Top 50 Social Media VC Funds & Investors in South Korea (August 2026)
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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KB Investment
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, Vietnam | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology | $767k–$36M |
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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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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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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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Bass Investment
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, Singapore | Seed, Series A, Series B | Artificial Intelligence, Software, E-Commerce | $414k–$15M |
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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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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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Magna Investment
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, Japan | Seed, Series A, Series B | Health Care, Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical | $147k–$18M |
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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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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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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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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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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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Bridges Alliance Partners
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea | Seed, Series B | News, Cosmetics, Lifestyle | |
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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KDB Capital
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States, India | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $500k–$39M |
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SB Investment
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea | Seed | Mobile Apps, Social Media | |
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Lotte Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States, China | Seed, Series A | Information Technology, Software, Manufacturing | |
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CTK Investments
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, Malaysia, United States | Seed, Series A, Series B | Finance, Financial Services, Energy | |
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S Cubic Angels
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea | Seed, Angel | Information Technology, Education, Apps | |
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BTC Investment
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, Russian Federation | Seed, Series A, Series B | Mobile Apps, Video, Energy | |
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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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TBT Partners
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea | Series A, Seed, Series B | Information Technology, Software, Mobile Apps | $1M–$13M |
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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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Seoul Business Agency(SBA)
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Information Technology, E-Commerce, Health Care | |
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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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InfoBank
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, South Africa, United States | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Health Care | |
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Kolon Investment
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, Indonesia, United States | Series A, Series B | Biotechnology, Software, Pharmaceutical | |
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Reventures
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States | Seed, Series A, Series B | Artificial Intelligence, SaaS, Media and Entertainment | |
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Leaders Technology Investment
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea | Seed | Mobile Apps, Social Media | |
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Geon Investment
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States, United Kingdom | Series A, Series B | Software, Apps, Gaming | $2k–$36M |
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TBT
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States | Series A, Seed, Series B | Information Technology, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence | $678k–$18M |
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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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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 363
- 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
- Veluga — Veluga is a membership service that provides regular delivery of craft beer and pairing night snack twice a month.
- LifeLabs — LifeLabs is a Canadian-owned company that has been serving the healthcare needs of Canadians for more than 50 years. Today, LifeLabs performs more than 100 million laboratory tests every year, helping healthcare providers diagnose, treat, monitor and prevent disease in patients.LifeLabs is strongly committed to continual innovation in testingservices. For our patients and healthcare providers, this means we always strive to provide access to the latest specialized clinical tests—to detect cancer for example, to monitor heart disease, identify neurological disorders and pinpoint allergies.LifeLabs is well-positioned to deliver care at home, in the community and across Ontario and British Columbia. We have over 5,400 professionally trained staff members, over 360 conveniently located patient service centres and an extensive network of couriers and mobile phlebotomists on the job.
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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: 164
- 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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- Industry: Information Technology, Gaming, Blockchain
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Hong Kong
Investor stats
- Total investments: 131
- Round size: Seed $425k–$9M; Series A $1.6M–$36M; Venture - Series Unknown $287k–$42M
- Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow
Portfolio highlights
- YUZUCO — YUZUCO is here to make yuzu easier to enjoy. We import premium Japanese yuzu and bottle our cold-pressed, never heat-treated juice products in California. Yuzu Super Juice, our proprietary blend, is a sustainable answer to your citrus needs.
- Neubility — Connecting the physical world with robotic autonomy
- Bunker Kids — Bunker Kids is a startup that provides solutions optimized for achieving personal health goals using data and algorithms.
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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.
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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: 274
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$100M; Series A $4.3M–$67M; Series B $11M–$62M
- Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $375M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Flytech — Flytech specializes in crystal materials and related components for magneto-optical-electrical integrated signal processing.
- Moge Microflow — Moge Microflow is a manufacturer of equipment for microreactors. It provides continuous flow production technologies and equipment for nanomaterials, pharmaceutical intermediates, and fine chemicals, as well as standardized high-end microreactor equipment.
- Bianzhong New Materials — Bianzhong New Materials is a high-tech company that specializes in the research and development of equipment for weaving and shaping three-dimensional preforms of high-strength fiber composite materials.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- 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.
