Top 50 Travel VC Funds & Investors in South Korea (June 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Strong Ventures
VC Fund
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5 | South Korea, United States, Poland | Seed, Series A, Series B | E-Commerce, Software, Health Care | $18k–$30M |
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SJ Investment Partners
VC Fund
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4 | South Korea, Hong Kong, United States | Series A, Series B, Seed | Biotechnology, Manufacturing, Medical | $547k–$29M |
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KB Securities
VC Fund
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4 | South Korea, United States, China | Series B, Series A | Software, Information Technology, Health Care | $1.6M–$22M |
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Newborn Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea | Seed | Mobile Apps, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | |
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Coolidge Corner Investment
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea, United States, Belgium | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Manufacturing, Health Care | $223k–$11M |
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NBH Capital
VC Fund
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3 | South Korea, France | Series A, Seed, Series B | Travel, Software, E-Commerce | $594k–$24M |
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Yoonmin Foundation
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, Information Technology, Apps | $74k–$1.6M |
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Kaist Venture Investment Holdings
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, Australia, United States | Seed, Angel, Grant | Information Technology, Health Care, Retail | $149k–$750k |
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D3 Jubilee
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, Kenya | Seed, Series A | Information Technology, Software, Health Care | $149k–$4.5M |
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Shinhan Venture Investment
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, Japan | Series B, Series A | Biotechnology, Health Care, Information Technology | $2.6M–$55M |
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Bass Investment
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, Singapore | Seed, Series A, Series B | E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology | $669k–$15M |
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Hana Financial Investment
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, Singapore, India | Series A, Series B, Seed | Information Technology, Biotechnology, Software | $860k–$25M |
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Capstone Partners
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, India | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, Mobile, Gaming | $223k–$15M |
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K2 Investment Partners
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States | Series B, Series A, Series C | Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical, Software | $3M–$37M |
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Woori Financial Group
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, China | Series A, Series B, Seed | Apps, Travel, Biotechnology | $5.8M–$16M |
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Cyrus Venture Investment
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea | Series A, Seed | Travel, Apps, Audio | $722k–$9.3M |
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KB Investment
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, Vietnam | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $743k–$40M |
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MYSC
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, China, France | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Food and Beverage, Health Care, E-Commerce | |
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Kakao Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, Indonesia | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $297k–$27M |
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Sazze Partners
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States, Japan | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $200k–$19M |
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Korea Credit Guarantee Fund
VC Fund
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2 | South Korea, United States | Seed, Series A | Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology | $223k–$7.1M |
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Nanuhm Angels
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea | Seed | Gaming, Fitness, Training | |
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Pohang University of Science and Technology
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States | Seed, Series A | Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Software | |
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Ascendo Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States, Taiwan | Seed, Series A, Series B | E-Commerce, Medical, Health Care | |
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East Gate Partners
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States | Seed, Series A | Gaming, Apps, Software | |
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Nice Investment Partners
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, Japan | Series A, Series B, Seed | Information Technology, Software, Health Care | |
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K- Bridge Investment
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea | Series A, Seed | Apps, Transportation, Travel | |
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Yanolja
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, India, Singapore | Series B, Corporate Round, Seed | Travel, Software, FinTech | $443k–$52M |
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Eugene Investment
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, Indonesia | Seed, Series B, Pre-Seed | Food and Beverage, Apps, EdTech | $6.5M–$25M |
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TheVentures
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States, Vietnam | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $74k–$4.8M |
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TS Investment
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, Singapore | Series B, Series A | Health Care, Manufacturing, Pharmaceutical | $1M–$42M |
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Seoul Global Startup Center
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea | Seed, Grant, Pre-Seed | Software, Sports, Travel | |
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Wadiz
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea | Seed, Equity Crowdfunding, Series A | E-Commerce, Sales, Retail | $1k–$3.3M |
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Smilegate Investment
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States, Vietnam | Series B, Seed, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care | $694k–$47M |
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kocca
