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Top 50 Sports Startup Investors in South Korea (July 2026)

The most active venture capital funds and angel investors investing in South Korea Sports startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in South Korea Sports startup companies. Find investors to raise a Seed, Series A or Series B round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
Strong Ventures
VC Fund
6 South Korea, United States, Poland Seed, Series A, Series B E-Commerce, Software, Health Care $18k–$30M
Sazze Partners
VC Fund
4 South Korea, United States, Japan Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $200k–$19M
SANG SANG ebiz
VC Fund
4 South Korea Seed, Series A Artificial Intelligence, Apps, Software $37k–$373k
Korea Credit Guarantee Fund
VC Fund
4 South Korea, United States, China Seed, Series A, Debt Financing Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software $223k–$7.5M
Shinhan Capital
VC Fund
3 South Korea, United States, India Series A, Seed, Series B Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce $347k–$19M
D3 Jubilee
VC Fund
3 South Korea, United States, Kenya Seed, Series A Information Technology, Software, Health Care $149k–$4.5M
Evergreen Investment Partners
VC Fund
3 South Korea Seed, Series A Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software $223k–$4.6M
Lotte Ventures
VC Fund
3 South Korea, United States, China Seed, Series A Information Technology, Software, Manufacturing
Coolidge Corner Investment
VC Fund
3 South Korea, United States, Belgium Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Manufacturing, Health Care $223k–$11M
TheVentures
VC Fund
3 South Korea, United States, Vietnam Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $72k–$4.8M
NBH Capital
VC Fund
3 South Korea, France Series A, Seed, Series B Travel, Software, E-Commerce $615k–$9.4M
Translink Investment
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States, Singapore Seed, Series A Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology $300k–$12M
Industrial Bank of Korea
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States, China Series A, Series B, Seed Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $149k–$29M
IBK Capital
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United Kingdom Series A, Series B, Seed Biotechnology, Health Care, Gaming $669k–$32M
Bokwang Investment
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States Series A, Series B, Seed Software, Mobile, Health Care $371k–$18M
KOSME
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States Seed, Series A, Series B Manufacturing, Health Care, E-Commerce $74k–$37M
Wantedlab
VC Fund
2 South Korea, Japan, United States Seed, Series A, Series B Recruiting, Sports, Fitness $1.2M–$11M
Center for Creative Economy and Innovation
VC Fund
2 South Korea Seed, Series A Health Care, Manufacturing, Information Technology $22k–$1.5M
Samsung Venture Investment
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States, India Series A, Series B, Seed Information Technology, Software, Health Care $45k–$28M
MYSC
VC Fund
2 South Korea, China, France Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Food and Beverage, Health Care, E-Commerce
Lee Seung Ho
Angel
2 South Korea Seed, Series A Audio, Social, Sports
Hana Financial Investment
VC Fund
2 South Korea, Singapore, India Series A, Series B, Seed Information Technology, Biotechnology, Software $383k–$25M
Devsisters Ventures
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States, Russian Federation Series A, Seed Software, Gaming, Biotechnology $1k–$7.8M
Korea Investment Partners
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States, China Series A, Series B, Seed Biotechnology, Information Technology, Health Care $973k–$50M
IMO Ventures
VC Fund
2 United States, China, Singapore Seed, Series A, Angel Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, E-Commerce $600k–$50M
Laguna Investment
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States, Japan Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Gaming, Information Technology $741k–$35M
Falcon Partners VC
VC Fund
2 Thailand, Hong Kong, South Korea Seed Travel, Cycling, Leisure $500k–$1.5M
Big Basin Capital
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States, Singapore Seed, Series A E-Commerce, Software, Apps $371k–$7M
Series Ventures
VC Fund
2 South Korea, Singapore Seed, Series A Health Care, Manufacturing, Biotechnology $74k–$4.4M
Smilegate Investment
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States, Vietnam Series B, Series A, Seed Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care $694k–$35M
The Wells Investment
VC Fund
2 South Korea, Singapore, United States Series A, Series B, Seed Apps, Artificial Intelligence, Software $289k–$11M
One Billion Partners
VC Fund
2 South Korea Seed, Pre-Seed Sports, Information Technology, Art
Hyperithm
VC Fund
2 United States, Singapore, Japan Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Pre-Seed Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services $1M–$11M
Kiwoom Investment
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States, Japan Series B, Series A, Series C Information Technology, Software, Biotechnology $1.2M–$33M
Yellowdog
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States, Singapore Series A, Seed, Series B Food and Beverage, Software, Health Care $520k–$16M
Wargaming
VC Fund
1 United States, Austria, Lithuania Series A, Series B, Pre-Seed Gaming, Apps, Video Streaming $150k–$60M
Central Investment Partners
VC Fund
1 South Korea Series A, Series B, Seed Software, Real Estate, Online Portals
Alumni Partners
VC Fund
1 South Korea Seed, Series A E-Commerce, Bakery, Local Business
K- Bridge Investment
VC Fund
1 South Korea Series A, Series C Apps, SaaS, Mobile
Truston Asset Management
VC Fund
1 South Korea Seed Fitness, Training, Health Care
SK Securities
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States, Singapore Series A, Seed, Series B Information Technology, Apps, Health Care
Gentium Partners
VC Fund
1 South Korea Seed, Series A Pet, Apps, Sensor
Stone Bridge Ventures
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States, South Africa Series A, Seed, Series B Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology
TINVESTMENT
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States Series A, Seed, Series B Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing
Quad Asset Management
VC Fund
1 South Korea Series A, Series B, Series C Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence, Biopharma
SangSang Ventures
VC Fund
1 South Korea Seed, Series A, Series B B2B, Sports, Fashion
Korea Technology Finance Corporation
VC Fund
1 South Korea, Russian Federation Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Manufacturing, Health Care
Korea Tech Incubator Program For Startup
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States Seed, Pre-Seed Software, Mobile, Video
Mirae Asset Venture Investment
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States, India Series A, Series B, Seed Software, Biotechnology, Information Technology
Kaist Venture Investment Holdings
VC Fund
1 South Korea, Australia Seed, Angel, Grant Information Technology, Retail, Health Care
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Strong Ventures
VC Fund · Los Angeles, California, United States · 6 investments in South Korea Sports startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, Poland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 301
  • Round size: Seed $223k–$2.7M; Series A $966k–$10M; Series B $18k–$30M
  • Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $3.3M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Serpot — Serpot is a production service platform that offers film shooting products and support services.
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  • Winegraph — Winegraph is an SNS-based wine search and recommendation platform.
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Sazze Partners
VC Fund · San Jose, California, United States · 4 investments in South Korea Sports 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.
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  • Exosphere Labs — Exosphere Labs is an information technology company that offers information security services.
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SANG SANG ebiz
VC Fund · Doksansadong, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 4 investments in South Korea Sports startups

