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Top 50 Social Media VC Funds & Investors in South Korea (July 2026)

The most active venture capital funds investing in South Korea Social Media startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in South Korea Social Media startup companies. Find investors to raise a Seed, Series A or Series B round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
Korea Investment Partners
VC Fund
4 South Korea, United States, China Series A, Series B, Seed Biotechnology, Information Technology, Health Care $973k–$50M
Sazze Partners
VC Fund
4 South Korea, United States, Japan Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $200k–$19M
Kakao Ventures
VC Fund
3 South Korea, United States, Indonesia Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $297k–$27M
CRIT Ventures
VC Fund
3 South Korea, United States, Hong Kong Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A Information Technology, Gaming, Blockchain $287k–$42M
Laguna Investment
VC Fund
3 South Korea, United States, Japan Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Gaming, Information Technology $741k–$35M
New Enterprise Associates
VC Fund
2 United States, India, United Kingdom Series A, Series B, Series C Software, Health Care, Biotechnology $5.4M–$103M
Qiming Venture Partners
VC Fund
2 China, United States, Hong Kong Series B, Series A, Series C Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical $5M–$134M
Evergreen Investment Partners
VC Fund
2 South Korea Seed, Series A Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software $223k–$4.6M
Northern Light Venture Capital
VC Fund
2 China, United States, South Korea Series A, Series B, Seed Health Care, Medical, Biotechnology $1.3M–$100M
KB Investment
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States, Vietnam Series A, Series B, Seed Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $743k–$40M
TheVentures
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States, Vietnam Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $72k–$4.8M
Globespan Capital Partners
VC Fund
2 United States, Spain, Canada Series B, Series C, Series D Software, Enterprise Software, Information Technology $6M–$44M
Capstone Partners
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States, India Series A, Seed, Series B Software, Mobile, Gaming $223k–$12M
Shinhan Capital
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States, India Series A, Seed, Series B Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce $347k–$19M
Magna Investment
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States, Japan Seed, Series A, Series B Health Care, Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical $145k–$18M
TBT
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States Series A, Seed, Series B Information Technology, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence $678k–$18M
Stick Ventures
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States Series B, Series A, Series C Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical, Artificial Intelligence $1.1M–$108M
Hansae Yes 24 Partners
VC Fund
1 South Korea Seed, Series A E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS $450k–$7.8M
Coolidge Corner Investment
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States, Belgium Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Manufacturing, Health Care $223k–$11M
Bridge Alliance Partners
VC Fund
1 South Korea Seed, Series B, Series A CRM, Apps, News $300k–$8.2M
SparkLabs Ventures
VC Fund
1 South Korea, Egypt, Vietnam Series A, Seed, Series B E-Commerce, Software, Mobile Apps $1.6M–$7.4M
DT Capital Partners
VC Fund
1 China, United States, South Korea Series A, Series B, Series C Health Care, Medical, Biotechnology $1.4M–$92M
DSC Investment
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States, Israel Series A, Series B, Seed Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology $594k–$47M
SV Investment Partners
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States, Singapore Series A, Series B, Seed Biotechnology, Art, Apps $13M–$80M
ENSL Partners
VC Fund
1 South Korea Seed, Convertible Note Artificial Intelligence, Pet, Apps $74k–$1.1M
VNTG Corp.
VC Fund
1 South Korea, France, United States Seed, Grant Manufacturing, Product Design, Service Industry $37k–$891k
Bridges Alliance Partners
VC Fund
1 South Korea Seed, Series B News, Cosmetics, Lifestyle
Leaders Technology Investment
VC Fund
1 South Korea Seed Mobile Apps, Social Media
InfoBank
VC Fund
1 South Korea, South Africa, United States Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Health Care
Seoul Business Agency(SBA)
VC Fund
1 South Korea Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Information Technology, E-Commerce, Health Care
Hexagon Ventures
VC Fund
1 South Korea Seed, Pre-Seed Art, News, EdTech $134k–$290k
SB Investment
VC Fund
1 South Korea Seed Mobile Apps, Social Media
Lotte Ventures
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States, China Seed, Series A Information Technology, Software, Manufacturing
CTK Investments
VC Fund
1 South Korea, Malaysia, United States Seed, Series A, Series B Finance, Financial Services, Energy
S Cubic Angels
VC Fund
1 South Korea Seed, Angel Information Technology, Education, Apps
BTC Investment
VC Fund
1 South Korea, Russian Federation Seed, Series A, Series B Mobile Apps, Video, Energy
Kolon Investment
VC Fund
1 South Korea, Indonesia, United States Series A, Series B Biotechnology, Software, Pharmaceutical
Reventures
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States Seed, Series A, Series B Artificial Intelligence, SaaS, Media and Entertainment
BlissVine Ventures
VC Fund
1 South Korea Seed, Series A, Convertible Note Artificial Intelligence, SaaS, FinTech $200k–$4.3M
UTC Investment Co.
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States, Japan Series A, Series B Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical $2M–$20M
TBT Partners
VC Fund
1 South Korea Series A, Seed, Series B Information Technology, Finance, Software $891k–$20M
SK Telecom
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States, China Corporate Round, Series A Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Software $669k–$113M
Goodwater Capital
VC Fund
1 United States, India, South Korea Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed FinTech, Financial Services, Software $336k–$31M
ActnerLab
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States, Japan Seed, Angel Health Care, Medical, Medical Device $37k–$111k
DS Asset Management
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States, Japan Series B, Series A, Series C Biotechnology, Medical, E-Commerce $2k–$51M
One Billion Partners
VC Fund
1 South Korea Seed, Pre-Seed Sports, Information Technology, Art
Samsung Ventures
VC Fund
1 United States, South Korea, Israel Series B, Series A Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing $3.9M–$100M
KDB Capital
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States, India Series A, Series B, Seed Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $743k–$39M
IBK Capital
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United Kingdom Series A, Series B, Seed Biotechnology, Health Care, Gaming $669k–$32M
Hanyang University
VC Fund
1 South Korea Seed, Angel, Grant Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $675k–$2.2M
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Korea Investment Partners
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 4 investments in South Korea Social Media startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Information Technology, Health Care
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, China