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea | Seed | Apps, Music, E-Commerce | |
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Mirae Asset Securities
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States | Series A, Series C | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care | $2.7M–$18M |
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KB Kookmin Card
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea | Series A, Seed, Series B | Information Technology, E-Commerce, Apps | $2.2M–$5.9M |
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IRBIZNET Consulting
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea | Seed | Travel, Mobile Apps, Transportation | |
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Kingospring
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea | Seed | Information Technology, Pet, Travel | $186k–$223k |
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FastVentures
VC Fund
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1 | Hungary, South Korea, United States | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Biotechnology, Information Technology | $424k–$31M |
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MegaStudyEdu
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea | Seed, Series A, Series B | Content, Video, Travel | $6k–$11M |
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Alumni Partners
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea | Seed, Series A | E-Commerce, Bakery, Social | $177k–$3.3M |
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Daekyung Investment
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea | Series A | B2B, SaaS, Travel | |
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JB Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, India, Hong Kong | Seed, Series A | Apps, Mobile Apps, Manufacturing | $37k–$6.6M |
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Magellan Technology Investment
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, Indonesia | Series A, Seed, Series B | Artificial Intelligence, Software, Analytics | $498k–$16M |
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Fast Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, Hungary, United States | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Apps, Health Care, E-Commerce | $111k–$6.9M |
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Atinum Partners
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States, Hong Kong | Series B, Series A, Series C | Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence | $2.8M–$45M |
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Seoul National University of Science and Technology
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea | Seed, Series A | Apps, Retail, E-Commerce | |
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Partners Investment
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States, Japan | Series B, Series A, Series C | Biotechnology, Health Care, Software | $1.5M–$98M |
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HYUNDAI Motor Securities
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea | Series B, Series A, Seed | Apps, Robotics, Software | $5.4M–$29M |
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Strong Ventures is a generalist VC firm based in LA and Seoul, backing early-stage startups with a focus on Korean founders.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Poland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 271
- Round size: Seed $223k–$2.2M; Series A $743k–$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
- Soroh —
- Stan World — Stan World is a Fandom Party World where fans can party & win rewards for their Stars, 24/7.
- Specter — Specter is a reputation sharing platform for applicants who are sincere and do their job well, but cannot do enough self-PR in interviews.
SJ Investment Partners is a venture capital firm that invests in the IT and biotechnology industries.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Manufacturing, Medical
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, Hong Kong, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 69
- Round size: Seed $547k–$2.2M; Series A $1.5M–$13M; Series B $4M–$29M
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Tripbtoz — Play Share Stay
- Eleven O'Clock — Eleven O'Clock is a space management platform that offers non-face-to-face cleaning of accommodation facilities. The company's platform Keeper innovates space operation and management as the new standard for space management. The efficiency and quality of space management are improved according to the systematic manual of the Keeperplatform. The platform records and communicates every process as data, from management manuals to space status checks.
- Activity Exchange — Activity Exchange is a startup that develops travel product publishing and reservation management solutions for local travel agencies.
KB Securities is a Financial Services company.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Health Care
- Stage:Series B, Series A
- Geography: South Korea, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 140
- Round size: Series A $1.6M–$11M; Series B $4.1M–$22M
- Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
Portfolio highlights
- MOVV — Move is a travel agency that offers ticketing, travel, and reservation services.
- Gadget Korea — Gadget korea offers data roaming services.
- Odd Concepts — Odd Concepts provide an wide portfolio of ready to use image recognition and search technology as a cloud based API service. Each customer has different requirements, and they assure ach customer requirement is met by our scientists tuning and combining analysis engines for optimal results.
Newborn Ventures is an investment consulting firm that provides professional training courses and initial startup funding.
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- Industry: Mobile Apps, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 16
- Lead/follow: 44% lead, 56% follow
Portfolio highlights
- SemiAI — SemiAI develops an agentic AI platform for semiconductor manufacturing. The company provides AI-driven solutions that analyze fabrication data, detect process issues, optimize yield, and support decision-making across production workflows, helping semiconductor manufacturers improve efficiency and production quality through intelligent automation.
- Metainnotech — Metainnotech is an innovative technology platform that provides inter-floor noise reduction solutions in apartments and complexes using AI and various algorithms.
- Moment Studio — A new tool that blends your everyday work apps into one. It's the all-in-one workspace for you and your team
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: 111
- Round size: Seed $223k–$1.5M; Series A $891k–$5M; Series B $4.5M–$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.
NBH Capital is an investment firm.
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- Industry: Travel, Software, E-Commerce
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 19
- Round size: Seed $594k–$4.8M; Series A $1.2M–$24M
- Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow
Portfolio highlights
- My Benefit — My Benefit is a digital health management platform for tracking musculoskeletal conditions and fitness levels.
