Top 15 Social Network VC Funds & Investors in South Korea (June 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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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 | $18k–$30M |
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Kakao Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, Indonesia | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $297k–$27M |
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East Gate Partners
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea | Seed, Series A | Social, Logistics, Social Network | |
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Korea Investment Partners
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States, China | Series A, Series B, Seed | Information Technology, Biotechnology, Health Care | $743k–$50M |
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ActnerLab
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States, Japan | Seed, Angel | Health Care, Medical, Medical Device | $37k–$111k |
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Hansae Yes 24 Partners
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea | Seed, Series A | E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS | $450k–$7.8M |
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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 | $111k–$688k |
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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, Biotechnology, Information Technology | $12k–$77M |
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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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Xquared VC
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea | Seed | Mobile Apps, Social Network, Location Based Services | $513k–$4.3M |
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Posco Technical Investment
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea | Series A, Series B | Sales, Consulting, Restaurants | |
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LB Investment
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, China, United States | Series B, Series A, Series C | E-Commerce, Health Care, Software | $29k–$59M |
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VNTG Corp.
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, France, United States | Seed, Grant | Manufacturing, Product Design, Service Industry | $37k–$891k |
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Fast Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, Hungary, United States | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Apps, Health Care, E-Commerce | $111k–$6.9M |
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Series Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, Singapore | Seed, Series A | Manufacturing, Health Care, Biotechnology | $74k–$4.5M |
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 297
- Round size: Seed $297k–$4.6M; Series A $817k–$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
- Jaranda — One-on-one child-oriented play sitter / learning sheeter for working parents and children's happiness.
- Moyo — Moyo is a phone plan comparison platform that recommends all communication products.
- Vivid Health — Vivid Health is a platform that provides obesity treatment management services. It provides a convenient platform for users to easily access reviews on obesity medicine products by their specific ingredients.
East Gate Partners
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- Industry: Social, Logistics, Social Network
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Vroong — 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.
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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- Industry: Information Technology, Biotechnology, Health Care
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 378
- Round size: Seed $743k–$10M; Series A $1.7M–$30M; Series B $2.2M–$50M
- Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $6.7M in 2014
Portfolio highlights
- New Id —
- viAct — viAct optimises construction safety, productivity and environmental compliance. Ensuring higher ESG preposition with AI. Offering services for construction industry of Asia & Europe & operational in China, Singapore, Japan, Australia, Vietnam, Indonesia and Hong Kong.
- Prokarium — Prokarium is pioneering the field of microbial immunotherapy. Our pipeline is designed to unlock the next level of immuno-oncology by building on the most recent advances in cancer immunology. Prokarium’s lead program is focused on transforming the treatment paradigm in bladder cancer by orchestrating immune-driven, long-lasting antitumor effects.
ActnerLab is a venture capital and accelerator that helps hardware, IoT and biotech startups establish their initial foothold and beyond.
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- Industry: Health Care, Medical, Medical Device
- Stage:Seed, 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.
Hansae Yes 24 Partners is a 3D webtoon content company.
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- 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: 15% lead, 85% 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.
Nextdream Angel Club provides startup angel investment and solutions.
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- Industry: Mobile Apps, Software, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 27
- Round size: Seed $111k–$688k
- Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow
Portfolio highlights
- BioSean — BioSean is a diverse feed technology and breeding organization that provides integrated solutions for microorganisms utilized from the hatched self-fish stage to plankton, high-efficiency fermented feed, and functional additive feed.
- 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.
Mirae Asset Venture Investment invests in specialized enterprises and provides technology, funding and management consulting.
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- Industry: Software, Biotechnology, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 236
- Round size: Seed $12k–$12M; Series A $1.2M–$31M; Series B $3.7M–$77M
- Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- RLWRLD — RLWRLD specializes in "Physical AI" by creating robotics foundation models (RFMs) designed to enable robots to function autonomously in real-world environments.
- Jai Kisan — Jai Kisan provides Instant credit options for rural India. Trusted by farmers, retailers, and businesses. Instant Credit & supply chain financing Apply for Credit Now!
- EPD Biotherapeutics — EPDBio is a platform technology-based biotech company that provides research and product development services.
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.
Xquared VC is a venture capital firm that invests in small and medium-sized companies at early stages.
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- Industry: Mobile Apps, Social Network, Location Based Services
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Seed $513k–$4.3M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
Portfolio highlights
- PRTN — PRTN is the company that owns and operates Proteinner, a high-protein fast food brand focused on delivering convenient, nutritious meals designed to support active and health-conscious lifestyles.
- CarbonSix — CarbonSix delivers cutting-edge robotics automation for manufacturing, combining Six-Sigma robot dexterity and intelligence to transform industrial operations worldwide.
- Home & Co — Home & Co is a platform that can handle everything from simple home repair applications to on-site inspections and on-site construction.
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- Industry: Sales, Consulting, Restaurants
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
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: E-Commerce, Health Care, Software
- Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
- Geography: South Korea, China, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 121
- Round size: Series A $29k–$44M; Series B $3.9M–$42M; Series C $3.7M–$59M
- Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Klleon — Revolutionizing AI-Human Interactions with Real-Time Digital AvatarsEstablished in 2019, Klleon pioneers a fresh dimension in AI-human relations through its real-time digital avatar video chat. Recognized by industry giants like NVIDIA, AWS, and Microsoft, Klleon's unique technologies facilitate emotionally resonant AI digital avatarinteractions. Features include rapid-response digital human animations and optimized GPT processing, ensuring efficiency in both time and cost. By creating lifelike digital avatars from just a facial snapshot and 30 seconds of voice, Klleon transcends physical, temporal, spatial, and linguistic boundaries. With Klleon, your digital twin can converse globally, anytime, in any language.
- Seadronix — Seadronix is a AI technology-based autonomous navigation solutions developed by PhD researchers. It saves cost and secures safety based on various learning data.
- onepredict — We offer a digital solution that diagnoses and predicts the status of key industrial assets based on industrial AI and IoT technologies.
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: 25
- Round size: Seed $37k–$891k
- Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% 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.
Fast Ventures is a venture capital investment firm.
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- Industry: Apps, Health Care, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: South Korea, Hungary, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 61
- Round size: Seed $111k–$2.5M; Series A $2M–$6.9M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% 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.
Series Ventures is an investment company for the beauty care, engineering, healthcare, social platform, and enterprise sectors.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Health Care, Biotechnology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: South Korea, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 61
- Round size: Seed $74k–$1.6M; Series A $2.4M–$4.5M
- Lead/follow: 61% lead, 39% follow
Portfolio highlights
- XYZ — LoungeLAB is a Retail-tech startup that augments space with technology, using the state-of-the-art technologies such as AI and Robotics technology. LoungeLAB focuses on enhancing the product value and services, and we develop in the field rather than on the desk. We Invent Everyday Technology for All.
- 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.
- DMS Chemical — DMS Chemical is a start-up headquartered in manufacturing that produces high-purity sodium silicate. Although sodium silicate has a wide range of applications and is in high demand, all low-quality raw materials in Korea are imported from China and used exclusively for industrial reasons such as steel, building, and paper manufacturing.
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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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Pay Months
— Korean Buy Now Pay Later(BNPL) fintech startup that solves financing problems in e-Commerce
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Winegraph
— Winegraph is an SNS-based wine search and recommendation platform.
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TeamElysium
— TeamElysium is a medical software development company.
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