Top 50 Social Media Startup Investors in South Korea (August 2026)
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CRIT Ventures
VC Fund
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4 | South Korea, United States, Hong Kong | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A | Information Technology, Gaming, Blockchain | $287k–$42M |
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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 | $297k–$30M |
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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, Information Technology, Health Care | $1.2M–$52M |
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Sazze Partners
VC Fund
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4 | South Korea, United States, Japan | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $200k–$22M |
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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, Artificial Intelligence | $741k–$35M |
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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–$4.8M |
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KB Investment
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, Vietnam | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology | $774k–$36M |
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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 | $145k–$18M |
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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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Bass Investment
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, Singapore | Seed, Series A, Series B | Artificial Intelligence, Software, E-Commerce | $523k–$15M |
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Bridge Alliance Partners
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea | Seed, Series A, Series B | Artificial Intelligence, CRM, Manufacturing | $223k–$9.3M |
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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 | $5M–$134M |
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Northern Light Venture Capital
VC Fund
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2 | China, United States, South Korea | Series A, Series B, Seed | Health Care, Medical, Biotechnology | $1.3M–$100M |
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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, Gaming | $223k–$14M |
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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 | $743k–$123M |
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New Enterprise Associates
VC Fund
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2 | United States, India, United Kingdom | Series A, Series B, Series C | Software, Health Care, Biotechnology | $5.8M–$110M |
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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 | $347k–$18M |
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Evergreen Investment Partners
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea | Seed, Series A | Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software | $223k–$4.6M |
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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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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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UTC Investment Co.
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States, Japan | Series A, Series B | Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical | $2.3M–$21M |
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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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DSC Investment
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States, Israel | Series A, Series B, Seed | Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology | $594k–$54M |
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ENSL Partners
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea | Seed, Convertible Note | Artificial Intelligence, Pet, Apps | $74k–$1.1M |
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Goodwater Capital
VC Fund
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1 | United States, India, South Korea | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | FinTech, Financial Services, Software | $125k–$31M |
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Pathfinder H
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea | Series A, Series B, Seed | E-Commerce, Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence | $775k–$21M |
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DT Capital Partners
VC Fund
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1 | China, United States, South Korea | Series A, Series B, Series C | Health Care, Medical, Biotechnology | $1.4M–$102M |
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SK Planet
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States | Seed, Angel | Mobile, Software, Mobile Apps | $35k–$750k |
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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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Partners for Growth
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Australia, United Arab Emirates | Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt | Financial Services, FinTech, Software | $3M–$150M |
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SV Investment Partners
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States, Singapore | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence | $4.9M–$80M |
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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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POSCO Venture Capital
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States, China | Series A, Series B | Software, Health Care, Information Technology | $1.7M–$44M |
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Coolidge Corner Investment
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States, Belgium | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Manufacturing, Health Care | $223k–$11M |
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Bridges Alliance Partners
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea | Seed, Series B | News, Cosmetics, Lifestyle | |
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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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Hansae Yes 24 Partners
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea | Seed, Series A | Artificial Intelligence, SaaS, Software | $450k–$7.8M |
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SparkLabs Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, Egypt, Vietnam | Series A, Seed, Series B | E-Commerce, Software, Mobile Apps | $1.6M–$7.9M |
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Samsung Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | United States, South Korea, Israel | Series B, Series A | Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing | $3.9M–$100M |
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WONIK Investment Partners
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States, United Kingdom | Series B, Series A, Seed | Health Care, Biotechnology, Manufacturing | $785k–$19M |
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Stick Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States | Series B, Series A, Series C | Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care | $2.3M–$122M |
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IBK Capital
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United Kingdom | Series A, Series B, Seed | Biotechnology, Health Care, Gaming | $669k–$32M |
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Hexagon Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Information Technology, Art, News | $89k–$290k |
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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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SK Telecom
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States, China | Corporate Round, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $669k–$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, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $743k–$39M |
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DAOL Investment & Securities
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States | Series B, Series A, Series C | Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Apps | $2.3M–$88M |
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ActnerLab
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States, Japan | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Health Care, Medical, Medical Device | $37k–$84k |
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Kakao Mobility
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, Japan, United States | Corporate Round, Seed, Series A | Transportation, Software, Automotive | $14M–$17M |
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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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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 362
- Round size: Seed $297k–$4.2M; Series A $966k–$14M; Series B $3M–$30M
- Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $9.6M in 2012
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
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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), YGEntertainment(KOSDAQ:122870), Bodyfriend, Osstem Implant(KOSDAQ:048260), Doubleu Games(KOSDAQ:192080) and Didi Chuxing. KIP manages over 20 venture and private equity funds with US$1.8 billion in total assets under management. The company operates globally from its Seoul headquarters office with other locations in Shanghai, Beijing, and Sunnyvale.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Information Technology, Health Care
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 470
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$10M; Series A $2.2M–$21M; Series B $4.6M–$52M
- Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $6.7M in 2014
Portfolio highlights
- 90days — 90days is an electronic bill-based P2B investment brokerage platform.
