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Top 50 Video Games Startup Investors in South Korea (June 2026)

The most active venture capital funds and angel investors investing in South Korea Video Games startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in South Korea Video Games startup companies. Find investors to raise a Seed, Series A or Series B round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
Capstone Partners
VC Fund
10 South Korea, United States, India Series A, Seed, Series B Software, Mobile, Gaming $223k–$15M
Devsisters Ventures
VC Fund
4 South Korea, United States, Russian Federation Series A, Seed Software, Gaming, Biotechnology $1k–$7.4M
Korea Investment Partners
VC Fund
3 South Korea, United States, China Series A, Series B, Seed Information Technology, Biotechnology, Health Care $743k–$50M
Smilegate Investment
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States, Vietnam Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care $817k–$47M
Stonebridge Capital
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States, China Series A, Series B Software, Information Technology, Mobile $743k–$15M
Devsisters
VC Fund
2 South Korea Series A, Seed Gaming, Software, Video Games $5.9M–$9.7M
Kona Venture Partners
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States, Russian Federation Seed, Series A, Series B Gaming, Mobile Apps, Video Games $743k–$82M
Daesung Private Equity
VC Fund
2 South Korea, India, United States Series A, Series B Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce $1.1M–$15M
Korea Credit Guarantee Fund
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States Seed, Series A Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $3k–$7.1M
Altos Ventures
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States, Canada Series A, Series B, Series C Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services $2.1M–$102M
SBVA
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States, China Series A, Series B, Series C Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce $1.9M–$100M
Huobi Eco
VC Fund
2 China, Singapore, Japan Seed, Series A Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Finance $1.2M–$51M
KB Investment
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States, Vietnam Series A, Series B, Seed Software, Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology $335k–$40M
Aju IB Investment
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States, Japan Series A, Series B, Series C Biotechnology, Health Care, Therapeutics
Coin98
VC Fund
2 Singapore, Sweden, Estonia Seed, Series A Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services $1.8M–$7M
Spartan
VC Fund
1 United States, Italy, Australia Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Blockchain, Gaming, Web3
Avocado Guild
VC Fund
1 United States, Taiwan, Vietnam Seed, Initial Coin Offering Gaming, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency
Tencent
VC Fund
1 China, United States, United Kingdom Series B, Series A, Series C Software, Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence $3.5M–$400M
GXC
VC Fund
1
Makers Fund
VC Fund
1 United States, United Kingdom, Finland Seed, Series A Gaming, Video Games, Online Games
Green Whale Ventures
VC Fund
1 South Korea Seed Video, Metaverse, Video Games
Genaxis
VC Fund
1 South Korea Seed, Series A, Series B Therapeutics, Biotechnology, Medical
Sui Foundation
VC Fund
1 United States, China, Singapore Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Blockchain, Gaming, Online Games
BreederDAO
VC Fund
1 Singapore, Canada, Estonia Seed, Initial Coin Offering Gaming, Blockchain, Video Games
ARC the Community
VC Fund
1 Singapore, South Korea, United Arab Emirates Seed, Pre-Seed Non-Fungible Token (NFT), Web3, Video
Solon Inversiones
VC Fund
1 South Korea Series A Content, Video Games, Manufacturing $1.9M–$5.9M
Netmarble
VC Fund
1 South Korea, Turkey, United States Seed, Series A Gaming, Music, Video Games
Partners Investment
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States, Japan Series B, Series A, Series C Biotechnology, Health Care, Software $1.5M–$98M
IMM Investment
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States, Japan Series B, Series A Biotechnology, Software, Health Care
Krust Universe
VC Fund
1 South Korea, Singapore Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Gaming, Software, Online Games
Liquid X Ventures
VC Fund
1 Canada, Cayman Islands, United Kingdom Seed Video Games, Gaming, Blockchain
Emirates Consortium
VC Fund
1 Singapore, United States Seed, Series A Web Development, Financial Services, Digital Entertainment
Han River Partners
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States Series A Rental, Medical, Software
Korea Science and Technology Holdings
VC Fund
1 South Korea Seed, Series A, Angel Manufacturing, Software, Information Technology
a41
VC Fund
1
Polygon Studios
VC Fund
1 United States, India, United Kingdom Seed, Initial Coin Offering Blockchain, Gaming, Video Games $2.7M–$26M
LINE Studio
VC Fund
1
Good Games Guild
VC Fund
1 Vietnam, United Arab Emirates, Panama Seed, Series A Blockchain, Gaming, Cryptocurrency
S Cubic Angels
VC Fund
1 South Korea Seed, Angel Information Technology, Education, Apps
Magna Investment
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States, Japan Seed, Series A, Series B Health Care, Biotechnology, Manufacturing $141k–$26M
Big Brain Holdings
VC Fund
1 United States, Singapore, United Kingdom Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming $500k–$15M
HYK Partners
VC Fund
1 South Korea Series A, Seed, Series B Food Processing, Food and Beverage, Apps $16k–$9.7M
Yoonmin Foundation
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States Seed, Pre-Seed Software, Information Technology, Apps $74k–$1.6M
Base Investments
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Series B E-Commerce, Information Technology, Apps $743k–$12M
Central Investment Partners
VC Fund
1 South Korea Series A, Series B, Seed Software, Mobile, Medical $371k–$800M
Sejong Venture Partners
VC Fund
1 South Korea Series A, Series B, Seed Biotechnology, Health Care, Pharmaceutical $1.9M–$20M
Kakao Ventures
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States, Indonesia Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $297k–$27M
Well to Sea Investment
VC Fund
1 South Korea Series A Gaming, Video Games, Virtual Reality
Atinum Partners
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States, Hong Kong Series B, Series A, Series C Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence $2.8M–$45M
Project Galaxy
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States Seed, Series A Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming
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Capstone Partners
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 10 investments in South Korea Video Games startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 222
  • Round size: Seed $223k–$3.9M; Series A $223k–$11M; Series B $743k–$15M
  • Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% 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.
  • 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.
  • Wrtn Technologies — Bring AGI Close to People
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Devsisters Ventures
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 4 investments in South Korea Video Games startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 104
  • Round size: Seed $1k–$3M; Series A $3k–$7.4M
  • Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • Karis Bio — Karis Bio develops innovative cell therapy for cardiovascular disease.
  • StudioBside — StudioBside is a mobile game developer based in Korea.
  • Beyond Honeycomb — Beyond Honeycomb is a food-tech company developing an AI-driven kitchen robot solution. Our AI Chef reproduces the texture and taste of the world-class chef’s dish at the molecular level.
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Korea Investment Partners
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 3 investments in South Korea Video Games startups