- Gadget Korea — Gadget korea offers data roaming services.
- Studio Galilei — Studio Galilei is an SFO platform company that operates and manages mobility services.
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
- Geography: South Korea, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 58
- Round size: Seed $74k–$1.6M
- Lead/follow: 34% lead, 66% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Jaranda — One-on-one child-oriented play sitter / learning sheeter for working parents and children's happiness.
- Digital Natives — Digital Natives is an advertising agency that develops digital advertising transaction comparison platform for marketers.
- H Charging Research Institute — H Charging Research Institute is an electric vehicle company. Aside from fire prevention and PNC (Plug & Charge) charging services, the company plans to build a V2G power business using electric vehicles by using advanced charging technology. The company distributes PLC-embedded charger H chargers to the market and diversifies futurebusinesses, including V2G, in order to create the future of electric vehicle charging.
Kaist Venture Investment Holdings is a startup company that invests in startups that solve social problems through innovative technologies. They invest in businesses that maximize synergy by pursuing both social and financial values at the same time. It focuses on five sectors including health, environment, education, elimination of inequality, andsocial infrastructure. Kaist Venture Investment Holdings was founded on October 31, 2014, and is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Health Care, Retail
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Grant
- Geography: South Korea, Australia, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 33
- Round size: Seed $149k–$750k
- Lead/follow: 45% lead, 55% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Grayzip — Grayzip, is an online investment platform enabling fractional investments in prime apartments. Investors can participate, earning monthly interest with potential additional returns linked to property value appreciation. It offers both market-linked and fixed-rate investment options, enhancing accessibility to real estate investments.
- Draftify —
- CHOOPERMARKET — Choopermarket sells winery and gift products.
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: 108
- 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.
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.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Information Technology
- Stage:Series B, Series A
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 182
- Round size: Series A $2.6M–$55M; Series B $2.8M–$45M
- Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Trioar — Trioar is a biotechnological research company that manufacture pharmaceutical products and drugs.
- Dnotitia — Dnotitia is a pioneering AI (Artificial Intelligence) company driving innovative value by integrating AI and data. Founded in October 2023, Dnotitia specializes in developing; Seahorse, a high-performance vector database powered by its proprietary Vector Data Processing Units (VDPU), and Mnemos, a cutting-edge service solution for Large LanguageModels (LLMs). The company also leads the development of sLMs (Small Language Models) and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems, crucial for advancing generative AI technologies and positioning itself at the forefront of AI technology.
- Return Zero — AI, ASR, Diarization, Speech, ML
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 121
- Round size: Seed $669k–$9.1M; Series A $1.9M–$15M; Series B $6.7M–$12M
- Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Magnendo — Advancing neurovascular care with cutting-edge robotic technologies.
- Tect Group — We deliver real beauty based on distinctive brands and innovative marketing solutions, fostering confidence and positivity around the world.
- Kompass — Kompass is building the world's first comprehensive fertility monitor that is portable, easy to use, and low cost. We're breaking barriers to fertility care and redefining blood testing for accessibility and affordability.
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: 90
- Round size: Seed $860k–$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.
- Kimu Studio — Kimu discovers servant artists, plans education and exhibitions with the artist's unique sensibility.
- Kuntian New Energy — Hebei Kuntian New Energy is a producer of anode materials for lithium-ion batteries.
Capstone Partners is a venture capital firm that invests in entrepreneurs seeking success with fresh ideas.
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- Industry: Software, Mobile, Gaming
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 224
- Round size: Seed $223k–$3.9M; Series A $223k–$11M; Series B $743k–$15M
- Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $37M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Rapeech — Rapeech is an AI voice technology company that provides product development services.
- TR — TR is a digital healthcare company that designs and develops medical devices and electronic products.
- Brave Company — Brave Company is an internet publishing company. Well, the lusts, but not the burdens of the ZZP existence. BraveCompany is for self-employed people who want to do more and manage less. Are you in paid employment and do you doubt whether you dare to make the leap? Even then, BraveCompany offers a warm bath with 'colleagues' that you havegone for, a network with potential assignments and invoicing services. BraveCompany is for successful professionals who are or want to become independent. What can we mean for each other? We share knowledge, trends and help with professional issues. And all that in the atmosphere of a home port. So you benefit from the benefits of experienced colleagues. Do you see any more possibilities with your current client to do work, or do you regularly refer projects to colleagues? We offer the framework to seize these opportunities and also be rewarded for your talent as a matchmaker.
