Top 50 Sustainability Startup Investors in South Korea (July 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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D3 Jubilee
VC Fund
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12 | South Korea, United States, Kenya | Seed, Series A | Information Technology, Software, Health Care | $149k–$4.5M |
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Korea Credit Guarantee Fund
VC Fund
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10 | South Korea, United States, China | Seed, Series A, Debt Financing | Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software | $254k–$7.5M |
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MYSC
VC Fund
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9 | South Korea, China, France | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Food and Beverage, Health Care, E-Commerce | |
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Industrial Bank of Korea
VC Fund
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6 | South Korea, United States, China | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $149k–$29M |
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POSCO CAPITAL
VC Fund
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6 | South Korea, United States | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, Manufacturing, Information Technology | $149k–$11M |
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Center for Creative Economy and Innovation
VC Fund
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6 | South Korea | Seed, Series A | Health Care, Manufacturing, Information Technology | $22k–$1.5M |
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Smilegate Investment
VC Fund
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5 | South Korea, United States, Vietnam | Series B, Series A, Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care | $694k–$35M |
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Magna Investment
VC Fund
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5 | South Korea, United States, Japan | Seed, Series A, Series B | Health Care, Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical | $145k–$18M |
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Strong Ventures
VC Fund
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5 | South Korea, United States, Poland | Seed, Series A, Series B | E-Commerce, Software, Health Care | $18k–$30M |
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Coolidge Corner Investment
VC Fund
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5 | South Korea, United States, Belgium | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Manufacturing, Health Care | $223k–$11M |
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BNK Venture Capital
VC Fund
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5 | South Korea, Kuwait | Series A, Series B, Seed | Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Software | $5k–$13M |
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Korea Development Bank
VC Fund
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5 | South Korea, United States, China | Series B, Series A, Series C | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $1.9M–$45M |
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ENSL Partners
VC Fund
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4 | South Korea | Seed, Convertible Note | Artificial Intelligence, Pet, Apps | $74k–$1.1M |
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Korea Technology Finance Corporation
VC Fund
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4 | South Korea, Russian Federation | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Manufacturing, Medical | $1k–$15M |
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TheVentures
VC Fund
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4 | South Korea, United States, Vietnam | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $72k–$4.8M |
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Hyundai Motor Company
VC Fund
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4 | South Korea, United States, Israel | Seed, Series A, Corporate Round | Automotive, Software, Transportation | $100k–$475M |
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Series Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea, Singapore | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Health Care, Manufacturing, Biotechnology | $74k–$4.4M |
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Nextdream Angel Club
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed | Mobile Apps, Software, Health Care | $111k–$594k |
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Kakao Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea, United States, Indonesia | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $297k–$27M |
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Blue Corner
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea | Series A, Seed | Solar, Video, EdTech | $700k–$6.4M |
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The Jeju Center for Creative Economy & Innovation
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea | Seed | GreenTech, Energy, Events | |
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Chonnam National University Technology Holdings
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea | Seed, Series A | E-Commerce, Renewable Energy, Environmental Engineering | $743k–$2.1M |
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Antler
VC Fund
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3 | Singapore, Australia, United Kingdom | Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $108k–$28M |
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DSC Investment
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea, United States, Israel | Series A, Series B, Seed | Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology | $594k–$47M |
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L&S Venture Capital
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea, United States, Israel | Series A, Series B, Seed | Information Technology, Manufacturing, Software | $594k–$39M |
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Future Science and Technology Holdings
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea, United States | Seed, Series A | Health Care, Biotechnology, Food and Beverage | $231k–$3.7M |
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Shinhan Capital
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea, United States, India | Series A, Seed, Series B | Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce | $347k–$19M |
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IBK Capital
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea, United States, India | Series A, Seed, Series B | Health Care, Biotechnology, Information Technology | $2k–$21M |
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Hana Financial Investment
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea, Singapore, India | Series A, Series B, Seed | Information Technology, Biotechnology, Software | $383k–$25M |
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Enlight Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea, Indonesia | Seed, Series A, Series B | Manufacturing, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $3k–$20M |
