Top 35 Social Network Startup Investors in South Korea (October 2026)
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Korea Credit Guarantee Fund
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea, United States, China | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software | $229k–$15M |
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Strong Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea, United States, Poland | Seed, Series A, Series B | E-Commerce, Software, Health Care | $135k–$26M |
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Kakao Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, Indonesia | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $280k–$27M |
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Series Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, Singapore | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Health Care, Manufacturing, Biotechnology | $86k–$4.4M |
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Korea Investment Partners
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, China | Series A, Series B, Seed | Biotechnology, Health Care, Information Technology | $973k–$50M |
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CRIT Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, Hong Kong | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A | Gaming, Information Technology, Video Games | $287k–$42M |
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Daesung Investment
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea | Seed, Series A, Series B | Service Industry, Gaming, Medical | $1.3M–$21M |
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Intellectual Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Israel, South Korea | Seed, Series A | Energy, Medical, Nuclear | |
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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 | $44k–$926k |
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East Gate Partners
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Gaming, Information Technology | $254k–$3.7M |
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Kolon Investment
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, India, Indonesia | Series A, Series B, Seed | Biotechnology, Software, Artificial Intelligence | $1.2M–$24M |
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Fast Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, Hungary, United States | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Health Care, Apps, Software | $418k–$7.5M |
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Blue Corner
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea | Series A, Seed, Series B | Artificial Intelligence, Solar, Video | $700k–$6.4M |
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Capstone Partners
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States, India | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, Mobile, Artificial Intelligence | $223k–$17M |
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Xquared VC
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea | Seed, Series A | Manufacturing, Artificial Intelligence, Medical | $513k–$40M |
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ScaleUP Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Canada, United States, Egypt | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, SaaS, FinTech | $100k–$65M |
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Posco Technical Investment
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A | Consulting, Apps, Sales | $1.7M–$4.3M |
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Com2uS
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States, Philippines | Seed, Series A, Series C | Gaming, Blockchain, Video Games | $900k–$1.1B |
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Daesung Private Equity
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States, India | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $446k–$17M |
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Industrial Bank of Korea
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States, China | Series A, Series B, Seed | Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software | $166k–$28M |
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Nextdream Angel Club
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed | Mobile Apps, Software, Health Care | $89k–$5.1M |
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Hansae Yes 24 Partners
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea | Seed, Series A | Artificial Intelligence, SaaS, Software | $450k–$7.8M |
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People Investment
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea | Seed, Series A | Dental, Robotics, Cosmetics | |
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Mirae Asset Venture Investment
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States, India | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology | $692k–$52M |
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LB Investment
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States, China | Series B, Series A, Series C | Health Care, E-Commerce, Software | $3.8M–$71M |
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Orbit Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | China, United States, India | Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note | E-Commerce, Software, Artificial Intelligence | $30k–$20M |
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Magellan Technology Investment
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, Indonesia, United States | Series A, Seed, Series B | Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Apps | $87k–$10M |
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Big Basin Capital
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States, Singapore | Seed, Series A, Series B | E-Commerce, Software, Apps | $448k–$11M |
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NCSOFT
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States, United Kingdom | Series A, Corporate Round, Venture - Series Unknown | Gaming, Software, Media and Entertainment | $884k–$28M |
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ActnerLab
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States, Japan | Venture - Series Unknown, Seed | Health Care, Medical, Medical Device | $47k–$815k |
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UTC Investment
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, India, United States | Series B, Series A, Series C | Software, E-Commerce, Biotechnology | $1M–$15M |
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BLT & Partners
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea | Seed | Social, Content, Social Network | |
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Z Venture Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, South Korea, United States | Seed, Series A, Series B | Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence | $613k–$52M |
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Laguna Investment
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States, Japan | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $741k–$35M |
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Kiwoom Investment
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States, Japan | Series B, Series A, Series C | Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence | $1.7M–$33M |
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Strong Ventures is a generalist VC firm based in LA and Seoul, backing early-stage startups with a focus on Korean founders.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Poland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 390
- Round size: Seed $135k–$3M; Series A $1M–$10M; Series B $2.4M–$26M
- Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $38M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- WeGlee — WeGlee is a food and beverage startup that operates 'WeGlee,' a fast-casual dining brand centered around pasta bowls.