SANG SANG ebiz offers software education and MySQL DBMS consulting services.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Apps, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 16
  • Round size: Seed $37k–$373k
  • Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • 0njourney — Onjeonchi is an operator of a data-based hyper-personalized healthy diet recommendation using AI platform.
  • RealDesignTech — Official Website of RealDesignTech
  • Riso Convergence — Vision AI and AR technologies that bring the screen golf experience to the real field. Making the field easier with AI and AR.
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Korea Credit Guarantee Fund
VC Fund · Daegu, Taegu-jikhalsi, South Korea · 4 investments in South Korea Sports startups

Korea Credit Guarantee Fund operates as a public financial institution.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Debt Financing
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, China

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 263
  • Round size: Seed $223k–$2.9M; Series A $743k–$7.5M; Debt Financing $254k–$4.9M
  • Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Cloto — CLOTHO Co., Ltd. is a South Korean B2B GovTech company that provides operational support for government-funded R&D projects. Their flagship service, "Hello Unicorn" (헬로유니콘), helps startups, SMEs, universities, and research institutes manage research administration, project expenditure, settlement, and documentation — reducingcompliance issues, missing paperwork, deadline risks, and operational gaps from personnel changes through systematized processes.
  • Limpid — Limpid is a Bio pet food startup. It set new standards in pet nutrition through continuous innovation.
  • 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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Shinhan Capital
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 3 investments in South Korea Sports 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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D3 Jubilee
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 3 investments in South Korea Sports startups

D3 is headquartered in Seoul and San Francisco, pioneering the domestic and global impact investment areas. D3 redefines the role of capital by investing in entrepreneurial innovation that improves the lives of low-income families, women, and immigrants, and creates an environmentally sustainable world.Invest in ICT start-ups with highsocio-environmental value in low-income countries such as Korea, USA and South America, Africa and India.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Software, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 111
  • Round size: Seed $149k–$2M; Series A $1M–$4.5M
  • Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $14M in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • Conalog — Conalog is a piezoelectric element-based energy harvesting technology.
  • Pion Electric — Pion Electric is a company that is reimagining the future of the energy industry and the worldwide market for emerging technologies.
  • Wintec Glovis — Wintec Glovis manufactures water treatment and air purification equipment that solves the drawbacks of activated carbon. With the help of superheated steam, the company recycles activated carbon with eco-friendly technology, which allows humans to breathe clean air and drink clear water without concern.
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Evergreen Investment Partners
VC Fund · England, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany · 3 investments in South Korea Sports startups

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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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Lotte Ventures
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 3 investments in South Korea Sports 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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Coolidge Corner Investment
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 3 investments in South Korea Sports 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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TheVentures
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 3 investments in South Korea Sports 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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NBH Capital
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 3 investments in South Korea Sports startups

NBH Capital is an investment firm.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Travel, Software, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: South Korea, France

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 23
  • Round size: Seed $615k–$4.8M; Series A $1.4M–$9.4M; Series B $4.7M–$5M
  • Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • My Benefit — My Benefit is a digital health management platform for tracking musculoskeletal conditions and fitness levels.
  • Gadget Korea — Gadget korea offers data roaming services.
  • Studio Galilei — Studio Galilei is an SFO platform company that operates and manages mobility services.
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Industrial Bank of Korea
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Sports startups

