series C | Biotechnology, Medical, E-Commerce | $2k–$51M |
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ActnerLab
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States, Japan | Venture - Series Unknown, Seed | Health Care, Medical, Medical Device | $47k–$815k |
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Kakao Mobility
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, Japan, United States | Series A, Corporate Round, Seed | Transportation, Software, Automotive | $150k–$34M |
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TBT Partners
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea | Series A, Seed, Series B | Information Technology, Software, Mobile Apps | $1M–$13M |
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SANDBOX
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, Singapore | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Video, Content, Audio | |
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Kolon Investment
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, Indonesia, United States | Series A, Series B | Biotechnology, Software, Pharmaceutical | |
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Leaders Technology Investment
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea | Seed | Mobile Apps, Social Media | |
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SB Investment
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea | Seed | Mobile Apps, Social Media | |
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Reventures
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States | Seed, Series A, Series B | Artificial Intelligence, SaaS, Media and Entertainment | |
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BTC Investment
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, Russian Federation | Seed, Series A, Series B | Mobile Apps, Video, Energy | |
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VNTG Corp.
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, France, United States | Seed, Grant | Manufacturing, Product Design, Service Industry | $37k–$891k |
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Kyobo Securities
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, Indonesia | Series A, Series B, Seed | Health Care, Financial Services, Apps | $1.5M–$135M |
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Hyundai Motor Group
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States, Canada | Seed, Series A, Series C | Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Software | $77k–$45M |
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BlissVine Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Artificial Intelligence, Apps, SaaS | $200k–$5.2M |
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S Cubic Angels
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea | Seed, Angel | Information Technology, Education, Apps | |
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Seoul Business Agency(SBA)
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Information Technology, E-Commerce, Health Care | |
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SK Planet
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States, Indonesia | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Mobile, Software, Fashion | $35k–$4.3M |
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One Billion Partners
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea | Seed, Pre-Seed | Sports, Information Technology, Art | |
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SparkLabs Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States, Egypt | Series A, Seed, Series B | E-Commerce, Advertising, Retail | $1.6M–$7.9M |
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Lotte Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States, China | Seed, Series A | Information Technology, Software, Manufacturing | |
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TBT
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States | Series A, Seed, Series B | Information Technology, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence | $678k–$18M |
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Geon Investment
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States, United Kingdom | Series A, Series B | Software, Apps, Gaming | $2k–$36M |
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CTK Investments
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, Malaysia, United States | Seed, Series A, Series B | Finance, Financial Services, Energy | |
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Goodwater Capital
VC Fund
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1 | United States, India, South Korea | Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, FinTech, Financial Services | $125k–$105M |
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Lighthouse Combined Investment
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States, Singapore | Series A, Seed, Series B | Food and Beverage, Information Technology, Sensor | $421k–$27M |
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SK Telecom
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States, China | Corporate Round, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $766k–$113M |
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KDB Capital
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States, India | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care | $500k–$39M |
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DAOL Investment & Securities
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States | Series A, Series B, Series C | Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology | $1.4M–$38M |
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Hanyang University
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea | Seed, Angel, Grant | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $675k–$2.2M |
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Korea Investment Partners (KIP) is a leading venture capital & private equity firm that has over 30 years of experience in providing venture capital to bold and innovative entrepreneurs who want to change the world. Korea Investment Partners invests in leading pioneers like Kakao(KOSDAQ:035720), Naver(KRX:035420), YG Entertainment(KOSDAQ:122870), Bodyfriend, Osstem Implant(KOSDAQ:048260), Doubleu Games(KOSDAQ:192080) and Didi Chuxing. KIP manages over 20 venture and private equity funds with US$1.8 billion in total assets under management. The company operates globally from its Seoul headquarters office with other locations in Shanghai, Beijing, and Sunnyvale.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 539
- Round size: Seed $973k–$10M; Series A $2.2M–$19M; Series B $4.9M–$50M
- Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $60M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Zamface — Zamface is an app that makes beauty video.
- Wakebunny — Wakebunny is a company that specializes in IP-based commerce, leveraging intellectual property to create, market, and monetize unique products and experiences. By focusing on the strategic use of copyrights, trademarks, and brand assets, Wakebunny transforms original ideas, characters, and stories into commercially viable offerings across variousplatforms such as e-commerce, digital media, merchandising, and licensing.
- Inovio Pharmaceuticals — INOVIO is advancing novel immunotherapy technologies to reshape the future of treating and preventing infectious diseases and cancer.
Laguna Investment is a venture capital firm focused on professional entrepreneurial investments.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 100
- Round size: Seed $741k–$4.7M; Series A $1.7M–$11M; Series B $3.7M–$35M
- Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow
Portfolio highlights
- But Beautiful — A collaborative AI workspace, built on your company context. Build and orchestrate agents right alongside your team's projects, meetings, and connected apps.
- Cashmore — Cashmore is an app service that analyzes consumers' store visits, mobility paths, and consumption history to deliver customized discount benefits.
- Markoville — Markoville is an entertainment content company that develops animation, games, comics, and character-based intellectual property (IP) using a media-mix strategy. It focuses on creating fun, family-friendly characters and storytelling content across multiple platforms.
Primer Sazze Partners - We like to find founders who are making the impossible happen through sheer force of will and a refusal to accept hard truths.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 173
- Round size: Seed $200k–$4.5M; Pre-Seed $200k–$2.8M; Series A $264k–$15M
- Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $127M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Concorda — Concorda is a legal tech platform helping teams manage contracts, automate workflows, and streamline business operations.
- Acro — Main - ACRO
- Airbility — Airability is a developer for potential airline mobility solutions.