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Korea Angel Investment Association
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea | Seed | Manufacturing, Solar, Energy | $223k–$2.2M |
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Kingospring
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea | Seed | Information Technology, Pet, Travel | $186k–$223k |
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Hyundai Technology Investment
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, Iraq, United States | Series A, Series B, Seed | Manufacturing, Information Technology, Robotics | $5k–$16M |
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COINVEST
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea | Seed | Solar, Battery, Wholesale | |
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Hana Securities
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States | Series A, Series B, Series C | Information Technology, Software, Manufacturing | $2.3M–$25M |
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HG Initiative
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States | Series A, Seed, Series B | Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical | $360k–$13M |
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Quantum Ventures Korea
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, Medical, Information Technology | $1M–$54M |
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Yoonmin Foundation
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | Software, Information Technology, Apps | $74k–$1.8M |
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Golden Oak Investment
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea | Series A, Seed, Series C | Apps, Wellness, Beauty | $2.4M–$2.6M |
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Stone Bridge Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, South Africa | Series A, Seed, Series B | Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology | $1.4M–$19M |
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Daesung Private Equity
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, India | Series A, Series B | Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce | $1.1M–$15M |
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Falcon Partners VC
VC Fund
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2 | Thailand, Hong Kong, South Korea | Seed | Travel, Cycling, Leisure | $500k–$1.5M |
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GS Venture
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, Israel | Series A, Series B | Manufacturing, Waste Management, Energy | $4M–$47M |
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Big Basin Capital
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, Singapore | Seed, Series A | E-Commerce, Software, Apps | $371k–$7M |
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IMO Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | United States, China, Singapore | Seed, Series A, Angel | Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, E-Commerce | $600k–$50M |
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Vision Creator
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, Australia, United States | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $750k–$8.2M |
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Oracle Venture Investment
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea | Seed, Series A | Pet, Energy, Payments | $1.1M–$1.8M |
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Seoul Business Agency(SBA)
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Information Technology, E-Commerce, Health Care | |
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Samsung Venture Investment
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, India | Series A, Series B, Seed | Information Technology, Software, Health Care | $45k–$28M |
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JB Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, India, Hong Kong | Seed, Series A | Apps, Mobile Apps, Artificial Intelligence | $59k–$6M |
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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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- 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.
Korea Credit Guarantee Fund operates as a public financial institution.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Debt Financing
- Geography: South Korea, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 264
- Round size: Seed $314k–$2.9M; Series A $743k–$7.5M; Debt Financing $254k–$4.9M
- Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Inobus — Inobus is a company that focuses on innovating household recycling systems through IT technology.
- 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.
MYSC is an innovative company that helps innovation through consulting, social venture accelerating, and impact investing.
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- 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.
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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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 287
- 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.
- Gadget Korea — Gadget korea offers data roaming services.
- Raion Robotics — Raion Robotics manufactures walking robots for industrial applications and offers prospects in potential industries such as defense, construction, and logistics.
POSCO Capital offers financial services.
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- Industry: Software, Manufacturing, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 94
- Round size: Seed $149k–$6.1M; Series A $1.1M–$8.2M; Series B $3.7M–$11M
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Leecell — Leecell is a solar cell manufacturing company that produces organic and perovskite thin‑film photovoltaic cells.
- Mobilint — Mobilint provides integrated sensor fusion and deep learning SoC solutions.
- Solarize — Solarize is a company that develops inverters for solar power and green hydrogen facilities.
CCEI is a frontline post of creative economy to create new industries and markets.
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- 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.
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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- 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
As a Venture Capital / Accelerator / Private Equity Manager specialized in initial companies, SMEs and SMEs, They are generating profits by finding and investing in companies with promising growth potential.
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- Industry: Health Care, Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 94
- Round size: Seed $145k–$3M; Series A $1.5M–$8.2M; Series B $1.4M–$18M
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
Portfolio highlights
- AIT STUDIO — AIT Studio is a digital health startup that develops AI-powered, contactless gait analysis solutions for early detection of mobility decline and age-related conditions such as sarcopenia. Our flagship products—GAIT Studio (App) and MediStep M Pro (hardware package)—deliver full gait assessments in under 1 minute, without wearables or specializedstaff.
