Top 50 Social Media Startup Investors in South Korea in May 2025

Investor	Social Media South Korea investments
Primer Sazze Partners	4
Kakao Ventures	3
CRIT Ventures	2
Shinhan Capital	2
Globespan Capital Partners	2
Evergreen Investment Partners	2
Laguna Investment	2
Northern Light Venture Capital	2
Korea Investment Partners	2
Qiming Venture Partners	2
New Enterprise Associates	2
Lighthouse Combined Investment	1
KB Investment	1
WONIK Investment Partners	1
Kolon Investment	1
SK Telecom	1
DT Capital Partners	1
Reventures	1
Hexagon Ventures	1
CTK Investments	1
Goodwater Capital	1
BTC Investment	1
InfoBank	1
Bridges Alliance Partners	1
Kakao Mobility	1
DSC Investment	1
IBK Capital	1
SparkLabs Ventures	1
Bass Investment	1
Capstone Partners	1
Partners for Growth	1
VNTG Corp.	1
DS Asset Management	1
POSCO Venture Capital	1
Coolidge Corner Investment	1
Hansae Yes 24 Partners	1
TBT Partners	1
BlissVine Ventures	1
TheVentures	1
One Billion Partners	1
S Cubic Angels	1
ActnerLab	1
ENSL Partners	1
Lotte Ventures	1
Bridge Alliance Partners	1
TBT	1
Pathfinder H	1
Stick Ventures	1
Hanyang University	1
Samsung Ventures	1

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.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
South Korea, United States, Japan

Portfolio highlights

Bakatio — Bakatio enables accommodation providers to perform direct transactions on social media without using a platform.
Blux — Blux offers customized advertising solutions to customers.
Liberty Labs — Liberty Labs specializes in prompt engineering that allows them to build applications that showcase AI potential. Liberty Labs offers products such as Toolbuilder, regex.ai, Opencharacter, and CLN.me.

We are an independent subsidiary of Kakao Corp. & the most active, startup-friendly early stage VC of Korea. (Limited Partnerships, not strategic.).

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Series A, Series B
South Korea, United States, Indonesia

Portfolio highlights

OQT — Our OQT research is at the interface of atomic qubits and coherent imaging for quantum information processing. Our research aims high to push the frontiers of today's computing, sensing, and imaging. Our research is funded by KAIST, NRF, IITP, and POSCO. We are in the Department of Physics and
Taming Lab — Taming Lab is the operator of the used luxury watchs.
Contoro Robotics — Autonomous Trailer & Container Unloading - Contoro: Reliable Unloading of Non-Palletized Boxes from Trucks with No Upfront Capital Expense

The Road Not Taken

Investment focus

Blockchain, Information Technology, Gaming
Funding Round, Seed, Series B
South Korea, United States, India

Portfolio highlights

LOCUS — LOCUS is a comprehensive cultural content producer which operates a diversified content business in multiple fields.
Puzzle Monsters — Puzzle Monsters is a game production company.
Supervillain Labs — Supervillain Labs is a gaming studio that specializes in Web3 gaming innovation to develop socially interactive gaming experiences.

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.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Software, Apps
Series A, Seed, Series B
South Korea, United States, India

Portfolio highlights

ELROILAB — ELROILAB provides an AI hyperspectral imaging solution to find foreign objects in food materials.
Avelos Therapeutics — Avelos Therapeutics is a precision medicine company in the clinical stage that finds, creates, and sells targeted therapeutics.
DAAN Biotherapeutics — DAAN Biotherapeutics develops novel treatments for cancer patients. The company conducts cancer treatment research and development, including cell therapies, antibodies, and small molecule inhibitors.

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.

Investment focus

Software, Enterprise Software, Information Technology
Series B, Series C, Series D
United States, Spain, Canada

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.
Silk — Silk is the leading platform to quickly move mission-critical data to the cloud and to keep it operating at performance standards on par with even the fastest on-prem environments. Silk works with global enterprise companies and cloud providers to ensure a seamless, efficient, and smooth migration process, followed by unparalleled performancespeeds for all data and applications in the cloud.The platform makes cloud environments run 10x faster and the entire application stack is more resilient to any infrastructure hiccups or malfunctions. Silk has offices in Israel and is headquartered in Needham, MA. For more information, visit https://silk.us/
Credit Sesame — Credit Sesame helps you access, understand, leverage, and protect your credit all under one platform - free of charge.