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 makingevery 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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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 286
  • Round size: Seed $149k–$8.3M; Series A $2M–$17M; Series B $4.8M–$29M
  • Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • BIGC — BIGC is a technology company that offers digital marketing, content creation, and advertising services.
  • Flexell Space — FLEXELL SPACE primarily focuses on the development and manufacturing of space solar cells, aiming to provide differentiated products for our customers in the space industry
  • Raion Robotics — Raion Robotics manufactures walking robots for industrial applications and offers prospects in potential industries such as defense, construction, and logistics.
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IBK Capital
VC Fund · Toronto, Ontario, Canada · 2 investments in South Korea Sports 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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Bokwang Investment
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Sports startups

Bokwang Investment is a Korean investment management firm that supports funds and management for small- and medium-sized companies.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 47
  • Round size: Seed $371k–$2.2M; Series A $1.1M–$18M; Series B $1.5M–$12M
  • Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • MOAIS — MOAIS develops a smartphone AI solution that analyzes golf swing problem and offers a lesson solution. It is an on-device AI optimized for smart phones, has a video pose estimation, video segmentation, video classification, video object detection, and image processing of golf swing video.
  • Flatdis — Flatis is a corporation that specializes in naval engine control equipment and ship maintenance.
  • PEOPLE & TECHNOLOGY — PEOPLE AND TECHNOLOGY provides DX-based AI solutions on INDOOR GEOLOCATION AND SMART SENSING through its INDOORPLUS+ IoT, Location Based System (LBS) and Real Time Location System (RTLS) platform in the fields of healthcare, manufacturing, defense, smart cities, and the public sector.More than 100 corporate customers in various business sectorssuch as healthcare, banking, manufacturing, retail, energy and public services have already chosen PEOPLE AND TECHNOLOGY to deploy industry grade solutions for employee safety, asset tracking & monitoring, security & access control, flow management and process efficiency. They have gained improvements in productivity and process efficiency while reducing their corporate risks and optimizing their procurement. Since its foundation in 2013, PEOPLE AND TECHNOLOGY has become a leading provider in South Korea and is expanding overseas.
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KOSME
VC Fund · Jinju, Kyongsang-namdo, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Sports startups

KOSME specializes in providing youth entrepreneurship services. It offers support for all the stages of the startup lifecycle. it has contents that major programs, entrepreneurship education, practical education for startups, multiple coaching systems focusing on practical business. additional, follow-up supports for graduate companies forovercoming the Death Vally and innovation growth.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Manufacturing, Health Care, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: South Korea, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 50
  • Round size: Seed $74k–$1M; Series A $743k–$37M; Series B $2.6M–$13M
  • Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • iTNew — iTNew Corp is a company focused on using Web3 and blockchain technologies to drive innovation and create customized digital solutions.
  • VivaLabs — VivaLabs is a health tech company that analyzes senior health data with AI technology and implements a personalized exercise prescription system to provide scientific strength training programs.
  • Dfinite Inc. — DARVIS 2.0 is an AI-powered data operations platform designed to streamline, automate, and optimize the entire data lifecycle, leveraging advanced machine learning, intelligent analytics, and workflow automation to help enterprises manage, interpret, and act on complex data efficiently, enabling faster decision-making and improved operationalperformance.
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Wantedlab
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Sports startups

Wanted provides personalized job recommendations and content programs to empower your lifelong career journey. Wanted is here for you, every step of the way.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Recruiting, Sports, Fitness
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: South Korea, Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 10
  • Round size: Series A $1.2M–$1.2M; Series B $5.2M–$11M
  • Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • LAPRAS — LAPRASis an Artificial Intelligence company.
  • Redrob — McKinley & Rice is a software development and outsourcing company.
  • MicrobiotiX — MicrobiotiX develops bacteriophage and microbiome-based therapeutics to combat multidrug-resistant infections and autoimmune diseases.
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Center for Creative Economy and Innovation
VC Fund · Daegu, Taegu-jikhalsi, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Sports startups

CCEI is a frontline post of creative economy to create new industries and markets.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Manufacturing, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 55
  • Round size: Seed $22k–$1.3M; Series A $1.5M–$1.5M
  • Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Yoitang — Yoitang is a brokerage platform that combines online and offline real estate transactions by utilizing big data and artificial intelligence from public institutions. CEO Heo Ji-soo acquired the 26th certified real estate agent license in 2015 and experienced 20 real estate brokerage businesses.
  • Semos — Semos app offers water sports with certified trainers to enable users to learn anywhere anytime.
  • Cloud Stone — Cloud Stone provides delivery services for college students.
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Samsung Venture Investment
VC Fund · Seocho, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Sports startups, 10 in the past 12 months

