Top 10 Wine And Spirits Startup Investors in South Korea in May 2026

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• Pay Months — Korean Buy Now Pay Later(BNPL) fintech startup that solves financing problems in e-Commerce
• Unastella — Unastella operates its own launch vehicles to provide human space travel platform services.
• UModeler — UModeler is a Unity3D editor extension to empower you to designer your level and mesh without leaving Unity.

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• Difon — Difon is a developer of smart window solution technology, which is designed to regulate sunlight transmittance.Difon Co., Ltd. emerged as a spin-off from Hyundai Motor Group in 2021, with a vision to evolve into a leading provider of smart film solutions. The company is dedicated to enhancing consumers' living spaces by conducting researchand development while manufacturing smart films.To accelerate the adoption of smart film technology, Difon has established a robust supply chain through strategic alliances and investments in system integration with various relevant companies, including glass manufacturers, automobile OEMs, and construction firms.With a strong commitment to sustainability and social responsibility, Difon aims to foster a better environment and future through its endeavors. The company strives to maximize its impact by continually innovating and creating products that benefit both consumers and society as a whole.
• STAYFOLIO — * Founded in 2015, STAYFOLIO is a Fine-Stay platform that curates accommodations with unique values and personality with the motto of “Curate the space where staying itself is travel” * Beyond just introducing accommodation, we provide exclusive accommodation solutions by building a full value chain for Fine Stays, from the process of creatingaccommodation spaces to branding, promotion, operation and service.
• PeopleFund — Founded in 2015, PeopleFund is Korea's leading data-driven digital lender focused on consumer finance. Our mission is to give financial freedom to all consumers through more affordable loans and better investment opportunities. Leveraging its proprietary, data-driven credit model and eliminating inefficiencies with technology, PeopleFunddelivers better loan rates for borrowers while maintaining an industry low loss rate to benefit retail and institutional investors. PeopleFund is the first digital lender in Korea to surpass $1B in loan originations and has provided an innovative way to invest to nearly 400,000 retail investors. It is notably the first fintech platform to offer loan and investment products directly on KakaoTalk, Korea's equivalent of WhatsApp. To date, PeopleFund has completed its Series C round of funding with a total of $63.4M of equity capital raised. For more information, visit www.peoplefund.co.kr.

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• 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.

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• ASWEMAKE — ASWEMAKE is a shopping app that delivers groceries.
• CastingN — CastingN is a B2B trading platform that helps companies outsource.
• Glovv — Glovv is a short-form beauty content development platform.

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• Podonos — Podonos evaluates the effectiveness and performance of AI models for speech and audio. You get the evaluation result within 12 hours from global evaluators.
• Risorious — Risorious provide clear guidelines for prescribing neuropsychiatric drugs.
• K-Work Partners — K-Work Partners provide comprehensive living support services essential to foreign workers in Korea.

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• AutoHands — AutoHands is a South Korea-based mobility company that offers comprehensive integrated mobility services including vehicle buying and selling, management, online used-car auctions, car rentals, extended warranties, residual value guarantees, mobile maintenance, and accident compensation programs.
• Ride — RideNow: An app-based platform for test drives and vehicle purchases. RideCare: App-based B2B and B2C vehicle care services. RideContents: Educational services for automotive brands, aimed at enhancing the quality of manufacturers and importers. RideOn: After-sales management services for electric vehicle chargers.
• Rootfinders — RouteFinders develops an AI-based media platform to support independent living for visually impaired individuals in an increasingly digital world.

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• Eolmaekdang — Eolmaekdang is a unique consumer brand that combines its proprietary “beer chip” technology with the concept of small beers, creating innovative, convenient, and flavorful drinking experiences that redefine how consumers enjoy craft-style beer in social and everyday settings.
• LPHYSIO Wellness — LPHYSIO Wellness is a well-aging studio that offers high-end exercise and natural beauty therapies to promote a healthy and balanced lifestyle, living up to its tagline of "Prestige Fitness & Therapy."

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• Mycel — IMAGINATION TRANSITION REGENERATION
• Habit Factory — Habit Factory provides financial big data analytics solutions.
• Korea Deep Learning — Korea Deep Learning is an artificial intelligence technology company that offers OCR, analytics, and 3D DX solutions.

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• Brewguru — Brewguru is an online beverage store that makes and sells healthy beverages.

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• Acon3D — Digital Asset Store. Use brushes, 3D backgrounds & animated deformes for all creative fields!
• Coxwave — Coxwave provides product analytics and observability for AI applications. The Skylight platform instruments LLM prompts, responses, context, and user interactions via SDKs and ingestion APIs. It aggregates metrics such as quality, latency, token usage, and cost, and presents dashboards to monitor trends and detect regressions. Teams use it tocollect human feedback, build evaluation datasets, and compare prompt or model variants before and after releases. Tracing links events across sessions and workflows, helping correlate outcomes with inputs and application state. Integrations connect to common LLM providers, orchestration frameworks, and data pipelines, allowing data to flow into existing analytics stacks and workflows.
• Habit Factory — Habit Factory provides financial big data analytics solutions.