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Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
South Korea

Portfolio highlights

Polaris3D — Polaris3d offers indoor autonomous navigating solution.
Storelink — Storelink is an open market optimization platform that analyzes and processes accurate online sales data.
Adler — Adler creates a social media application to create personal space. The company was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.

Laguna Investment is a venture capital firm focused on professional entrepreneurial investments.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Gaming
Seed, Series A, Series B
South Korea, Japan, United States

Portfolio highlights

Bakatio — Bakatio enables accommodation providers to perform direct transactions on social media without using a platform.
Velymonkeys — Blimonkids has created and run its own retail platform to aid the expansion of Korean cosmetics in India. In particular, it offers a one-stop service for the introduction of Korean beauty products into India, distribution, and sales, as well as marketing and sales, through its own mall, Maccaron.
Market Stadium — Market Stadium combines Real Estate Data and Urban Intelligence to optimize multifamily and single-family market research for commercial real estate investors

Supporting the next generation of entpreneurs in enterprise, healthcare, and consumer with disruptive potential.

Investment focus

Health Care, Medical, Biotechnology
Series A, Series B, Seed
China, United States, South Korea

Portfolio highlights

VOC AI — VOC AI offers AI tools for ecommerce insights and customer service solutions.
AscentStream — AscentStream is a software development company that provides cloud messaging software and stream processing solutions.
Shengrun New Materials — Shengrun New Materials is an aerogel material and system solution service provider integrating advanced material process research and development, product application development, advanced production line design, and mature system solutions.

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.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Information Technology, Health Care
Series A, Series B, Seed
South Korea, United States, China

Portfolio highlights

Raywatt — Raywatt is a startup that develops medical devices for cardiovascular interventions.
At Home — AtHome is a home lifestyle solution company which solves the hidden problems for the customers.
Titan Content — Titan Content is a metaverse music service provider that seeks to fuse Web3, metaverse, and artificial intelligence innovations with conventional Korean pop music business models and content.

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.

Investment focus

Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical
Series B, Series A, Series C
China, United States, Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

Engitist — Jiangling Technology provides high-quality optical measurement and inspection equipment to semiconductor customers around the world.
iflybuds — Vision Intelligence is a AI smart hardware company that manufactures and sells interactive intelligence based electronic consumer products.
Pulnovo Medical — Pulnovo Medical integrates development, production and services. Our core products including use pf radiofrequency ablation technology to treat pulmonary hypertension. The high-frequency ablation equipment and intravascular catheters developed by the company are pioneer inventions with global invention patents.

Foundational partners to ambitious founders at every stage of company-building.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Biotechnology
Series A, Series B, Series C
United States, India, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Arkestro — Bid Ops is the only predictive procurement software built to keep your team continuously exceeding targets. Using Bid Ops, you can orchestrate your activities across systems using instant forecasts and real-time collaboration. Predict and win 2-5x faster savings and never get stuck waiting for a KPI report again. Learn more athttps://www.bidops.com
Wonder — Introducing a new kind of home dining experience. Currently available in areas of New Jersey.
Samaya AI — The company specializes in developing AI research agents that streamline knowledge workflows.

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Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Manufacturing, Information Technology
Series A, Seed, Series B
South Korea, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

CTNS — CTNS develops and produces secondary battery packs.
Lightyear — Lightyear One is a Long-Range Solar Car Designed & Engineered by Lightyear in The Netherlands. Designed for Independence.
Wave — Wave is a food tech company that offers robot-based kitchen operation services for the food service industry.

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

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
Series A, Series B, Seed
South Korea, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Emocog — Emocog monitors and provides customized cognitive training to increase memory for dementia patients.
Selta Square — Selta Square is an AI-based drug monitoring company that provides full-cycle drug monitoring solutions using artificial intelligence technology.
Pin Therapeutics — Pin Therapeutics is founded in Feb 2017, fast growing stage with member composition of 25% in USA and 75% in Korea. Drug discovery leaderships are from global pharma and biotech companies along with talented scientists both in Korea and USA.* Active Focus - PinE3: E3 ligase screening cascade for identifying novel warheads - PinGLUE: Assaycascade for molecular glue degrader screening* Programs - Selective Molecular Glue Degrader (CK1α) - Molecular Glue Degrader Programs (5-6 Undisclosed) - PROTAC Program (1 Undisclosed)

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.