Samsung Venture Investment is plays the role of driving the discovery and development of new businesses and technologies.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 134
  • Round size: Seed $45k–$4.1M; Series A $1.7M–$28M; Series B $3M–$23M
  • Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • N.THING — Established in January 2014, N.THING is a Seoul-based Agri-Food tech company leading innovation in agricultural products, by extension, in the farm-to-table food value chain by combining IoT technology and data. It developed the world’s first modular vertical farm ‘CUBE’ which is easy to expand. N.THING CUBE is a modularized farm with massproductivity where a dedicated OS provides the most optimized environment for each crop so as to create maximized efficiency. N.THING is the world’s first smart farming company that won the iF Design Award, Architecture in 2020. Also, it is a winner of Best of Innovation at the CES 2020 for its excellence in technology, which is the first ever in the agricultural field. N.THING is planning to expand its business on a large scale this year after it successfully completes the PoC process in the U.A.E. Our North American branch office located in New York. N.THING hopes to connect people to nature, things to things, people to things, and people to people through IoT technologies by creating Number of Things out of Nothing. .CUBE : CUBE is internet connected modular container vertical farm. It's an ultimate indoor farm which contains LED technology, real time monitoring system through IoT sensors, collected cultivation data, and upgradable software. We deliver the farm of the desired container form to the desired place.SQUARE : SQUARE is modular hydroponic kit. SQUARE can connect each module and share water. Users can connect as many as they want, grow greens and herbs, and make food great themselves. Each Square consists of four Pickcells, which contains special nutrient-rich sponge. With special sponge and hydroponic, it gives the most simple and effective gardening experience.Planty : Planty is the first Internet-connected social pot in the world. Planty gives pleasure to grow plants with your family, friend, and colleague. Planty enables the user to monitor the environmental information on temperature, soil moisture, and ambient light around plants and give water to plants any me or anywhere.Life : Life is a smart gardening journal aimed at the gardening sector. Plant lovers and gardeners are able to record their gardening activities and information and share them through Social Media. The user can easily insert weather data, location data, gardening activities, and plants’ events. Moreover, all the gardening data can be shared through social media.Sikmulsung: Sikmulsung is our show room to explore 'freshness' of our product and service. It is a place for everyone seeking for 'freshness' in visual, in texture, in taste, in flavor or even in atmosphere with, N.THING's in-store farm, exclusively made for Sikmulsung, special F&B's and our end products.
  • MangoBoost — Data Processing Unit (DPU) is a next-generation server accelerator designed to orchestrate various intra-server devices (e.g., CPU, GPU, SSD, NPU, NIC). By maximizing the datacenter’s overall performance and cost efficiency, DPU is now considered as the most important HW/SW solution to realize the next-generation extreme-scale AI serverinfrastructure. However, despite its critical necessity from the datacenter and AI infrastructure, there is no market-leading DPU solution which can meet the customer’s actual demand due to its HW/SW complexity and the application/model heterogeneity. MangoBoost is currently the world’s most highly recognized DPU startup located in US and Korea. We provide the world’s most advanced and flexible DPU HW/SW solutions in order to fully satisfy the needs of various customers. Our DPU HW is fully composable by integrating its rich set of DPU features to construct our customer-optimal DPUs. At the same time, our DPU SW enables to seamlessly deploy the solution to any customer environment. As a result, our DPU solutions are considered very promising to realize the next-generation AI/datacenter infrastructure, and thus they are currently evaluated at various global-leading companies. MangoBoost was founded in early 2022 to commercialize 7 year of top-tier DPU research outcomes achieved at Seoul National University (e.g., many full-system DPU prototypes, many ISCA/MICRO/ASPLOS/OSDI/ATC papers). The current team consists of 45+ system engineers including ~20 top-tier PhDs from Carnegie Mellon University, Seoul National University, POSTECH, U Toronto, and ~20 industry experts from Intel, Microsoft, Samsung, and Naver.
  • Aim Intelligence — Leading AI Security & Safety Solutions Provider - Specializing in AI Risk Detection, Mitigation, and Elimination through Advanced Red Teaming and Defensive Systems | Leading provider of AI Security, Safety, and Compliance solutions
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MYSC
VC Fund · Seongdong, Kyonggi-do, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Sports startups, 12 in the past 12 months

MYSC is an innovative company that helps innovation through consulting, social venture accelerating, and impact investing.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Food and Beverage, Health Care, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: South Korea, China, France

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 70
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Rovigos — Rovigos analyzes data from your whole business to help you make better forecasts and choices.
  • Welfare Union — Welfare Union focused on customized senior care meals and nutritional services.
  • Phyto Research — Phyto Research offers virus-free, high-quality seedlings as OEM through tissue culture and seed manufacturing.
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Lee Seung Ho
Angel · 2 investments in South Korea Sports startups

Lee Seung Ho

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Audio, Social, Sports
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Bookers — Bookers provide a range of reading-related supplemental services, including reader selection and book discussions.
  • Space F — Space F is an application industry platform business company that researches and develops cell farming technology.
  • Frip — Bored of the same old daily life, but not sure where to begin? Or you know what you want to do, but your friends don't share that same interest? Frientrip was born to satisfy these needs. Frientrip is a social activity platform which allows people to gather and enjoy various outdoor/indoor activities together.As the biggest platformof its kind in Korea, Frientrip believes that everyone can lead a more energetic life by trying out new things and meeting new people. Therefore, we aim to create a community where people enhance their experience and share it with one another, as our slogan goes -- WE INSPIRE PEOPLE TO EXPERIENCE THE WORLD.
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Hana Financial Investment
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Sports startups

Hana Financial Investment Company Limited offers brokerage, securities dealing, underwriting, mutual funds, and online trading services