- Neardoc — Neardoc operates on a business-to-business subscription model providing an ambient artificial intelligence scribe solution for healthcare facilities. The platform leverages a proprietary medical reasoning engine to automatically generate structured clinical SOAP notes by analyzing doctor-patient conversations in real time. Its core valueproposition centers on eliminating administrative overhead, reducing charting time for medical professionals, and increasing patient throughput.
- READi Robust Machine — Ready Robust Machine is a company that makes carbon reduction and fuel cost improvement systems.
We are an independent subsidiary of Kakao Corp. & the most active, startup-friendly early stage VC of Korea. (Limited Partnerships, not strategic.).
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 420
- Round size: Seed $280k–$4.2M; Series A $988k–$11M; Series B $3.4M–$27M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $40B in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- OQT — OQT is focusing on developing QPUs utilizing neutral atoms.
- A33 Studio — A-33 Studio team is led by the chief executive officer ‘Kim Dong Sun’ who was in charge of the development, launch and operation of ‘Counter Strike Online’ which is one of the top 3 online FPS games in Korea. The team consists of developers who have worked together for ‘CS Online’ and ‘Combat Arms’ at Nexon, one of the top online game makers in theworld.
- Tect Group — We deliver real beauty based on distinctive brands and innovative marketing solutions, fostering confidence and positivity around the world.
Series Ventures is an investment company for the beauty care, engineering, healthcare, social platform, and enterprise sectors.
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- Industry: Health Care, Manufacturing, Biotechnology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: South Korea, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 98
- Round size: Seed $86k–$1.9M; Series A $2.9M–$4.4M
- Lead/follow: 70% lead, 30% follow
Portfolio highlights
- ROBOS — Robos is a hybrid robot system built by evaluating biological object vision data using Lidar Vision and Open CV-based Object Detection. By combining self-developed biomaterial machine vision technology and robot technology, it intends to expand into a company that delivers core services to diverse industrial sites such as manufacturing, food, andmedical.
- With Doctors — With Doctors growth care solution precisely evaluates and analyzes physical, nutritional, psychological, and environmental factors affecting growth to derive the child's key management factors, and design and provide safe, scientifically proven, customized growth care programs for children through collaboration between exercise, nutrition, andpsychology experts and medical staff.
- Golden Brain Care — Golden Brain Care develops "Brain Friends," an AI-powered platform designed for speech and cognitive rehabilitation targeting patients with neurological communication disorders. The platform digitizes the speech therapy lifecycle by integrating self-assessments, tailored vocal training, real-time performance data analysis, and guardianreporting mechanisms into a single workflow. Its core value proposition focuses on extending rehabilitation from clinical environments to daily life, bypassing limitations in face-to-face medical expert capacity through personalized home care systems.
Korea Investment Partners (KIP) is a leading venture capital & private equity firm that has over 30 years of experience in providing venture capital to bold and innovative entrepreneurs who want to change the world. Korea Investment Partners invests in leading pioneers like Kakao(KOSDAQ:035720), Naver(KRX:035420), YG Entertainment(KOSDAQ:122870), Bodyfriend, Osstem Implant(KOSDAQ:048260), Doubleu Games(KOSDAQ:192080) and Didi Chuxing. KIP manages over 20 venture and private equity funds with US$1.8 billion in total assets under management. The company operates globally from its Seoul headquarters office with other locations in Shanghai, Beijing, and Sunnyvale.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 539
- Round size: Seed $973k–$10M; Series A $2.2M–$19M; Series B $4.9M–$50M
- Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $60M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Zamface — Zamface is an app that makes beauty video.
- Wakebunny — Wakebunny is a company that specializes in IP-based commerce, leveraging intellectual property to create, market, and monetize unique products and experiences. By focusing on the strategic use of copyrights, trademarks, and brand assets, Wakebunny transforms original ideas, characters, and stories into commercially viable offerings across variousplatforms such as e-commerce, digital media, merchandising, and licensing.