We are an independent subsidiary of Kakao Corp. & the most active, startup-friendly early stage VC of Korea. (Limited Partnerships, not strategic.).
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 420
- Round size: Seed $280k–$4.2M; Series A $988k–$11M; Series B $3.4M–$27M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $40B in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- OQT — OQT is focusing on developing QPUs utilizing neutral atoms.
- A33 Studio — A-33 Studio team is led by the chief executive officer ‘Kim Dong Sun’ who was in charge of the development, launch and operation of ‘Counter Strike Online’ which is one of the top 3 online FPS games in Korea. The team consists of developers who have worked together for ‘CS Online’ and ‘Combat Arms’ at Nexon, one of the top online game makers in theworld.
- Tect Group — We deliver real beauty based on distinctive brands and innovative marketing solutions, fostering confidence and positivity around the world.
Bridges Alliance Partners focuses on investing in companies with innovative concepts and technologies. Their purpose is to find innovative businesses and assist them in reaching their goals. They seek to be trustworthy partners at all stages of development, regardless of the stage.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, CRM, Wholesale
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 18
- Round size: Seed $188k–$2.5M; Series A $223k–$4M; Series B $1.8M–$9.3M
- Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% 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.
- Moho — Moho develops an AI-based 3D simulation platform for ceramic manufacturing and industrial production. The company provides digital design, simulation, and process optimization tools that help manufacturers improve production efficiency, reduce errors, and streamline workflow through virtual modeling and AI-driven analysis of manufacturingprocesses.
- Namdo Market — Namdo Market is a mobile application for wholesale and retail trading services. It is a online wholesale marketplace that connects buyers with products from major Korean shopping districts. It allows users to browse and order items directly from multiple vendors in one place.
Capstone Partners is a venture capital firm specializing in early-stage companies operating in the Information technology, wireless technology, architecture, pharmaceutical, internet, online game, software, solid state disk, and IP television sectors. It primarily invests in China and South Korea, with a focus in Seoul and Gyeonggi province. The firm prefers to exit its investments through a trade sale. Capstone Partners was founded in 2008 and is based in Seoul, South Korea. Capstone Partners is a venture capital firm that invests in entrepreneurs seeking success with fresh ideas. Capstone Partners values the funds of union investors better than our own, working for the interests of investors and following the objective of the investments.
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- Industry: Software, Mobile, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 311
- Round size: Seed $223k–$3.8M; Series A $371k–$11M; Series B $914k–$17M
- Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $42M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- ABLE Labs — ABLE Labs provide liquid handling robots and protocols so that all researchers can focus on constructing assay, leaving the execution to robots. If you want would contact them please contact them via phone call or email.
- Intellicia — AI-powered Synthetic Consumers platform for market research. 91.2% Spearman Correlation, 93.6% accuracy validated across 120+ PoC projects.
- Wrtn Technologies — Bring AGI Close to People
As a Venture Capital / Accelerator / Private Equity Manager specialized in initial companies, SMEs and SMEs, They are generating profits by finding and investing in companies with promising growth potential.
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- Industry: Health Care, Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 99
- Round size: Seed $147k–$3.1M; Series A $1.8M–$12M; Series B $3.8M–$18M
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
Portfolio highlights
- ABLE Labs — ABLE Labs provide liquid handling robots and protocols so that all researchers can focus on constructing assay, leaving the execution to robots. If you want would contact them please contact them via phone call or email.
- AIT STUDIO — AIT Studio is a digital health startup that develops AI-powered, contactless gait analysis solutions for early detection of mobility decline and age-related conditions such as sarcopenia. Our flagship products—GAIT Studio (App) and MediStep M Pro (hardware package)—deliver full gait assessments in under 1 minute, without wearables or specializedstaff.
- 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 The number of influencers is explosively increasing. Featuring allows brands and marketers to discover product-fit influencers andhelps matching based 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.
Founded in 1990, KB Investment Co., Ltd. (KBIC) is one of Korea’s leading investment firms of venture capital and private equity funds with over USD 2.6 Billion of asset under management as of December 2023. KBIC is a subsidiary of KB Financial Group, Korea’s premier financial group with the largest domestic customer base as well as the widest network of service branches in Korea. KBIC’s team is recognized for industry thought leadership, a broad network of powerful industry relationships, and a unique professional investment approach to investing. KBIC passionately support our portfolio companies with active guidance in all key aspects of team building, strategy, operations and governance
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Vietnam
Investor stats
- Total investments: 440
- Round size: Seed $737k–$7.2M; Series A $2.5M–$36M; Series B $5.2M–$44M
- Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow
Portfolio highlights
- H&B Asia — H&B Asia specializes in sourcing, importing, and distributing fresh fruits and agricultural products. The company works closely with global growers and suppliers to bring high-quality produce into the Korean market. It focuses on building strong partnerships, ensuring consistent supply, and supporting efficient logistics across the fooddistribution value chain.
- GMI Cloud — Run production AI workloads on GMI Cloud. Deploy serverless inference, dedicated GPU clusters, and bare metal AI infrastructure on one scalable platform.
- ACT-ion Battery Technologies — ACT-ion Battery Technologies is a manufacturing company that offers cathode active materials for lithium batteries.
Supporting the next generation of entpreneurs in enterprise, healthcare, and consumer with disruptive potential.
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- Industry: Health Care, Medical, Biotechnology
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: China, United States, South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 400
- Round size: Series A $2.9M–$40M; Series B $8.8M–$56M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.5M–$60M
- Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $375M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Flytech — Flytech specializes in crystal materials and related components for magneto-optical-electrical integrated signal processing.