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: 414
- Round size: Seed $767k–$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
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: 898
- Round size: Series A $5M–$67M; 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
- Guangjing Energy — Guangjing Energy specializes in the R&D and mass production of durable, large-area perovskite solar cell modules. They develops perovskite film printing technology with independent intellectual property rights and realized the preparation of large-area perovskite components.
- 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
- Shennapsi Artificial Intelligence Technology — Synapsor is a medical-grade wearable device research and development company, oriented to the AI+ medical and health field, and is committed to the development and manufacturing of AI-powered medical-grade smart wearable devices, including AI-ECG artificial intelligence. Diagnostic analysis system, CUMS uric acid blood glucose and cholesterolmonitoring system, etc. The company has recently received tens of millions of yuan in Series B investment, and the investor is Xiaomi Technology.
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.
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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.
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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 $414k–$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.
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: 193
- Round size: Seed $347k–$4M; 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.
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.
- Out of Set — Out of Set is a technology startup that creates ultra-lightweight vertical AI models that operate directly on the device without requiring an online connection.
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 $147k–$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.
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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: 1679
- 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
- NeuroPace — The NeuroPace RNS System is the only FDA-approved epilepsy device that delivers personalized treatment by responding to abnormal brain activity and provides EEG data that can help improve patient care.
- Packeteer — Packeteer is a global leader in WAN Application Delivery and WAN Optimization. The company offers an integrated family of appliances and software products. Packeteer is a provider of network software products that enhance mission-critical application performance over enterprise WANs and the Internet. These application-adaptive bandwidth managementsolutions give businesses and service providers per-application control of bandwidth at congested WAN access links.
- Alteon Websystems — Alteon Websystems is a computer network hardware company that provides internet infrastructure solutions enabling e-businesses to meet their increasing demands. The company’s portfolio of web data center products includes switches, server adapters, and software that are optimized to meet the specific challenges of managing web application trafficand provide high performance network infrastructure solutions.Alteo Websystems was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.
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
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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.
Hanyang University is a school in Seoul.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Grant
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Round size: Seed $675k–$2.2M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
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- 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.
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
Investor stats
- 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.
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- Industry: News, Cosmetics, Lifestyle
- Stage:Seed, Series B
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- 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.
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.
Consumer Tech Investors - We empower exceptional entrepreneurs everywhere to change the world for good.
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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: 875
- Round size: Seed $850k–$7.5M; Pre-Seed $125k–$2.1M; Series A $4.5M–$31M
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
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- 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.
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
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.
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: 40
- Round size: Seed $74k–$1.1M
- Lead/follow: 53% lead, 47% 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.
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.
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: 250
- 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.
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
Portfolio highlights
- WideBot AI — WideBot is the first bot builder platform in the MENA region. We allow anyone to build his own intelligent chatbot without any coding or technical experience in just 10 minutes.
- FastView — FastView provides content commerce services and online marketing services.
- Wave — We are a team trying to developing mind-blowing products.
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.
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Browse database — It's Free!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.
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: 72
- Round size: Post-IPO Debt $5M–$41M; Debt Financing $3M–$150M
- Lead/follow: 78% lead, 22% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- Comfi.ai — Unlock B2B Growth in MENA: Streamline Payments & Offer Credit with Comfi BNPL
- Damstra Technology — Damstra Technology is a longstanding leader in workforce management, compliance, and safety management. Through our unique web-based Total Workforce Management System (TWMS), we deliver powerful solutions that radically transform the ease with which you manage, track and protect your entire workforce. We have extensive experience in designing anddeploying workforce systems across a vast array of industries, using advanced, collective technologies which are completely configured to each client’s requirements.At a time where information and technology were advancing at an extraordinary rate, Damstra Technology identified the opportunity to introduce a cloud-based Software as a Service (SaaS) product to the market that was agile, highly functional and interfacing. Damstra Technology has been providing real-time, web-based workforce management solutions to Clients to ensure a safe and compliant workforce for over 10 years.Today, these real-time, dynamic, fully-customizable software and hardware solutions service a vast array of industries with both Australian and global footprints. With advanced technology and an expert development and deployment team at the helm, Damstra Technology doesn’t limit you to “best-fit, off the shelf” solutions - we offer progressive insight and develop complete configured solutions from beginning to end.
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 $500k–$15M; Series A $1.5M–$15M; Series B $5.3M–$39M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
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- 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.