- Featuring — Featuring’s goal is to make it easy for anyone to see and utilize the power of influencers. Today, as companies are accelerating their transition to digital business due to COVID-19, the number of companies leveraging influencers is explosively increasing. Feauturing allows brands and marketers to discover product fit influencers and helps matchingbased on their needs. Currently, over 3,600 brands are using Featuring and more than 8,500 influencer campaigns have been done. As a Korea-based startup, Featuring plans on expanding the business to Far East Asia including Japan and China.
- Endorobotics — Endorobotics is a healthcare centre that offers endoscopic surgery services.
Strong Ventures is a generalist VC firm based in LA and Seoul, backing early-stage startups with a focus on Korean founders.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Poland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 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.
- Bosalpim —
- Winegraph — Winegraph is an SNS-based wine search and recommendation platform.
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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- 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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- Industry: Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Software
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, Kuwait
Investor stats
- Total investments: 75
- Round size: Seed $743k–$4.8M; Series A $1.1M–$9M; Series B $5k–$13M
- Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- Leesol — Leesol is a sleep technology company engaged in the production of AI based neuromodulation devices for the prevention and treatment solutions for modern-day people’s healthy brains. The company's product range includes the sleepisol which is a functional smart wearable device that utilizes CES (Cranial Electrotherapy Stimulation) and is aneffective product for the customer’s quality of sleep and life. The product can also be used with a user-oriented data based App.
- ROVO — ROVO is a startup developing an "unmanned road pavement maintenance platform" that combines an AI-based road pavement control and decision-making system with autonomous road repair robots.
- Solarize — Solarize is a company that develops inverters for solar power and green hydrogen facilities.
The Korea Development Bank (KDB) provides long-term financing for projects designed to assist Koreaâ€:tm:s economic growth and development. It offers equipment capital loans and working capital loans to Korean private enterprises that undertake major industrial projects. The bank also extends guarantees to its clients to facilitate their otherborrowings and to finance major industrial projects. KDB guarantees Won-denominated corporate debentures, local currency loans, and other Won liabilities and foreign currency loans from domestic and overseas Korean financial institutions and from foreign institutions. The bankâ€:tm:s other activities include engagement in a range of industrial development activities, including conducting economic and industrial research; performing engineering surveys; providing business analyses and managerial assistance; and offering trust services. As of June 30, 2007, KDB had 40 local branches, 6 overseas branches, and 2 overseas offices. The bank was founded in 1954 and is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
- Geography: South Korea, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 270
- Round size: Series A $1.9M–$24M; Series B $4.5M–$39M; Series C $7.1M–$45M
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Leecell — Leecell is a solar cell manufacturing company that produces organic and perovskite thin‑film photovoltaic cells.
- Perseus — World Best Hypervisor Security Solutions for SDV
- 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
ENSL Partners is an investment accelerator firm that invests in startup companies.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Pet, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Convertible Note
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 32
- Round size: Seed $74k–$1.1M
- Lead/follow: 53% lead, 47% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Rivetta — Rivetta provides a web novel translation platform that supports global publishing through translation, distribution, promotion, and settlement services. It enables writers to share their work with international audiences while managing publishing and monetization processes. The platform helps creators grow readership and expand their presenceacross diverse global markets.
- BigTech Plus — BigTech Plus is a real estate information based fintech company.
- Pass ONE Golf —
Korea Technology Finance Corporation is a South Korea-based fund for small and medium enterprises.
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- Industry: Software, Manufacturing, Medical
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, Russian Federation
Investor stats
- Total investments: 88
- Round size: Seed $1k–$4.1M; Series A $2k–$7.4M; Series B $7k–$15M
- Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Leecell — Leecell is a solar cell manufacturing company that produces organic and perovskite thin‑film photovoltaic cells.
- Elevenliter — Eleven Liter operates Lipet, an online health check solution for companion animals.
- Intergravity — Intergravity is a company that is developing orbital transportation technologies to support the future of in-space activity. Intergravity is to enable a space environment in which mobility, service, and logistics are seamlessly integrated, creating the framework for long-term operations beyond Earth.
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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- 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.