- Art Together — Art Together is an operator of a comprehensive art trading platform intended to buy or sell artwork. Art Together specialises in group purchase, rental, piece trading, auction, art mall, and art events, enabling clients interested in artworks to buy them.
- Inovio Pharmaceuticals — INOVIO is advancing novel immunotherapy technologies to reshape the future of treating and preventing infectious diseases and cancer.
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, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 163
- Round size: Seed $200k–$4.5M; Pre-Seed $200k–$2.8M; Series A $334k–$22M
- Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $127M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
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- Upstage — Upstage AI develops artificial intelligence technologies focused on large language models and document processing systems designed to support enterprise workflows. Its platform includes tools that convert unstructured data such as PDFs, scans, and emails into structured, machine-readable formats, enabling downstream analysis and automation. Thecompany also provides models like its Solar LLM, which are optimized for tasks such as text generation, information extraction, and question answering within business environments. Its solutions are applied across industries including finance, healthcare, insurance, and manufacturing to handle tasks like document parsing, data extraction, and workflow automation. Additionally, its services can be deployed through APIs, cloud environments, or on-premise systems to integrate with existing enterprise infrastructure.
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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: 99
- Round size: Seed $741k–$5.4M; Series A $1.7M–$11M; Series B $3.7M–$35M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Cashmore — Cashmore is an app service that analyzes consumers' store visits, mobility paths, and consumption history to deliver customized discount benefits.
- Bind — Bind is a start-up that operates the mobile and PC version of 'Athler'.
- 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.
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: 148
- Round size: Seed $73k–$1.5M; Pre-Seed $72k–$2M; Series A $1.1M–$4.8M
- Lead/follow: 46% lead, 54% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- OYD — OYD is a consumer goods brand aggregator that operates the functional skincare and body care brand Sione and the casual ball cap brand Onooi.
- Sans — Sans is the first alternative coffee brand in Korea to replicate the taste and aroma of coffee without using beans, and it is the only brand in the world to operate specialty alternative coffee stores. Instead of coffee beans, which are designated as one of the "five endangered crops," Sans developed an alternative coffee similar toAmericano by combining 12 ingredients, such as jujube seeds, chicory roots, and barley, which are easy to grow in greenhouses in any country regardless of climate change.
- Wecare — Wecare is an e-commerce business that shares childcare-related product information through the community and sells content and products.
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: 413
- Round size: Seed $774k–$7.2M; Series A $2.1M–$36M; Series B $4.8M–$35M
- Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow
Portfolio highlights
- TESOLLO — TESOLLO develops robot and motion presenter products.
- H&B Asia — H&B Asia specializes in sourcing, importing, and distributing fresh fruits and agricultural products. The company works closely with global growers and suppliers to bring high-quality produce into the Korean market. It focuses on building strong partnerships, ensuring consistent supply, and supporting efficient logistics across the fooddistribution value chain.