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 434
  • Round size: Seed $973k–$11M; Series A $1.9M–$23M; Series B $2.7M–$50M
  • Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $6.7M in 2014

Portfolio highlights

  • 90days — 90days is an electronic bill-based P2B investment brokerage platform.
  • New Id
  • Art Together — Art Together is a crowdfunding platform to buy an artwork.
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Sazze Partners
VC Fund · San Jose, California, United States · 4 investments in South Korea Social Media startups

Primer Sazze Partners - We like to find founders who are making the impossible happen through sheer force of will and a refusal to accept hard truths.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 158
  • Round size: Seed $200k–$4.5M; Pre-Seed $200k–$2.8M; Series A $334k–$19M
  • Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $127M in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • Upstage — Upstage AI is an artificial intelligence (AI) startup that helps companies focus on their core businesses.
  • BacklotCars — Making Wholesale Easy
  • Exosphere Labs — Exosphere Labs is an information technology company that offers information security services.
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Kakao Ventures
VC Fund · Seongnam, Kyonggi-do, South Korea · 3 investments in South Korea Social Media startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, Indonesia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 319
  • Round size: Seed $297k–$4.2M; Series A $891k–$14M; Series B $3M–$27M
  • Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $9.6M in 2012

Portfolio highlights

  • 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.
  • MakeDashy — Maximize repeat purchases with targeted user segmentation and dynamic product recommendation at Retentics, powered by AI
  • Tect Group — We deliver real beauty based on distinctive brands and innovative marketing solutions, fostering confidence and positivity around the world.
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CRIT Ventures
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 3 investments in South Korea Social Media startups

The Road Not Taken

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Gaming, Blockchain
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, Hong Kong