The Hyundai Motor Company is a South Korean multinational automotive manufacturer. It has various vehicle lineups, brand vision, and global campaigns like clean mobility, sustainability, art, and sports partnership.The company was founded in 1967 and, along with its 32.8% owned subsidiary, Kia Motors, together comprise the Hyundai Motor Group,which is the world's fifth-largest automaker based on annual vehicle sales in 2012. In 2008, Hyundai Motor (without Kia) was ranked as the eighth largest automaker. As of 2012, the company sold over 4.4 million vehicles worldwide in that year, and together with Kia total sales were 7.12 million.
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- Industry: Automotive, Software, Transportation
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Corporate Round
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 98
- Round size: Seed $100k–$4M; Series A $4.5M–$100M; Corporate Round $3.7M–$475M
- Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Qnovo — Trusted worldwide to power the products that power your life.
- Upstage — Upstage AI is an artificial intelligence (AI) startup that helps companies focus on their core businesses.
- Video Rebirth — Video Rebirth Limited is a private limited company that is established with shares.
Series Ventures is an investment company for the beauty care, engineering, healthcare, social platform, and enterprise sectors.
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- Industry: Health Care, Manufacturing, Biotechnology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: South Korea, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 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.
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: 28
- Round size: Seed $111k–$594k
- Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Midvar — Midvar is an aeroponics-based smart farm solution startup that leverages advanced automation, IoT, and data-driven technologies to enable efficient, sustainable, and high-yield crop production in controlled environments.
- Blue Cap Can — Blue Cap offers a wide range of innovative and customized solutions related to secondary batteries, a rapidly growing and highly regarded sector in the global energy market.
- Fortel My Health — Fortel My Health provides an innovative liquid biopsy service, 'Magnolia,' designed to simultaneously screen for ovarian and endometrial cancers. The service utilizes platelet-derived RNA analysis combined with an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm for cancer diagnosis. This advanced technology was developed to address thelimitations of traditional imaging diagnostics and tissue biopsies.
We are an independent subsidiary of Kakao Corp. & the most active, startup-friendly early stage VC of Korea. (Limited Partnerships, not strategic.).
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 320
- Round size: Seed $297k–$4.2M; Series A $891k–$14M; Series B $3M–$27M
- Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $9.6M in 2012
Portfolio highlights
- Tect Group — We deliver real beauty based on distinctive brands and innovative marketing solutions, fostering confidence and positivity around the world.
- Pridge Crew — Pridge Crew offers a range of services primarily focused on pet care and app development. Their services include pet care shop reservations and customer management, automatic dispatch of reservation guidance through KakaoTalk, electronic consent forms, and notifications. They also provide services related to pet grooming and pet hotels. Inaddition, Pridge Crew is involved in app development, creating solutions that cater to the needs of their customers in the pet care industry.
- Consumer Bridge — Consumer Bridge is an electronics company.
Blue Corner is a venture capital firm that provides investments for startups and venture organizations.
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- Industry: Solar, Video, EdTech
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- Round size: Series A $700k–$6.4M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Dropshot — Dudum is a video production company that provides graphics, product advertisements, and in-house training.
- CLIWANT (OpenAI Partner Startup) — CLIWANT builds an AI agent for RFPs to fundamentally revolutionize how procurement professionals work.
- Playtag — Playtag uses AI technology to analyze infant behavior and provide customized education in kindergartens.
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- Industry: GreenTech, Energy, Events
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 13
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- CareSix — The future of veterinary care. We envision a world where all companions receive the quality healthcare they're entitled to. Our first line of production - Cotons AI Sense 1 series presents wearable devices, where shaving, gel or electrode is not required for vital data collection. Simply wear the device on your dog's neck to receive notonly vital data, but clinical and behavioral via app or web.
- Spacebeam — Spacebeam is a startup creating space optical communication technology, a space-to-earth data transfer technique that uses light.
- JIN System — JIN System uses location-based spatial information technology to identify customers' potential needs and offers market-friendly solutions by integrating and converging relevant technologies. They aim to cater to increasing consumer needs in transportation, social welfare, and safety sectors, and expand into the digital twin field.
Chonnam National University Technology Holdings is a financial service company that specializes in investment and funding services.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Renewable Energy, Environmental Engineering
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Seed $743k–$2.1M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Leecell — Leecell is a solar cell manufacturing company that produces organic and perovskite thin‑film photovoltaic cells.