- ACT-ion Battery Technologies — ACT-ion is pioneering a transformative approach to battery material manufacturing, specializing in advanced lithium battery cathode active materials (CAMs). Our innovative, clean, and efficient continuous process revolutionizes production, driving cost savings and enhanced performance for the energy
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: 97
- Round size: Seed $145k–$3M; Series A $1.5M–$12M; Series B $3.8M–$18M
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- Endorobotics — Endorobotics is an educational technology company specializing in exam preparation solutions. Its platform provides automated question generation, adaptive difficulty adjustment, CSAT-style question modeling, and the creation of similar questions based on incorrect answers. The company enables middle and high school educators and students to accesspersonalized mock examinations, enhance learning outcomes, and streamline exam preparation through automation and data-driven insights.
Globespan is the VC firm passionate about partnering with entrepreneurs as they take their companies to market. We uniquely serve these companies, helping them establish the infrastructure required to scale their offerings. We invest in startups in the IT infrastructure, SaaS, mobile, and Internet industries. With our personal market-facingexpertise, strategic approach, and strong industry networks, we help companies realize their potential. Our track record with entrepreneurs has led us to become a leading venture capital firm across the globe.
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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: 157
- Round size: Series B $6M–$34M; Series C $10M–$32M; Series D $7M–$44M
- Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2015
Portfolio highlights
- 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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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 136
- Round size: Seed $523k–$6.9M; Series A $1.9M–$15M; Series B $6.7M–$12M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Addit & Ark — Adit & Ark operates an AI-powered advertising platform that connects brands with Instagram-based digital magazines and content creators, enabling targeted collaborations and more effective marketing campaigns.
- 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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Browse database — It's Free!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, Manufacturing
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 15
- Round size: Seed $300k–$2.5M; Series A $223k–$4M; Series B $1.8M–$9.3M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% 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.
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 companiesin 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: 891
- Round size: Series A $5M–$64M; Series B $9.4M–$100M; Series C $15M–$134M
- Lead/follow: 45% lead, 55% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $887M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Twine Health — Fitbit Health Solutions' wellness and health solutions can help keep your population healthy and drive meaningful employee engagement. Learn more.
- LaNova Medicines — LaNova Medicines is a clinical-stage innovative drug research and development company. The company focuses on the unmet therapeutic needs in the field of tumor immunity and tumor microenvironment and focuses on the research and development of "world's first" and "best-in-class" potential bio-innovative drugs.
- Talaris Therapeutics — Talaris seeks to help kidney transplant recipients and patients suffering from severe auto-immune diseases to live healthy lives free from chronic immunosuppression
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, Seed
- Geography: China, United States, South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 272
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$100M; Series A $4.3M–$67M; Series B $11M–$58M
- 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.
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: 249
- Round size: Seed $223k–$3.8M; Series A $371k–$11M; Series B $743k–$14M
- Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $37M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- N.Light — N.Light is a Metaverse 3D design software that allows individuals to effortlessly turn their ideas into reality.
- Rapeech — Rapeech is an AI voice technology company that provides product development services.
- TR — TR is a digital healthcare company that designs and develops medical devices and electronic products.
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 $743k–$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.
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, India, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1669
- Round size: Series A $5.8M–$60M; Series B $10M–$85M; Series C $15M–$110M
- Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $2.8B in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Metabase — Metabase business intelligence, dashboards, and data visualization tools. Dig deeper into your data with open source, no SQL tools for data visualization.
- InfoGear Technology — InfoGear produces software and ASICs for the low-cost Internet Appliance market. The initial product, iPHONE, is a smart telephone with a touch screen for simple access to on-line services and the Internet/Intranet. The company was founded in 1995 and is based in Redwood City, California.