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 124
  • Round size: Seed $686k–$6.5M; Series A $1.6M–$36M; Venture - Series Unknown $287k–$42M
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Neubility — Connecting the physical world with robotic autonomy
  • Spaceport Technologies — Accelerating the growth of the next digital economy
  • Yoyogi Animation Academy — Yoyogi Animation Academy is a Japanese vocational‑style education company that operates Yoyogi Animation Academy, one of Japan’s largest and oldest specialized schools for animation, manga, voice acting, and game design.The academy offers practical, industry‑oriented programs in fields such as animator training, background art, illustration, manga,voice‑acting (seiyuu), and digital content creation, mainly at campuses in major cities like Tokyo and Osaka.
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Laguna Investment
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 3 investments in South Korea Social Media startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Gaming, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 96
  • Round size: Seed $741k–$5.4M; Series A $1.8M–$9.7M; Series B $3.7M–$35M
  • Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Hourplace — Hourplace operates a filming place sharing platform.
  • Markoville — Markoville is an entertainment content company that creates a character for animation, game, and comics.
  • LogiBrothers — Logibrothers provides a smart platform for kids to learn how to code and enhance their computaional thinking abilities.
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New Enterprise Associates
VC Fund · Menlo Park, California, United States · 2 investments in South Korea Social Media startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Health Care, Biotechnology
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
  • Geography: United States, India, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1581
  • Round size: Series A $5.4M–$60M; Series B $10M–$77M; Series C $14M–$103M
  • Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $2.8B in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • IonQ — Working to build the world's best quantum computers to solve the world's most complex problems
  • Spyglass Ophthalmics — A vision towards a higher quality of life!
  • Xenon Pharmaceuticals — A leading neuroscience company forging new paths for those living with neurological and psychiatric disorders.
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Qiming Venture Partners
VC Fund · Shanghai, Shanghai, China · 2 investments in South Korea Social Media startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical
  • Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
  • Geography: China, United States, Hong Kong

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 803
  • Round size: Series A $5M–$68M; Series B $9.4M–$100M; Series C $14M–$134M
  • Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $887M in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • Nice Tuan — Nice Tuan is an e-commerce platform that provides daily groceries and miscellaneous products.
  • Twine Health — Fitbit Health Solutions' wellness and health solutions can help keep your population healthy and drive meaningful employee engagement. Learn more.
  • WindMIL Therapeutics — WindMIL Therapeutics translates novel insights in bone marrow immunology into life-saving cell therapies for cancer patients. The company leveraging its proprietary platform to develop a novel class of cell therapies called MILs (Marrow Infiltrating Lymphocytes) derived from memory T cells found in the bone marrow. WindMIL Therapeutics wasestablished in 2015 and is based in Baltimore, MD.
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Evergreen Investment Partners
VC Fund · England, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany · 2 investments in South Korea Social Media startups

Check out this GoDaddy hosted webpage! http://evergreeninvestmentpartners.com.

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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Northern Light Venture Capital
VC Fund · Beijing, Beijing, China · 2 investments in South Korea Social Media startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Medical, Biotechnology
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: China, United States, South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 243
  • Round size: Seed $1.3M–$100M; Series A $4.3M–$52M; Series B $11M–$62M
  • Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% 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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KB Investment
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Social Media startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, Vietnam

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 378
  • Round size: Seed $743k–$7.2M; Series A $1.9M–$36M; Series B $4.5M–$40M
  • Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% 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
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TheVentures
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Social Media startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, Vietnam

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 146
  • Round size: Seed $73k–$1.5M; Pre-Seed $72k–$2M; Series A $2.5M–$4.8M
  • Lead/follow: 46% lead, 54% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Kilofarms — Kilofarms is a tech-enabled platform that aims to help farmers overcome inefficiencies in the traditional farming practices and produce residue-free fruits and vegetables.
  • Sans — Sans is the first alternative coffee brand in Korea to replicate the taste and aroma of coffee without using beans, and it is the only brand in the world to operate specialty alternative coffee stores. Instead of coffee beans, which are designated as one of the "five endangered crops," Sans developed an alternative coffee similar toAmericano by combining 12 ingredients, such as jujube seeds, chicory roots, and barley, which are easy to grow in greenhouses in any country regardless of climate change.
  • Wecare — Wecare is an e-commerce business that shares childcare-related product information through the community and sells content and products.
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Globespan Capital Partners
VC Fund · Boston, Massachusetts, United States · 2 investments in South Korea Social Media startups

Globespan is the VC firm passionate about partnering with entrepreneurs as they take their companies to market. We uniquely serve these companies, helping them establish the infrastructure required to scale their offerings. We invest in startups in the IT infrastructure, SaaS, mobile, and Internet industries. With our personal market-facingexpertise, strategic approach, and strong industry networks, we help companies realize their potential. Our track record with entrepreneurs has led us to become a leading venture capital firm across the globe.