Korea Investment Partners (KIP) is a leading venture capital & private equity firm that has over 30 years of experience in providing venture capital to bold and innovative entrepreneurs who want to change the world. Korea Investment Partners invests in leading pioneers like Kakao(KOSDAQ:035720), Naver(KRX:035420), YGEntertainment(KOSDAQ:122870), Bodyfriend, Osstem Implant(KOSDAQ:048260), Doubleu Games(KOSDAQ:192080) and Didi Chuxing. KIP manages over 20 venture and private equity funds with US$1.8 billion in total assets under management. The company operates globally from its Seoul headquarters office with other locations in Shanghai, Beijing, and Sunnyvale.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 378
  • Round size: Seed $743k–$10M; Series A $1.7M–$30M; Series B $2.2M–$50M
  • Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $6.7M in 2014

Portfolio highlights

  • New Id
  • viAct — viAct optimises construction safety, productivity and environmental compliance. Ensuring higher ESG preposition with AI. Offering services for construction industry of Asia & Europe & operational in China, Singapore, Japan, Australia, Vietnam, Indonesia and Hong Kong.
  • Prokarium — Prokarium is pioneering the field of microbial immunotherapy. Our pipeline is designed to unlock the next level of immuno-oncology by building on the most recent advances in cancer immunology. Prokarium’s lead program is focused on transforming the treatment paradigm in bladder cancer by orchestrating immune-driven, long-lasting antitumor effects.
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Smilegate Investment
VC Fund · Seongnam, Kyonggi-do, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Video Games startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 204
  • Round size: Seed $817k–$6.8M; Series A $1M–$16M; Series B $3M–$47M
  • Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% 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.​
  • Habit Factory — Habit Factory provides financial big data analytics solutions.
  • Anabatic Semiconductor — Anabatic Manufacturing of electronic components, computers, video, audio, and communication equipment
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Stonebridge Capital
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Video Games startups

Stonebridge capital, Stonebridge ventures, Specializing in Venture Capital, Private Equity Fund Management

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 154
  • Round size: Series A $743k–$7.4M; Series B $743k–$15M
  • Lead/follow: 34% lead, 66% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $30M in 2010

Portfolio highlights

  • Emocog — Emocog monitors and provides customized cognitive training to increase memory for dementia patients.
  • iTruck — iTruck is a transportation application that offers an integrated trading platform for used trucks.
  • Playtag — Playtag uses AI technology to analyze infant behavior and provide customized education in kindergartens.
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Devsisters
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Video Games startups

DEVSISTERS (데브시스터즈) is a Korean social game company that develops smartphone applications and games such as OvenBreak and Get the Mish for devices running iOS and Android operating systems.DEVSISTERS focuses mainly on products that facilitate social interaction between gamers, as seen by the commenting features integrated into their game, Getthe Mish.After partnering up with Skittles, DEVSISTERS changed the format of OvenBreak by changing the jellybeans shown on the game with the brand’s popular candy.Catering to a global customer base, DEVSISTERS was established in February 2009, in Seoul, Korea.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Gaming, Software, Video Games
  • Stage:Series A, Seed
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Round size: Series A $5.9M–$9.7M
  • Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • HAEGIN — HAEGIN is a game development company.
  • Cinamon — Cinamon provides a visual story platform designed for casual games. In 2018, the company began as a joint venture with Naver Webtoon. Since our first project, an interactive stories app called "Maybe," the company has continued to broaden its scope in the field of visual storytelling. The company is currently working on two projects: a 2Dand a 3D UGC story platform.
  • Press.A — We capture the fun and thrill of gaming for all with the press of a button
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Kona Venture Partners
VC Fund · 2 investments in South Korea Video Games startups