Investment focus

Health Care, Biotechnology, Manufacturing
Series B, Series A, Seed
South Korea, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

XCENA(formerly MetisX) — MetisX is a startup firm that develops intelligent memory and memory-centric computing architectures based on CXL.
Willog — Start control your product quality in transit proactively with Willog! Take back control over your products anytime anywhere!
Hurotics — Hurotics is a company with deep-tech technology related to human-robot fusion.Hurotix's wearable robots, notably the 'H-Flex', are modular and give personalized support based on the user's demands, assisting users in overcoming physical restrictions.

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

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Software, Pharmaceutical
Series A, Series B, Funding Round
South Korea, Indonesia, United States

Portfolio highlights

Boosterz — Boosterz is a company that supports the 5Ps of marketing at all stages, from product planning and launch to growth.
Micro-one — Micro-One is an air functionality expert company that manufactures incinerators, ecological infrastructure, and advanced dust filters.
Best Innovation — Best Innovation is a manufacturer of cosmetic products intended to offer a safe alternative to harmful skincare chemicals.

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.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Software
Corporate Round, Funding Round, Series A
South Korea, United States, China

Portfolio highlights

BitGo Korea — BitGo Korea aims to enhance transparency and security within the domestic digital asset market, fostering trust among consumers.
Twelve Labs — Twelve Labs helps developers make programs that can see, listen, and understand the world as we do by giving them the most powerful video search API
Smart Global Holdings — SMART is an independent designer, manufacturer and supplier of electronic subsystems to OEMs engaged in the computer, industrial, networking, telecommunications, aerospace and defense markets. Taking innovations from the design stage through manufacturing and supply, SMART Modular Technologies has developed a comprehensive product line thatincludes DRAM and Flash memory technologies across various form factors.

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.

Investment focus

Health Care, Medical, Biotechnology
Series A, Series B, Series C
China, United States, South Korea

Portfolio highlights

Zhiyan Zaowu — Zhiyan Zaowu is a company focused on the research and development (R&D) and application of AI synthetic biology technologies.
Dianshi Aviation — Dianshi Aviation focuses on the research and development and industrialization of small aero-engines, mainly engaged in the research and development, production and sales of civil aircraft.
Qianjue Technology — Qianjue Technology is a company that created the first full-stack application-level robot model and offers cloud-based artificial intelligence solutions to robot manufacturers.

Reventures is an investment management company that provides venture investment services for investors and startup partners.

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, SaaS, Media and Entertainment
Seed, Series A, Series B
South Korea, United States

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.
Connective — Connective is a robotics company that develops artificial intelligence-based artificial joint surgery robots.

Hexagon Ventures is a venture capital firm that offers investment consulting and market analysis services.

Investment focus

News, EdTech, Retail
Seed, Pre-Seed
South Korea

Portfolio highlights

Kooky — Support Artists, Meet Fans!
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.

CTK Investments is an early stage and growth investment company.

Investment focus

Finance, Financial Services, Energy
Seed, Series A, Series B
South Korea, Malaysia, United States

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.

Goodwater empowers exceptional entrepreneurs everywhere to change the world for the better. They believe consumer technology is a force on earth, shaping culture and transforming the global economy at unprecedented speed and scale. They invest in promising entrepreneurs to solve pressing problems. As a combined force, Goodwater companies are aglobal force for change, poised to measurably improve billions of lives.

Investment focus

FinTech, Financial Services, Health Care
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, India, South Korea

Portfolio highlights

Stash — Invest and build wealth with Stash, the investing app helping over 6M Americans invest and save for the future. Start investing in stocks, ETFs and more today.
Rabbit — At Rabbit, we plan to change how the world shops.Retail has witnessed one revolution before with the introduction of E-Commerce that changed how customers order stuff and the second revolution is here! We are proud to be among the pioneers, a handful of global entrepreneurs that are leading and shaping the retail's second revolutionWe arefunded by amazing VCs that are helping us build the next big thingYou feel it is vague? that's intended as we are still building in stealth. but trust us, it is COOL!
Wrtn Technologies — Wrtn Technologies develops an AI-powered writing assistant through NLP-based AI.

BTC Investment

Investment focus

Mobile Apps, Video, Energy
Seed, Series A, Series B
South Korea, Russian Federation

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.