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Biotechnology, Software
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: South Korea, Singapore, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 91
  • Round size: Seed $383k–$7.9M; Series A $1.9M–$25M; Series B $1.6M–$25M
  • Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Trustay — Trustay is a real estate asset management company.
  • earlysloth — Earlysloth is an AI based survey on the messenger for the enterprise.
  • Kimu Studio — Kimu discovers servant artists, plans education and exhibitions with the artist's unique sensibility.
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Devsisters Ventures
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Sports startups

Venture Capital firm in Korea. We are interested in early-stage investment in gaming, healthcare/biotech, IT services and high technology companies.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Gaming, Biotechnology
  • Stage:Series A, Seed
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, Russian Federation

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 108
  • Round size: Seed $1k–$3M; Series A $3k–$7.8M
  • Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • Deeply — Deeply is a sound AI specialized in the unmanned surveillance industry. It also develops AI voice analysis technology designed to analyze non-verbal sounds and extract information. They serve city surveillance, infrastructure, military, rail, air, and port systems.
  • StudioBside — StudioBside is a mobile game developer based in Korea.
  • AWESOME Entertainment — AWESOME Entertainment is a media and digital content company that provides YouTube content production, influencer and MCN management, advertising and branded content creation, and media commerce services. The comapny supports brands with campaign planning, viral video production, and distribution across multiple social platforms, while alsooffering production outsourcing and partnership services to maximize audience reach and engagement.
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Korea Investment Partners
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Sports 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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IMO Ventures
VC Fund · San Mateo, California, United States · 2 investments in South Korea Sports startups

IMO Ventures is a privately held venture capital and seed investing company across China and the US.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Geography: United States, China, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 62
  • Round size: Seed $600k–$15M; Angel $709k–$10M; Series A $2M–$50M
  • Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • BlueOcean Pay — BlueOcean Pay is a cross border payment solution provider for brands & merchants to acquire and engage Chinese customers.
  • FuChe Biotech — FuChe Biotech is a biotechnology startup which Empower a clear future and innovative technology.
  • META Pharmaceuticals — META Pharmaceuticals is a cutting-edge drug development company specializing in autoimmune diseases.
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Laguna Investment
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Sports 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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Falcon Partners VC
VC Fund · Central, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong · 2 investments in South Korea Sports startups

Falcon Partners is a leading private equity and venture capital investment firm licensed by the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) headquartered in Hong Kong with offices in Shenzhen and Shanghai. Founded by former investors at institutions such as Warburg Pincus, Apax Partners, Capital Group, Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan, Falcon partners withexceptional management teams to build enduring, category-defining businesses over the long-term by providing value-added capital and strategic support at all stages of the company’s development – from pre-seed to pre-IPO. Returns from our investments have reflected the success of this approach, with portfolio companies backed by Falcon at the pre-seed stage raising over US$500 million in follow on investments at unicorn valuations, and later-stage companies achieving rapid growth across Asia and attaining valuations well north of US$1 billion. Falcon primarily focuses on high impact innovation areas such as AI/machine learning, consumer, e-commerce, education, and pharma life-sciences in the China Greater Bay Area. See less

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Travel, Cycling, Leisure
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Thailand, Hong Kong, South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Round size: Seed $500k–$1.5M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Gbike — Gbike is a mobility sharing startup in Korea, innovating green urban mobility in Korea where currently car-centric environment. Our service includes bike and scooter sharing with IT services specialized for Korean market with 50MM population.
  • Klook — Klook is a developer of travel activities and services booking platform designed to connect travelers with experiences. With Klook’s innovative technologies, travelers can book on-the-go and redeem the services by using QR code-enabled e-vouchers. Each day, Klook empowers countless travelers to indulge in their wanderlust and spontaneity throughover 100,000 offerings in more than 400 destinations.The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Hong Kong.
  • GetLinks — GetLinks is a platform and ecosystem connecting tech talents to opportunities across Asia.
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Big Basin Capital
VC Fund · Cupertino, California, United States · 2 investments in South Korea Sports startups

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

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Apps
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 84
  • Round size: Seed $371k–$2.5M; Series A $1M–$7M
  • Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% 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 — Next Generation Dental Lab Service
  • 276 Holdings — 276 Holdings is a finance company that offers corporate financial service flow and a new flow of trade receivables value to companies.
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Series Ventures
VC Fund · Changwon, Kyongsang-namdo, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Sports startups

Series Ventures is an investment company for the beauty care, engineering, healthcare, social platform, and enterprise sectors.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Manufacturing, Biotechnology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: South Korea, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 94
  • Round size: Seed $74k–$1.6M; Series A $2.4M–$4.4M
  • Lead/follow: 69% lead, 31% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • TouchMeal — TouchMind (operating as TouchMeal) runs an AI-driven senior foodtech platform that manages professional institutional catering, customized dietary meal planning, and automated ingredient supply chains for nursing homes. The company handles full kitchen management operations, including hygiene standards compliance, staff management, and thedistribution of specialized elderly-friendly food products.
  • 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.
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Smilegate Investment
VC Fund · Seongnam, Kyonggi-do, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Sports startups, 40 in the past 12 months