- Nkarta Therapeutics — Nkarta seeks to improve upon the efficacy of cell therapy, making it more potent, better tolerated and more rapidly available to a broad population of patients with a variety of hematologic and solid tumor malignancies.While T-cell therapy, often known as CAR-T, has proven successful in certain cancer indications, its promise has been limited toa few hematologic malignancies and the side effects can be severe. Natural Killer cells are the immune system’s first responders against diseases and pathogens. Unlike T cells, they have an inherent ability to target tumor cells without genetic alteration, and therefore hold significant promise in the development of potent therapies that can be used more readily for diverse tumor types. Nkarta’s differentiated cell therapy approach is designed to boost and enhance the inherent power of Natural Killer cells to target and destroy tumor cells, while also offering a better tolerated safety profile.
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: 191
- Round size: Seed $347k–$5.7M; Series A $2.1M–$13M; Series B $3.7M–$18M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% 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.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 34
- Round size: Seed $223k–$2.2M; Series A $743k–$4.6M
- 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.
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.
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.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 124
- Round size: Series A $2.3M–$13M; Series B $4.5M–$21M
- Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Beamworks — Beamworks is a research-centered company in medical imaging and conversational AI, that enables expert-level cancer diagnosis anywhere in the world and providing reliable medical consultations at any time. The company's platform utilizes an on-device AI system that processes ultrasound data in real-time without the need for serverconnectivity, achieving detection sensitivity and differential diagnosis performance, enabling healthcare providers to offer precise and timely diagnostics and improve patient outcomes, and reduce unnecessary procedures.
- CanLab — CanLab is a developer of AI sensors that focuses on creating optical and thermal cameras, as well as real-time image processing platforms for ground, aerial, and marine mobility. Its product offerings include the Vision Camera, Edge AI Platform, Equipment for Thermal Cameras, and Automotive Camera MES.
- AD System — AD System focuses on the development, manufacturing, sales and repairing of drones and other unmanned aerial vehicles.
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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.
DSC Investments invests in early stage and growth companies in the field of corporate identify and focus, IT, software, biotechnology, machinery, and future high-growth areas such as environment and resources.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 227
- Round size: Seed $594k–$9.1M; Series A $1.6M–$17M; Series B $4.5M–$54M
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
Portfolio highlights
- FastView — FastView provides content commerce services and online marketing services.
- MID — MID specializes in the development, testing, and production of space-related components.
- CarbonSix — CarbonSix delivers cutting-edge robotics automation for manufacturing, combining Six-Sigma robot dexterity and intelligence to transform industrial operations worldwide.
ENSL Partners is an investment accelerator firm that invests in startup companies.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Pet, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Convertible Note
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 39
- Round size: Seed $74k–$1.1M
- Lead/follow: 51% lead, 49% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Rivetta — Rivetta provides a web novel translation platform that supports global publishing through translation, distribution, promotion, and settlement services. It enables writers to share their work with international audiences while managing publishing and monetization processes. The platform helps creators grow readership and expand their presenceacross diverse global markets.
- TalentSeeker — TalentSeeker is an AI-powered recruitment platform developing global talent sourcing and hiring automation solutions. The company provides AI-based candidate search, resume parsing, talent database management, and personalized outreach tools to help businesses streamline recruitment workflows.
- Meta Energy Frontier — Meta Energy Frontier is a carbon-neutral smart energy solution company utilizing high-transmittance artificial photovoltaics. It contributes to improving building energy ratings through proprietary technology that converts 20% of existing unused lighting light energy into electricity. The company aims to recycle wasted light from indoor LEDlighting and utilize it as a distributed power source in urban areas.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, India, South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 872
- Round size: Seed $850k–$7.5M; Pre-Seed $125k–$2.1M; Series A $4.5M–$31M
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Kaon — Chat with AI characters for free on FlowGPT! More than 1 million characters and bots to chat with, AI boyfriend, girlfriend, uncencored chat and AI tools.
- RedotPay — Where Crypto Meets Real Life | Trusted by 8M+ | Accepted at 130M+ merchants | Pay with BTC, ETH, USDC, USDT & more
- Pure — Pure Poker is a privately held fintech and software company that develops a legal, compliant, rake-free real-money online poker platform. Headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company replaces the traditional casino "house" model with a trusted, identity-verified social gaming network.