- Refeely — Refeely provides sustainable carton packaging solutions for beverages.
- Nature Allo — Nature Allo is a pet healthcare brand that provides functional pet food.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Geography: Singapore, Australia, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1820
- Round size: Seed $186k–$4.6M; Pre-Seed $108k–$750k; Series A $4.6M–$28M
- Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $72M in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- Agentio — Agentio's patent-pending ad platform empowers marketers to finally unlock scalable, creator-led advertising. Programmatically buy the highest quality creator and influencer ad reads to deliver unprecedented efficiency and performance.
- Codis.io — COD LEGAL BLOG CONTACT US Areas We Serve California Florida TEXAS Ohio Trusted Insights on Birth Injury and Medical Negligence Law COD LEGAL BLOG is a dedicated legal information platform created to help readers understand complex legal matters in a clear and structured way. Click here to learn more. The legal system can often feel
- Quantflo — Options market intelligence and structured trade planning for Indian markets.
DSC Investments invests in early stage and growth companies in the field of corporate identify and focus, IT, software, biotechnology, machinery, and future high-growth areas such as environment and resources.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 215
- Round size: Seed $594k–$9.1M; Series A $1.5M–$17M; Series B $4.5M–$47M
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
Portfolio highlights
- FastView — FastView provides content commerce services and online marketing services.
- Clobe AI — Clobe AI is a SaaS-based financial management platform designed for businesses to monitor and manage cash flow and financial operations. The company provides services such as real-time aggregation of financial data from bank accounts, corporate cards, and tax invoices, along with automated accounting and tax handling. The platform also supportscash flow tracking, profit and loss analysis, and automated settlement workflows, including transaction mapping and invoice processing, enabling centralized financial reporting and operational control.
- Kong Studios, Inc. — We truly believe in Gameplay First. Kong Studios is a U.S game developer, and a 'Unicorn' valued at 1B USD.
L&S Venture Capital is a venture capital firm. L&S Venture Capital is specializing in incubation, seed, early, and expansion stage investments. L&S Venture Capital invests in electronic components, including smart phones, pads, televisions and grid; telecommunications equipments; green energy sector, such as solar, wind, fuel cell, LED,and EV; machineries; broadcasting; nanotechnology; intelligent robotics; telematics; medical equipments; media contents, which inlcude creation, distribution and new media. L&S Venture Capital primarily invests in South Korea with a focus in Seoul, Gyeonggi region, and Chungnam province. L&S Venture Capital was founded in 2006 and is based in Seoul, South Korea.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Manufacturing, Software
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 108
- Round size: Seed $594k–$4.5M; Series A $1.9M–$8.2M; Series B $3.7M–$39M
- Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Uniqconn — Uniqconn is a telecommunication company that offers wireless and mechanical interference services.
- Enhans — Viralpick provides IT services for organizations including data analysis, automation, acquisition, and advertising services.
- Coxwave — Coxwave provides product analytics and observability for AI applications. The Skylight platform instruments LLM prompts, responses, context, and user interactions via SDKs and ingestion APIs. It aggregates metrics such as quality, latency, token usage, and cost, and presents dashboards to monitor trends and detect regressions. Teams use it tocollect human feedback, build evaluation datasets, and compare prompt or model variants before and after releases. Tracing links events across sessions and workflows, helping correlate outcomes with inputs and application state. Integrations connect to common LLM providers, orchestration frameworks, and data pipelines, allowing data to flow into existing analytics stacks and workflows.
Future Science and Technology Holdings is an investment company that specializes in technology-based services.
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- Industry: Health Care, Biotechnology, Food and Beverage
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: South Korea, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 33
- Round size: Seed $231k–$1.7M; Series A $1.9M–$3.7M
- Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow
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- Protier Biotech — PROTIER Biotech is a company leading the development of therapeutics through innovative biotechnology .
- Copper Innovation Technology — CIT Co, Ltd utilizes metal single crystals and the ASE method to ensure the accurate, lossless transmission of every signal.
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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- 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.
IBK Capital is the venture capital arm of the Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK).