Kona Venture Partners is a South Korea-based venture capital investment firm.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Gaming, Mobile Apps, Video Games
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, Russian Federation

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 30
  • Round size: Seed $743k–$5M; Series A $2.8M–$19M; Series B $5.2M–$82M
  • Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Markoville — Markoville is an entertainment content company that creates a character for animation, game, and comics.
  • Warp Space — Warp Space is a South Korea-based AI entertainment company founded in 2023 that develops and operates CAVEDUCK, a generative AI character chat and interactive storytelling platform. Warp Space focuses on long-term character consistency and contextual storytelling through proprietary memory and context management technologies.
  • 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.
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Daesung Private Equity
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Video Games startups

Daesung Private Equity is a Korean venture capital firm offering investment, corporation restructuring, and incubation services.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: South Korea, India, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 60
  • 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

  • Qunova Computing, Inc. — Quantum computing based computing innovations for new materials and drug discovery, and advanced technology solution consulting services.
  • FuriosaAI — FuriosaAI develops system semiconductors optimized for AI, enabling efficient processing of large amounts of data in a short period of time.
  • Autonomous a2z — Autonomous a2z is a driving mobility platform that provides autonomous driving service with judgement, control and recognition technologies.
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Korea Credit Guarantee Fund
VC Fund · Daegu, Taegu-jikhalsi, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Video Games startups, 6 in the past 12 months

Korea Credit Guarantee Fund operates as a public financial institution.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 178
  • Round size: Seed $223k–$2.8M; Series A $3k–$7.1M
  • Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% 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.
  • Searchdoc — Searchdoc is a large-scale AI startup specializing in advanced document and drawing analysis, leveraging cutting-edge machine learning technologies to extract insights, automate workflows, and enhance data interpretation across various industries.
  • 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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Altos Ventures
VC Fund · Menlo Park, California, United States · 2 investments in South Korea Video Games startups

We are privileged to invest on behalf of institutional investors, most with charitable, educational, or non-profit missions. Serving entrepreneurs is a calling for us, and we look to partner with companies with an equally strong sense of purpose.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 282
  • Round size: Series A $2.1M–$22M; Series B $3.7M–$30M; Series C $4.3M–$102M
  • Lead/follow: 34% lead, 66% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $450M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Toss — Toss is a South Korea-based mobile financial service platform operated by fintech startup Viva Republica. Its application offers peer-to-peer money transfers, manages credit scores and bank accounts, access loan and insurance plans, split bill options, QR payment and other similar services that enable users to manage their finance.
  • MyRealTrip — MyRealTrip is leading tours&activities marketplace in South Korea. MyRealTrip is the best free travel platform in Korea where you can book flights, accommodations, tours & tickets, and special offers. Starting with guided tour service in 2012, it has been growing rapidly since it successfully launched air service in 2018. MyRealTrip isconstantly striving to provide travelers with a personalized experience and provide them with a more valuable experience.
  • Sweet Spot — Sweet Spot is a platform for companies and retailers who need space for marketing and sales.
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SBVA
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Video Games startups

Established in 2000 as an early-stage venture capital arm of SoftBank Group, SBVA has a storied history of empowering extraordinary entrepreneurs across the globe. In 2023, we joined forces with The Edgeof, a global startup ecosystem builder founded by Taizo Son, JP Lee, and Atsushi Taira and began our new chapter as an independent entity with arenewed commitment to fostering innovation and technological advancement.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, China

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 241
  • Round size: Series A $1.9M–$44M; Series B $4M–$63M; Series C $8.9M–$100M
  • Lead/follow: 44% lead, 56% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2024

Portfolio highlights

  • WIRobotics — My First-Ever Robot
  • Syncly — Syncly is an AI-native customer intelligence platform for fast-growing brands. Turn customer conversations into actionable insights to help your brand grow faster.
  • Payhere — Payhere is a fintech company that provides card terminals and online payment gateway services for multiple industries.
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Huobi Eco
VC Fund · Beijing, Beijing, China · 2 investments in South Korea Video Games startups

Huobi Eco is an investment firm.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Finance
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: China, Singapore, Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 10
  • Round size: Seed $1.2M–$5M; Series A $1.4M–$51M
  • Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • MetaOne — MetaOne offers guild management solutions for GameFi developers.
  • Optix — Optix is ​​a multi-chain option protocol service provider.
  • BovineVerse — BovineVerse is a Korean Metaverse chain game and sports guessing platform developer.
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KB Investment
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Video Games startups

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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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 321
  • Round size: Seed $335k–$7M; Series A $1.5M–$36M; Series B $3.4M–$40M
  • Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Logpresso — Logpresso is an automated security operation platform that integrates on-premise, cloud, and SaaS environments.
  • AiM Future — AiM Future provides AI processors, software, and AI system integration services.
  • Gomi Corporation — Gomi Corporation is a Overseas market.
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Aju IB Investment
VC Fund · Yeoksamdong, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Video Games startups