- Inovio Pharmaceuticals — INOVIO is advancing novel immunotherapy technologies to reshape the future of treating and preventing infectious diseases and cancer.
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- Industry: Gaming, Information Technology, Video Games
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Hong Kong
Investor stats
- Total investments: 139
- Round size: Seed $425k–$6.5M; Series A $1.6M–$36M; Venture - Series Unknown $287k–$42M
- Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- A button — A button is a game development firm that focuses on massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs), first-person shooter (FPS) games, roguelikes, and souls-likes. Averton makes extensive use of AI. This strategy enhances development efficiency by minimizing the need for information gathering, data organization, and basic repetitivetasks. In certain instances, programmer productivity can nearly double.
- Neubility — Connecting the physical world with robotic autonomy
- J Dragon Games — J Dragon Games is a video game studio that develops cross-platform medieval fantasy role-playing games playable simultaneously on computers and mobile devices.
Daesung Investment
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- Industry: Service Industry, Gaming, Medical
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 14
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$2.2M; Series A $3.1M–$11M; Series B $13M–$21M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Fitin — Fitin is a startup developing a subscription service model for replacing batteries in commercial electric vehicles such as taxis and cargo trucks.FitIn was known for its technological prowess in that it used its unique battery swap technology to overcome charging problems and remaining battery life (SOH), which were recurring problems in commercialelectric vehicles. Battery swap is a technology that replaces a depleted battery with a fully charged battery.
- Armored Fresh — Tasty Cheese Zero Dairy
- Polestar Games — Polestar Games creates the MMORPG 'Project N' for PC and console platforms. Project N is an open-world game set in a medieval dark fantasy setting. Many believe that market aspirations for a AAA-level MMORPG that supports both PC and consoles are unrealistic.
Intellectual Ventures is a global invention and investment business that creates, incubates, and commercializes inventions. Led by prolific inventor and visionary Nathan Myhrvold, IV has created more than a dozen spinout companies.
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- Industry: Energy, Medical, Nuclear
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Israel, South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- EarthNow — MEGA288 merupakan penyedia games online resmi terlisensi di Indonesia dengan fasilitas pembayaran lengkap dan daftar login MEGA 288 mudah akses link alternaitf.
- Append Medical — A novel transcatheter LAA elimination system
- Social Network — Social Network, a specialist platform servicing Korean trends.
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: 28
- Round size: Seed $44k–$926k
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% 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.
East Gate Partners is a venture capital firm specializing in investment for businesses.
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- Industry: Software, Gaming, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: South Korea, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 41
- Round size: Seed $340k–$2.2M; Series A $254k–$3.7M
- Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% 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.
- Waggy Days — The first impact-actuated safety leash adapter that automatically releases when an elevator door closes on the leash.
- Peekaboo Labs — Peekaboo Labs perfectly protects the corporate data with 'On-Device AI' without external servers, and experience overwhelming productivity even without the internet. The company eliminates servers and implements AI on 'PC'. Peekaboo Labs empower enterprises in high-compliance sectors (Finance, Healthcare, Defense) to deploypowerful LLMs within air-gapped environments. They carefully select and organize only the information needed from among over 100 documents .
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Browse database — It's Free!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, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, India, Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 123
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$18M; Series A $2.4M–$11M; Series B $5.1M–$24M
- Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
Portfolio highlights
- IHW — iHW is an AI semiconductor company that develops ultra-low-power analog AI chips using Analog Compute-in-Memory (ACiM) technology for mobile and edge devices. The company builds analog-digital computing architectures to improve power efficiency and performance in on-device AI processing.
- Bunker Kids — Bunker Kids is a startup that provides solutions optimized for achieving personal health goals using data and algorithms.
- Turing — Reinvent Education with Technology
Fast Ventures is a venture capital investment firm.
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- Industry: Health Care, Apps, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: South Korea, Hungary, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 63
- Round size: Seed $418k–$2.6M; Series A $2M–$7.5M
- Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Bind — Bind is a start-up that operates the mobile and PC version of 'Athler'.
- Doers — Doers is an influencer commerce platform that offers several services for connecting influencers and companies.
