# Top 50 Travel Startup Investors in South Korea in June 2026

## Strong Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Health Care

Strong Ventures is a generalist VC firm based in LA and Seoul, backing early-stage startups with a focus on Korean founders.

## KB Securities
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Series B, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care

KB Securities is a Financial Services company.

## SJ Investment Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: Biotechnology, Manufacturing, Medical

SJ Investment Partners is a venture capital firm that invests in the IT and biotechnology industries.

## Newborn Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Seongdong, Kyonggi-do, South Korea
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Mobile Apps, Travel, Internet of Things

Newborn Ventures is an investment consulting firm that provides professional training courses and initial startup funding.

## Coolidge Corner Investment
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Manufacturing, Health Care

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.

## NBH Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Travel, Software, E-Commerce

NBH Capital is an investment firm.

## MYSC
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Seongdong, Kyonggi-do, South Korea
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Food and Beverage, Health Care, E-Commerce

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

## Woori Financial Group
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C
- Focus: Apps, Travel, Biotechnology

Woori Financial Group is a Seoul-based banking and financial services holdings company and is the largest bank in South Korea. The company was founded in 2001 and is based in Seoul, Korea.

## K2 Investment Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C
- Focus: Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical, Software

K2 Investment Partners is a leading LLC in Korea specializing in growth-stage venture capital investment

## Bass Investment
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Seocho, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology

Bass Investment is a Investment Firm.

## Cyrus Venture Investment
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Travel, Apps, Audio

Cyrus Venture Investments focuses on discovering and investing in businesses.

## Hana Financial Investment
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: Information Technology, Biotechnology, Software

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

## KB Investment
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology

Founded in 1990, KB Investment Co., Ltd. (KBIC) is one of Korea’s leading investment firms of venture capital and private equity funds with over USD 2.6 Billion of asset under management as of December 2023. KBIC is a subsidiary of KB Financial Group, Korea’s premier financial group with the largest domestic customer base as well as the widestnetwork of service branches in Korea.KBIC’s team is recognized for industry thought leadership, a broad network of powerful industry relationships, and a unique professional investment approach to investing. KBIC passionately support our portfolio companies with active guidance in all key aspects of team building, strategy, operations and governance

## Lee Seung Ho
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Audio, Social, Sports

Lee Seung Ho

## Korea Credit Guarantee Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Daegu, Taegu-jikhalsi, South Korea
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology

Korea Credit Guarantee Fund operates as a public financial institution.

## Kaist Venture Investment Holdings
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Grant
- Focus: Information Technology, Health Care, Retail

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.

## Kakao Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Seongnam, Kyonggi-do, South Korea
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence

We are an independent subsidiary of Kakao Corp. & the most active, startup-friendly early stage VC of Korea. (Limited Partnerships, not strategic.).

## Yoonmin Foundation
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Seocho, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Apps

Yunmin Foundation provides start-up support, youth challenge school, and online start-up education.

## Sazze Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Jose, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence

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. 

## Capstone Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, Mobile, Gaming

Capstone Partners is a venture capital firm that invests in entrepreneurs seeking success with fresh ideas.

## D3 Jubilee
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Information Technology, Software, Health Care

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.

## Shinhan Venture Investment
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series B, Series A
- Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Information Technology

Shinhan Venture Investment operates as an investment company. Shinhan Venture Investment focuses on earlier-stage venture capital investments and later-stage control investments opportunities derived from the latest megatrends such as the aging population, disruptive technologies, IT convergence, alternative energy and etc.

## Kyowon Group
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Apps, Travel, Children

Since its founding in 1985, KYOWON has attained the top position of Korea's education industry faster than any other company. With the stated goal of improving the quality of life of humanity through education from cradle to grave by nurturing creative intellectuals and developing high quality educational materials, KYOWON has carved its nicheas a distinctive leader in the field of education and publication services.

## Yanolja
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series B, Corporate Round, Seed
- Focus: Travel, Software, FinTech

Yanolja is a leisure platform that provides online accommodation and travel services. Its platform offers information regarding all aspects of travel including accommodation, leisure, and transportation that allow clients to book every type of hotel room from overseas.
The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.

## Nanuhm Angels
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Incheon, Inch'on-jikhalsi, South Korea
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Gaming, Fitness, Training

Nanum Angels supports the growth of direct investment and fostering companies by discovering startups in ICT.

## Korea Investment Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: Biotechnology, Information Technology, Health Care

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.

## Atinum Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence

Atinum Partners is a venture capital firm that invests in the growth stage startups in the IT, biotech, and healthcare sectors.

## ZER01NE
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Seochon, Kyonggi-do, South Korea
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology

ZER01NE is creating an ecosystem for creative talents to collaborate with start-ups and developing ground of participation.

## NH Investment & Securities
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series C, Series B
- Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Software

NH Investment & Securities engages in wealth management, investment banking, trading, and equity sales businesses in South Korea and internationally. It operates through Sales, Investment Bank, and Trading segments. The Sales segment offers asset management services, such as brokerage consignment, financial instrument sales, etc. toindividuals, and domestic or foreign institutional investors. The Investment Bank segment provides corporate finance services, including corporate finance, M&A, PF, PEF operation, etc. The Trading segment is involved in stocks and bonds operations, product operations, the supply of derivatives, and capital investment activities. Woori Investment & Securities that began operation in 1969 became NH Investment & Securities in December 2014, with its headquarters in Seoul in South Korea.