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.

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Health Care
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
South Korea, South Africa, United States

Portfolio highlights

Blux — Blux offers customized advertising solutions to customers.
Ride — RideNow: An app-based platform for test drives and vehicle purchases. RideCare: App-based B2B and B2C vehicle care services. RideContents: Educational services for automotive brands, aimed at enhancing the quality of manufacturers and importers. RideOn: After-sales management services for electric vehicle chargers.
Rootfinders — RouteFinders develops an AI-based media platform to support independent living for visually impaired individuals in an increasingly digital world.

Bridges Alliance Partners

Investment focus

News, Cosmetics, Lifestyle
Seed, Series B
South Korea

Portfolio highlights

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.

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.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Automotive
Seed, Series A, Corporate Round
South Korea, Japan, United States

Portfolio highlights

ThorDrive — ThorDrive is a company that develops software solutions related to automated and unmanned technology. ThorDrive provides an automated and unmanned platform and associated products as well as intellectual properties that can be applied to other areas.
Autonomous a2z — Autonomous a2z is a driving mobility platform that provides autonomous driving service with judgement, control and recognition technologies.
Studio Galilei — Studio Galilei is an SFO platform company that operates and manages mobility services.

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.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
Series A, Series B, Seed
South Korea, United States, Israel

Portfolio highlights

MADDE — MADDE possesses the technology to use silicon carbide powder in 3D printers to create various forms, which opens up a multitude of possibilities in the manufacturing sector.
Zordi — Zordi is a robot- and artificial intelligence-operated autonomous modular greenhouse platform. frequently addressed from three angles: operation, agriculture, and technology. This cooperation results in more reliable and effective consumer solutions.
MOVIN — Moovin offers real-time markerless motion capture technology that does not require any additional hardware such as markers or trackers.

IBK Capital has established an enviable track record as an independent Canadian investment banking firm.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence
Series A, Series B, Seed
South Korea, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

GGQ — Download GGQ Desktop and Enjoy Your Game - Offers real-time champion ban-pick recommendations based on summoner play analysis, play highlights, AI coaching, and tutorial videos. PC Cafe LoL Program, LoL Assistant Program, LoL AI Analysis
MetaFines — MetaFines is researching and developing anti-cancer drugs using cancer metabolism.
SeaVantage Ltd. — 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

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

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Enterprise Software, Mobile Apps
Series A, Series B, Seed
South Korea, Vietnam, Pakistan

Portfolio highlights

FastView — FastView provides content commerce services and online marketing services.
Wave — We are a team trying to developing mind-blowing products.
Tello Talk — TelloTalk is a communications platform created for scalable Peer-to-Peer and Business-to-Customers interactions. It empowers businesses to compliment or transcend above their traditional SMS-based engagements with customers with fully customizable, teleco-independent multimedia messages with comprehensive delivery and receipt reports.It wasfounded in 2017 and is headquartered in Karachi, Pakistan.

Bass Investment is a venture capital firm based in South Korea.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Series B
South Korea, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Magnendo — Advancing neurovascular care with cutting-edge robotic technologies.
Airbility — Airability is a developer for potential airline mobility solutions.
Kompass — Kompass is building the world's first comprehensive fertility monitor that is portable, easy to use, and low cost. We're breaking barriers to fertility care and redefining blood testing for accessibility and affordability.

Capstone Partners is a venture capital firm that invests in entrepreneurs seeking success with fresh ideas.

Investment focus

Software, Mobile, Gaming
Series A, Seed, Series B
South Korea, United States, India

Portfolio highlights

NUUA — Reinventing a better future for the travel industry.
Aberra — Aberra is using "Dister," an AI data analysis tool, to optimize sales for Coupang, one of South Korea's largest e-commerce platforms.
DeepSmartech — Innovative thin film coating Process, Equipment, Recipe, Turn-key provider

We partner with companies at an inflection point in their business, who are seeking flexible and customized financing, matched to their trajectory and needs.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Software
Debt Financing, Funding Round, Post-IPO Debt
United States, Australia, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Tabby — tabby provides consumers across the GCC with the flexibility to pay for their online and in-store purchases in interest-free installments. tabby helps over 2,000 leading retailers grow their sales.
Futurerent — Futurerent is a tool that offers solutions to residential property investors for investment capital and cashflow needs.
Downpayments — In the dynamic world of real estate, time is money, capital is power, and access to the down payment is the biggest barrier to creating wealth through property. Downpayments is on a mission to transform how Amercians purchase real estate, by financing the down payment and allowing the buyer to break their commitment into affordable, manageable payments that are interest-free, or at low rates.