- Driving Teacher — You may search and compare the pricing of all driving schools countrywide in Driving Teacher, and you can help students make real-time training reservations with just a few clicks without connecting to a counselor. Furthermore, it provides an online reservation management platform to driving schools in order to automate the driving school system,as well as sales growth through customized marketing.
Blue Corner is a venture capital firm that provides investments for startups and venture organizations.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Solar, Video
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Round size: Series A $700k–$6.4M
- Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Dropshot — Dudum is a video production company that provides graphics, product advertisements, and in-house training.
- BEYLESS — BEYLESS is an embedded platform for autonomous driving.
- Playtag — Playtag operates an AI-based platform that uses behavioral analytics for early childhood education. The company develops learning tools for infants and toddlers and provides systems for kindergartens and daycare centers. These systems support the use of data-driven methods in teaching and classroom activities.
Capstone Partners is a venture capital firm specializing in early-stage companies operating in the Information technology, wireless technology, architecture, pharmaceutical, internet, online game, software, solid state disk, and IP television sectors. It primarily invests in China and South Korea, with a focus in Seoul and Gyeonggi province. The firm prefers to exit its investments through a trade sale. Capstone Partners was founded in 2008 and is based in Seoul, South Korea. Capstone Partners is a venture capital firm that invests in entrepreneurs seeking success with fresh ideas. Capstone Partners values the funds of union investors better than our own, working for the interests of investors and following the objective of the investments.
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- Industry: Software, Mobile, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 311
- Round size: Seed $223k–$3.8M; Series A $371k–$11M; Series B $914k–$17M
- Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $42M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- ABLE Labs — ABLE Labs provide liquid handling robots and protocols so that all researchers can focus on constructing assay, leaving the execution to robots. If you want would contact them please contact them via phone call or email.
- Intellicia — AI-powered Synthetic Consumers platform for market research. 91.2% Spearman Correlation, 93.6% accuracy validated across 120+ PoC projects.
- Wrtn Technologies — Bring AGI Close to People
Xquared VC is a venture capital firm that invests in small and medium-sized companies at early stages.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Artificial Intelligence, Medical
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- Round size: Seed $513k–$4.3M; Series A $3.4M–$40M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% 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.
- Pensées — Pensées is a 3D bio-printer company that develops cultured meat through 3D bioprinting technology.
- CarbonSix — CarbonSix delivers cutting-edge robotics automation for manufacturing, combining Six-Sigma robot dexterity and intelligence to transform industrial operations worldwide.
ScaleUP Ventures is a venture capital firm that supports creative entrepreneurs and assists with investments. It is focused on early-stage venture capital with a preference for Business-to-Business opportunities. The firm was founded in 2016 and is based in Toronto, Ontario.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, FinTech
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: Canada, United States, Egypt
Investor stats
- Total investments: 58
- Round size: Seed $100k–$7.5M; Series A $2M–$17M; Series B $15M–$65M
- Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $100M in 2017
Portfolio highlights
- Canalyst — 4,000+ financial models with every KPI that matters, built and updated by our team of analysts.
- Penny — Discover Penny. Transforming sellers' lives. Providing tailored corporate solutions. Try the best social selling app today.
- Dream Appeal — Dream Appeal is a career growth platform that helps in management of career oriented goals and connect with peers with similar interest.
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- Industry: Consulting, Apps, Sales
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Venture - Series Unknown $1.7M–$4.3M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Craver — Craver is a sales and brand marketing consulting company that helps Korean brands in business development.
- Vibezone — Vibezone operates a digital platform in the entertainment industry focused on K-pop content. It provides services that enable interaction between fans and artists, including an image archiving system and applications integrated with IoT-based devices. The company is engaged in the development and operation of tools for content management and userengagement.
- Dr. Noah Biotech — Dr. Noah Biotech is a pharmaceutical company that develops drugs for orphan disease patients.
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- Industry: Gaming, Blockchain, Video Games
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series C
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Philippines
Investor stats
- Total investments: 35
- Round size: Seed $1.7M–$13M; Series A $900k–$100M; Series C $8.4M–$1.1B
- Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Coinone — Coinone is the cryptocurrency exchanges. Under the vision to ‘Bring Blockchain into the World,’ they aspires to lead the new world of finance through blockchain technology. They currently operates the third largest exchange. They prioritizes the protection of clients’ assets and is dedicated to providing the most secure investing environment.