- Moge Microflow — Moge Microflow is a manufacturer of equipment for microreactors. It provides continuous flow production technologies and equipment for nanomaterials, pharmaceutical intermediates, and fine chemicals, as well as standardized high-end microreactor equipment.
- Bianzhong New Materials — Bianzhong New Materials is a high-tech company that specializes in the research and development of equipment for weaving and shaping three-dimensional preforms of high-strength fiber composite materials.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 34
- Round size: Seed $256k–$2.2M; Series A $829k–$4.6M; Venture - Series Unknown $462k–$5.2M
- Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Ettifos — Ettifos provides flexible, reliable, and innovative V2X solutions to enable communication between all stakeholders on the road.
- Cushion — Cutshion is a company that specializes in AI factories and robotic application platforms. We provide customized robot solutions for a wide range of industries, from industrial robots such as palletizing and welding robots to service robots including drawing robots.
- Inventera Pharmaceuticals — Inventera Pharmaceutical is a biotechnology company that specializes in the development of imaging diagnostic contrast agents.
Samsung Ventures is a corporate venture capital firm that makes investments in technology companies and startups. Its investment areas include artificial intelligence, robotics, device solutions, bio and health, energy, security and privacy, enterprise technology, and consumer devices. The firm operates investment activities across Korea, the United States, Europe, Israel, and Asia and manages multiple investment funds.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Manufacturing
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: United States, South Korea, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 298
- Round size: Series A $3.9M–$40M; Series B $5.3M–$90M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.8M–$58M
- Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $26M in 2009
Portfolio highlights
- Swype — Swype creates text input technology for screens. The patented interface enables users to create words with one continuous finger motion across an on-screen keyboard. This approach provides a faster and easier way to write. Swype delivers single-tap, multi-tap, predictive and "swype" motions for both stylus and finger based input.In addition, the application is designed to work across a variety of devices such as phones, tablets, game consoles, kiosks, televisions, virtual screens and more.Seattle based Swype Inc. was founded by Cliff Kushler and Randy Marsden in 2003. Cliff is the co-inventor of T9, the standard predictive text-entry solution used on almost 3 billion mobile phones worldwide. Randy is the developer of the onscreen keyboard included in Windows, with an installed base of over 500 million units
- FlexCompute — Our aerodynamics & electromagnetic simulation solutions reduce solve times, time to market, overall cost, and ensure a more robust product.
- PowerbyProxi — PowerbyProxi is a leader in advanced, safe, wireless power solutions for consumer electronics (CE) and industrial markets. Our advanced wireless power solutions solve mission-critical problems in demanding, hostile industrial environments. We license and sell robust, flexible wireless power and data solutions, with proven implementations rangingfrom less than one watt to multiple kilowatts. PowerbyProxi is a venture-backed company spun out of The University of Auckland—an internationally recognized leader in wireless power innovation—and holds a comprehensive portfolio of over 350 patents worldwide. For more information visit: www.powerbyproxi.com
Foundational partners to ambitious founders at every stage of company-building.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Biotechnology
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
- Geography: United States, China, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2101
- Round size: Series A $6M–$55M; Series B $10M–$85M; Series C $15M–$100M
- Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $468M in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- Zyngenia —
- Alteon Websystems — Alteon Websystems is a computer network hardware company that provides internet infrastructure solutions enabling e-businesses to meet their increasing demands. The company’s portfolio of web data center products includes switches, server adapters, and software that are optimized to meet the specific challenges of managing web application trafficand provide high performance network infrastructure solutions.Alteo Websystems was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.
- Lithium Technologies — Lithium builds trusted relationships between the world’s best brands and their customers, helping people get answers and share their experiences. Brands like Microsoft, HP, Sephora, Virgin and Barclaycard and customers in more than 34 countries rely on Lithium to help them connect, engage, and understand their total community. With more than 100million monthly visits over all Lithium communities and 750 million online profiles scored by Klout, Lithium has one of the largest digital footprints in the world. Using that data and the company’s software, Lithium customers boost sales, reduce service costs, spark innovation, and build long-term brand loyalty and advocacy.
InfoBank develops and provides mobile messaging solutions and other related services.The company offers business messaging services such as SMS, LMS, and multimedia message services; interactive media services; smart car solutions; and integrated online and offline payment services.InfoBank was founded in 1995 and is based in Gyeongju, SouthKorea.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, South Africa, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 166
- Round size: Seed $85k–$1.5M; Series A $88k–$9.4M; Series B $8M–$16M
- Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Pmatch — Pmatch is a comprehensive platform designed to provide reliable, accurate medication information to help users make informed decisions about their healthcare. By offering detailed insights into various medications, including their uses, dosages, side effects, and interactions, Pmatch ensures that individuals can use medicines in a smarter and saferway. The platform aims to enhance patient safety, reduce medication errors, and improve overall health outcomes by empowering users with the knowledge they need to manage their treatments effectively. Whether for healthcare professionals or patients, Pmatch serves as a trusted resource for promoting informed decision-making and better health management.
- A2D2 — A2D2 AI analyzes and organizes tens of thousands of pages of evidence documents.
- Limpid — Limpid is a Bio pet food startup. It set new standards in pet nutrition through continuous innovation.