Aju IB Investment is a venture capital firm that offers SMEs with investments and consulting services.Aju IB Investment offers consulting services that focus on business management, tax, accounting, legal, mergers and acquisitions, additional funding, marketing, and technology support.Aju IB Investment was founded in September 1974 and is basedin Seoul, South Korea.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Therapeutics
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 106
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Gangnam Unni — Gangnam Unni is in the field of beauty medical services, helping users choose a treatment and a plastic surgery hospital. The difficulty of navigating the process of seeking medical treatment and choosing a hospital continues to persist. Kangnam Unni recognizes the need for change and firmly believes that a combination of transparent medicalinformation and an IT platform can foster a consumer-oriented medical service market. Their ultimate goal is to challenge negative perceptions surrounding plastic surgery and spearhead a significant transformation in the beauty and medical service industries.The Gangnam Unni team is dedicated to innovation, fueled by an unwavering desire to provide exceptional beauty and medical services. With the aim of assisting individuals in selecting a suitable hospital, they have amassed an impressive database of one million user reviews. Additionally, their efforts to promote transparency in medical information have garnered the support of 3,000 subscribers through Gangnam Sister. Furthermore, their mobile application has facilitated hospital consultations for a staggering 3.8 million individuals, resulting in 1.6 million successful cases.As the team continuously clarifies its mission and forges ahead with determination, its collective strength and resolve only grow stronger. Kangnam Unni remains committed to revolutionizing the healthcare industry, ensuring that individuals receive the highest quality of care and a positive experience throughout their medical journeys.
  • Healing Paper — Healing Paper is a mobile healthcare and information technology company.
  • Kovis Technology — Kovis Technology is a manufacturer of measurement and inspection equipment intended for global semiconductor and electronic industries.
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Coin98
VC Fund · Ho Chi Minh City, NA - Vietnam, Vietnam · 2 investments in South Korea Video Games startups

Coin98 is an open, decentralized crypto wallet offering tools and infrastructure for everyone to access and seize opportunities to build their future on the Open Internet.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Singapore, Sweden, Estonia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 16
  • Round size: Seed $1.8M–$7M; Series A $4.1M–$5M
  • Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • TomoChain — TomoChain is an innovative solution to scalability problem with the Ethereum blockchain, and other blockchain platforms. TomoChain features a 150-Masternodes architecture with Proof of Stake Voting (POSV) consensus for near-zero fee, and instant transaction confirmation. Security, stability and chain finality are guaranteed via novel techniquessuch as double validation, staking via smart-contracts and uniform randomization processes.TomoChain supports all EVM-compatible smart-contracts, protocols, and atomic cross-chain token transfers. Scaling techniques such as sharding, EVM parallelisation, private-chain generation, hardware integration will be continuously researched and integrated into TomoChain which will become an ideal scalable smart-contract public blockchain for decentralized apps, token issuance and token integration for small and big businesses.
  • BovineVerse — BovineVerse is a Korean Metaverse chain game and sports guessing platform developer.
  • Alliance Games — Build Beyond Limits. Multiplayer for the Next, Decentralized Era.
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Spartan
VC Fund · Logan, Utah, United States · 1 investments in South Korea Video Games startups

Spartan is an oilfield management company that offers labor support, technology, engineering, construction, and project management services.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Gaming, Web3
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Italy, Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 12
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Symmio — Symmio is a platform that facilitates the clearing of derivatives transactions by focusing on the specific intentions of users. It provides easy, permissionless access to both traditional and emerging assets.
  • Uptopia — Uptopia is the Base Chain ecosystem game startup platform.
  • Optimum — Optimum constitutes a decentralized, high-performance memory infrastructure tailored for use across various blockchains.
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Avocado Guild
VC Fund · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · 1 investments in South Korea Video Games startups

Join Avocado DAO to learn about Web3 and unlock opportunities in the world of blockchain gaming. Discover our educational resources and Web3 quests today.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Gaming, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency
  • Stage:Seed, Initial Coin Offering
  • Geography: United States, Taiwan, Vietnam

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 11
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • XOCIETY — The XOCIETY metaverse is being developed by a well-established team of over 50 developers with decades of experience in the tech and web2 gaming fields.
  • Ring Games — Ring Games is a blockchain game developer, mainly engaged in the development, design and operation of chain games.
  • NXI — Nexus Interactive gives collective growth and accrued value to its ecosystem.
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Tencent
VC Fund · Shenzhen, Guangdong, China · 1 investments in South Korea Video Games startups