Pathfinder H is a venture capital firm.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 46
- Round size: Seed $775k–$6M; Series A $3.3M–$13M; Series B $2.7M–$21M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Namdo Market — Namdo Market is a mobile application for wholesale and retail trading services. It is a online wholesale marketplace that connects buyers with products from major Korean shopping districts. It allows users to browse and order items directly from multiple vendors in one place.
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- Camello Tech Co. — Camello Tech Co. is an agricultural products company that sells tea capsules and aloesonic pills.
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 overUSD$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: 140
- Round size: Series A $1.4M–$31M; Series B $2.8M–$90M; Series C $15M–$102M
- Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $277M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Mojie — Mojie is a technology company that engages in the research and development of optics and AI solutions, known for its extensive development of various core technologies. The company operates research and development offices and high-end manufacturing bases.
- Villanelle Life — Villanelle Life is a biotechnology company that specializes in creating AI drugs, early screening, and auxiliary diagnosis platforms to solve complex diseases.
- 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.
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 appstore, 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, Mobile Apps
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: South Korea, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 11
- Round size: Seed $35k–$750k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% 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.
- Stripes — Stripes is a Korea-based apparel company that designs and manufactures men’s clothing products. Stripes’ clothing collection carries directional designs, as well as every day favorites including, t-shirts, shirts, and suits. The company also provides personalized styling services, enabling customers to personalize their clothes and have themdesigned to a perfect fit. Stripes markets its product through the web and mobile medium, giving consumers the facility of buying clothes at the comfort of their homes.Stripes was established in January 2013.
- Melephant — Melephant Inc. is a Korea based startup established in October 2013.
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.
We partner with companies at an inflection point in their business, who are seeking flexible and customized financing, matched to their trajectory and needs.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Software
- Stage:Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt
- Geography: United States, Australia, United Arab Emirates
Investor stats
- Total investments: 71
- Round size: Post-IPO Debt $5M–$41M; Debt Financing $3M–$150M
- Lead/follow: 77% lead, 23% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Vero — Send personalized emails, mobile push notifications and SMS messages to your users based on what they do in your product.
- Kredivo Group — FinAccel is a financial technology company creating disruptive and meaningful products in retail credit for Southeast Asia, the 7th largest economy in the world and home to nearly 10% of the world's population. With an all star team of investors, founders and employees, FinAccel is currently focused on disruption in the unsecured lendingspace.
- XRS — XRS Corporation (NASDAQ:XRSC), formerly XATA and the leader in mobile trucking intelligence, delivers fleet management and compliance software solutions to the trucking industry to help maintain regulatory compliance and reduce operating costs. Data-driven intelligence for compliance and performance is the new competitive edge for truckingoperations, and XRS is leading the trucking industry’s migration to mobile devices by offering products with no upfront hardware costs and run on smartphones, tablets and rugged handhelds. XRS has sales and distribution partnerships with the major wireless carriers supporting the U.S. and Canadian trucking industries. Through our mobile products, fleet managers, dispatchers and drivers collect, sort, view and analyze data to help lower costs, increase safety, attain compliance with governmental regulations, and improve customer satisfaction – all through their mobile devices.
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- Industry: Software, Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- Round size: Series A $14M–$70M; Series B $4.9M–$80M
- Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
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- YayLabs — YayLabs operates an NFT platform that connects the digital and physical worlds. With the merging of Web3, Web2, and the real world, YayLabs can transform a wide range of industries such as art, gaming, finance, and fashion, enabling a fast-growing market and potential applications in multiple fields.
- Catch It English — Catch It English is a language learning platform.
- Contoro Robotics — Autonomous Trailer & Container Unloading - Contoro: Reliable Unloading of Non-Palletized Boxes from Trucks with No Upfront Capital Expense
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
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- Total investments: 4
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
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- 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.