Incorporated in 2015, Kakao Investment is a 100% subsidiary of Kakao which specializes in venture capital investments.Based on Kakao’s philosophy of “Connect Everything”, Kakao Investment seeks to invest and support innovative start-ups that can realize interpersonal connection and the connection of all of us to the things around us. Also KakaoInvestment strives to foster a virtuous circle with in the venture environment by facilitating M&As and IPOs.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series C
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 56
- Round size: Seed $811k–$20M; Series A $1.8M–$12M; Series C $7.1M–$123M
- Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow
Portfolio highlights
- RLWRLD — RLWRLD specializes in "Physical AI" by creating robotics foundation models (RFMs) designed to enable robots to function autonomously in real-world environments.
- FuriosaAI — FuriosaAI develops system semiconductors optimized for AI, enabling efficient processing of large amounts of data in a short period of time.
- Tommoro Robotics — We build the next generation of Physical AI.
Founded in 2006, Qiming Venture Partners is a leading China venture capital firm with offices in Shanghai, Beijing, Suzhou, Hong Kong in China, and Singapore. Currently, Qiming Venture Partners manages eleven US Dollar funds and seven RMB funds with $9.5 billion in capital raised. Since our establishment, we have invested in outstanding companies in the Technology and Consumer (T&C) and Healthcare industries at the early and growth stages. Since our debut, we have backed over 530 fast-growing and innovative companies. Over 200 of our portfolio companies have achieved exits through IPOs at the NYSE, NASDAQ, HKEX, Shanghai Stock Exchange, or Shenzhen Stock Exchange, or through M&A or other means. There are also over 70 portfolio companies that have achieved unicorn or super unicorn status.
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- Industry: Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical
- Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
- Geography: China, United States, Hong Kong
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1200
- Round size: Series A $4.3M–$48M; Series B $8M–$90M; Series C $12M–$120M
- Lead/follow: 51% lead, 49% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $8M in 2026
Portfolio highlights
- Nice Tuan — Nice Tuan is an e-commerce platform that provides daily groceries and miscellaneous products.
- Windward Bio — Windward Bio is a clinical-stage, drug development company committed to improving outcomes for people living with serious immunological diseases.
- Shennapsi Artificial Intelligence Technology — Synapsor is a medical-grade wearable device research and development company, oriented to the AI+ medical and health field, and is committed to the development and manufacturing of AI-powered medical-grade smart wearable devices, including AI-ECG artificial intelligence. Diagnostic analysis system, CUMS uric acid blood glucose and cholesterolmonitoring system, etc. The company has recently received tens of millions of yuan in Series B investment, and the investor is Xiaomi Technology.
TheVentures provides their portfolio companies access to on staff world class experts in recruiting, PR, marketing, early stage customer acquisition, raising money, and strategy. They even provide engineering and design support, co-building products with the founding team, while assiting in hiring those difficult to recruit early engineers.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Vietnam
Investor stats
- Total investments: 153
- Round size: Seed $74k–$1.4M; Pre-Seed $72k–$2M; Series A $1.1M–$5.1M
- Lead/follow: 47% lead, 53% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $7M in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- Group by — Group by is a recruitment platform for start-up career developer
- Sans — Sans is the first alternative coffee brand in Korea to replicate the taste and aroma of coffee without using beans, and it is the only brand in the world to operate specialty alternative coffee stores. Instead of coffee beans, which are designated as one of the "five endangered crops," Sans developed an alternative coffee similar toAmericano by combining 12 ingredients, such as jujube seeds, chicory roots, and barley, which are easy to grow in greenhouses in any country regardless of climate change.
- Libra Health — Libra Health develops menstrual-cycle-focused sports nutrition products for female athletes.
DT Capital Partners is a private equity investment firm that provides growth capital to early and expansion stage companies. They invest in dynamic businesses that have high growth potential, strong management teams, and demonstrated revenue models in both technology-based and traditional industries. DT Capital Partners currently manages over USD$500 Million in capital across multiple US dollar and RMB funds, and also has a close affiliation with Madrone Capital in the US, the investment entity for members of the Walton family. In addition to funds, the invested company also benefits from their extensive experience in operating capital markets across the country, close relationships with local governments and companies, and synergies with other investment companies. DT Capital Partners was awarded the “Top 10 China's Best Return Venture Capital Institution” in 2016, and the founding partners of Detong Capital, Shao Jun and Tian Lixin. DT Capital Partner was founded in 2006 and is based in Shanghai, China.
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- Industry: Health Care, Medical, Biotechnology
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
- Geography: China, United States, South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 149
- Round size: Series A $1.5M–$31M; Series B $2.9M–$90M; Series C $15M–$102M
- Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $286M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- CiMicro.Ai — CiMicro.ai is an AI‑chip startup building compute‑in‑memory (CiM)‑based heterogeneous accelerators for high‑efficiency, low‑cost large‑language‑model inference.
- Honghu Future Energy — Honghu Fusion focuses on researching, engineering, and commercializing controlled nuclear fusion reactors by utilizing high-temperature superconducting stellarator designs. The company integrates artificial intelligence, digital twin modeling, and additive manufacturing to design and optimize complex magnetic coil structures. Through its proprietary engineering frameworks and academic joint ventures, it develops compact experimental devices aimed at achieving sustainable, clean commercial energy.
- Yincheng Intelligent — Yincheng Intelligent is an enterprise focused on developing new types of productivity. It is committed to revolutionizing traditional labor models through advanced embodied intelligence technology, thereby increasing productivity and freeing up human resources. The company provides services in multiple fields, including logistics, pharmaceuticals,chemicals, industry, and home services, building a new development pattern of smart work and smart living. Its main product is currently sorting robots used in the logistics industry.
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: 215
- Round size: Seed $424k–$4M; Series A $2.1M–$11M; Series B $4.2M–$20M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Trioar — Trioar is a biotechnological research company that manufacture pharmaceutical products and drugs.