- Carbonated — Carbonated makes hardcore PVP multiplayer games accessible to everyone on their mobile phones and PCs, by using AI to drive moment-to moment gameplay.
- Offbeat Play — Offbeat is a development company that is developing a game based on the IP of the famous web novel Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint.
Daesung Private Equity is a Korean venture capital firm offering investment, corporation restructuring, and incubation services.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 71
- Round size: Seed $446k–$8.4M; Series A $2.2M–$10M; Series B $2M–$17M
- Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $24M in 2014
Portfolio highlights
- Lee Eum-Gil — Lee Eum-Gil is a consulting firm specializing in career transition support services.
- DAIM Research — DAIM Research is an AI-based automation system solution company that provides logistics automation solutions.
- Autonomous a2z — Autonomous a2z is a driving mobility platform that provides autonomous driving service with judgement, control and recognition technologies.
Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK) is committed to honoring its charter of financing small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). The Bank has extended the scope of its expertise to provide a comprehensive range of financial services to individual customers in a quest to emerge as a leading financial services group. In pursuit of that goal, IBK is making every effort to enhance its competitiveness, achieve balanced growth and strengthen its global presence. The Bank employs around 10,000 staff and operates a distribution network of 612 branches including 12 overseas branches. Providing complementary services, the Bank also operates several subsidiaries: IBK Capital Corporation, IBK-SG Asset Management, IBK System Co., Ltd., and IBK Credit Information Corporation. In 2008, IBK Investment & Securities was launched, focused on meeting the needs of SME customers for services such as IPOs and M&As. Moreover, strategic alliance with Korea Investment Holdings enhances product competitiveness and affiliation with the National Post Office promoting easy customer access to IBK banking services.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 316
- Round size: Seed $166k–$4.5M; Series A $2.3M–$17M; Series B $4.8M–$28M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
Portfolio highlights
- BIGC — BIGC is a technology company that offers digital marketing, content creation, and advertising services.
- Hurotics — Hurotics is a company with deep-tech technology related to human-robot fusion.Hurotix's wearable robots, notably the 'H-Flex', are modular and give personalized support based on the user's demands, assisting users in overcoming physical restrictions.
- Airbility — Airability is a developer for potential airline mobility solutions.
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- Industry: Mobile Apps, Software, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 29
- Round size: Seed $89k–$616k; Pre-Seed $92k–$5.1M
- Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Midvar — Midvar is an aeroponics-based smart farm solution startup that leverages advanced automation, IoT, and data-driven technologies to enable efficient, sustainable, and high-yield crop production in controlled environments.
- Blue Cap Can — Blue Cap offers a wide range of innovative and customized solutions related to secondary batteries, a rapidly growing and highly regarded sector in the global energy market.
- Fortel My Health — Fortel My Health provides an innovative liquid biopsy service, 'Magnolia,' designed to simultaneously screen for ovarian and endometrial cancers. The service utilizes platelet-derived RNA analysis combined with an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm for cancer diagnosis. This advanced technology was developed to address thelimitations of traditional imaging diagnostics and tissue biopsies.
Hansae Yes 24 Partners is a 3D webtoon content company.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, SaaS, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 14
- Round size: Seed $450k–$2.1M; Series A $1.6M–$7.8M
- Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Pyler — Pyler is an artificial intelligence-based digital marketing platform intended to humanize video analysis based on a vision language model. The company's platform offers brand safety and a contextual targeting function for global and local clients with proprietary video understanding, vision, and text analysis technologies that automaticallyanalyze content in seven categories, enabling clients to improve advertising performance through content analysis without personal information.
- Wilco — Wilco a start-up specialized in thermal management of electronic products and new space era.
- KRISTIN — KRISTIN is a supplier of flat, sneakers, and boots.
People Investment provides entrepreneurs with the tools, resources, and mentorship they need to turn their vision into reality, offering comprehensive support that spans business planning, strategic guidance, financial assistance, and access to a network of industry experts to help accelerate sustainable growth.