VNTG Corp. creates an end-to-end digital ecosystem across the value chain.

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Product Design, Service Industry
Seed, Series A, Series B
South Korea, France, United States

Portfolio highlights

iGoGo — iGoGo provides education services for children.
Bunnit — Bunnit operates the workout log platform service and is designed to meticulously document customers' strength training routines.
Jikida — Jikida is an online compliance solution that allows businesses and organizations to monitor, manage, and supervise their compliance with personal information protection rules in real time.

DS Asset Management is a firm that invests in listed companies and venture firms.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Software, E-Commerce
Series A, Series B, Series C
South Korea, United States, Japan

Portfolio highlights

AIMMO — AIMMO is the developer of a data annotation platform with custom workflow designs, labeler analytics, and real-time communication functions. The company was founded in 2016 by SeungTaek Oh and is headquartered in Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea.
GOPIZZA — GOPIZZA is a food and beverage company based in Mapo.
IDID — IDID provides an entertainment platform designed to host short-form entertainment content. The company provides a short-form social entertainment platform that can generate content by superimposing different images on different sound sources.

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.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Health Care
Series A, Funding Round, Series B
South Korea, United States, China

Portfolio highlights

OKHOME — Pembersihan tanpa ribet, Hemat Waktu, Hidup Jadi Mudah
Pluto — Pluto provides a SaaS solution that includes both discovery and academic search engines customized for the institution.
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.

Investment focus

Software, Mobile Apps, Manufacturing
Seed, Series A, Series B
South Korea, United States, Belgium

Portfolio highlights

Relay — Relay is a second-hand market solution that provides technology, logistics, and operational solutions required for the used business.
Sendy — sendy Korea is a cloud-based logistics platform that provides on-demand freight transportation services.
Geek Planner — Geek Planner provides an ultra-short-term work optimization platform and manpower management tool.

Hansae Yes 24 Partners is a 3D webtoon content company.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
Seed, Series A
South Korea

Portfolio highlights

Pyler — Filer is an artificial intelligence Martech startup.
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.

TBT Partners is an investment firm.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Mobile Apps, Software
Series A, Seed, Series B
South Korea

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.
STAYFOLIO — * Founded in 2015, STAYFOLIO is a Fine-Stay platform that curates accommodations with unique values and personality with the motto of “Curate the space where staying itself is travel” * Beyond just introducing accommodation, we provide exclusive accommodation solutions by building a full value chain for Fine Stays, from the process of creatingaccommodation spaces to branding, promotion, operation and service.
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.

BlissVine Ventures is an investment company that offers venture capital and financial services.

Investment focus

News, PaaS, Content
Seed, Series A, Convertible Note
South Korea

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.
Adler — Adler creates a social media application to create personal space. The company was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.
Biocom — Biocom is a green bio management company.

Founders Backing Founders

Investment focus

Information Technology, Software, Health Care
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
South Korea, United States, Vietnam

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Cashmore — Cashmore is an app service that analyzes consumers' store visits, mobility paths, and consumption history to deliver customized discount benefits.
Filum.ai — In the new digital transformation era, connecting every touchpoint for every stakeholder on the journey is crucial in helping businesses create a competitive advantage. Filum enables businesses to build a foundation that promotes creativity and the power of inner strengths to make journeys of excellence. We empower businesses by helping them createexcellent experiences with the power of data and cutting-edge technologies.
Vivident — Vivident is to create an unparalleled entertainment world where fans and creators collaborate, blurring the lines between the virtual and the real.

One Billion Partners is a South Korea-based investment firm.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Sports, Art
Seed, Pre-Seed
South Korea

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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.

S Cubic Angels is an investment firm that helps to discover startups and prospective entrepreneurship teams.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Education, Apps
Seed, Angel
South Korea

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.

ActnerLab is a venture capital and accelerator that helps hardware, IoT and biotech startups establish their initial foothold and beyond.