- Nventric — Nventric is a medical device company that develops core products for neurovascular, coronary heart, and peripheral vascular applications.
- KB-Element — KB-Element is a graphene development and production company that also turns graphene into intermediate items and novel materials.
Bass Investment is a venture capital firm based in South Korea.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 138
- Round size: Seed $414k–$6.9M; Series A $2.2M–$15M; Series B $6.7M–$14M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Airbility — Airability is a developer for potential airline mobility solutions.
- Tect Group — We deliver real beauty based on distinctive brands and innovative marketing solutions, fostering confidence and positivity around the world.
- BioNexus — BioNexus is an artificial intelligence (AI) biotechnology startup that specializes in automating the early stages of biomedical research and drug discovery.
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- Industry: Software, Enterprise Software, Information Technology
- Stage:Series B, Series C, Series D
- Geography: United States, Spain, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 163
- Round size: Series B $6M–$32M; Series C $10M–$32M; Series D $7M–$44M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2015
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- Betterment — Betterment can help grow your money by making saving and investing easy. Invest in a tailored portfolio, set buckets for your goals, and earn rewards.
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- GupShup — Deploy secure, scalable AI Agents with enterprise-ready infrastructure. Gupshup powers billions of customer conversations across channels and industries.
DS Asset Management is a firm that invests in listed companies and venture firms.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Medical, E-Commerce
- Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 96
- Round size: Series A $2k–$12M; Series B $4.5M–$29M; Series C $4.2M–$51M
- Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow
Portfolio highlights
- IMBiologics — IMBiologics is a biotechnology company that develops immunomodulatory antibody drugs for physiological balance.
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- Olive International — Olive International is an operator of lifestyle brands intended to develop and grow a targeting brand.
ActnerLab is a venture capital and accelerator that helps hardware, IoT and biotech startups establish their initial foothold and beyond.
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- Industry: Health Care, Medical, Medical Device
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 121
- Round size: Seed $47k–$815k
- Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
Portfolio highlights
- PERAZAH — PERAZAH develops medical devices to pursue technology with safety and innovation.
- Chain Lightning — Chain Lightning is an electric vehicle charging station that provides electric vehicle care payment and charge management services.
- K-Bio HealthCare — K-Bio HealthCare provides a personalized health record (PHR) and PHR-based digital healthcare system.
Kakao Mobility provides online taxi-hailing and parking services. Kakao Mobility brands include Kakao Taxi, Kakao Driver, and Kakao Navi. Kakao Mobility also provides its services.
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- Industry: Transportation, Software, Automotive
- Stage:Series A, Corporate Round, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, Japan, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 13
- Round size: Seed $368k–$654k; Series A $150k–$17M; Corporate Round $7.6M–$34M
- Lead/follow: 46% lead, 54% follow
Portfolio highlights
- AltiMobility — AltiMobility manages various shared mobility services such as car sharing, car hailing, rental automation, and micro-mobility. The company also provides reservation, parking, and payment, and supports integrated smart parking control and centralized management for operators.
- Autonomous a2z — Autonomous a2z is a driving mobility platform that provides autonomous driving service with judgement, control and recognition technologies.
- National Cargo Yard — The National Cargo Yard is a freight brokerage platform that locates cargo near the user and offers personalized services.
TBT Partners is an investment firm.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Mobile Apps
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 28
- Round size: Seed $1M–$12M; Series A $2.5M–$9.4M; Series B $3.6M–$13M
- Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Difon — Difon is a developer of smart window solution technology, which is designed to regulate sunlight transmittance.Difon Co., Ltd. emerged as a spin-off from Hyundai Motor Group in 2021, with a vision to evolve into a leading provider of smart film solutions. The company is dedicated to enhancing consumers' living spaces by conducting researchand development while manufacturing smart films.To accelerate the adoption of smart film technology, Difon has established a robust supply chain through strategic alliances and investments in system integration with various relevant companies, including glass manufacturers, automobile OEMs, and construction firms.With a strong commitment to sustainability and social responsibility, Difon aims to foster a better environment and future through its endeavors. The company strives to maximize its impact by continually innovating and creating products that benefit both consumers and society as a whole.
- Black Circle — Black Circle is an online store that sells tires, batteries, tools, and equipment.
- PeopleFund — Founded in 2015, PeopleFund is Korea's leading data-driven digital lender focused on consumer finance. Our mission is to give financial freedom to all consumers through more affordable loans and better investment opportunities. Leveraging its proprietary, data-driven credit model and eliminating inefficiencies with technology, PeopleFunddelivers better loan rates for borrowers while maintaining an industry low loss rate to benefit retail and institutional investors. PeopleFund is the first digital lender in Korea to surpass $1B in loan originations and has provided an innovative way to invest to nearly 400,000 retail investors. It is notably the first fintech platform to offer loan and investment products directly on KakaoTalk, Korea's equivalent of WhatsApp. To date, PeopleFund has completed its Series C round of funding with a total of $63.4M of equity capital raised. For more information, visit www.peoplefund.co.kr.
SANDBOX is a digital entertainment company that provides multi-channel network services for digital content.
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- Industry: Video, Content, Audio
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: South Korea, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Lead/follow: 67% lead, 33% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Cadenverse — Cadenverse is the new decentralized music creation and game platform powered by blockchain technology. Our mission is to liberate creativity and let everyone create and play with music in a fun way.
- ADG Company —
- NextChapter — NextChapter is a digital commerce platform that acquires and operates Coupang and Naver-based online native brands in Korea. NextChapter is backed by BlueRun Ventures/BRV Capital Management, Goodwater Capital, Klim Ventures, Fast Ventures and Sandbox Network.NextChapter was founded in 2021 by Joshua Kwon and Jay Chung and is headquarteredin Seoul, Korea.