Tencent is an internet service portal offering value-added internet, mobile, telecom, and online advertising services. Its communications and social platforms Weixin and QQ connect users with each other, with digital content and daily life services in just a few clicks. Tencent has maintained steady growth under its user-oriented operatingstrategies. It provides value-added internet, mobile, and telecom services, as well as online advertising under the strategic goal of providing users with "one-stop online lifestyle services." Tencent’s Internet platforms in China – QQ (QQ Instant Messenger), WeChat, QQ.com, QQ Games, Qzone, 3g.QQ.com, SoSo, PaiPai, and Tenpay – aim to address the various needs of internet users, including communication, information, entertainment, e-commerce, and others.In September 2013, Tencent's market valuation rose to $101 billion, and as of November 21, 2013, QQ had 2 billion active users and WeChat had 650 million monthly active users. The numbers of active users for QQ mail, Qzone, Tencent Weibo, and QQ news were 274 million, 626 million, 220 million, and 150 million, respectively.Tencent was founded in November of 1998. In April 2000, the IDG and PCCW invested a total of $2.2 million dollars in the company. Tencent was listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (SEHK) on June 16, 2004. Baidu, Alibaba, and Netease are Tencent's major competitors.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
  • Geography: China, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 532
  • Round size: Series A $3.5M–$142M; Series B $15M–$200M; Series C $34M–$400M
  • Lead/follow: 45% lead, 55% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Wattpad — Wattpad is a digital entertainment company providing an online social storytelling platform for original stories.The company utilizes the power of community and technology to enable the creation and distribution of content across a variety of formats. Its flagship app, Wattpad, is home to a community of more than 65 million people who spend over20 billion minutes a month engaged in original stories. Tap by Wattpad, the company’s second storytelling product, offers short, chat-based stories in over a dozen languages. Wattpad Studios co-produces stories for film, television, digital, and print, together with industry partners. Wattpad Brand Solutions offers a full suite of advertising products to help brands build deep engagement with Millennial and Gen Z consumers.It was established by Allen Lau and Ivan Yuen in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 2006.
  • Academia.edu — Academia.edu is the largest and fastest-growing platform in the world for sharing academic research. Its mission is to accelerate and democratize academic research. Over 150 million academics have signed up to Academia.edu, adding 25 million papers. Over 100,000 people join Academia.edu each day. Academia.edu attracts over 52 million uniquevisitors a month. 40% of the world's faculty log in to Academia.edu every month. The company was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
  • Reliance Health — Reliance Health Global. Improve the lives of your staff with innovative company healthcare benefits fit for any business. You can rely on us.
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GXC
VC Fund · Jeju, Cheju-do, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Video Games startups

The Company that aims to change the global gaming ecosystem for the better

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Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • XOCIETY — The XOCIETY metaverse is being developed by a well-established team of over 50 developers with decades of experience in the tech and web2 gaming fields.
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Makers Fund
VC Fund · 1 investments in South Korea Video Games startups

Makers Fund is a global interactive entertainment venture capital firm focused on early stage investments. The team supports founders through an extensive network and deep experience in the industry.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Gaming, Video Games, Online Games
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Finland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 116
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Modrinth — Rinth's goal is to provide creators with an easy to use and functional platform where their work can be experienced, downloaded, and shared by gamers worldwide. We aim to turn the hobby of modding games to a stable career.
  • Klang Games — Klang Games is an entertainment & game development studio in Berlin, developing the MMO Simulation and Virtual World, Seed. Klang is always hiring!
  • Neon Koi — Savage Game Studios is a dynamite team with expertise across all operational functions from art to tech and gameplay.
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Green Whale Ventures
VC Fund · 1 investments in South Korea Video Games startups

Sailing the Green Seas: Navigating Web3's Rising Tide with GreenWhale Ventures

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Video, Metaverse, Video Games
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • XOCIETY — The XOCIETY metaverse is being developed by a well-established team of over 50 developers with decades of experience in the tech and web2 gaming fields.
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Genaxis
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Video Games startups

Genaxis is an investment company that provides investment services for the healthcare and bio sectors.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Therapeutics, Biotechnology, Medical
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 15
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • MediQStar — MediQStar is a startup developing a generative AI
  • Selta Square — Selta Square is an AI-based drug monitoring company that provides full-cycle drug monitoring solutions using artificial intelligence technology.
  • GameChanger Worldwide — GameChanger Worldwide specializes in gaming-specific IP extension platforms and focuses on creating innovative solutions that extend the value of intellectual property (IP) in the gaming space.
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Sui Foundation
VC Fund · Grand Cayman, Midland, Cayman Islands · 1 investments in South Korea Video Games startups

Sui is a Layer 1 blockchain and smart contract platform designed to make digital asset ownership fast, private, secure, and accessible to everyone.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Gaming, Online Games
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, China, Singapore

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • TBook — TBook is a full-stack, chain-agnostic infrastructure layer designed for the digital workforce.
  • SEED — SEED is transforming from the most popular Play-to-Earn Telegram Miniapp to the most popular RPG in Web3 gaming, thanks to the popularity of titles like Axie Infinity and Pokémon Go. In addition to guaranteeing widespread accessibility, SEED builds an immersive and linked game environment by utilizing the power of VR, AI, and smooth messenger-basedonboarding.
  • Ferra — Ferra is a Sui-based decentralized liquidity protocol using DLMM/CLMM for efficient spot trading and customizable liquidity.
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BreederDAO
VC Fund · Philippine, Benguet, Philippines · 1 investments in South Korea Video Games startups