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- Industry: Dental, Robotics, Cosmetics
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Dumion — Dumion develops transdermal drug-delivery and dermatological ingredient technologies.
- Dream Appeal — Dream Appeal is a career growth platform that helps in management of career oriented goals and connect with peers with similar interest.
- Dental Robotics — Dental Robotics is a dental technology company developing AI-powered robotic solutions for dental care,Its flagship Dental Assistant Robot automates repetitive tasks such as suction, positioning, and real-time assistance during procedures.The company combines AI perception, robotics, real-time control, and edge AI to improve clinical efficiency and enable next-generation digital dentistry.
A fundamental investment philosophy of ‘Building on principles’ guides us at Mirae Asset. Over the years, these principles have enabled us to become Asia’s premier financial group and created new trends in the Asian capital market. Above all, we put our clients’ interests first, always adhering to high ethical standards. Because our success clearly comes from their success, we use fundamental investment principles to identify opportunities that generate value and lasting profits. We are strong believers in teamwork and are determined to recruit the best and brightest people as we open new horizons in Asia and expand globally. Just as we strive to continually improve our own performance, Mirae Asset is committed to helping every community it joins. On behalf of the entire Mirae Asset Financial Group, I would like to convey the sense of responsibility your trust in us merits and pledge to do all that we can to exceed your expectations.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 341
- Round size: Seed $692k–$14M; Series A $2M–$40M; Series B $5M–$52M
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $118M in 2026
Portfolio highlights
- Hurotics — Hurotics is a company with deep-tech technology related to human-robot fusion.Hurotix's wearable robots, notably the 'H-Flex', are modular and give personalized support based on the user's demands, assisting users in overcoming physical restrictions.
- Medifab — Medifab is a bio-healthcare center that offers 3D system testing, measurement analysis, and OEM service.
- AD System — AD System focuses on the development, manufacturing, sales and repairing of drones and other unmanned aerial vehicles.
LB Investment is one of the top VCs in Korea. LB invests in diverse industries ranging from Technology and Contents to Bio and healthcare
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- Industry: Health Care, E-Commerce, Software
- Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
- Geography: South Korea, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 160
- Round size: Series A $3.8M–$38M; Series B $6.4M–$50M; Series C $7.4M–$71M
- Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow
Portfolio highlights
- CarbonSix — CarbonSix delivers cutting-edge robotics automation for manufacturing, combining Six-Sigma robot dexterity and intelligence to transform industrial operations worldwide.
- The SMC Group — The SMC Group is a social marketing company.
- Point2 Technology — We Develop Innovative, Ultra-Low Power Connectivity SoCs Point2 Technology cloud-optimized range of high-speed SoCs and reference design platforms accelerate deployment of next generation data centers and 5G infrastructure.
Orbit helps scale breakthrough startups from around the globe across emerging and frontier markets.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
- Geography: China, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 577
- Round size: Seed $100k–$2M; Pre-Seed $100k–$1M; Convertible Note $30k–$20M
- Lead/follow: 73% lead, 27% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- i4TECH — Modular, scalable, fully managed manufacturing digital solutions that enable your AI adoption. Moving Industry 4.0 forwards with a unified, comprehensive data driven approach
- Qanary — Qanary is a digital second-opinion platform designed to help radiologists detect cancer at its earliest, most treatable stages.
- openmed — OpenMed provides digital healthcare services, telemedicine, pharmacy products, diagnostics, and medication delivery.
Magella Technology Investment is a venture capital firm based in Korea that invests in techno-centric startups.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Apps
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, Indonesia, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 41
- Round size: Seed $87k–$940k; Series A $470k–$5.1M; Series B $2.1M–$10M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $15B in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- FOBECON — Pobicon offers an auto-estimation solution that analyzes construction blueprints using vision AI and other algorithms to quantify the net quantity of raw materials utilized in construction in three days.