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  • Industry: Software, Enterprise Software, Information Technology
  • Stage:Series B, Series C, Series D
  • Geography: United States, Spain, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 157
  • Round size: Series B $6M–$34M; Series C $10M–$32M; Series D $7M–$44M
  • Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2015

Portfolio highlights

  • Zipcar — Zipcar is a membership-based car-sharing company that provides automobile rentals to its members, billable on an hourly or daily basis. Members are able to view vehicle availability and reserve a self-service car via the internet, iPhone app, or telephone, in increments as short as one hour and pay only for time they reserve. Zipcar vehiclesreport their positions to a control center using in-car technology. Zipcar was founded in 2000 by Cambridge, Massachusetts. On October 31, 2007 Zipcar merged with rival Flexcar. In 2009 Zipcar has become the world's largest car-sharing service, sharing 6,000 vehicles among 275,000 drivers in 49 U.S. cities, Vancouver, Toronto, and London. On April 1, 2010, Zipcar bought London-based car-sharing firm Streetcar in its latest bid to expand across Europe.
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  • GupShup — Deploy secure, scalable AI Agents with enterprise-ready infrastructure. Gupshup powers billions of customer conversations across channels and industries.
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Capstone Partners
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Social Media startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Mobile, Gaming
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 234
  • Round size: Seed $223k–$3.1M; Series A $334k–$9.7M; Series B $743k–$12M
  • Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $37M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Rapeech — Rapeech is an AI voice technology company that provides product development services.
  • TR — TR is a digital healthcare company that designs and develops medical devices and electronic products.
  • Brave Company — Brave Company is an internet publishing company. Well, the lusts, but not the burdens of the ZZP existence. BraveCompany is for self-employed people who want to do more and manage less. Are you in paid employment and do you doubt whether you dare to make the leap? Even then, BraveCompany offers a warm bath with 'colleagues' that you havegone for, a network with potential assignments and invoicing services. BraveCompany is for successful professionals who are or want to become independent. What can we mean for each other? We share knowledge, trends and help with professional issues. And all that in the atmosphere of a home port. So you benefit from the benefits of experienced colleagues. Do you see any more possibilities with your current client to do work, or do you regularly refer projects to colleagues? We offer the framework to seize these opportunities and also be rewarded for your talent as a matchmaker.
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Shinhan Capital
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Social Media startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 157
  • Round size: Seed $347k–$4.6M; Series A $1.5M–$10M; Series B $2.2M–$19M
  • Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Trioar — Trioar is a biotechnological research company that manufacture pharmaceutical products and drugs.
  • Nventric — Nventric is a medical device company that develops core products for neurovascular, coronary heart, and peripheral vascular applications.
  • KB-Element — KB-Element is a graphene development and production company that also turns graphene into intermediate items and novel materials.
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Magna Investment
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Social Media startups, 7 in the past 12 months

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 93
  • Round size: Seed $145k–$3M; Series A $1.5M–$8.2M; Series B $1.4M–$18M
  • Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% 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 influencers is explosively increasing. Feauturing allows brands and marketers to discover product fit influencers and helps matchingbased on their needs. Currently, over 3,600 brands are using Featuring and more than 8,500 influencer campaigns have been done. As a Korea-based startup, Featuring plans on expanding the business to Far East Asia including Japan and China.
  • Endorobotics — Endorobotics is a healthcare centre that offers endoscopic surgery services.
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TBT
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Social Media startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: South Korea, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 52
  • Round size: Seed $743k–$4.5M; Series A $678k–$18M; Series B $3M–$15M
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • COLAVO GROUND — Whether you're a hair stylist or nail artist, you need customers to show off your talent. Everyone who knows that is already on Colavosalon!
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  • FREECO — FREECO is a content provider for businesses. Consultation, sales, and software development and supply Cosmetics wholesale and retail business Marketing consulting and advertising business.
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Stick Ventures
VC Fund · Seongnam, Kyonggi-do, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Social Media startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
  • Geography: South Korea, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 51
  • Round size: Series A $1.1M–$12M; Series B $4M–$25M; Series C $16M–$108M
  • Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • HITS — HITS is a biotech company that creates digital solutions to accelerate drug development and introduce a new drug discovery paradigm. The company creates a cloud-based drug development platform that connects AI models with docking and molecular dynamics.
  • DeepMetrics — DeepMetrics is an AI-driven healthcare startup developing ICU automation solutions focused on mechanical ventilator control systems. The company uses machine learning and statistical data analysis to automatically optimize ventilator settings for critically ill patients. DeepMetrics operates in the digital health and medical AI sector.
  • Nobo Medicine — Nobo Medicine is a clinical-stage biotech company focused on developing precision therapies for blood cancers and immune-related aging diseases. It uses biomarker-driven drug discovery and translational research to identify targeted treatments, aiming to improve outcomes in oncology and age-associated immune dysfunction through innovative,data-driven biomedical approaches.
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Hansae Yes 24 Partners
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Social Media startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 13
  • Round size: Seed $450k–$2.2M; Series A $1.5M–$7.8M
  • Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow

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.
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Coolidge Corner Investment
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Social Media startups

Coolidge Corner Investment (CCVC) provides Seed and Seed+ funding to the most innovative tech startup companies in Korea. They proudly provide their portfolio companies a customized support in professional incubating, growth hacking, strategy, network and more.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Manufacturing, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, Belgium

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 112
  • Round size: Seed $223k–$1.5M; Series A $891k–$5.4M; Series B $4.7M–$11M
  • Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2017

Portfolio highlights

  • Frefins — Frefins is a specialized Rental Transformation (RX) company that generates value by connecting businesses, financial institutions, and consumers.
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  • Partridge Systems — Partridge Systems develops automotive data platform that provides web-based visualization, filtering, and post-processing of vehicle data.
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Bridge Alliance Partners
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Social Media startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: CRM, Apps, News
  • Stage:Seed, Series B, Series A
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 9
  • Round size: Seed $300k–$1.1M; Series B $6.8M–$8.2M
  • Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • PRTN — PRTN is the company that owns and operates Proteinner, a high-protein fast food brand focused on delivering convenient, nutritious meals designed to support active and health-conscious lifestyles.
  • Moho
  • Buffett Seoul — Buffett Seoul provides group physical training services in order to provide a unique fitness experience. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea..
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SparkLabs Ventures
VC Fund · Palo Alto, California, United States · 1 investments in South Korea Social Media startups

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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Investment focus

  • 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–$7.4M
  • 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.
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DT Capital Partners
VC Fund · Shanghai, Shanghai, China · 1 investments in South Korea Social Media startups

DT Capital Partners is a private equity investment firm that provides growth capital to early and expansion stage companies. They invest in dynamic businesses that have high growth potential, strong management teams, and demonstrated revenue models in both technology-based and traditional industries. DT Capital Partners currently manages overUSD$500 Million in capital across multiple US dollar and RMB funds, and also has a close affiliation with Madrone Capital in the US, the investment entity for members of the Walton family.In addition to funds, the invested company also benefits from their extensive experience in operating capital markets across the country, close relationships with local governments and companies, and synergies with other investment companies.DT Capital Partners was awarded the “Top 10 China's Best Return Venture Capital Institution” in 2016, and the founding partners of Detong Capital, Shao Jun and Tian Lixin. DT Capital Partner was founded in 2006 and is based in Shanghai, China.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Medical, Biotechnology
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
  • Geography: China, United States, South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 135
  • Round size: Series A $1.4M–$28M; Series B $2.8M–$90M; Series C $16M–$92M
  • Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $277M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • CiMicro.Ai — CiMicro.ai is an AI‑chip startup building compute‑in‑memory (CiM)‑based heterogeneous accelerators for high‑efficiency, low‑cost large‑language‑model inference.
  • Yincheng Intelligent — Yincheng Intelligent is an enterprise focused on developing new types of productivity. It is committed to revolutionizing traditional labor models through advanced embodied intelligence technology, thereby increasing productivity and freeing up human resources. The company provides services in multiple fields, including logistics, pharmaceuticals,chemicals, industry, and home services, building a new development pattern of smart work and smart living. Its main product is currently sorting robots used in the logistics industry.
  • Matrix Optoelectronics Technology — Matrix Optoelectronics is a quantum computing technology developer that specializes in the research and development of large-scale fault-tolerant superconducting quantum computing technology.
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DSC Investment
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Social Media startups

DSC Investments invests in early stage and growth companies in the field of corporate identify and focus, IT, software, biotechnology, machinery, and future high-growth areas such as environment and resources.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 215
  • Round size: Seed $594k–$9.1M; Series A $1.5M–$17M; Series B $4.5M–$47M
  • Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • FastView — FastView provides content commerce services and online marketing services.
  • Clobe AI — Clobe AI is a SaaS-based financial management platform designed for businesses to monitor and manage cash flow and financial operations. The company provides services such as real-time aggregation of financial data from bank accounts, corporate cards, and tax invoices, along with automated accounting and tax handling. The platform also supportscash flow tracking, profit and loss analysis, and automated settlement workflows, including transaction mapping and invoice processing, enabling centralized financial reporting and operational control.
  • Kong Studios, Inc. — We truly believe in Gameplay First. Kong Studios is a U.S game developer, and a 'Unicorn' valued at 1B USD.
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SV Investment Partners
VC Fund · Greenwich, Connecticut, United States · 1 investments in South Korea Social Media startups