Smilegate Investment, founded in 1999 originally as MVP Capital, is a venture capital and private equity firm that grows remarkably alongside invested companies. Since initial venture capital funding in 2000, the firm has since organized and managed more than 30 venture capital and private equity funds and has invested in more than 200 companieswith promising growth potential.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 255
  • Round size: Seed $694k–$6.6M; Series A $1M–$11M; Series B $3.4M–$35M
  • Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • AstralQ — AstralQ builds an AI-powered end-to-end materials development cloud lab. It develops Machine-learned Hamiltonian models for large-scale electronic structure computations and Machine-learned Force Field models trained on proprietary DFT datasets. The company operates an automated inorganic synthesis lab to validate AI predictions through physicalexperiments.
  • GGWP — We provide game developers the tools to create more positive experience for their players
  • WIRobotics — My First-Ever Robot
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The Wells Investment
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Sports startups

VC, Venture Capital

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Artificial Intelligence, Software
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: South Korea, Singapore, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 43
  • Round size: Seed $289k–$1.8M; Series A $891k–$4.3M; Series B $2.7M–$11M
  • Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Honored — Honored is a tour operator that operates the domestic travel services.
  • Milliway — Milliway is an infrastructure digitalization startup that uses vehicle sensor data to detect and manage road damage in real time. It offers solutions for monitoring city and road events and provides tools to enhance productivity in city and road management.
  • 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.
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One Billion Partners
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Sports 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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Hyperithm
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in South Korea Sports startups

A premier digital asset manager based in Tokyo and Seoul.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, Singapore, Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 56
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$6M; Pre-Seed $1M–$4.4M; Venture - Series Unknown $4.5M–$11M
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Wildcat Labs — Wildcat Labs provides on-chain credit and grants access to a detailed view of all market parameters and logs for real-time monitoring.
  • Cork Protocol — Cork's new DeFi primitive, Depeg Swaps allows investors to hedge and trade the risk of their pegged asset (LST/LRTs, Stablecoins, RWAs).
  • Plume Network — Plume is the first modular L2 blockchain for RWAs that simplifies onchain asset deployment while fostering a composable ecosystem through DeFi applications
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Kiwoom Investment
VC Fund · Youidodong, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Sports startups, 16 in the past 12 months

Kiwoom Investment provides financial assistance with funding for small businesses.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 106
  • Round size: Series A $1.2M–$14M; Series B $3.3M–$22M; Series C $11M–$33M
  • Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Dnotitia — Dnotitia is a pioneering AI (Artificial Intelligence) company driving innovative value by integrating AI and data. Founded in October 2023, Dnotitia specializes in developing; Seahorse, a high-performance vector database powered by its proprietary Vector Data Processing Units (VDPU), and Mnemos, a cutting-edge service solution for Large LanguageModels (LLMs). The company also leads the development of sLMs (Small Language Models) and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems, crucial for advancing generative AI technologies and positioning itself at the forefront of AI technology.
  • MangoBoost — Data Processing Unit (DPU) is a next-generation server accelerator designed to orchestrate various intra-server devices (e.g., CPU, GPU, SSD, NPU, NIC). By maximizing the datacenter’s overall performance and cost efficiency, DPU is now considered as the most important HW/SW solution to realize the next-generation extreme-scale AI serverinfrastructure. However, despite its critical necessity from the datacenter and AI infrastructure, there is no market-leading DPU solution which can meet the customer’s actual demand due to its HW/SW complexity and the application/model heterogeneity. MangoBoost is currently the world’s most highly recognized DPU startup located in US and Korea. We provide the world’s most advanced and flexible DPU HW/SW solutions in order to fully satisfy the needs of various customers. Our DPU HW is fully composable by integrating its rich set of DPU features to construct our customer-optimal DPUs. At the same time, our DPU SW enables to seamlessly deploy the solution to any customer environment. As a result, our DPU solutions are considered very promising to realize the next-generation AI/datacenter infrastructure, and thus they are currently evaluated at various global-leading companies. MangoBoost was founded in early 2022 to commercialize 7 year of top-tier DPU research outcomes achieved at Seoul National University (e.g., many full-system DPU prototypes, many ISCA/MICRO/ASPLOS/OSDI/ATC papers). The current team consists of 45+ system engineers including ~20 top-tier PhDs from Carnegie Mellon University, Seoul National University, POSTECH, U Toronto, and ~20 industry experts from Intel, Microsoft, Samsung, and Naver.
  • 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.
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Yellowdog
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Sports startups

The Impact Venture Capital

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Food and Beverage, Software, Health Care
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 32
  • Round size: Seed $520k–$6.6M; Series A $1.6M–$16M; Series B $3M–$9M
  • Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • RideFlux — RideFlux is a self-driving software company for safe and reliable autonomous transporation service. Since our foundation in 2018, we hope for a better world where everyone can be safer and more comfortable while moving with our self-driving cars and software. We believe in the potential that self-driving technology embraces, how driving canbecome an innovative experience not a mere stress, which inspires us to build up its future with every step on our way.Our headquarter is located in Jeju island, one of the best test-beds in the world for developing reliable AD software technologies. It has a variety of road environments and various weather conditions across the island (1850 square kilometers), and significantly high demands for mobility service (16 million visitors a year without bring own vehicles). We are strategically located for technology enhancement for reliable urban autonomy. For the Safety, Beyond the Safety.
  • MY NORMAL — MY NORMAL provides food and services for ketogenic diets.
  • Linq — We are creating ‘hyper-automated insurance platforms’ to comprehensively support underwriters and claim adjusters and to facilitate communication between insurers and reinsurers using AI and deep learning.
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Wargaming
VC Fund · Nicosia, Nicosia, Cyprus · 1 investments in South Korea Sports startups