## Kiwoom Investment
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Youidodong, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series B, Series A
- Focus: Information Technology, Software, Biotechnology

Kiwoom Investment provides financial assistance with funding for small businesses.

## MegaStudyEdu
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Content, Video, Travel

MegaStudyEdu provides online and offline educational services for entrance examinations and offline school direct business. It also operates an online training academy that provides information, education, school admissions consulting, offline direct business services, etc.
The company was established in 2000 and is based in Seoul, South Korea.

## Blue Whale Invest
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Travel, Travel Agency, Information Technology

Blue Whale Invest provides mentoring and investments to startups.

## Timewise Investment
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, E-Commerce

TIMEWISE INVESTMENT, formerly known as CJ Venture Investment, is a principal investment firm specializing in investments in video broadcasting, animation, movies, culture contents, games, communications equipment, arts, sports, leisure, manufacturing and service, mobile devices and solutions, information technology, SI, web agency, cell therapy andbiotechnology sectors. The firm primarily invests in South Korea with a focus in Seoul, Gyeonggi, and Jeju. CJ Venture Investment was established in 2000 and is based in Seoul, South Korea.

## CJ Freshway
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Travel, E-Commerce, Health Care

CJ Freshway is a food distributor and food service company.

## Nice Investment Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Yongdungpo, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: Information Technology, Software, Health Care

NICE Investment Partners is a new technology finance company whose main job is to increase corporate value by discovering and investing in new technology businesses with promising growth, providing various management support, business alliances, and strategic consulting to the invested companies.

## POSCO CAPITAL
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Yeoksamdong, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, Manufacturing, Information Technology

POSCO Capital offers financial services.

## K- Bridge Investment
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Apps, Transportation, Travel

K- Bridge Investment

## Gangwon Creation Economic Innovation Center
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Medical Device, Apps, Health Care

Gangwon Creation Economic Innovation Center is an investment firm.

## Realbizen
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Art, EdTech, Sports

Realbizen creates successful business with pre-seed, seed, and series A stage companies.

## HB Investment
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series B, Series A
- Focus: Biotechnology, Software, Health Care

HB Investment Inc. was founded on November 11, 1999 starting with paid-in Capital of KRW 10 billion.Since its foundation, HB Investment Inc. has been investing small and medium businesses that have the potential for steady growth and profitability and helping the invested companies to grow well by giving various consulting services. As a result,HB Investment Inc.constructed comprehensive portfolio out of various industrial areas, such as game, entertainment, as well as representative high-tech industries related to semiconductor, Internet, LCD, and a smart phone, bio, health care. In addition, HB Investment Inc. has experiences in implementing business Success-fully by organizing several partnership funds for recent years.

## Vroong
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea
- Relevant deals: 1

Mesh Korea is an IT-based logistics startup, which established Korea's first last-mile logistics network and became the primary provider of integrated logistics services with in-house logistics solutions.VROONG, Mesh Korea's logistics brand, creates new value not only by providing delivery services, but also by connecting information.Currently, VROONG provides four services; premium delivery services, 'VROONG Prime', integrated logistics management solution, 'VROONG TMS', premium fresh food delivery services, 'VROONG Fresh', and premium delivery magazine, 'VROONG Collection.'With more than 80 VROONG Stations and 13,000 riders across the nation, VROONG provides faster and more accurate delivery services.

## Zeus IP Law Firm
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Travel, Mobile Apps, Transportation

Zeus IP Law Firm is a company that increases customers' profits, enhancing their status, and expanding the scope of their business.

## Magna Investment
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Health Care, Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical

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.

## Incheon Center for Creative Economy and Innovation
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Incheon, Inch'on-jikhalsi, South Korea
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Apps, Fashion, Software

Incheon Center for Creative Economy & Innovation will promote the creation and fostering of a new normal start-up ecosystem.

## InfoBank
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Gyeongju, Kyongsang-bukto, South Korea
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Health Care

InfoBank develops and provides mobile messaging solutions and other related services.The company offers business messaging services such as SMS, LMS, and multimedia message services; interactive media services; smart car solutions; and integrated online and offline payment services.InfoBank was founded in 1995 and is based in Gyeongju, SouthKorea.

## KB Kookmin Card
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Information Technology, E-Commerce, Apps

KB Kookmin Card is a wholly owned arm of KB Financial Group.

## Magellan Technology Investment
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, Apps, Mobile

Magella Technology Investment is a venture capital firm based in Korea that invests in techno-centric startups.

## Korea Polytechnic University
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Travel, Mobile Apps, Transportation

Korea Polytechnic University is nestled amid Korea's major industrial parks.

## Seoul Global Startup Center
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Grant, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Sports, Travel

A city government funded startup incubation center supporting foreign entrepreneurs in Korea to begin their startup journey in Seoul.

## Laguna Investment
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Apps

Laguna Investment is a venture capital firm focused on professional entrepreneurial investments.

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