BreederDAO is a Philippines-based specialist manufacturer of digital assets for use in blockchain-based games and virtual worlds.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Gaming, Blockchain, Video Games
  • Stage:Seed, Initial Coin Offering
  • Geography: Singapore, Canada, Estonia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 15
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • XOCIETY — The XOCIETY metaverse is being developed by a well-established team of over 50 developers with decades of experience in the tech and web2 gaming fields.
  • Blade of God X — Blade of God X provides cross-platform play as an optimum medium and way of interaction between people and the virtual world.
  • Cathedral Studios — Welcome to Cathedral Studios, where we believe that the future of gaming lies in the integration of cutting-edge technologies.
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ARC the Community
VC Fund · Singapore, Central Region, Singapore · 1 investments in South Korea Video Games startups

Access Asia's most curated community in Web3, enabled by NFTs as proof of membership.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Non-Fungible Token (NFT), Web3, Video
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Singapore, South Korea, United Arab Emirates

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Sogni AI — Unleash creativity with the Sogni Supernet: a purpose-built DePIN protocol for Creative AI. Empowering Creative AI apps with unmatched speed and scale.
  • Pixelverse — Pixelverse is a blockchain-based, pixelated P2E game.
  • SecondSwap — Turn Locked Tokens Into Liquid Assets. The only decentralized on-chain marketplace for trading locked tokens.
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Solon Inversiones
VC Fund · 1 investments in South Korea Video Games startups

Investment Fund, 100% owned and managed. Seed investing.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Content, Video Games, Manufacturing
  • Stage:Series A
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Round size: Series A $1.9M–$5.9M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • BIGPICTURE — We give full-service for all level gamers.
  • Best Graphene — Best Graphene specializes in the manufacturing of graphene products tailored for a wide range of industrial sectors. Best Graphene provides a diverse array of products to cater to various needs, such as graphene colloid, graphene ink and paste, additive graphene, and customizable graphene solutions. These offerings ensure optimal processsuitability and compatibility across different materials, empowering users to harness the unique properties of graphene for enhanced performance and applications in their respective industries.
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Netmarble
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Video Games startups

Explore Netmarble's newest titles! Sign up for latest news and exclusive content.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Gaming, Music, Video Games
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: South Korea, Turkey, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 10
  • Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • ALUX — Your Drone Factory
  • HAEGIN — HAEGIN is a game development company.
  • Epic League — Epic League is a next-generation game studio focusing on introducing innovative web3 elements to the game experience. We are proudly backed by Griffin Gaming Partners, Mirana Ventures (Bybit's venture partner), Game7, and more!
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Partners Investment
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Video Games startups

As a responsible and long-term partner, they aim to make various constructive contributions to portfolio companies.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 114
  • Round size: Series A $1.5M–$26M; Series B $5M–$98M; Series C $11M–$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
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IMM Investment
VC Fund · Kangnam, Cholla-namdo, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Video Games startups

Korean alternative asset investment firm

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 183
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • FuriosaAI — FuriosaAI develops system semiconductors optimized for AI, enabling efficient processing of large amounts of data in a short period of time.
  • Law&Company — {{ metaDescription }}
  • Pure Harvest Smart Farms — Pure Harvest Smart Farms is a regional innovator in sustainable agriculture focused on the production of premium fruits and vegetables in the challenging climates of the Arab Gulf region using world-leading controlled-environment agriculture technologies. Pure Harvest seeks to leverage innovative growing technologies and horticultural bestpractices in order to pioneer year-round production of affordable, premium quality fresh produce.
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Krust Universe
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Video Games startups

Krust Universe incubates innovative startups that are building the next generation of groundbreaking technology applications.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Gaming, Software, Online Games
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: South Korea, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 7
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Quarkonix — Quarkonix primarily operates as a software development company.
  • Ring Games — Ring Games is a blockchain game developer, mainly engaged in the development, design and operation of chain games.
  • The Seeds Labs — Seeds Labs is the developer of the Web3 game Bladerite, which emphasizes high-quality games and game infrastructure.
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Liquid X Ventures
VC Fund · 1 investments in South Korea Video Games startups

We are a high conviction, high touch venture studio focused on building application layer companies.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Video Games, Gaming, Blockchain
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Canada, Cayman Islands, United Kingdom

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • XOCIETY — The XOCIETY metaverse is being developed by a well-established team of over 50 developers with decades of experience in the tech and web2 gaming fields.
  • Aria — Aria is a role-playing game in which players can freely traverse an open world while experiencing the thrill of epic quests and combat.
  • Uncharted — Uncharted is a cryptocurrency-based gaming platform helps game developers and companies.
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Emirates Consortium
VC Fund · Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates · 1 investments in South Korea Video Games startups

Emirates Consortium is an investment company that invests in businesses and ventures.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Web Development, Financial Services, Digital Entertainment
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Singapore, United States

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • XOCIETY — The XOCIETY metaverse is being developed by a well-established team of over 50 developers with decades of experience in the tech and web2 gaming fields.
  • Kinza Finance — Kinza Finance is a DeFi lending protocol that focuses on security and liquidity incentivization and offers innovative, and secure financial solutions.
  • Polyhedra Network — Trust, safety, and data protection at the core of every decision.
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Han River Partners
VC Fund · 1 investments in South Korea Video Games startups