A catalogue of games produced by the leading game developer in the CIS. Legendary and new games from Wargaming for PC, iOS, Android, Xbox and Playstation.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Gaming, Apps, Video Streaming
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, Austria, Lithuania

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 12
  • Round size: Pre-Seed $150k–$310k; Series A $1.2M–$60M; Series B $15M–$30M
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Donut Lab — Donut Punks is a MOBA game that offers a unique blend of fun, action, and strategy. It is designed for players who want to team up and take on the challenge of fighting against hordes of zombies in a thrilling online environment.
  • Polystream — Polystream is completely rethinking and realising new ways of how to use the visual cloud, from server to client, from network to edge as we build the 3D Internet. Powered by our breakthrough command streaming technology, you can now instantly engage, grow, and monetise audiences of all shapes and sizes wherever they are in the world; whether it’splayers, streamers, or viewers. Our synchronous spectator engine Fantom enables cloud native games and experiences to be cost-effectively streamed with unrivalled reach, and unprecedented scale.
  • Gcore — Gcore is the first class web service with cutting-edge features and advanced security. It provides efficient services for all modern web needs: CDN, hosting, storage, streaming platform, DNS, security, and cloud. The company oversees a global infrastructure that delivers edge and cloud-based services to enterprise-level businesses.
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Central Investment Partners
VC Fund · Yeoksamdong, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Sports startups

Central Investment Partners is a financial service provider company.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Real Estate, Online Portals
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 16
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Factosquare — Factosquare develops goods and brands, manufactures them in-house, and innovates the factory manufacturing process.
  • Estate Cloud — Estate Cloud provides online real estate services for buying and selling properties.
  • TODOC — Explore advanced neural solutions and hearing technologies by Todoc, including innovative cochlear implants and healthcare innovations for better communication.
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Alumni Partners
VC Fund · Seongnam, Kyonggi-do, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Sports startups

Alumni Partners is a venture capital firm based in South Korea.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Bakery, Local Business
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Dalol — Dalol is a bakery that sells snacks, cakes, and rice chips.
  • DEEPX — DEEPX is a Korean AI hardware system solution company.
  • Freshstore — We Love To Eat The Fresh Food
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K- Bridge Investment
VC Fund · 1 investments in South Korea Sports startups

K- Bridge Investment

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, SaaS, Mobile
  • Stage:Series A, Series C
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 13
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Kneader — Kneader is a job search platform that offers staffing and recruiting services.
  • Mr. Mention — Mr. Mention is a mid- and long-term accommodation service platform.
  • Jim Carry — Jim Carry is a hotel services company that offers same-day luggage transportation and station and airport luggage storage services.
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Truston Asset Management
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Sports startups

Truston Asset Management is an asset management company.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Fitness, Training, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • GymT — GymT is a fitness platform that offers an individual customized training solutions and services.
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SK Securities
VC Fund · Yongdungpo, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Sports startups

SK Securities is a South Korea-based financial service provider that specializes in the securities market. It primarily engaged in securities brokerage, dealing and underwriting businesses, covering stocks, futures, options, government bonds, corporate bonds, foreign exchanges, and financial derivative products. The company also involves in theinvestment banking business, which provides acquisition, project financing services, and wealth management services.SK Securities was founded in 1955.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 40
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • DSRV — DSRV, a leading blockchain infrastructure company, offers A-Z solutions across the entire ecosystem for 160+ institutions through vertical integration of technologies such as staking, custody, and validators.
  • Hutom — Reshaping Surgery Through Digital Innovation
  • Soft Berry — Soft Berry is an electric vehicle charging platform.
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Gentium Partners
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Sports startups

Gentium Partners is an investment management firm that offers financial services.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Pet, Apps, Sensor
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • BANF — BANF comprehensively monitor tire conditions(tire wear, wheel alignment, loosen nut/lug) and road surface(asphalt heating, slippery roads like black ice) while vehicles are in motion.
  • EVAR — EVAR brings a solution for EV charging with an autonomous robotic charger.
  • AI FOR PET — TTcare is a health care app for pets. Take pictures to check your pet's health. A solution that makes pet homecare easy. Eye health checkup. Skin health check-up. Perfect care for your pet. Easily find and book vet services. Nofication for your life with pets.
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Stone Bridge Ventures
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Sports startups, 9 in the past 12 months