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, Indonesia, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 95
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Boosterz — Boosterz is a company that supports the 5Ps of marketing at all stages, from product planning and launch to growth.
- ActionFit — ActionFit is a video game company with expertise in developing and publishing video games for the mobile platform.
- SCBIO — SCBIO is a pharmaceutical company that makes drugs with specialized technologies in immuno-oncology. The company discovers and develops novel therapeutics for future medicine.
Leaders Technology Investment is a credit financing company.
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- Industry: Mobile Apps, Social Media
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Celebe — Celebe is an online platform that generates revenue from points accumulated for views.
SB Investment is an investment company for small and medium-sized business start-up investment sectors.
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- Industry: Mobile Apps, Social Media
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Celebe — Celebe is an online platform that generates revenue from points accumulated for views.
Reventures is an investment management company that provides venture investment services for investors and startup partners.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, SaaS, Media and Entertainment
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 14
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- My Link — Business Intelligence Solution & Service
- Fliption — With Fliption's virtual try-on AI, one product photo is all it takes to create on-model images with your custom model.
- Connecteve — Connective is a robotics company that develops artificial intelligence-based artificial joint surgery robots.
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- Industry: Mobile Apps, Video, Energy
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, Russian Federation
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Celebe — Celebe is an online platform that generates revenue from points accumulated for views.
- 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.
- Symbiosis Finance — A decentralized multi-chain liquidity enabler. Make cross-chain crypto swaps instantly and manage your liquidity on any chain.
VNTG Corp. creates an end-to-end digital ecosystem across the value chain.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Product Design, Service Industry
- Stage:Seed, Grant
- Geography: South Korea, France, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 27
- Round size: Seed $37k–$891k
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Petch — Petch is a digital services provider that offers business consulting, content provision, food supply, and collaborative branding for pet.
- Dear Monday — Dear Monday is a work service platform that specializes in balancing work and vacation. It provides high-end work equipment to provide a superior experience to working in the office or from home.
- Safe Kitchen Company — Safe Kitchen Company is a kitchen cleaning and maintenance services company.
Kyobo Securities provides investment security and financial services.
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- Industry: Health Care, Financial Services, Apps
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 27
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$4.2M; Series A $2.4M–$32M; Series B $6.3M–$135M
- Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
Portfolio highlights
- XCENA — XCENA is a semiconductor company that develops data-centric computing systems designed for AI and large-scale data processing environments. The company builds computational memory technology that combines high-capacity pooled DDR5 memory with near-data processing capabilities, allowing computation to occur closer to where data is stored. Its coreplatform is based on the Compute Express Link (CXL) standard, which enables memory expansion beyond traditional CPU limitations while improving data movement efficiency and reducing latency in data center workloads. XCENA’s architecture is designed to support applications such as artificial intelligence workloads, vector databases, and large-scale analytics by addressing memory bandwidth and capacity constraints. The company provides a hardware-software ecosystem that includes computational memory systems and a full-stack software development kit. This SDK offers APIs, runtime tools, and drivers that allow applications to use computational memory without major changes to existing software architectures while also supporting low-level control for performance optimization.XCENA’s flagship product line includes MX1, a CXL-based computational memory solution that integrates near-data processing engines with memory infrastructure to support AI inference and data-intensive workloads. The platform is designed to improve throughput and scalability in environments where traditional memory architectures become a bottleneck. The company operates in the broader field of AI infrastructure and memory innovation, working with customers such as hyperscalers, telecom providers, and research institutions that manage large-scale computing workloads. Its solutions are intended to improve efficiency in systems handling AI, big data processing, and scientific computing.
- KODA — KODA provides business and institutional customers with digital asset storage services.
- Snap Company — Snap Company specializes in providing tailored e-commerce solutions that integrate advanced AI technology and customer data analytics. By harnessing these capabilities, Snap Company enables e-commerce businesses to gain deep insights into their marketing efforts and operational workflows. Their customized solutions are designed to help clientsoptimize performance, improve targeting, increase efficiency, and ultimately drive growth in competitive online markets. Through its innovative approach, Snap Company supports businesses in making data-driven decisions to enhance both customer engagement and overall operational success.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series C
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 38
- Round size: Seed $77k–$3.4M; Series A $1.9M–$45M; Series C $10M–$40M
- Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Field AI — FieldAI is the leader in deploying general-purpose robots in unstructured environments, providing a universal brain that works across many robots, and many tasks.
- SSenStone — SSenStone, founded in November 2015, has started from password-less user authentication to prevent privacy information leakage and provide safe and convenient user login process. The integrated authentication platform, called ‘StonePASS’, has been certified by FIDO (Fast Identity Online). Now, we expand our inventive idea to the card industry andlaunch VOTC, which will completely change the card transaction landscape for secured payments.
- Whale — Whale provides an omnichannel marketing platform that transforms marketing operations, digitalizes store operations and unifies offline & online brand experiences leveraging AI + IoT + Big Data to “Connect Brands with Customer”.Founded in 2017, Whale has since empowered 400+ global FMCG, F&B, Fashion and Automotive brands includingP&G, Unilever, Starbucks, UNIQLO, ARMANI, Watsons, Xiaomi, Midea, Lotus, POP MART etc. with over 150,000 stores across APAC, enabling brands to embrace the full potential of digital transformation.Equipped with AI capabilities, patented ReID technology and enterprise-grade security, Whale platforms comprising of Space Data Platform (SDP), Whale Marketing Cloud (WMC), Whale Open Platform (WOP) and Whale Analytics, serve as the end-to-end digitalization engine that enables brands to seamlessly engage with each customer.Whale is backed by Temasek Holding, NIO Capital, Source Code Capital, Linear Capital, Alpha Commune, BAI Capital and The Jiangmen, with 6 offices across Singapore, Hangzhou, Shanghai, Beijing and Shenzhen.