SV Investment Partners is an operationally focused private investment holding company focused on middle market software and technology-enabled services companies.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Art, Apps
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 8
  • Round size: Series B $13M–$80M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • YayLabs — YayLabs operates an NFT platform that connects the digital and physical worlds. With the merging of Web3, Web2, and the real world, YayLabs can transform a wide range of industries such as art, gaming, finance, and fashion, enabling a fast-growing market and potential applications in multiple fields.
  • Catch It English — Catch It English is a language learning platform.
  • Contoro Robotics — Autonomous Trailer & Container Unloading - Contoro: Reliable Unloading of Non-Palletized Boxes from Trucks with No Upfront Capital Expense
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ENSL Partners
VC Fund · Yeoksamdong, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Social Media startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Pet, Apps
  • Stage:Seed, Convertible Note
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 32
  • 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.
  • BigTech Plus — BigTech Plus is a real estate information based fintech company.
  • Pass ONE Golf
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VNTG Corp.
VC Fund · Mapo, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Social Media startups

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

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Investment focus

  • 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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Bridges Alliance Partners
VC Fund · 1 investments in South Korea Social Media startups

Bridges Alliance Partners

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Investment focus

  • Industry: News, Cosmetics, Lifestyle
  • Stage:Seed, Series B
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow

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.
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Leaders Technology Investment
VC Fund · Songpadong, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Social Media startups

Leaders Technology Investment is a credit financing company.

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Investment focus

  • 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.
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InfoBank
VC Fund · Gyeongju, Kyongsang-bukto, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Social Media startups

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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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Seoul Business Agency(SBA)
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Social Media startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, E-Commerce, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 32
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Dot Mill — Dot Mill is a mixed reality content production company.
  • Foody Worm — Foody Worm is an insect research company that practices and develops ESG and sustainability management through insects.
  • Works Mate — Works Mate is a job search matching platform for daily workers in the field of construction and architecture sectors.
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Hexagon Ventures
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Social Media startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Art, News, EdTech
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 6
  • Round size: Seed $134k–$290k
  • Lead/follow: 83% lead, 17% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Duckzill — Duckzill is a retailer of cubs, bottles, and clothing.
  • Kooky — Kooky is a global K-Pop fandom platform where fans support their favorite artists through voting, rankings, and funding projects.
  • Uproot Company — Uproot Company operates 'Bit Savings' that purchases virtual assets such as Bitcoin and Ethereum in an installment manner.
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SB Investment
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Social Media startups

SB Investment is an investment company for small and medium-sized business start-up investment sectors.

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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Lotte Ventures
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Social Media startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Software, Manufacturing
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, China

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 116
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Sugarblade — Sugarblade is a non-destructive test-based used golf goods certification and trading platform.
  • SpaceVision — Space Vision is an artificial intelligence-powered digital advertising platform.
  • City Storage — City Storage is a side dish platform that produces and sells salads, soups, and pickles.
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CTK Investments
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Social Media startups

CTK Investments is an early stage and growth investment company.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Finance, Financial Services, Energy
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: South Korea, Malaysia, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 6
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Paywatch — Paywatch offers a platform that allows employees to access their earnings before payday anytime.
  • OROS Labs — OROS Labs is a material technology company provides thermal solutions.
  • Paywatch Korea — Paywatch Korea is a payroll advance payment service with good social influence.
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S Cubic Angels
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Social Media startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Education, Apps
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 12
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Inabooth — Inabooth is a character licensing platform that connects character IP owners and character IP users.
  • Revation — Revation is an eco-friendly product development company that focuses on environmental issues through design and technology.
  • Junction Med — Junction Med develops and operates CareBom, a child-based senior healthcare communication service.
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BTC Investment
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Social Media startups

BTC Investment

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Mobile Apps, Video, Energy
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: South Korea, Russian Federation