Han River Partners is a venture capital firm.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Rental, Medical, Software
  • Stage:Series A
  • Geography: South Korea, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 8
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Realry — Search, compare, and shop your luxury items here. Realry is your luxury fashion search engine that lets you search thousands of online fashion stores at once.
  • Nirvanana — Nirvanana is a game developer that develops an online gaming platform to connect gamers across the world.
  • Twelve Labs — Twelve Labs helps developers make programs that can see, listen, and understand the world as we do by giving them the most powerful video search API
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Korea Science and Technology Holdings
VC Fund · Daejeon, Taejon-jikhalsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Video Games startups

Korea Science and Technology Holdings specializes in technology commercialization services by government-funded research institutes.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Manufacturing, Software, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 30
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Linsol — Linsol develops life-saving and environmental detection solutions based on defense-derived search and detection technology.
  • OASYS STUDIO — ​OASYS STUDIO is a cloud-native visual effects company that integrates VFX pipeline services and production within a cloud environment. They offer scalable and efficient production solutions, fostering stable collaboration structures for clients.
  • Thermoeye — Thermoeye provides thermal imaging systems utilizing temperature analysis technology.
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a41
VC Fund · Seocho, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Video Games startups

A41 is a blockchain infra-service provider that validates and paves paths never ventured before.

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Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • XOCIETY — The XOCIETY metaverse is being developed by a well-established team of over 50 developers with decades of experience in the tech and web2 gaming fields.
  • FLock.io — FLock.io aims to build a decentralised privacy-preserving solution for Artificial Intelligence.
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Polygon Studios
VC Fund · 1 investments in South Korea Video Games startups

Polygon Studios is focusing on developing a hub for digital culture.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Gaming, Video Games
  • Stage:Seed, Initial Coin Offering
  • Geography: United States, India, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 32
  • Round size: Seed $2.7M–$9M; Initial Coin Offering $4.1M–$26M
  • Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Onmeta — Onmeta
  • MintStars — MintStars is a content subscription platform with your interests at heart. Earn more, reduce burnout, and protect your content, powered by NFTs.
  • BovineVerse — BovineVerse is a Korean Metaverse chain game and sports guessing platform developer.
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LINE Studio
VC Fund · Seongnam, Kyonggi-do, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Video Games startups

LINE Studio is a casual game developer of the global messenger.

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Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Stoic Entertainment — Stoic Entertainment is a VR game developer with core technologies related to VR content and will develop blockchain games later.
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Good Games Guild
VC Fund · Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia · 1 investments in South Korea Video Games startups

Good Games Guild is a gaming hub for play-to-earn games based on NFTs and collectible tokens.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Gaming, Cryptocurrency
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Vietnam, United Arab Emirates, Panama

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 19
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • XOCIETY — The XOCIETY metaverse is being developed by a well-established team of over 50 developers with decades of experience in the tech and web2 gaming fields.
  • The FishVerse — FishVerse combines GameFi, AI, and blockchain technology, allowing players to fish in a dynamic open environment from their own homes.
  • NXI — Nexus Interactive gives collective growth and accrued value to its ecosystem.
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S Cubic Angels
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Video Games startups

S Cubic Angels is an investment firm that helps to discover startups and prospective entrepreneurship teams.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Education, Apps
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 12
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Inabooth — Inabooth is a character licensing platform that connects character IP owners and character IP users.
  • Revation — Revation is an eco-friendly product development company that focuses on environmental issues through design and technology.
  • Junction Med — Junction Med develops and operates CareBom, a child-based senior healthcare communication service.
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Magna Investment
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Video Games startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Biotechnology, Manufacturing
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 84
  • Round size: Seed $141k–$3M; Series A $1.5M–$7.4M; Series B $1.4M–$26M
  • Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • JNJ Tech — JNJ Tech is a digital healthcare startup that will provide services such as pharmaceutical ordering, inventory management, and pharmaceutical information.
  • 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.
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Big Brain Holdings
VC Fund · Weston, Florida, United States · 1 investments in South Korea Video Games startups

Big Brain Holdings is Focused on Investing in Solana projects that have strong potential.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Singapore, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 167
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$10M; Pre-Seed $500k–$4.2M; Series A $9M–$15M
  • Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Hemi Labs — Hemi (https://hemi.xyz) is a modular protocol that integrates Bitcoin and Ethereum to amplify and extend the core capabilities of the two leading blockchain networks. This offers a novel perspective on blockchain interoperability and scaling by approaching Bitcoin and Ethereum as components of a single supernetwork. The result providessecurity that exceeds that of Bitcoin (“superfinality”) and new levels of blockchain programmability, portability, and potential. Hemi was co-founded by Jeff Garzik (former Bitcoin core developer) and Max Sanchez (inventor of the Proof-of-Proof consensus protocol), and is surrounded by a team of renowned blockchain engineers, strategic partners and investors.
  • Fortytwo — Fortytwo is a decentralized AI network that employs swarm intelligence by linking consumer devices to execute small AI models. It provides a scalable and cost-efficient alternative to centralized AI systems, enabling users to contribute computing resources while ensuring data privacy. Fortytwo's goal is to create a reasoning engine thatoperates on a planetary scale and is driven by the community.
  • Synonym Finance — SYNO is a universal cross-chain credit layer. Earn interest and borrow assets with maximum efficiency.
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HYK Partners
VC Fund · 1 investments in South Korea Video Games startups