Stone Bridge Ventures invests in entrepreneurs with bold ideas that improve and expand people's lives, industries, and markets. They provide professional assistance and a network of contacts geared towards businesses in order to help them expand.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 78
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Letsur — Letsur developing automated solutions for AI development and data cleaning services.
  • Nex Eye — Nex Eye is a start-up that develops first-in-class antibodies targeting refractory factors of immuno-oncology drugs.
  • Liberty Labs — Liberty Labs specializes in prompt engineering that allows them to build applications that showcase AI potential. Liberty Labs offers products such as Toolbuilder, regex.ai, Opencharacter, and CLN.me.
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TINVESTMENT
VC Fund · Yeoksamdong, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Sports startups

TINVESTMENT is a venture capital investment firm.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Preneu — PRENEU is a brand specialized in drones and ceaselessly challenging and striving to meet market needs and improve technology.Find drones manufacturer and supplier, reconnaissance drone service systems in korea.
  • Yeoshin — Yeoshin is a skin treatment information platform.
  • Dotter — Dotter is a manufacturing company that designs and produces biodegradable optical coherence tomography devices to diagnose and treat cardiovascular diseases. The company also develops next-generation OCT equipment, an optical imaging device that can create a synergy effect when inserting stents.
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Quad Asset Management
VC Fund · 1 investments in South Korea Sports startups

Quad Asset Management is an Investment firm.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence, Biopharma
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 25
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Ubix Therapeutics — Ubix Therapeutics is a research and development company that develops anti-cancer drugs.
  • Illimis Therapeutics — We translate cutting-edge science into innovative medicine
  • Prazer Therapeutics — Prazer Therapeutics assists patients suffering from intractable diseases through the use of logical and innovative drug design approaches. They willaccomplished this through the use of new and innovative drug development platforms, such as rational molecular drug design technology and next-generation protein degradation technology.
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SangSang Ventures
VC Fund · 1 investments in South Korea Sports startups

SangSang Ventures is a venture capital firm.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: B2B, Sports, Fashion
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • GXC — The Company that aims to change the global gaming ecosystem for the better
  • Makestar — Makestar is a platform that provides K-culture content and information. Makestar allows artists and production companies to share their visions with a global audience. Makestar brings Hallyu stars and fans from all over the world together. It also offers the opportunity for fans to interact with celebrities and participate in the creation ofcontent.
  • RafiQ Cosmetics — RafiQ Cosmetics uses cosmetic raw material technology that eliminates the need to use extracts or wash off plant plant.
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Korea Technology Finance Corporation
VC Fund · Busan, Pusan-jikhalsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Sports startups

Korea Technology Finance Corporation is a South Korea-based fund for small and medium enterprises.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Manufacturing, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: South Korea, Russian Federation

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 63
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • AIRS Medical — AIRS Medical is an MRI reconstruction software service provider.
  • AIRS Inc. — AIRS is at the forefront of advancing orthopedic surgery, setting the stage for the future with its innovative surgical platforms. The company is preparing for the next era in surgical technology, known as SURGERY 4.0. By leading the way with cutting-edge solutions, AIRS aims to transform orthopedic procedures, enhance precision, and redefinestandards in surgical care.
  • Ubix Therapeutics — Ubix Therapeutics is a research and development company that develops anti-cancer drugs.
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Korea Tech Incubator Program For Startup
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Sports startups

R&D fund for Korean startups who secured at least $100,000 from designated startup VCs or Accelerators

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Mobile, Video
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: South Korea, United States

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Seawith — home english version
  • Oasis Business — Oasis Business is an information services company that provides AI solutions to the finance, construction, and distribution industries.
  • Seoul Robotics — Welcome to Seoul Robotics! We build advanced Lidar perception software powered by deep learning.
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Mirae Asset Venture Investment
VC Fund · Seongnam, Kyonggi-do, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Sports startups, 10 in the past 12 months

Mirae Asset Venture Investment invests in specialized enterprises and provides technology, funding and management consulting.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 222
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Baropharm — Baropharm is an online e-commerce platform that sells pharmaceutical products for improved individual care.
  • HyperAccel — HyperAccel provides hardware solutions for developing AI applications.
  • Best Innovation — Best Innovation is a manufacturer of cosmetic products intended to offer a safe alternative to harmful skincare chemicals.
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Kaist Venture Investment Holdings
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Sports startups

Kaist Venture Investment Holdings is a startup company that invests in startups that solve social problems through innovative technologies. They invest in businesses that maximize synergy by pursuing both social and financial values at the same time. It focuses on five sectors including health, environment, education, elimination of inequality, andsocial infrastructure. Kaist Venture Investment Holdings was founded on October 31, 2014, and is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Retail, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Grant
  • Geography: South Korea, Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 25
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Tripsoda — Tripsoda is a travel agency that offers recruiting travel companions, planning trips, and booking travel products.
  • CHOOPERMARKET — Choopermarket sells winery and gift products.
  • Mockingbird — Mockingbird gives personalized mock exams for the CSAT utilizing an AI item suggestion system.
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Sports Investor funding in South Korea at a glance

Stats across 80 deals from 113 investors.

113
investors
in South Korea Sports startups
80
deals
in South Korea Sports startups
$1.3M
median round
in South Korea Sports startups
24%
lead investors
lead at least one round
50%
Seed
most common funding stage
95/5
VC / Angel
share of investor count

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