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- Industry: Health Care, Biotechnology, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 111
- Round size: Seed $2k–$7.6M; Series A $720k–$8.2M; Series B $7k–$21M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
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.
- Automata — Automata creates AI-powered tools like AI agents and smart integrations that simplify how teams plan, communicate, and work. The company solves business problems by enabling AI to build, manage, and evolve software workflows while humans guide the AI to deliver real value.Automata provides industry-tailored AI solutions
- 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.
Hana Financial Investment Company Limited offers brokerage, securities dealing, underwriting, mutual funds, and online trading services
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- 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.
Enlight Ventures, one of the fastest growing VCs in the world, invests in early-stage startups with unique and sustainable business models.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 72
- Round size: Seed $392k–$10M; Series A $541k–$4.7M; Series B $3k–$20M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
Portfolio highlights
- TESOLLO — TESOLLO develops robot and motion presenter products.
- Stockeeper — Stockeeper creates and operates a Korean beef asset platform, Bankau, that connects consumers and producers.
- Stress Solution — Based on unique medical and scientific information and ECG waveforms, Stress Solution creates sound that regulates and initiates the equilibrium of the autonomic nervous system. Currently, Healing Bit is utilizing wearable technology to detect stress in real time. Through this, an autonomous feedback system that uses artificial intelligence topredict individual stress level situations and take preventative measures is being developed.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Solar, Energy
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Seed $223k–$2.2M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Linsol — Linsol develops life-saving and environmental detection solutions based on defense-derived search and detection technology.
- Jan153 Biotech — Jan153 Biotech is a biopesticide development company that develops advanced biological control technology to protect the environment.
- Advance Battery Recycle — Advance Battery Recycle is an eco-friendly battery recycling technology company. It produces positive and negative electrode materials by recycling byproducts generated during the battery manufacturing process.
Kingospring is a venture capital firm based in Seongnam-si, South Korea.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Pet, Travel
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Seed $186k–$223k
- Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Sofcle — Sofkle holds a patented technology for a unique and environmentally friendly method of manufacturing natural mineral calcium balls by utilizing clam shells—a readily available and sustainable natural resource—as a recyclable material.
- Save the Farms — Save the Farms aims to contribute to a sustainable agricultural ecosystem by developing biochar using microbial agents to solve the problem of continuous cropping in rural areas.
- Textile Design Bank — Textile Design Bank is a textile design trading platform intended to digitally register and license designs for print pattern commercialization. The company's platform provides global print pattern designs and customized colors for each brand and product signature and conducts practical fashion education and employment consulting, enablingtextile designers and fashion brands to efficiently find, evaluate, and obtain design assets that support creative, production, and commercial workflows in the textile design ecosystem.
Hyundai Technology Investment is a venture capital firm that mainly invests in early-stage companies and is based in South Korea.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Information Technology, Robotics
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, Iraq, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 53
- Round size: Seed $743k–$10M; Series A $1.5M–$6.4M; Series B $5k–$16M
- Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow
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- Scone — Scone provides virtual youtuber and video conferencing services.
- Omelet — Omelet, Transforming Industry Decisions with AI
- Cafe Manwolgyeong — Cafe Manwolgyeong is a customer-centered cafe brand that values different cafes and related products.
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- Industry: Solar, Battery, Wholesale
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
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- Korea LFP Co. — Korea LFP Co. produces lithium iron phosphate battery cells and modules for e-mobility, energy storage, and industrial power applications.
Hana Securities is a subsidiary of Hana Financial Group.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Manufacturing
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
- Geography: South Korea, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 58
- Round size: Series A $2.3M–$20M; Series B $3M–$25M; Series C $3.4M–$19M
- Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow
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- Solivis — Solivis is the manufacturer of solid-state batteries designed for next-generation battery packs. The company's product is used as a secondary battery for electric vehicles and has developed a wet synthesis method that can mass-produce a sulfide-based solid electrolyte with homogeneous high ionic conductivity, enabling clients to significantlyimprove productivity by reducing process costs and shortening the synthesis time.
- KB-Element — KB-Element is a graphene development and production company that also turns graphene into intermediate items and novel materials.