K2 Investment Partners is a leading LLC in Korea specializing in growth-stage venture capital investment
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical, Software
- Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
- Geography: South Korea, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 63
- Round size: Series A $3M–$11M; Series B $5.9M–$37M; Series C $12M–$33M
- Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Logpresso — Logpresso is an automated security operation platform that integrates on-premise, cloud, and SaaS environments.
- Playtag — Playtag uses AI technology to analyze infant behavior and provide customized education in kindergartens.
- Typecast — The online AI voice generator that can turn your text into life-like speech. Our extensive selection of hyper-realistic voices. Create your content just the way you want it!
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.
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- Industry: Apps, Travel, Biotechnology
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 11
- Round size: Series A $5.8M–$16M; Series B $6.8M–$13M
- Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow
Portfolio highlights
- BDACS — BDACS is a digital asset custodian company that provides a suite of digital asset custody services, including storage and security.
- Robot Era — Robot era is an emerging technology business creates embodied intelligence and generic humanoid robot technologies and products. Xingdong Era is committed to the development of universal humanoid robots that can adapt to a wide range of fields, multiple scenarios, and high intelligence, striving to realize the beautiful vision of intelligent robotsentering thousands of households and integrating into the lights of thousands of homes.
- All My Tour — All My Tour intends to introduce a new lodging booking engine that will be distinguished from existing travel platforms by the use of personalized lowest-price reservation technology.
Cyrus Venture Investments focuses on discovering and investing in businesses.
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- Industry: Travel, Apps, Audio
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Seed $722k–$1.8M; Series A $4.1M–$9.3M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Pensées — Pensées is a 3D bio-printer company that develops cultured meat through 3D bioprinting technology.
- All My Tour — All My Tour intends to introduce a new lodging booking engine that will be distinguished from existing travel platforms by the use of personalized lowest-price reservation technology.
- MEDIASCOPE —
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
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Vietnam
Investor stats
- Total investments: 346
- Round size: Seed $743k–$7M; Series A $1.6M–$36M; Series B $4M–$40M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Trioar — Trioar is a biotechnological research company that manufacture pharmaceutical products and drugs.
- AI SPERA — AI Spera provides AI driven security based on cyber threat intelligence
- AiM Future — AiM Future provides AI processors, software, and AI system integration services.
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.
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, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 304
- Round size: Seed $297k–$4.6M; Series A $817k–$14M; Series B $3M–$27M
- Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $9.6M in 2012
Portfolio highlights
- Swit — An Employee Productivity Hub for Collaboration Essentials
- Restream — Restream is a super simple live video platform that empowers you to create beautiful videos and multistream them to your favorite channels.
- Bunker Kids — Bunker Kids is a startup that provides solutions optimized for achieving personal health goals using data and algorithms.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 147
- Round size: Seed $200k–$4.8M; Pre-Seed $200k–$2.8M; Series A $334k–$19M
- Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $127M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- BIGC — BIGC is a technology company that offers digital marketing, content creation, and advertising services.
- Paywork — PayWal is a payment platform that provides dedicated project teaming, task execution checks, and contract management services.
- DirectCloud — DirectCloud is a company that develops a cloud storage service business for corporations.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: South Korea, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 199
- Round size: Seed $223k–$2.8M; Series A $743k–$7.1M
- Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow
Portfolio highlights
- MOAIS — MOAIS develops a smartphone AI solution that analyzes golf swing problem and offers a lesson solution. It is an on-device AI optimized for smart phones, has a video pose estimation, video segmentation, video classification, video object detection, and image processing of golf swing video.
- 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.
Nanum Angels supports the growth of direct investment and fostering companies by discovering startups in ICT.
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- Industry: Gaming, Fitness, Training
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- GamePro — GamePro provides game coaching and game PT services.
- Baba Ground — Baba Ground is a community-based wellness service company for women aged 40 and 50.
- Moment Studio — A new tool that blends your everyday work apps into one. It's the all-in-one workspace for you and your team
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- Industry: Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: South Korea, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 23
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- ADDD — Dalgo is a peer-to-peer advertising platform.
