Top 10 Social Network VC Funds in South Korea
A list of 10 VC funds that invest in Social network startups based in South korea. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Social network companies from South korea. We update this investor list every month.Top 10 Social Network VC Funds in South Korea
| Investor | Social Network South Korea investments |
|---|---|
| Kakao Ventures | 2 |
| Strong Ventures | 2 |
| Big Basin Capital | 1 |
| Korea Investment Partners | 1 |
| Nextdream Angel Club | 1 |
| Capstone Partners | 1 |
| Hansae Yes 24 Partners | 1 |
| Intellectual Ventures | 1 |
| Posco Technical Investment | 1 |
| East Gate Partners | 1 |
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
- Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- South Korea, United States, Indonesia
Portfolio highlights
- Kinolights — Kinolights is a movie rating and recommendation services provider.
- Bungee — Bungee is a recruitment platform that provides hiring, SEO, content marketing, and performance marketing services.
- Sandy Floor — Sandy Floor is a multiplayer games platform. It develops of casual fun games.
Strong Ventures is a seed fund, based in California, that finances, supports, and mentors Korean/Asian/Global entrepreneurs, empowering them to build strong ventures and to break successfully into the global market.With proven experience as operators, executives, and entrepreneurs, they provide hands-on assistance and guidance. On topof their financial investment, they aim to provide tangible value to their entrepreneurs, through network reach, strategic thinking, and execution collaboration. And, as they engage together in their venture endeavors, they hope to make the entrepreneurial ecosystem, where they build companies and labor in, a better, stronger, and more fun place for all.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Health Care, Software
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- South Korea, United States, Poland
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- K Visa — K Visa is an immigration service agency that offers visas, permanent residency, and employment services.
- Realry — Search, compare, and shop your luxury items here. Realry is your luxury fashion search engine that lets you search thousands of online fashion stores at once.
- Spotlite — Spotlite operates a professional model recruitment platform for commercial photography.
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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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- South Korea, United States, Singapore
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- mAy-I — mAy-I is a tech startup that develops advanced human tracking solution based on machine learning techniques.
- Lynens — Linenance prioritizes operational excellence by systematizing the entire process, from customer contracts through washing. We believe that operational excellence leads to affordable rates and that reasonable rates lead to customer happiness.
- Globaleur — Thousands of travelers from around the world rely on Globaleur for travel. Leverage Globaleur's software and APIs that include dynamic destination data and AI-powered developer tools to change the way we travel the world.
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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- Biotechnology, Information Technology, Health Care
- Series A, Series B, Seed
- South Korea, United States, China
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- LabInCube — LabInCube develops inCube materials capable of selective drug release, sustained release, and supporting complex raw materials.
- StealthMole — Uncover hidden threats in the dark web and enhance your cybersecurity with StealthMole's advanced dark web threat intelligence platform. Learn more.
- Syntekabio — Syntekabio is a Korean biotech firm, developing personal genome map which is expected to enable personalized medical service. The company also provides a technology for collecting and integrating decrypted whole genome data.
Nextdream Angel Club provides startup angel investment and solutions.
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Investment focus
- Mobile Apps, Water Purification, Information Technology
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- South Korea, United States
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- Plant Hall — Plant Hall is a landscaping company that offers plant sales and rental services.
- Scone — Scone provides virtual youtuber and video conferencing services.
- Blue Labs — Blue Labs handles social problems and achieves perfect upcycling by recycling enormous quantities of oyster shells.
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. Thefirm 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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- Software, Mobile, Gaming
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- South Korea, United States, India
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- Aniai — Need robots that can cook some REAL BURGERS, follow your recipe to the letter, and help you to make it even better?
- Doongji — Doongji is a small building PM company providing commercial property maintenance and management services.
- GlucoFit — GlucoFit offers meals that induce blood sugar rises and helps to regulate blood sugar more effectively and healthily.
Hansae Yes 24 Partners is a 3D webtoon content company.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A
- South Korea
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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Investment focus
- Energy, Medical, Nuclear
- Funding Round, Seed, Series A
- United States, Israel, South Korea
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 — Append Medical develops a next-generation transcatheter Left Atrial Appendage (LAA) closure system.The Append Medical solution is in the pre-clinical in-vivo trial phase. It is intended to become a differentiated solution in the LAA closure market, which has been estimated to reach $25B within several years. This is the second-fastest growingsegment of the medical device market, with potential sales of $500M in 2019. Append Medical is a member of MEDX Xelerator, a medtech incubator backed by Boston Scientific, Intellectual Ventures, MEDX Ventures and Sheba Medical Center.
- Social Network — Social Network, a specialist platform servicing Korean trends.
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- Social Network
- Funding Round
- South Korea
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- Craver — Craver is a sales and brand marketing consulting company that helps Korean brands in business development.
- Dining Code — Diningcode (다이닝코드) is an online search portal that analyzes big data to help users find restaurants in their vicinity.
- Dr. Noah Biotech — Dr. Noah Biotech is a pharmaceutical company that develops drugs for orphan disease patients.
East Gate Partners
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Investment focus
- Social, Logistics, Social Network
- Seed, Series A
- South Korea
Portfolio highlights
- Mesh Korea — Mesh Korea is an IT-based logistics startup, which established Korea's first last-mile logistics network and became the primary provider of integrated logistics services with in-house logistics solutions.VROONG, Mesh Korea's logistics brand, creates new value not only by providing delivery services, but also by connecting information.Currently, VROONG provides four services; premium delivery services, 'VROONG Prime', integrated logistics management solution, 'VROONG TMS', premium fresh food delivery services, 'VROONG Fresh', and premium delivery magazine, 'VROONG Collection.'With more than 80 VROONG Stations and 13,000 riders across the nation, VROONG provides faster and more accurate delivery services.
- Yea Studio — Yea Studio values positive, sensitive, and passionate attitude and is committed to sharing valuable information globally and making a creative application.
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