- Autonomous a2z — Autonomous a2z is a driving mobility platform that provides autonomous driving service with judgement, control and recognition technologies.
HGI runs an impact-driven business, seeking to address diverse social issues through sustainable innovations.
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- Industry: Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 45
- Round size: Seed $360k–$4M; Series A $1M–$8.2M; Series B $3.8M–$13M
- Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Sankun — Sankun offers a digitalized platform that takes a role in establishing the link between buyers and vendors of industrial items.
- Brewguru — Brewguru is an online beverage store that makes and sells healthy beverages.
- Dolbom-ui-sin — Caregiver is a specialized platform operator that provides hospitals with advanced nursing solutions, streamlining patient care coordination, enhancing clinical workflows, and supporting specialized nursing practices through intelligent tools and integrated digital systems.
Quantum Ventures Korea actively invests in companies within the Technology and Bio/Healthcare industries. The firm manages a portfolio of early to growth-stage companies and continues to look for opportunities across a range of company stages.
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- Industry: Software, Medical, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 75
- Round size: Seed $1M–$7.6M; Series A $1.5M–$16M; Series B $3.7M–$54M
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $34M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Qunova Computing, Inc. — Quantum computing based computing innovations for new materials and drug discovery, and advanced technology solution consulting services.
- Wavelord —
- Plastal — Plastal is a mechanical and chemical engineering company that offers polymer, metal, and mold injection services. The company specializes in using its core technology required for bonding between metal and plastic resin, mold technology, injection conditions, and milling capabilities, enabling manufacturing companies to avail themselves of theproducts they desire.
Yunmin Foundation provides start-up support, youth challenge school, and online start-up education.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: South Korea, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 61
- Round size: Seed $74k–$1.8M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Jaranda — One-on-one child-oriented play sitter / learning sheeter for working parents and children's happiness.
- Semonyeo — Semonyeo is a senior lifestyle brand dedicated to enhancing the dining experience of older adults. The company designs, develops, and sells specialized tableware tailored to the unique needs of seniors, focusing on comfort, safety, and ease of use.
- Plancklab — Plancklab develops compact AI-powered maskless lithography systems that make semiconductor and microfabrication tools more accessible to research labs, universities, and emerging semiconductor ecosystems. Its platform uses UV-DLP and DMD-based digital patterning to expose high-precision micro/nano patterns directly from digital files withoutphysical photomasks or full cleanroom infrastructure. Plancklab’s technology supports semiconductor education, microfabrication research, MEMS, biochips, microfluidics, 2D material devices, and advanced packaging R&D.
Golden Oak, LLC is a privately held investment company that focuses on the acquisition, development, and management of value-add multifamily real estate.
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- Industry: Apps, Wellness, Beauty
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series C
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Series A $2.4M–$2.6M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- LOWE — Lowe is a shared beauty salon platform service that provides a variety of beauty infrastructure such as beauty spaces, facilities and materials, and creates an optimal environment for designers to focus on the essence.
- Trash Busters — Trash Busters manufactures reusable cups and dishes.
- Travel Wallet — Travel Wallet is a foreign currency payment service that uses the Travel Wallet application. The travel Pay card is free of charge for overseas payments. The payments are overseas direct purchases and overseas payments without commission. The license for small overseas remittance businesses and electronic financial businesses by meeting variouscomputer facilities and all requirements. The platform agreement with banks.
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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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 95
- Round size: Seed $1.4M–$9.7M; Series A $2.2M–$18M; Series B $2.7M–$19M
- Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- QMIT — QMIT provides coaching includes nutrition, mental management, and career counseling.
- Amber Road — Amber Road is the creator of an operation management-focused data analysis program. By analyzing the data based on the input data, the company's platform generates a customized AI model and business insight report that requires the input of manufacturing process data.
- De novo Biotherapeutics — De novo Biotherapeutics is a biotechnology company developing mRNA-encoded antibodies and NK cell-engaging antibodies for cancer treatment.
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Browse database — It's Free!Daesung Private Equity is a Korean venture capital firm offering investment, corporation restructuring, and incubation services.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 70
- Round size: Series A $1.1M–$10M; Series B $1.5M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2014
Portfolio highlights
- Lee Eum-Gil — Lee Eum-Gil is a consulting firm specializing in career transition support services.