- Enough — Enough produces nutritious foods for kids.
- Stellar Vision — StellaVision can interpret synthetic aperture radar (SAR) sensors, an unparalleled radar technique for interpreting satellite data. Information is critical for making investment or policy decisions. Historically, we relied on news sources and government figures to make decisions. However, relying entirely on previously published knowledge may causeyou to be late to the game, and making decisions based on rumors or gossip may result in big losses. Satellite imaging provides a solution to this information mismatch. Satellite imaging is becoming a key decision-making tool in a variety of businesses due to its ability to give fast and accurate information.
Ascendo Ventures is a Seoul, Korea-based venture capital firm that strives to be a true lifecycle partner for the fastest growing, game-changing Asian tech companies. From the moment we invest in our portfolio companies, we commit to being a long-term partner and ascend together embracing the treme
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Medical, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Taiwan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 38
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Aldavar — ALDAVER provides incredibly realistic personalized surgical training models using innovative biopolymer materials that closely resemble human tissues and 3D printing technology.
- TEN Inc — TEN Inc. provides an MLops platform (AI workload orchestration) for efficient operation of AI infrastructure.
- Reset Company — Reset Company specializes in building sustainable energy production and resource circulation ecosystems.
East Gate Partners is a venture capital firm specializing in investment for businesses.
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- Industry: Gaming, Apps, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: South Korea, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 33
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Biocom — Biocom is a green bio management company.
- Groupware Pro — Groupware Pro is a business management company that provides software for groupware communication solution.
- The Blessed Moon — The Blessed Moon is a cosmetics brand that sells and offers skin, face, hair, and body care products.
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.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Health Care
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 46
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Hutom — Reshaping Surgery Through Digital Innovation
- Nature Loud — Nature Loud is an online store that supplies health and wellness products.
- Gadget korea — Gadget korea offers data roaming services.
K- Bridge Investment
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- Industry: Apps, Transportation, Travel
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 19
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- NomadHer — NomadHer is the app for solo female travellers to find travel buddy, provide female friendly accommodation and information for solo travelers.
- Jim Carry — Jim Carry is a hotel services company that offers same-day luggage transportation and station and airport luggage storage services.
- Caredoc — CareDoc is an elderly care professional platform that provides information on proven elderly care facilities. Consumers looking for elderly care services were not able to find the information they wanted online or getting inaccurate information through word of mouth.On the other hand, providers of care services were having difficulty incollecting elderly customers. Caredoc solves these problems by providing verified care servise provider information on the mobile.
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.
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- Industry: Travel, Software, FinTech
- Stage:Series B, Corporate Round, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, India, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 14
- Round size: Seed $443k–$4M; Series B $7.4M–$52M; Corporate Round $2.2M–$9M
- Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
Portfolio highlights
- bizplay — Bizplay is a mobile app that processes credit card transactions for businesses.
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- Trustay — Trustay is a real estate asset management company.
Eugene Investment is a finance company that provides venture capital, mergers and acquisitions, mutual funds and online trading service.
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- Industry: Food and Beverage, Apps, EdTech
- Stage:Seed, Series B, Pre-Seed
- Geography: South Korea, Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- Round size: Series B $6.5M–$25M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Bbodek — Bbodek provider of tableware rental and washing services intended for restaurants and school cafeterias. They provide products for children's tableware and hygiene management services. They specialize in using their self-developed smart factory to render low defect services to consumers, enabling them to just focus on cooking without worryingabout cleaning up. They are expanding their business to customized washing machine manufacture and sales.
- Wahyoo — Wahyoo is a technology company that wants to help the traditional food stalls owner to achieve business success and reach a prosperous life. Our mission is to standardize the quality of products and services of traditional food stall by providing outstanding supply chain, operation, marketing, and financial infrastructure through technology.
- LC Square — LC Square is a micro-LED display core component and technology company that manufactures signage, TV, and wearable micro-LED displays.
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, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Vietnam
Investor stats
- Total investments: 122
- Round size: Seed $74k–$2.2M; Pre-Seed $714k–$2M; Series A $2.5M–$4.8M
- Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- AIgement — AIgement enables industrial firms to make data-driven choices, save costs, and improve supplier relationships.
- 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.
- Alice in Builderland — Alice in Builderland is an interior design and construction service platform that provides kitchen and bathroom construction packages.