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 6
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Celebe — Celebe is an online platform that generates revenue from points accumulated for views.
  • H2 — H2 is a Korea-based advanced energy storage company specialized in vanadium redox flow battery which is an optimal solution especially for large-scale and long-duration energy storage. H2 has developed cutting-edge EnerFLOW series energy storage using its own vanadium redox flow batteries, which is commercially available at the moment. H2 isexpected to grow fast and big due to H2's unique design and manufacturing capabilities, and a promising market of large-scale energy storage.
  • Symbiosis Finance — A decentralized multi-chain liquidity enabler. Make cross-chain crypto swaps instantly and manage your liquidity on any chain.
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Kolon Investment
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Social Media startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Software, Pharmaceutical
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: South Korea, Indonesia, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 95
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Boosterz — Boosterz is a company that supports the 5Ps of marketing at all stages, from product planning and launch to growth.
  • ActionFit — ActionFit is a video game company with expertise in developing and publishing video games for the mobile platform.
  • SCBIO — SCBIO is a pharmaceutical company that makes drugs with specialized technologies in immuno-oncology. The company discovers and develops novel therapeutics for future medicine.
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Reventures
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Social Media startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Artificial Intelligence, SaaS, Media and Entertainment
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: South Korea, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 14
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • My Link — Business Intelligence Solution & Service
  • Fliption — With Fliption's virtual try-on AI, one product photo is all it takes to create on-model images with your custom model.
  • Connecteve — Connective is a robotics company that develops artificial intelligence-based artificial joint surgery robots.
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BlissVine Ventures
VC Fund · Yongsan, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Social Media startups, 6 in the past 12 months

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Artificial Intelligence, SaaS, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Convertible Note
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 20
  • Round size: Seed $200k–$3.4M; Series A $1.5M–$4.3M
  • Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Gongcar — Gongcar is a B2B service startup that provides innovative solutions and operational support to rental car operators, helping them streamline fleet management, improve customer service, and enhance overall business efficiency.
  • Forest Jalan — Forest Jalan is a fintech firm that allows small restaurants, cafes, and stores in Southeast Asia access financial services at moderate rates, rather than high-interest loans.
  • Tommoro Robotics — Tommoro Robotics is an AI robotics company spun out from Seoul National University, developing Robot Foundation Models (RFM) for humanoid robots. It builds the HABILIS platform enabling robots to understand language, perceive environments, and perform tasks autonomously. The company focuses on Physical AI, aiming to create scalable humanoidworkforce solutions for real-world industrial and service applications.
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UTC Investment Co.
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Social Media startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 120
  • Round size: Series A $2.2M–$13M; Series B $2M–$20M
  • Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Beamworks — Beamworks is a research-centered company in medical imaging and conversational AI, that enables expert-level cancer diagnosis anywhere in the world and providing reliable medical consultations at any time. The company's platform utilizes an on-device AI system that processes ultrasound data in real-time without the need for serverconnectivity, achieving detection sensitivity and differential diagnosis performance, enabling healthcare providers to offer precise and timely diagnostics and improve patient outcomes, and reduce unnecessary procedures.
  • CanLab — CanLab is a developer of AI sensors that focuses on creating optical and thermal cameras, as well as real-time image processing platforms for ground, aerial, and marine mobility. Its product offerings include the Vision Camera, Edge AI Platform, Equipment for Thermal Cameras, and Automotive Camera MES.
  • AD System — AD System focuses on the development, manufacturing, sales and repairing of drones and other unmanned aerial vehicles.
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TBT Partners
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Social Media startups

TBT Partners is an investment firm.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Finance, Software
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 27
  • Round size: Seed $891k–$10M; Series A $2.6M–$20M; Series B $3.6M–$11M
  • Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% 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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SK Telecom
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Social Media startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Software
  • Stage:Corporate Round, Series A
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, China

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 60
  • Round size: Series A $1.4M–$113M; Corporate Round $669k–$100M
  • Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • V&Co — V&Co platform integrates skin microbiome research data and offers a range of services, including medical supplies, health supplements, and precision devices, enabling healthcare providers and beauty professionals to deliver innovative treatments and enhance overall client satisfaction through scientifically backed methodologies.
  • RLWRLD — RLWRLD specializes in "Physical AI" by creating robotics foundation models (RFMs) designed to enable robots to function autonomously in real-world environments.
  • Timetree — TimeTree is a communication app that makes it surprisingly easy to share and coordinate calendars with others. You can share events with family, friends or colleagues at work. You can use it privately as well.
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Goodwater Capital
VC Fund · Burlingame, California, United States · 1 investments in South Korea Social Media startups