POSTECH Venture Capital Corporation(POSTECH VC) was founded and financed by POSCO to participate in SME(small and medium enterprise) Revitalization Policy in 1997 for the National Economy Restoration.We seek investment opportunities in diverse markets including Information Technologies, Advanced Materials, Bio Technologies, Renewable Energy,and Life Sciences.And we are to accelerate the commercialization of the valuable technologies from POSTECH(Pohang University of Science and Technology), RIST(Research institute of Industrial Science and Technology), and other institutes in Korea. More than 200 professors in POSTECH help POSTECH VC evaluate the technologiesPOSTECH VC is comprised of a team consisted of experienced venture capitalists who has previous experiences in successful startups, consulting firms, and executive management.We are currently investing from our several funds and manage over 60 billion Won.Our recent primary investment focus is on high growth opportunities in renewable energy such as bio-diesel and photovoltaic technologies.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, China
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- Total investments: 38
- Round size: Series A $1.7M–$6.3M; Series B $2.6M–$44M
- Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
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- TESOLLO — TESOLLO develops robot and motion presenter products.
- Wayne Hills Bryant AI — Wayne Hills Bryant A.I. is a pioneering AI SaaS platform that transforms text and voice data into digital video content. Our technology uses machine learning and natural language processing to create cohesive narratives, significantly reducing content creation time and costs. Since our establishment, we've earned prestigious awards anddeveloped a portfolio of 33 patents. We're also expanding our offerings with innovative products like our Text-To -Video(TTV) solution. With successful Series A funding and an ongoing Series B round, we're shaping the future of video storytelling content generation.
- NaraSpace Technology — NaraSpace Technology specializes in the design, development, integration, and testing of CubeSats and small space systems.
Coolidge Corner Investment (CCVC) provides Seed and Seed+ funding to the most innovative tech startup companies in Korea. They proudly provide their portfolio companies a customized support in professional incubating, growth hacking, strategy, network and more.
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- Industry: Software, Manufacturing, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Belgium
Investor stats
- Total investments: 113
- Round size: Seed $223k–$1.5M; Series A $891k–$5.4M; Series B $7.2M–$11M
- Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2017
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- Frefins — Frefins is a specialized Rental Transformation (RX) company that generates value by connecting businesses, financial institutions, and consumers.
- Plantner — PLANTNER develops environmentally friendly polymers that utilizes the controlled-release characteristics of alginate, a polymer derived from seaweed, along with natural controlled-release fertilizers to substitute current chemical products. Concurrently, the company is engaged in research and development as well as local field trials in Korea andVietnam. These innovations are directly aimed at promoting low-input sustainable agriculture. The organization is committed to tackling the unsustainable practices prevalent in conventional agriculture through the use of slow-release fertilizers, aspiring to foster eco-friendly advancements rooted in natural materials, beginning with agriculture, which is the cornerstone of the industry. In traditional agricultural settings, the significant loss of chemical fertilizers has resulted in nutrient depletion, leading to soil degradation issues such as acidification. This reduction in soil productivity compels farmers to resort to even greater quantities of chemicals to enhance yields, thereby perpetuating a detrimental cycle of increasing overuse. As a response, coated slow-release fertilizers have been introduced; however, their synthetic polymer coatings have contributed to the buildup of microplastics in the soil, harming the habitats of beneficial microorganisms and generating additional environmental challenges. To mitigate these concerns, ongoing research and development efforts are focused on substituting the conventional coating materials of slow-release fertilizers which are responsible for environmental issues like residual microplastics with alginate, a biodegradable polymer sourced from seaweed.
- Partridge Systems — Partridge Systems develops an automotive data platform that enables real-time data transfer, sharing, and structured data management. The platform offers end-to-end capabilities, including data collection, storage, and deployment pipelines for processing vehicle big data through web-based visualization tools. It allows users to access streamingdata without local downloads and supports seamless collaboration among engineers worldwide.