- DAIM Research — DAIM Research is an AI-based automation system solution company that provides logistics automation solutions.
- Autonomous a2z — Autonomous a2z is a driving mobility platform that provides autonomous driving service with judgement, control and recognition technologies.
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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- 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.
GS Venture is part of GS Group– an investment and industry holding, operating on the basis of its very own high technologies in telecommunications and innovation. Investments 0.1-10M USD in a startup.Fund Size: 40M USD GS Group is also developing a unique private innovation cluster, located in the special economic zone of Russian Federation(Kaliningrad region). Its aim is built an environment for innovative ideas for innovative ideas that will be able to enter the market. GS Group holding is the investor and initiator of Technopolis GS. It involve industrial cluster, research center, office space and comfortable living area.Priority fields: game developmentinteractive TV services (iTV)original tv contentsmart homeconsumer electronics development and productionmicrochip development for various purposes wearable technology (incl. wristbands, smartglasses, activity trackers, heart rate monitors, etc).
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Waste Management, Energy
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Series A $4M–$9.9M; Series B $13M–$47M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- TripleW Group NV — Making Waste History. TripleW upcycles food waste into high-value bioplastic
- Levit — Mobile commerce app that allows customers to have an enjoyable and affordable shopping experience
- Green Mineral — Green Mineral specializes in recycling metals in an environmentally friendly and cost-effective manner using microalgae. Green Mineral has developed technology to recycle lithium in an environmentally friendly manner by extracting lithium using a bio-mineralization technique rather than an existing organic solvent.
Big Basin Capital is a venture capital firm based in Silicon Valley, investing in early-stage startups in Korea and the United States.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- 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.
IMO Ventures is a privately held venture capital and seed investing company across China and the US.
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- 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.
Vision Creator is a research, analysis and investment company.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, Australia, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 14
- Round size: Seed $1M–$1.8M; Series A $750k–$8.2M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Eight Tech — Eight Tech is a resource circulation platform that solves the waste problem with science and technology.
- 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.
- ROKIT Healthcare — ROKIT Healthcare provides hardware, software, and application support. Their custom fabrication technologies deliver solutions to the design, creation, and applications of three-dimensional systems. They provide suffering patients and humans with a hyper-personalized medical organ regeneration solution. They apply artificial intelligence and 3dbioprinting technology to regenerate the skin and cartilage organs through surgery for patients.
Oracle Venture Investment is an Investment firm.
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- Industry: Pet, Energy, Payments
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$1.8M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
Portfolio highlights
- GREENDA — GREENDA is a bio-aviation oil and gas raw material manufacturing company.
- Limpid — Limpid is a Bio pet food startup. It set new standards in pet nutrition through continuous innovation.
- MEDIASCOPE —
Seoul Business Agency (서울산업통상진흥원) is a Koran startup providing support services for small businesses to increase their efficiency and foster a stable business. The company provides support in the areas of technology, management, human resources, and more.
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- Industry: Information Technology, E-Commerce, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 32
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Dot Mill — Dot Mill is a mixed reality content production company.
- Foody Worm — Foody Worm is an insect research company that practices and develops ESG and sustainability management through insects.
- Works Mate — Works Mate is a job search matching platform for daily workers in the field of construction and architecture sectors.
Samsung Venture Investment is plays the role of driving the discovery and development of new businesses and technologies.
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- 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
JB Ventures is a venture capital investment firm and startup accelerator that aims to support startups in the Chungcheongnam-do region.
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- Industry: Apps, Mobile Apps, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: South Korea, India, Hong Kong
Investor stats
- Total investments: 37
- Round size: Seed $59k–$743k; Series A $3M–$6M
- Lead/follow: 59% lead, 41% follow
Portfolio highlights
- AD System — AD System focuses on the development, manufacturing, sales and repairing of drones and other unmanned aerial vehicles.
- Incera Solution — Incera Solution specializes in manufacturing high-performance Fast & Fine Steering Mirrors, critical equipment for laser-based space optical communications, and sophisticated military systems.
- Seoul Beauty Global — Your gateway to premium K-beauty experiences in Seoul. Book top-rated salons and clinics.
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