- Quantum AI — Quantum AI is an AI data company that offers offline and online data collection and analysis services. Currently, Quantum AI is providing various services centered on the financial sector, including AI document processing automation, intelligent voice consultation, assetization of unstructured financial data based on its own language model, and AIsearch. Utilizing a proprietary AI recognition engine, the company has integrated and analyzed various data sources, including financial documents, customer consultation history, and market news, and have carried out numerous AI data assetization projects for major domestic commercial banks and insurance companies.
- sherpas — Sherpas offers SMPLY, a data-based SaaS and IT management service, which uses AI for IT asset management. It simplifies tracking of applications and devices, analyzes business size and usage patterns, and recommends the most suitable solution for each company
Big Basin Capital is a venture capital firm based in Silicon Valley, investing in early-stage startups in Korea and the United States.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 89
- Round size: Seed $448k–$2M; Series A $1.1M–$7M; Series B $2.5M–$11M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2013
Portfolio highlights
- Willog — As a fast-growing startup, Willog provides a “item-level condition monitoring” that innovates the supply chain of sensitive, perishable or valuable goods where condition monitoring is required, and its efforts are to create a transparent and connected logistics flow. Based on its patented sensor technology and its cloud-based software, Willog helpscompanies gain seamless visibility down to the item-level and control over their shipments across their supply chain so they can have condition foresights and insights to improve their bottom line.Willog acquired 25 enterprise customers including MNCs like Hyundai Motor Group and DHL Express since its establishment. Willog is rapidly expanding its presence in various industries including bio-pharmaceutical, fresh food, and special logistics, where condition monitoring is key to business continuity. Going forward, while strengthening its leadership position in Korea, Willog will accelerate global expansion with partnerships in America, Kazakhstan, and Malaysia.
- Dentlink — A state-of-the-art digital dental lab, made by masters. All-on-X, veneers, implant crowns. One dedicated master technician on every case. First case free.
- 276 Holdings — 276 Holdings is a finance company that offers corporate financial service flow and a new flow of trade receivables value to companies.
NCSOFT is creating a new world connected through joy.
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- Industry: Gaming, Software, Media and Entertainment
- Stage:Series A, Corporate Round, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: South Korea, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 25
- Round size: Series A $884k–$28M; Corporate Round $1.3M–$27M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.8M–$5M
- Lead/follow: 64% lead, 36% follow
Portfolio highlights
- DynamisOne — Dynamis One is a game developer that specializes in the subculture genre.
- Dexa Studio — Dexar Studio is a game development startup that focuses on MMORPGs with high-quality graphics and action gameplay.
- Artifact Entertainment — Artifact Entertainment, Inc. operates as a software development company that focuses on the massively multiplayer online games.
ActnerLab is a venture capital and accelerator that helps hardware, IoT and biotech startups establish their initial foothold and beyond.
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- Industry: Health Care, Medical, Medical Device
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 121
- Round size: Seed $47k–$815k
- Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
Portfolio highlights
- PERAZAH — PERAZAH develops medical devices to pursue technology with safety and innovation.
- Chain Lightning — Chain Lightning is an electric vehicle charging station that provides electric vehicle care payment and charge management services.
- K-Bio HealthCare — K-Bio HealthCare provides a personalized health record (PHR) and PHR-based digital healthcare system.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Biotechnology
- Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
- Geography: South Korea, India, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 14
- Round size: Series A $1M–$14M; Series B $6.3M–$14M; Series C $6.8M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Genecker — Genecker develops genetic analysis technologies aimed at enabling the early detection and personalized management of cancer and genetic disorders. The company offers genome analysis services for oncology, prenatal screening, rare diseases, and individual health assessments, providing healthcare professionals and individuals with accurate andcost-effective diagnostic insights to support informed clinical decision-making.
- Humanscape — The IT-based healthcare company Humanscape operates three services - Rarenote for rare disease patients, MommyTalk for families in pregnancy and parenting, and Clinical Trials Korea for patients interested in clinicial trials.
- The White Communication — The White Communication provides cloud consulting, migration, and managed services for enterprises. The company designs architectures on public cloud platforms, sets up governance and security controls, and implements automation for deployment and operations. Service offerings include workload assessment, application containerization, CI/CDenablement, monitoring, backup, and disaster recovery planning. Cost management support covers rightsizing, billing visibility, and usage optimization. Integration work connects cloud infrastructure with identity management, networking, and data services. Training and documentation help client teams operate and scale environments after handoff.