SB Investment is an investment company for small and medium-sized business start-up investment sectors.
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- Industry: Mobile Apps, Social Media
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: South Korea
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- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- Celebe — Celebe is an online platform that generates revenue from points accumulated for views.
Lotte Ventures is a venture capital firm that is based in South Korea.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Manufacturing
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: South Korea, United States, China
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- Total investments: 116
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- 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.
CTK Investments is an early stage and growth investment company.
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- Industry: Finance, Financial Services, Energy
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, Malaysia, United States
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- Total investments: 6
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- 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.
S Cubic Angels is an investment firm that helps to discover startups and prospective entrepreneurship teams.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Education, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: South Korea
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- Total investments: 12
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- 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.
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- Industry: Mobile Apps, Video, Energy
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, Russian Federation
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- Total investments: 6
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Celebe — Celebe is an online platform that generates revenue from points accumulated for views.
- H2 — H2 is a Korea-based advanced energy storage company specialized in vanadium redox flow battery which is an optimal solution especially for large-scale and long-duration energy storage. H2 has developed cutting-edge EnerFLOW series energy storage using its own vanadium redox flow batteries, which is commercially available at the moment. H2 isexpected to grow fast and big due to H2's unique design and manufacturing capabilities, and a promising market of large-scale energy storage.
- Symbiosis Finance — A decentralized multi-chain liquidity enabler. Make cross-chain crypto swaps instantly and manage your liquidity on any chain.
Since its incorporation in 1988, UTC Investment has been implementing and developing private equity investments with deep roots in buyout area, diversified human resources, and an impressive track record as a leading global investment firm.
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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 $4.9M–$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.
TBT Partners is an investment firm.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Mobile Apps
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 28
- Round size: Seed $1M–$12M; Series A $2.5M–$9.4M; Series B $3.6M–$13M
- Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Difon — Difon is a developer of smart window solution technology, which is designed to regulate sunlight transmittance.Difon Co., Ltd. emerged as a spin-off from Hyundai Motor Group in 2021, with a vision to evolve into a leading provider of smart film solutions. The company is dedicated to enhancing consumers' living spaces by conducting researchand development while manufacturing smart films.To accelerate the adoption of smart film technology, Difon has established a robust supply chain through strategic alliances and investments in system integration with various relevant companies, including glass manufacturers, automobile OEMs, and construction firms.With a strong commitment to sustainability and social responsibility, Difon aims to foster a better environment and future through its endeavors. The company strives to maximize its impact by continually innovating and creating products that benefit both consumers and society as a whole.
- Black Circle — Black Circle is an online store that sells tires, batteries, tools, and equipment.
- PeopleFund — Founded in 2015, PeopleFund is Korea's leading data-driven digital lender focused on consumer finance. Our mission is to give financial freedom to all consumers through more affordable loans and better investment opportunities. Leveraging its proprietary, data-driven credit model and eliminating inefficiencies with technology, PeopleFunddelivers better loan rates for borrowers while maintaining an industry low loss rate to benefit retail and institutional investors. PeopleFund is the first digital lender in Korea to surpass $1B in loan originations and has provided an innovative way to invest to nearly 400,000 retail investors. It is notably the first fintech platform to offer loan and investment products directly on KakaoTalk, Korea's equivalent of WhatsApp. To date, PeopleFund has completed its Series C round of funding with a total of $63.4M of equity capital raised. For more information, visit www.peoplefund.co.kr.
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Browse database — It's Free!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
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- V&Co — V&Co platform integrates skin microbiome research data and offers a range of services, including medical supplies, health supplements, and precision devices, enabling healthcare providers and beauty professionals to deliver innovative treatments and enhance overall client satisfaction through scientifically backed methodologies.
- 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.
Seoul Business Agency (서울산업통상진흥원) is a Koran startup providing support services for small businesses to increase their efficiency and foster a stable business. The company provides support in the areas of technology, management, human resources, and more.
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- Industry: Information Technology, E-Commerce, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: South Korea
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- Total investments: 32
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- Dot Mill — Dot Mill is a mixed reality content production company.
- Foody Worm — Foody Worm is an insect research company that practices and develops ESG and sustainability management through insects.
- Works Mate — Works Mate is a job search matching platform for daily workers in the field of construction and architecture sectors.