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- Industry: Health Care, Manufacturing, Pharmaceutical
- Stage:Series B, Series A
- Geography: South Korea, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 95
- Round size: Series A $1.7M–$16M; Series B $1M–$42M
- Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow
Portfolio highlights
- The Hyoosik — The Hyoosik is a business specializing in the small and medium-sized lodging.
- Upvalue — Upvalue is a data-based real estate auction solution company.
- Data Alliance — Data Alliance is an AI infrastructure company providing GPU cloud services through a distributed computing platform. It enables businesses and researchers to access scalable, high-performance computing resources for AI model training, data processing, and advanced analytics, helping reduce costs and accelerate development of machine learning andAI-driven applications.
A city government funded startup incubation center supporting foreign entrepreneurs in Korea to begin their startup journey in Seoul.
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- Industry: Software, Sports, Travel
- Stage:Seed, Grant, Pre-Seed
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 67% lead, 33% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Rezi — Rezi is an AI-powered resume builder that lets you quickly create optimized, ATS-friendly resumes and cover letters tailored to specific job descriptions.
- fastpong — FastPong developed a revolutionary system for training table tennis. Hardware and software for digitalising and tracking sports performance with real-time metrics. Compatible with any ball shooter. The next evolution in table tennis training has arrived.
- Ventura Sports — Ventura Sports is a sports travel company for thrill-seekers who want to celebrate something or want to have a challenging day. The company offers safe and memorable tandem paragliding while exploring the beautiful countryside of Korea. Ventura Sports was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.
Wadiz is Asia's largest crowdfunding platform company.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Sales, Retail
- Stage:Seed, Equity Crowdfunding, Series A
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 26
- Round size: Seed $74k–$743k; Series A $891k–$3.3M; Equity Crowdfunding $1k–$1.1M
- Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow
Portfolio highlights
- GrowingMom — GrowingMom is an online parenting consultation/analysis platform.
- Power Player — Natural Clean Beauty
- KOOZA — KOOZA is a kitchenware brand that offers cookware and household goods and supplies them to department stores, and live commerce companies.
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, Seed, Series A
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Vietnam
Investor stats
- Total investments: 225
- Round size: Seed $694k–$6.8M; Series A $1M–$15M; Series B $3M–$47M
- Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Freewheelin — Freewheelin is an edtech company developing AI-powered tools to personalize math education. Their platform offers services such as generating homework books, integrating with textbooks, managing student errors, and analyzing performance data to assist educators in course preparation. The company has curated a database of math resources inpartnership with textbook publishers, ensuring teachers can use materials without copyright concerns.
- Big Mobility — Big Mobility is a start-up that is addressing the issue of unlawful overnight truck parking brought on by a lack of truck parking spaces. In order to generate additional revenue for landowners and provide fixed parking spaces for truck owners, we operate a truck parking lot as a corporate type and develop and manage vacant land in the city as atruck parking lot.
- Anabatic Semiconductor — Anabatic Manufacturing of electronic components, computers, video, audio, and communication equipment
Korea Creative Content Agency (kocca) was established on May 7, 2009 to efficiently support the growth of the cultural industry by combining Korea Broadcasting Institute, Korea Culture and Content Agency, Korea Game Industry Agency, Cultural Contents Center, and Digital Contents Business Group of Korea IT Industry Promotion Agency according toArticle 31 of the Framework Act on Cultural Industry Promotion.kocca is an agency dedicated to promoting all areas for content. We established a comprehensive support system to nurture the content industry, and aim to develop Korea as one of the world's top 5 contents powerhouses.kocca conducts various support businesses to help Korea's content industry grow into a global leader in the creative economy.
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- Industry: Apps, Music, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
Portfolio highlights
- DNsolution — DN Solution is startup company focusing on NFC(Near field Communication) feature of Android smartphone. we make various embeded pruducts which makes NFC easier.
- Cre Planet — Cre Planet creates technologies for analyzing advertising performance and provides staffing services.