BLT & Partners is a startup accelerator and deep-tech investment firm that supports early-stage technology startups.
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- Industry: Social, Content, Social Network
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Play pil — Play pil is an online casting and talent platform that connects actors, models, and performers with production companies. It helps simplify the casting process by providing digital profiles, audition listings, and talent matching tools.
Z Venture Capital is the venture capital arm of Z Holdings that invests in companies that focuses on the insurance and finance industry.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, South Korea, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 112
- Round size: Seed $613k–$16M; Series A $2M–$45M; Series B $3.2M–$52M
- Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $190M in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- OQT — OQT is focusing on developing QPUs utilizing neutral atoms.
- QueryLift — QueryLift develops software for analyzing how generative AI systems represent brands and products. Its marketing intelligence service provides prompt analysis, competitor comparison, brand visibility monitoring, and source tracking. Its security service monitors misinformation, brand damage, data leakage, and other reputation risks associated with generative AI. The company provides these capabilities through SaaS products and positions them within generative engine optimization and AI security.
- Ocean — Ocean is a technology-driven company dedicated to promoting digital transformation in the tax-free and retail shopping sectors. By developing innovative digital platforms and integrated solutions, the company streamlines tax refund processes and enhances the overall shopping experience for international travelers and retailers alike.
Laguna Investment is a venture capital firm focused on professional entrepreneurial investments.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 100
- Round size: Seed $741k–$4.7M; Series A $1.7M–$11M; Series B $3.7M–$35M
- Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow
Portfolio highlights
- But Beautiful — A collaborative AI workspace, built on your company context. Build and orchestrate agents right alongside your team's projects, meetings, and connected apps.
- Cashmore — Cashmore is an app service that analyzes consumers' store visits, mobility paths, and consumption history to deliver customized discount benefits.
- Markoville — Markoville is an entertainment content company that develops animation, games, comics, and character-based intellectual property (IP) using a media-mix strategy. It focuses on creating fun, family-friendly characters and storytelling content across multiple platforms.
Kiwoom Investment provides financial assistance with funding for small businesses.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 114
- Round size: Series A $1.7M–$14M; Series B $4.2M–$21M; Series C $11M–$33M
- Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
Portfolio highlights
- GraphAI — GraphAI AI enables seamless integration of diverse data sources for fast and user-friendly AI-powered Business Intelligence (BI).GraphAI-A leverages neural networks to maintain a comprehensive graph view and swiftly reveals valuable insights from enterprise data, facilitating trend analysis and a 360-degree customer perspective. This is achievedthrough In-DB AI technology with an intuitive low-code interface.GraphAI-T delivers accelerated and robust BI analytics by leveraging the valuable insights obtained from GraphAI-A. It further facilitates transaction processing on business data through structured queries like SQL and Cypher.
- RX — RX is a startup that provides an on-site analysis solution for material properties, mainly serving environment, energy, inspection, and testing needs. It also develops technology related to next-generation nuclear power plants and agentic AI, supported by national R&D activity.This company helps industries assess materials and engineeringconditions more efficiently and accurately.
- But Beautiful — A collaborative AI workspace, built on your company context. Build and orchestrate agents right alongside your team's projects, meetings, and connected apps.
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Limpid
— Limpid is a Bio pet food startup. It set new standards in pet nutrition through continuous innovation.
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DoubleT
— DoubleT is an innovative tech enterprise specialized in industrial workplace safety and business automation. Its premier product, HEIMDALL, utilizes artificial intelligence and real-time location systems to prevent industrial accidents. They also operate DoubleWorks for corporate management and Jikguraound to streamline global B2B sourcing forbusinesses.
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S-Innovations
— S-Innovations is a robotics software company that develops SynK, a cyber-physical AI operating system for robot deployment, integration, and recovery across different robot brands and industrial facilities. The company provides automation software that enables faster robot setup, system connectivity, and operational management for sectors usingautonomous mobile robots
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