Bridges Alliance Partners
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- Industry: News, Cosmetics, Lifestyle
- Stage:Seed, Series B
- Geography: South Korea
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- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
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- Entcrowd — Performance facilitation platform.
- Althea — Althea is the most trusted source for the latest and best selection of Korean skin care and beauty products, offering the lowest prices and shipped directly from Korea. FREE shipping available.
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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.
Hansae Yes 24 Partners is a 3D webtoon content company.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, SaaS, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 14
- Round size: Seed $450k–$2.1M; Series A $1.6M–$7.8M
- Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow
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- Pyler — Pyler is an artificial intelligence-based digital marketing platform intended to humanize video analysis based on a vision language model. The company's platform offers brand safety and a contextual targeting function for global and local clients with proprietary video understanding, vision, and text analysis technologies that automaticallyanalyze content in seven categories, enabling clients to improve advertising performance through content analysis without personal information.
- Wilco — Wilco a start-up specialized in thermal management of electronic products and new space era.
- KRISTIN — KRISTIN is a supplier of flat, sneakers, and boots.
SparkLabs Ventures is a new venture capital launched by SparkLabs Group. Our vision is to lead the revolution of Korean startup ecosystem by bridging the gap between Korea and the rest of the world
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Mobile Apps
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, Egypt, Vietnam
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- Round size: Seed $1.6M–$3M; Series A $3M–$7.9M
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
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- 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.
- Wave — We are a team trying to developing mind-blowing products.
The primary responsibilities of the group are to source, qualify, and invest in technology related companies. Our major investment areas include semiconductors, materials, mobile service, internet, software, security, enterprise solutions, bio engineering & medical, while potential investment subjects range from early-stage startups to pre-IPOcompanies. Currently, the group has over $1.8B under management and invests $250M annually.Samsung Ventures was founded on October 8, 1999, and is based in Seoul, South Korea.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing
- Stage:Series B, Series A
- Geography: United States, South Korea, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 249
- Round size: Series A $3.9M–$44M; Series B $4.9M–$100M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise 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
- ZutaCore — The ZutaCore waterless direct-to-chip liquid cooling solutions is a smart, sustainable alternative to conventional air and water cooling for data centers.
- Walden Robotics — Walden Robotics is an industrial robotics company that builds and deploys general-purpose, semi-humanoid robots for manufacturing and logistics.
Wonik Investment Partners, formerly known as Hanmi Technology Investment Co., Ltd., is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in investments in incubation, start-up, early and mid-stage companies, growth capital and corporate restructuring. The firm prefers to invest in gaming contents, electronic components, computer,telecommunications equipment, petroleum, energy, machinery and equipment industries. It seeks to exit through an IPO or merger and acquisition. Wonik Investment Partners was established in 1997 and is based in Seoul, South Korea.
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- Industry: Health Care, Biotechnology, Manufacturing
- Stage:Series B, Series A, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 81
- Round size: Seed $785k–$6.9M; Series A $2.4M–$17M; Series B $1.5M–$19M
- Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% 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.
- Dentlink — A state-of-the-art digital dental lab, made by masters. All-on-X, veneers, implant crowns. One dedicated master technician on every case. First case free.
- Awexome Ray — Awexome Ray is a company that manufactures next-generation X-ray generator.
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Browse database — It's Free!Stick Ventures is a venture capital firm based in South Korea that prefers to invest in seed-stage, early-stage, and later-stage companies.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
- Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
- Geography: South Korea, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 51
- Round size: Series A $2.3M–$12M; Series B $4M–$27M; Series C $16M–$122M
- Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow
Portfolio highlights
- HITS — HITS is a biotech company that creates digital solutions to accelerate drug development and introduce a new drug discovery paradigm. The company creates a cloud-based drug development platform that connects AI models with docking and molecular dynamics.
- DeepMetrics — DeepMetrics is an AI-driven healthcare startup developing ICU automation solutions focused on mechanical ventilator control systems. The company uses machine learning and statistical data analysis to automatically optimize ventilator settings for critically ill patients. DeepMetrics operates in the digital health and medical AI sector.