HYK is an investment company in Seoul, South Korea

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Food Processing, Food and Beverage, Apps
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 7
  • Round size: Series A $2.4M–$5.4M; Series B $16k–$9.7M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Da-gym — Da-gym is the most convenient marketplace platform for searching gyms.
  • CultureHero — CultureHero is a food company.
  • JOINANDJOIN — JOINANDJOIN is a food and beverage company that produces dessert.
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Yoonmin Foundation
VC Fund · Seocho, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Video Games startups

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

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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Base Investments
VC Fund · Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands · 1 investments in South Korea Video Games startups

Base Investments operates as an investment firm.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Information Technology, Apps
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 38
  • Round size: Seed $743k–$8.5M; Series A $1.9M–$8.9M; Series B $3.3M–$12M
  • Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Delivus — Delivus offers small package delivery in major U.S. cities in the shortest amount of time, with real-time delivery tracking, at the same cost as the current courier To facilitate this, we provide Delivery as a Service.
  • RichAlien — Rich Alien was founded with the intention of creating immersive mobile games ranging from worldwide casual social games to mid-core games based on well-known foreign animations and webtoon IPs.
  • Epic Corporation — The Epic One platform services will be improved, and Epic Corporation will broaden its business sectors. First, the global bidding system in four significant Asian nations will be improved overall, coupled with an update to the AI function that determines the anticipated contract price, in order to maximize the transaction completion rate for thesale of luxury assets. Additionally, there is a plan to considerably broaden its brands and product categories, which currently include luxury watches, luggage, hypercars, and artwork.
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Central Investment Partners
VC Fund · Yeoksamdong, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Video Games startups

Central Investment Partners is a financial service provider company.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Mobile, Medical
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 16
  • Round size: Seed $371k–$800M; Series A $743k–$19M; Series B $4.8M–$7.4M
  • Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Factosquare — Factosquare develops goods and brands, manufactures them in-house, and innovates the factory manufacturing process.
  • Estate Cloud — Estate Cloud provides online real estate services for buying and selling properties.
  • TODOC — Explore advanced neural solutions and hearing technologies by Todoc, including innovative cochlear implants and healthcare innovations for better communication.
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Sejong Venture Partners
VC Fund · Fort Lee, New Jersey, United States · 1 investments in South Korea Video Games startups

SEJONG LLP was established in 2003 to better serve growing businesses like you with quality services at reasonable fees.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Pharmaceutical
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 15
  • Round size: Series A $1.9M–$5.6M; Series B $3.2M–$20M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Armored Fresh — Tasty Cheese Zero Dairy
  • Autotelic Bio — Autotelic Bio is a bio technology company that researches and develops anti-cancer drugs.
  • Ryton Technology — Ryton Technology is a manufacturing company that produces medical and electronic devices.
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Kakao Ventures
VC Fund · Seongnam, Kyonggi-do, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Video Games startups

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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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 297
  • Round size: Seed $297k–$4.6M; Series A $817k–$14M; Series B $3M–$27M
  • Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $9.6M in 2012

Portfolio highlights

  • Jaranda — One-on-one child-oriented play sitter / learning sheeter for working parents and children's happiness.
  • Moyo — Moyo is a phone plan comparison platform that recommends all communication products.
  • Vivid Health — Vivid Health is a platform that provides obesity treatment management services. It provides a convenient platform for users to easily access reviews on obesity medicine products by their specific ingredients.
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Well to Sea Investment
VC Fund · Yeoksamdong, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Video Games startups

Specialized in the operation of Private Equity Fund

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Gaming, Video Games, Virtual Reality
  • Stage:Series A
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Stoic Entertainment — Stoic Entertainment is a VR game developer with core technologies related to VR content and will develop blockchain games later.
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Atinum Partners
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Video Games startups

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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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Project Galaxy
VC Fund · San Mateo, California, United States · 1 investments in South Korea Video Games startups

Galxe is an industry-leading web3 growth platform powered by analytics, automation, and engagement solutions.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: South Korea, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Syn City — Explore the best online casino Australia 2026. Discover safe, fair, and high-paying gaming sites to involve your gaming experience
  • BovineVerse — BovineVerse is a Korean Metaverse chain game and sports guessing platform developer.
  • PLANET TWELVE PRIVATE LIMITED — Building the first and only GUI Onchain Engine for onchain games and autonomous worlds.
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Video Games Investor funding in South Korea at a glance

Stats across 92 deals from 133 investors.

133
investors
in South Korea Video Games startups
92
deals
in South Korea Video Games startups
$2.5M
median round
in South Korea Video Games startups
32%
lead investors
lead at least one round
26%
Seed
most common funding stage
99/1
VC / Angel
share of investor count

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