- Wazzle Entertainment — Wazzle Entertainment is founded by IT experts and K-Pop stars' actual dance choreographers, and provides K-Pop dance lessons through smartphone devices.Wazzle Entertainment has been granted an exclusive use of official choreography copyrights from K-Pop choreographers for providing dance lessons to the world. We also have exclusivecontracts with champion street dance teams from around the globe to provide their lessons online. All lessons are being serviced through iOS, Android, Smart TV and Web streaming.Wazzle Entertainment has acquired access to the choreography rights of over 90% of K-Pop dances, and provide dance-related services on iOS, Android, Smart TV and Web streaming in more than 7 languages. We aim to be 'the Youtube of Dance' by providing video contents including K-pop dance, street dance lessons, star news, and dance studio segments.Wazzle Entertainment develops original content and lesson-video streaming solutions for dance-learning through apps, smart TV, web, including projects such as:-Original K-POP DanceRelease: iOS 1.0.1(July, 2013)http://youtube.com/OriginalKpopDanceLearn the hottest K-pop dances anytime and anywhere!Wherever you are, the place you're at instantly becomes a dance studio. With a smartphone, tablet or smart TV, you can easily learn K-pop dances on your own schedule – no searching for a studio and dance instructor, no need for expensive classes! 'Original K-POP Dance' provides one hour lessons with 15 clips, so users can repeat sections they want to practice. Anyone can dance and show off to their friends after learning even just some of the parts. Plus!- Mirror mode for easily keeping track of moves and directions- Suitable for learning group dances, with detailed instructions and breakdowns of each members' dance steps and movements
Mirae Asset Securities, the NY based unit, operates a leading institutional capital markets platform servicing professional investors with global needs.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
- Stage:Series A, Series C
- Geography: South Korea, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 13
- Round size: Series A $2.7M–$12M; Series C $15M–$18M
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Banksalad — Banksalad is a fintech company that develops financial applications.
- Mediwhale — Mediwhale develops AI medical devices that analyze retinal images to predict cardiovascular, kidney, and eye disease risks early.
- I Hate Flying Bugs — I Hate Flying Bugs is an education platform that has developed AI-based teaching and training services. The company offers personalized learning management systems to help students learn. The company aims to close the education gap with equal opportunities for high-quality education. It operates learning management platforms Mildang PT and SchoolPT.
KB Kookmin Card is a wholly owned arm of KB Financial Group.
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- Industry: Information Technology, E-Commerce, Apps
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- Round size: Series A $2.2M–$5.9M
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
Portfolio highlights
- AB180 — AB180 is a data-driven performance marketing firm that assists organizations in the digital age using data analytics & marketing technology.
- Metsakuur — Mesacour Company has its own original face recognition technology and is made up of people who have worked with face recognition technology in a variety of industries. Messacour's face recognition accuracy is 100%, which is the highest level in the world.
- Allra — Allra is a financial management platform for online SMEs.
IRBIZNET Consulting is a business management consulting firm.
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- Industry: Travel, Mobile Apps, Transportation
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- NEIBUS — NEIBUS offers mobility services based on public transportation.
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.
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- Industry: Software, Biotechnology, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Hungary, South Korea, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 26
- Round size: Seed $424k–$31M; Series A $1.3M–$2.3M
- Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Iskra — Iskra offers web3 gaming opportunities using blockchain and rewards its stakeholders based on their participation.
- On Vacation — On Vacation is a chat-based concierge service where customers may get help making reservations and getting personalized and optimal tours from travel specialists.
- NextChapter — NextChapter is a digital commerce platform that acquires and operates Coupang and Naver-based online native brands in Korea. NextChapter is backed by BlueRun Ventures/BRV Capital Management, Goodwater Capital, Klim Ventures, Fast Ventures and Sandbox Network.NextChapter was founded in 2021 by Joshua Kwon and Jay Chung and is headquarteredin Seoul, Korea.
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Browse database — It's Free!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.
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- Industry: Content, Video, Travel
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Series B $6k–$11M
- Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
Portfolio highlights
- CTEE — CTEE is an online solution that empowers content creators to monetize their passion.
- Let's go baby — Let's go baby is a mobile travel app that helps people find cafes, theme parks, playgrounds, and outings.
- Wonderwall — Wonderwall is an online art learning platform.
Alumni Partners is a venture capital firm based in South Korea.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Bakery, Social
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Seed $177k–$930k; Series A $1.5M–$3.3M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Dalol — Dalol is a bakery that sells snacks, cakes, and rice chips.
- DEEPX — DEEPX is a Korean AI hardware system solution company.