BlissVine Ventures is an investment company that offers venture capital and financial services.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Apps, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: South Korea, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 26
- Round size: Seed $200k–$2.9M; Series A $1.5M–$5.2M
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Gongcar — Gongcar is a B2B service startup that provides innovative solutions and operational support to rental car operators, helping them streamline fleet management, improve customer service, and enhance overall business efficiency.
- Forest Jalan — Forest Jalan is a fintech firm that allows small restaurants, cafes, and stores in Southeast Asia access financial services at moderate rates, rather than high-interest loans.
- Tommoro Robotics — We build the next generation of Physical AI.
S Cubic Angels is an investment firm that helps to discover startups and prospective entrepreneurship teams.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Education, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 12
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Inabooth — Inabooth is a character licensing platform that connects character IP owners and character IP users.
- Revation — Revation is an eco-friendly product development company that focuses on environmental issues through design and technology.
- Junction Med — Junction Med develops and operates CareBom, a child-based senior healthcare communication service.
Seoul Business Agency (서울산업통상진흥원) is a Koran startup providing support services for small businesses to increase their efficiency and foster a stable business. The company provides support in the areas of technology, management, human resources, and more.
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- Industry: Information Technology, E-Commerce, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 32
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Dot Mill — Dot Mill is a mixed reality content production company.
- Foody Worm — Foody Worm is an insect research company that practices and develops ESG and sustainability management through insects.
- Works Mate — Works Mate is a job search matching platform for daily workers in the field of construction and architecture sectors.
SK planet, a wholly owned subsidiary of SK telecom, was established in October 1, 2011 with an aspiration to become a global platform innovator. As the lynchpin of SK telecom's future growth, the company was spun off with the industry-leading platform businesses including T-Store, T-map, MelOn, and Cyworld, Korea's biggest mobile app store, mobile navigation, online music service and SNS respectively. The company also pioneers in new media with hoppin, Korea's first multi-screen premium video service, and continues to build momentum in its online commerce leadership with 11th Street. SK planet aspires to develop a wide scope of global partnerships such as TMK, a media joint venture with Disney. Through collaborations with partners, SK planet is committed to building global platform business in Asia and other strategic markets.
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- Industry: Mobile, Software, Fashion
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 17
- Round size: Seed $35k–$750k; Series A $600k–$4.3M
- Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Bertis — Bertis is the AI-Driven proteomics for the Next Era of Precision Medicine. Bertis platform utilises molecular diagnostics to identify cancer-related biomarkers, enabling medical practitioners to detect diseases.
- Tenqube — Give life to your data
- Elevenia — Elevenia is a marketplace-based platform for buyers and sellers.The platform enables its users to buy and sell various product categories, including fashion, beauty and health, babies and kids, home and garden, gadgets and computers, electronics, sports and hobbies, sports and outdoors, books and magazines, automotive, and more.Elevenia waslaunched in 2013 and is based in Jakarta, Indonesia. It is a joint venture marketplace from XL Axiata and SK Planet South Korea.
One Billion Partners is a South Korea-based investment firm.
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- Industry: Sports, Information Technology, Art
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
Portfolio highlights
- VWX — VWX is an entertainment audition platform specialized in commercialized services.
- Locle — Locle is a platform designed specifically for academies and variety of classes including music, dance, arts, crafts, and sports.
- Next ground — Next ground operates the real estate residential review and evaluation platform.
SparkLabs Ventures is an early-stage venture capital launched by SparkLabs Group. Focused on Series A startups in South Korea and SE Asia.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Advertising, Retail
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Egypt
Investor stats
- Total investments: 15
- Round size: Seed $1.6M–$3M; Series A $1.7M–$7.9M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- WideBot AI — WideBot is the first bot builder platform in the MENA region. We allow anyone to build his own intelligent chatbot without any coding or technical experience in just 10 minutes.
- FastView — FastView provides content commerce services and online marketing services.
- REVU Corporation — REVU Corporation is an influencer marketing platform. It specializes in connecting advertisers, such as domestic and international companies seeking influencer marketing, with influencers to share content on social media. The company's platform matches influencers with advertisers and it conducts campaigns.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Manufacturing
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: South Korea, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 116
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Sugarblade — Sugarblade is a non-destructive test-based used golf goods certification and trading platform.
- SpaceVision — Space Vision is an artificial intelligence-powered digital advertising platform.
- City Storage — City Storage is a side dish platform that produces and sells salads, soups, and pickles.
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: 52
- Round size: Seed $743k–$4.5M; Series A $678k–$18M; Series B $3M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
Portfolio highlights
- COLAVO GROUND — Whether you're a hair stylist or nail artist, you need customers to show off your talent. Everyone who knows that is already on Colavosalon!
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- 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.
Geon Investment Inc. is a venture capital firm specializing in expansion stage and growth capital. For venture investments, the firm considers investments in following industries: Digital and mobile contents, biotechnology, mobile/online game and movie/music contents. Primarily invests between KRW 500 million ($0.5 million) and KRW 2billion ($2 million) in equity per transaction in companies. The firm was established in 2009 and is based in Seongnam, South Korea.