- Nobo Medicine — Nobo Medicine is a clinical-stage biotech company focused on developing precision therapies for blood cancers and immune-related aging diseases. It uses biomarker-driven drug discovery and translational research to identify targeted treatments, aiming to improve outcomes in oncology and age-associated immune dysfunction through innovative,data-driven biomedical approaches.
IBK Capital has established an enviable track record as an independent Canadian investment banking firm.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Gaming
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 24
- Round size: Seed $669k–$1.3M; Series A $1.2M–$32M; Series B $15M–$22M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
Portfolio highlights
- HJ Wave — HJ Wave is a manufacturing comapny that designs and develops millimeter-wave RF band, including radar antennas for autonomous driving.
- MetaFines — MetaFines is a biopharma firm that creates anticancer medications with the goal of preventing the spread of cancer. By extending and reconfiguring the indications of off-label medications for terminal tumors, the company creates minimal anticancer pharmaceuticals. It also provides subcutaneous injections and therapies, allowing patients to fightcancer and enhance their standard of living with cancer metabolism.The company develops ow-toxic medicines for metabolic cancer. This low-toxic metabolic anti-cancer agent is distinguished by being created so that metabolic anti-cancer agents that limit cell growth but operate via various pathways can work in concert with one another.
- SeaVantage — Ocean Freight Tracking - Transform your ocean shipping with a real-time ocean freight visibility platform, end-to-end cargo tracking, document management, collaboration and more. SeaVantage provides ocean shipping visibility solutions helping supply chain professionals proactively manage disruptions
Hexagon Ventures is a venture capital firm that offers investment consulting and market analysis services.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Art, News
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- Round size: Seed $89k–$290k
- Lead/follow: 88% lead, 12% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Value Map — Value Map provides real estate information such as actual transaction amount, development information, loan information, and local news.
- Sugar Pick — Sugar Pick is a cohort learning service firm that offers hobby/job training and collaborative projects.
- Uproot Company — Uproot Company operates 'Bit Savings' that purchases virtual assets such as Bitcoin and Ethereum in an installment manner.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series C
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Canada
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- Total investments: 38
- Round size: Seed $77k–$5.7M; 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.
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: 61
- Round size: Series A $1.4M–$113M; Corporate Round $669k–$62M
- Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- RLWRLD — RLWRLD specializes in "Physical AI" by creating robotics foundation models (RFMs) designed to enable robots to function autonomously in real-world environments.
- 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.
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, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 122
- Round size: Seed $743k–$15M; Series A $1.5M–$15M; Series B $5.3M–$39M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- Coxwave — Coxwave provides product analytics and observability for AI applications. The Skylight platform instruments LLM prompts, responses, context, and user interactions via SDKs and ingestion APIs. It aggregates metrics such as quality, latency, token usage, and cost, and presents dashboards to monitor trends and detect regressions. Teams use it tocollect human feedback, build evaluation datasets, and compare prompt or model variants before and after releases. Tracing links events across sessions and workflows, helping correlate outcomes with inputs and application state. Integrations connect to common LLM providers, orchestration frameworks, and data pipelines, allowing data to flow into existing analytics stacks and workflows.
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: Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Apps
- Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
- Geography: South Korea, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 33
- Round size: Series A $2.3M–$88M; Series B $3.7M–$14M; Series C $9.5M–$38M
- Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% 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.
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:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 110
- Round size: Seed $37k–$84k
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
Portfolio highlights
- C&SR — C&SR provides expertise in research and development necessary for navigating a drug candidate through humanized animal model making/testing.
- Chain Lightning — Chain Lightning is an electric vehicle charging station that provides electric vehicle care payment and charge management services.
- NAiEEL Technology — NAiEEL Technology offers energy and environmental technology solutions.
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:Corporate Round, Seed, Series A
- Geography: South Korea, Japan, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 12
- Round size: Series A $14M–$17M
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% 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.
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.
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