- Freshstore — We Love To Eat The Fresh Food
Daekyung Investment is a venture capital firm that invests in promising venture companies.
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- Industry: B2B, SaaS, Travel
- Stage:Series A
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Mobilint — Mobilint provides integrated sensor fusion and deep learning SoC solutions.
- Erding — Erding develops a SaaS-based system to provide services related to the travel industry. The company connects travel with IT technology and manages travel agency business data to solve travel agency inconveniences and build more supply environments, while also providing travel agencies and customers with an easy-to-use platform.
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, Manufacturing
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: South Korea, India, Hong Kong
Investor stats
- Total investments: 29
- Round size: Seed $37k–$1.5M; Series A $3M–$6.6M
- Lead/follow: 48% lead, 52% 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.
Magella Technology Investment is a venture capital firm based in Korea that invests in techno-centric startups.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Analytics
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 22
- Round size: Seed $498k–$1.4M; Series A $743k–$16M; Series B $2.1M–$10M
- Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow
Portfolio highlights
- FOBECON — Pobicon offers an auto-estimation solution that analyzes construction blueprints using vision AI and other algorithms to quantify the net quantity of raw materials utilized in construction in three days.
- Quantum AI — Quantum AI is an AI data company that offers offline and online data collection and analysis services.
- sherpas — Sherpas offers SMPLY, a data-based SaaS and IT management service, which uses AI for IT asset management. It simplifies tracking of applications and devices, analyzes business size and usage patterns, and recommends the most suitable solution for each company
Fast Ventures is a venture capital investment firm.
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- Industry: Apps, Health Care, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: South Korea, Hungary, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 61
- Round size: Seed $111k–$2.5M; Series A $2M–$6.9M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Bind — Bind is a start-up that operates the mobile and PC version of 'Athler'.
- Doers — Doers is an influencer commerce platform that offers several services for connecting influencers and companies.
- Driving Teacher — You may search and compare the pricing of all driving schools countrywide in Driving Teacher, and you can help students make real-time training reservations with just a few clicks without connecting to a counselor. Furthermore, it provides an online reservation management platform to driving schools in order to automate the driving school system,as well as sales growth through customized marketing.
Atinum Partners is a venture capital firm that invests in the growth stage startups in the IT, biotech, and healthcare sectors.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Hong Kong
Investor stats
- Total investments: 154
- Round size: Series A $2.8M–$16M; Series B $4.8M–$35M; Series C $9.7M–$45M
- Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
Portfolio highlights
- MADDE — MADDE possesses the technology to use silicon carbide powder in 3D printers to create various forms, which opens up a multitude of possibilities in the manufacturing sector.
- MOVIN — Moovin offers real-time markerless motion capture technology that does not require any additional hardware such as markers or trackers.
- Ubix Therapeutics — Ubix Therapeutics is a research and development company that develops anti-cancer drugs.
Seoul National University of Science and Technology is a school in Seoul.
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- Industry: Apps, Retail, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 15
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Kihya — Kihya is a distributor of alcoholic beverages.
- Build B — Build B sells mattress covers, carpets, cushions, furniture, and kitchen accessories.
- JeCLEAN — JeCLEAN is a washing company that provides bedding, laundry and delivery service.
As a responsible and long-term partner, they aim to make various constructive contributions to portfolio companies.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
- Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 118
- Round size: Series A $1.5M–$26M; Series B $5M–$98M; Series C $7.4M–$87M
- Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Mustbio — MustBio is a biotechnology company that leverages multi-antibody technology to develop therapeutics primarily in the field of immuno-oncology. The company was founded in 2021 and is based in Seoul, South Korea.
- Cenyx Biotech — Cenyx Biotech develops diagnostic and therapeutic nano-compounds formed based on nanozymes and nanoparticles.
- BOS Semiconductors — Driving the Future of Automotive, BOS Semiconductors
HYUNDAI Motor Securities is a financial assistant provider.
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- Industry: Apps, Robotics, Software
- Stage:Series B, Series A, Seed
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 13
- Round size: Series A $5.4M–$16M; Series B $5.9M–$29M
- Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Poen — Poen is a venture company of hyundai motors that focuses on battery upcycling using technology.
- MADDE — MADDE possesses the technology to use silicon carbide powder in 3D printers to create various forms, which opens up a multitude of possibilities in the manufacturing sector.
- 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.
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