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- Industry: Software, Apps, Gaming
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- Round size: Series A $2k–$36M; Series B $966k–$3.3M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- swIDch — More Secure and Accurate Authentication
- Newploy — Newploy is a payroll work automation platform that Automate payroll tasks through robotic process automation (RPA) technology.
- 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.
CTK Investments is an early stage and growth investment company.
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- Industry: Finance, Financial Services, Energy
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, Malaysia, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Paywatch — Paywatch offers a platform that allows employees to access their earnings before payday anytime.
- OROS Labs — OROS Labs is a material technology company provides thermal solutions.
- Paywatch Korea — Paywatch Korea is a payroll advance payment service with good social influence.
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- Industry: Software, FinTech, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: United States, India, South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 914
- Round size: Seed $850k–$7.5M; Pre-Seed $125k–$2.1M; Venture - Series Unknown $481k–$105M
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $5M in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- Kaon — Discover prompts and AI apps built by a global community, or publish your own. FlowGPT is an open platform for building and sharing with AI.
- Egoist Machines — Egoist Machines builds efficient full-stack ML infrastructure for reliable AI systems, from model serving and evaluation to secure deployment and operations.
- Wrtn Technologies — Bring AGI Close to People
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- Industry: Food and Beverage, Information Technology, Sensor
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 50
- Round size: Seed $421k–$3M; Series A $2.7M–$9.3M; Series B $1.1M–$27M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
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- 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.
SK Telecom is dedicated to developing advanced telecommunications technologies for the mobile lifestyle. SK Telecom has established an ecosystem by forming strategic alliances with Asia's information communications operators. In addition, they actively participate in a variety of international cooperation activities with overseastelecommunication institutions, as well as international organizations including the ITU, PTC and CDG, and more. Through such efforts, they continue to reinforce their competency and reach out to the world.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Corporate Round, Series A
- Geography: South Korea, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 63
- Round size: Series A $1.4M–$113M; Corporate Round $766k–$62M
- Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
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- V&Co — V&Co platform integrates skin microbiome research data and offers a range of services, including medical supplies, health supplements, and precision devices, enabling healthcare providers and beauty professionals to deliver innovative treatments and enhance overall client satisfaction through scientifically backed methodologies.
- Timetree — TimeTree is a communication app that makes it surprisingly easy to share and coordinate calendars with others. You can share events with family, friends or colleagues at work. You can use it privately as well.
- BitGo Korea — BitGo Korea aims to enhance transparency and security within the domestic digital asset market, fostering trust among consumers.
KDB Capital Corp. operates as a credit specialized and corporate restructuring company in South Korea. It provides equipment leasing services for various properties, including machineries, ships, IT equipments, medical equipments, automation equipments, transportation machineries, educational research equipments, construction machineries, heavy, and other equipments for social services. The company provides venture capital for companies operating in various areas, including computer and related components, semiconductors and equipment, telecommunication and accessories, software, multimedia, precision chemistry, environment, biotechnology, content/fashion, mechatronics, and entertainment. In addition, the company offers services to help distressed companies, including merger and acquisition, business consulting, merger and acquisition loan, rescheduling, acquisition of stocks, operating loan fund for restructuring, and consulting for corporate reinforcement; funding services, such as working capital, project financing, and equipment funding; financing via acquiring account receivables from corporations; and credit card services. The company was established in 1972 and is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. KDB Capital Corp. is subsidiary of The Korea Development Bank.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 125
- Round size: Seed $500k–$15M; Series A $1.8M–$15M; Series B $5.9M–$39M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
Portfolio highlights
- NexThera — Nexcera provides innovative and sustainable medical solutions.
- Unastella — Unastella is an aerospace company developing human spaceflight technologies, including launch vehicles and suborbital tourism systems. The company focuses on advancing reusable rocket technology and future space travel infrastructure for civilian space exploration missions. Unastella aims to support the growth of private human spaceflight andnext-generation aerospace innovation.
- Asteromorph — We are an AI for Science lab in Seoul. Our mission is to accelerate scientific advancements through the pursuit of superintelligence.
DAOL Investment & Securities is a Korea-based company mainly engaged in the provision of financial services for individual clients, institutional clients, and corporate clients. Along with its subsidiaries, the Company engages in the provision of brokerage services, including retail brokerage services and wholesale brokerage services; investment banking (IB) business provides financial solutions, including mergers and acquisitions (M&A), initial public offerings (IPOs), and others; private equity (PE) investment business, publishing, and management of PE fund products, as well as research and proprietary trading businesses.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
- Geography: South Korea, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 48
- Round size: Series A $1.4M–$9M; Series B $5.4M–$14M; Series C $9.5M–$38M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
Portfolio highlights
- BRLab — BRLab offers a framework that makes it possible to implement sophisticated sleep analysis and enhancement techniques. The solutions are based on a unique sleep-enhancing technology that is scientifically validated and patented, as well as an AI-powered algorithm with the highest level of reliability.
- LBox Co — Information Technology & Services
- everyone's kitchen — everyone's kitchen helps in lowering the high cost burden for starting a business.
Hanyang University is a school in Seoul.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Grant
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Round size: Seed $675k–$2.2M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Huject — Huject is a Hanyang University laboratory startup company founded in 2020 with the goal of commercializing energy harvesting technology. The company develops and sells a wide range of products that use energy-harvesting source technology. Energy harvesting is an environmentally friendly energy technology that collects discarded energy and converts,stores, and uses it to generate electrical energy.
- Revation — Revation is an eco-friendly product development company that focuses on environmental issues through design and technology.
- Worker's high — Worker's high Co. is a commerce company that offers an IOT based unmanned store service.
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