Consumer Tech Investors - We empower exceptional entrepreneurs everywhere to change the world for good.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, India, South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 550
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$7.5M; Pre-Seed $336k–$3M; Series A $4.5M–$31M
  • Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Kyash — Kyash is a fintech platform providing mobile banking services with full-stack banking technology currently offering digital wallet app. It has built proprietary full-stack banking infrastructure from the ground up to offer mobile-first consumer-facing digital wallets in Japan.The platform offers online payment and personal remittance apps underthe Kyash service name, and issues prepaid cards that can be used at Visa merchants. It also provides a new card that is available in three colors, navy, silver, and pink and adopts a simple design with card numbers and card names placed on the back. The first Visa card in Japan with an IC chip and contactless payment function that has no card number on the front side.Kyash was founded on January 23, 2015, and is based in Tokyo, Japan.
  • Karrot Market — Karrot is the largest local community marketplace to buy, sell and trade new and used home decor, furniture, fashion and more. Join our growing community of over 10 million verified users!
  • Koala Go — Your student's favorite online classroom. 24/7 live support. Co-browser. Gamified teaching environment. Worldwide invoicing. Interactive whiteboard.
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ActnerLab
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Social Media startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Medical, Medical Device
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 103
  • Round size: Seed $37k–$74k; Angel $74k–$111k
  • Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • AltMedical — AltMedical is a research institute jointly established with Dong-A University and aims to develop a treatment for Alzheimer's disease.
  • 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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DS Asset Management
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Social Media startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Medical, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 96
  • Round size: Series A $2k–$12M; Series B $4.5M–$29M; Series C $4.2M–$51M
  • Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • IMBiologics — IMBiologics is a biotechnology company that develops immunomodulatory antibody drugs for physiological balance.
  • Labrador Labs
  • Olive International — Olive International is an operator of lifestyle brands intended to develop and grow a targeting brand.
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One Billion Partners
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Social Media startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Sports, Information Technology, Art
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • VWX — VWX is an entertainment audition platform specialized in commercialized services.
  • Locle — Locle is a platform designed specifically for academies and variety of classes including music, dance, arts, crafts, and sports.
  • Next ground — Next ground operates the real estate residential review and evaluation platform.
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Samsung Ventures
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Social Media startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing
  • Stage:Series B, Series A
  • Geography: United States, South Korea, Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 246
  • Round size: Series A $3.9M–$44M; Series B $4.8M–$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.
  • Subtle Medical — Subtle Medical is a healthcare technology company that provides AI-powered medical imaging. Its products, SubtlePET and SubtleMR, are FDA Cleared and CE Marked AI product that enhances images in PET and MR exams aimed for faster & safer workflow.The company's SubtleGAD technology is also awarded by RSNA and a $1.6M NIH SBIR Grant tofacilitate the adoption using AI to make imaging exams safer. They provide a vendor-agnostic AI infrastructure powering its products and providing service and analytics to clinical imaging providers.Subtle Medical's goal is to improve the quality, value, and accessibility of medical imaging by significantly reducing cost, imaging time, and radiation dose.
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KDB Capital
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Social Media startups, 12 in the past 12 months

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 119
  • Round size: Seed $743k–$15M; Series A $1.5M–$15M; Series B $3.8M–$39M
  • Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Unastella — Unastella operates its own launch vehicles to provide human space travel platform services.
  • 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.
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IBK Capital
VC Fund · Toronto, Ontario, Canada · 1 investments in South Korea Social Media startups

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

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Investment focus

  • 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–$1.2M; Series A $1.2M–$32M; Series B $13M–$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 researching and developing anti-cancer drugs using cancer metabolism.
  • 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
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Hanyang University
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Social Media startups

Hanyang University is a school in Seoul.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Grant
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 9
  • Round size: Seed $675k–$2.2M
  • Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Huject — Huject is a Hanyang University laboratory startup company founded in 2020 with the goal of commercializing energy harvesting technology. The company develops and sells a wide range of products that use energy-harvesting source technology. Energy harvesting is an environmentally friendly energy technology that collects discarded energy and converts,stores, and uses it to generate electrical energy.
  • Revation — Revation is an eco-friendly product development company that focuses on environmental issues through design and technology.
  • Worker's high — Worker's high Co. is a commerce company that offers an IOT based unmanned store service.
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Social Media VC funding in South Korea at a glance

Stats across 75 deals from 103 investors.

103
investors
in South Korea Social Media startups
75
deals
in South Korea Social Media startups
$1M
median round
in South Korea Social Media startups
32%
lead investors
lead at least one round
48%
Seed
most common funding stage

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