Investment focus

Health Care, Medical, Medical Device
Funding Round, Seed, Angel
South Korea, United States, Japan

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MOTH — Propel the vessels of tomorrow
Dexelion — Dexelion - Ultimate Depth and Image Sensing Solution
Chain Lightning — Chain Lightning is an electric vehicle charging station that provides electric vehicle care payment and charge management services.

ENSL Partners is an investment accelerator firm that invests in startup companies.

Investment focus

Apps, PaaS, Events
Seed, Convertible Note
South Korea

Portfolio highlights

Adler — Adler creates a social media application to create personal space. The company was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.
Biocom — Biocom is a green bio management company.
Advance Battery Recycle — Advance Battery Recycle is an eco-friendly battery recycling technology company. It produces positive and negative electrode materials by recycling byproducts generated during the battery manufacturing process.

Lotte Ventures is a venture capital firm that is based in South Korea.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Software, Manufacturing
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
South Korea, United States, China

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.

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.

Investment focus

CRM, Big Data, Analytics
Seed, Series B
South Korea

Portfolio highlights

Posicube — Posicube provides big data, machine learning, artificial intelligence, and CRM system development services.
FlareLane — Engage with both first-time and returning app/web visitors through interactive push notifications and boost user retenion and revenue. Push, Interact, Grow.
Open Doctor — Open Doctor is a real estate brokerage proptech that provides professional real estate brokerage services exclusively for doctors looking to open a hospital.

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.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Beauty
Series A, Seed, Series B
South Korea, United States

Portfolio highlights

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.
Two Slash For — Two Slash For is a beauty brand.
Medistream — Medistream operates an integrated platform for oriental medicine.

Pathfinder H is a venture capital firm.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Software, Food and Beverage
Series A, Series B, Seed
South Korea

Portfolio highlights

iTruck — iTruck is a transportation application that offers an integrated trading platform for used trucks.
CastingN — CastingN is a B2B trading platform that helps companies outsource.
Cool Sign — Coolsign is an EV specialist that offers a complete set of hardware and platforms based on its own technology for the reliable operation of electric car charging stations.

Stick Ventures is a venture capital firm based in South Korea that prefers to invest in seed-stage, early-stage, and later-stage companies.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Information Technology, Pharmaceutical
Series B, Series A, Funding Round
South Korea

Portfolio highlights

Cupix — Cupix is a cloud-based software company founded in late 2015. It develops and markets a state-of-the-art photogrammetry solution that can create a 3D scene automatically using 360-degree photos as a primary user input. Two main areas it is focusing on are the construction site 3D documentation and the real estate virtual tour authoring tool.
Preneu — PRENEU is a brand specialized in drones and ceaselessly challenging and striving to meet market needs and improve technology.Find drones manufacturer and supplier, reconnaissance drone service systems in korea.
Imagoworks — Imagoworks Inc. offers a Web-based Dental CAD solution using AI, streamlining the digital workflow for dental professionals. Together with world-class technology, we are setting new standards for digital dentistry in the global market. Our mission is to <Making the future of digital medicine for everyone>.While we have accumulatedtechnological expertise in the medical field for over 10 years, specializing in AI-based automation, 3D geometric modeling and mesh processing, and software as a service (SaaS), we now turn our focus to commercializing our innovative technologies and transforming the field of digital dentistry. By cooperating with and licensing to leading global dental companies, we are seeing great success as we find ourselves in the industry spotlight.Imagoworks currently offers Dentbird Crown which automatically generates optimal crown designs with a single click and without any software installation required. As we continue to expand our services, Imagoworks aims to be recognized as a chairside design solution for dentists worldwide.

Hanyang University is a school in Seoul.

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software
Seed, Angel, Grant
South Korea

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.

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.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
Funding Round, Series B, Series A
United States, South Korea, Israel

Portfolio highlights

Pison — Pison is a human performance company optimizing cognitive and physiological capability through gesture control. It's a full-stack solution combine hardware, software, machine learning, and UX for AR industries and drones. Investors and partners include Special Forces, Air Force, Harris, First Round DRF, MIT, Draper, and NASA.
Liner — Best AI search engine for students and researchers trusted by over 10 million people. Get smart faster with Liner.
Liquid Wind — Liquid Wind is a leading developer of commercial-scale electrofuel facilities. We design scalable and replicable e-fuel plants that produce green methanol. Our goal is to reduce global carbon emissions in hard-to-abate sectors such as global shipping, by offering a fossil-free fuel alternative.