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
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- IMBiologics — IMBiologics is a biotechnology company that develops immunomodulatory antibody drugs for physiological balance.
- Labrador Labs —
- Olive International — Olive International is an operator of lifestyle brands intended to develop and grow a targeting brand.
InfoBank develops and provides mobile messaging solutions and other related services.The company offers business messaging services such as SMS, LMS, and multimedia message services; interactive media services; smart car solutions; and integrated online and offline payment services.InfoBank was founded in 1995 and is based in Gyeongju, SouthKorea.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: South Korea, South Africa, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 107
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- AutoHands — AutoHands is a South Korea-based mobility company that offers comprehensive integrated mobility services including vehicle buying and selling, management, online used-car auctions, car rentals, extended warranties, residual value guarantees, mobile maintenance, and accident compensation programs.
- 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.
Kolon Investment, Inc. is a venture capital and private equity firm specializing in buyouts, mezzanine, corporate restructuring, growth capital, and turnaround investment. It prefers to invest in electronic components, petroleum, energy, computer, and telecommunications equipment. The firm primarily invests in South Korea with a focus in Seoul,Gyeonggi, Incheon, and Gyeongbuk. Kolon Investment, Inc. was established in 2000 and is based in Seoul, South Korea.Source: Businessweek
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Software, Pharmaceutical
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, Indonesia, United States
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- Total investments: 95
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Boosterz — Boosterz is a company that supports the 5Ps of marketing at all stages, from product planning and launch to growth.
- ActionFit — ActionFit is a video game company with expertise in developing and publishing video games for the mobile platform.
- SCBIO — SCBIO is a pharmaceutical company that makes drugs with specialized technologies in immuno-oncology. The company discovers and develops novel therapeutics for future medicine.
Reventures is an investment management company that provides venture investment services for investors and startup partners.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, SaaS, Media and Entertainment
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States
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- Total investments: 14
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- My Link — Business Intelligence Solution & Service
- Fliption — With Fliption's virtual try-on AI, one product photo is all it takes to create on-model images with your custom model.
- Connecteve — Connective is a robotics company that develops artificial intelligence-based artificial joint surgery robots.
Leaders Technology Investment is a credit financing company.
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- Industry: Mobile Apps, Social Media
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Celebe — Celebe is an online platform that generates revenue from points accumulated for views.
Geon Investment Inc. is a venture capital firm specializing in expansion stage and growth capital. For venture investments, the firm considers investments in following industries: Digital and mobile contents, biotechnology, mobile/online game and movie/music contents. Primarily invests between KRW 500 million ($0.5 million) and KRW 2billion ($2 million) in equity per transaction in companies. The firm was established in 2009 and is based in Seongnam, South Korea.
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- Industry: Software, Apps, Gaming
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- Round size: Series A $2k–$36M; Series B $966k–$3.3M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- swIDch — More Secure and Accurate Authentication
- Newploy — Newploy is a payroll work automation platform that Automate payroll tasks through robotic process automation (RPA) technology.
- IDID — IDID provides an entertainment platform designed to host short-form entertainment content. The company provides a short-form social entertainment platform that can generate content by superimposing different images on different sound sources.
TBT is an Adventure Capital.We are more than your average VC investor; we are always up for an adventure. Investment means more than just transfer of capital for us. We want to be a discussion partner that discovers possibilities beyond risk and aligns growth with progress. We want to share decades of industry knowledge and experience in internetand mobile services to build services and products that can make the world a better place.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 52
- Round size: Seed $743k–$4.5M; Series A $678k–$18M; Series B $3M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
Portfolio highlights
- COLAVO GROUND — Whether you're a hair stylist or nail artist, you need customers to show off your talent. Everyone who knows that is already on Colavosalon!
- Kokozi —
- 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.
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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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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Cashkaro
— Cashkaro is an Indian cashback and coupons site. They are backed by Mr. Ratan Tata and Indian VC firms, Kalaari Capital.
With over two million registered users, CashKaro is a one stop destination for savings across 1500+ ecommerce sites like Amazon.in, Flipkart, Nykaa, Ajio, etc.
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Together Funding
— Together Funding offers peer-to-peer financial service.
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Inovio Pharmaceuticals
— INOVIO is advancing novel immunotherapy technologies to reshape the future of treating and preventing infectious diseases and cancer.
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