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Top 25 Art VC Funds & Investors in South Korea (May 2026)

The most active venture capital funds investing in South Korea Art startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in South Korea Art startup companies. Find investors to raise a Seed, Series A or Series B round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
KDB Capital
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States, Mexico Series A, Series B, Seed Software, Biotechnology, Information Technology $500k–$54M
DSC Investment
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States, Israel Series A, Series B, Seed Software, Artificial Intelligence, Manufacturing $382k–$53M
MYSC
VC Fund
2 South Korea, China, France Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Food and Beverage, Health Care, E-Commerce $76k–$3.7M
Korea Investment Partners
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States, China Series B, Series A, Seed Biotechnology, Health Care, Information Technology $764k–$50M
Primer Sazze Partners
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States, Japan Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $157k–$15M
Korea Credit Guarantee Fund
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States Seed, Series A Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Manufacturing $229k–$6.3M
Medici Investment
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States Series A, Series B Art, Comics, Mobile
Republic
VC Fund
1 United States, India, Brazil Seed, Pre-Seed, Equity Crowdfunding Blockchain, Financial Services, FinTech $76k–$3M
Nice Investment Partners
VC Fund
1 South Korea Series B Beauty, Social, Sports
POSCO Venture Capital
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States, China Series A, Series B Software, Information Technology, Health Care $306k–$27M
Glorang
VC Fund
1
Colopl Next
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States, South Korea Seed, Series A Software, Virtual Reality, E-Commerce $1M–$14M
Stone Bridge Ventures
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States Series A, Seed, Series B Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $2.3M–$24M
Wargaming
VC Fund
1 United States, Austria, Lithuania Series A, Series B, Pre-Seed Gaming, Information Technology, Apps $1.2M–$12M
L&S Venture Capital
VC Fund
1 South Korea, Israel, United States Series A, Seed, Series B Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $611k–$19M
IBK Capital
VC Fund
1 South Korea, India, United States Series A, Series B, Series C Apps, Health Care, Mobile Apps $1.5M–$28M
Softbank Ventures Asia
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States, China Series B, Series A, Series C Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology $1.9M–$100M
Shinhan Capital
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States, India Series A, Series B, Seed Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Software $382k–$17M
InterVest Co.
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States, India Series B, Series A, Series C Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care $1.9M–$54M
Zero to One Partners
VC Fund
1 South Korea Seed Manufacturing, Art, B2B
TONY Investment
VC Fund
1 South Korea Series A, Series B, Series C Apps, Travel, Tourism $8.4M–$19M
VP (Virtual Payment)
VC Fund
1 South Korea Seed Art, Fashion
Seoul Business Agency(SBA)
VC Fund
1 South Korea Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Apps, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $76k–$3.7M
HUNO
VC Fund
1 South Korea Seed Art, Apps, Children
Echo Investment Capital
VC Fund
1 United States, South Korea Series A, Seed Biotechnology, Art, FinTech $3.1M–$31M
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KDB Capital
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Art startups

KDB Capital Corp. operates as a credit specialized and corporate restructuring company in South Korea.It provides equipment leasing services for various properties, including machineries, ships, IT equipments, medical equipments, automation equipments, transportation machineries, educational research equipments, construction machineries, heavy,and other equipments for social services.The company provides venture capital for companies operating in various areas, including computer and related components, semiconductors and equipment, telecommunication and accessories, software, multimedia, precision chemistry, environment, biotechnology, content/fashion, mechatronics, and entertainment.In addition, the company offers services to help distressed companies, including merger and acquisition, business consulting, merger and acquisition loan, rescheduling, acquisition of stocks, operating loan fund for restructuring, and consulting for corporate reinforcement; funding services, such as working capital, project financing, and equipment funding; financing via acquiring account receivables from corporations; and credit card services.The company was established in 1972 and is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. KDB Capital Corp. is subsidiary of The Korea Development Bank.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Biotechnology, Information Technology
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, Mexico

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 75
  • Round size: Seed $500k–$5.3M; Series A $2.7M–$7.6M; Series B $5.9M–$54M
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • enhans — Viralpick provides IT services for organizations including data analysis, automation, acquisition, and advertising services.
  • Best Graphene — Graphene specialized company_BESTGRAPHENE
  • Gwanak Analog — Gwanak Analog is a supplier of high performance Power/Analog SoC and Sensor products
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DSC Investment
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Art startups, 13 in the past 12 months

DSC Investments invests in early stage and growth companies in the field of corporate identify and focus, IT, software, biotechnology, machinery, and future high-growth areas such as environment and resources.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 137
  • Round size: Seed $382k–$8.3M; Series A $1.5M–$11M; Series B $4.6M–$53M
  • Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Bionsight — We are pioneering a new era of AI to facilitate the long journey from a laboratory to the patients in drug discovery
  • Superblock — Superblock vision removes centralized web servers and puts blockchain run by the people in the system's core.
  • Pribit Technology — Pribit Technology is a technology agency that provides cloud network security technology to related technology services.
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MYSC
VC Fund · Seongdong, Kyonggi-do, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Art startups, 14 in the past 12 months

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Food and Beverage, Health Care, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: South Korea, China, France

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 63
  • Round size: Seed $76k–$1.5M; Series A $917k–$3.7M
  • Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • VPP — Providing clean energy to wherever it is needed
  • JeCLEAN — Jacqueline, an ESG startup, draws attention to the vast amounts of abandoned and burnt hotel bedding waste on Jeju Island and provides industrial solutions through upcycling solutions that recycle it into cotton-based raw materials, yarns, and fabrics.
  • City Storage — City Storage is a side dish platform that produces and sells salads, soups, and pickles.
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Korea Investment Partners
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Art startups, 20 in the past 12 months

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 239
  • Round size: Seed $764k–$14M; Series A $2.3M–$25M; Series B $2.7M–$50M
  • Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • Petpharma — Petpharma is an Operator of an e-commerce platform intended to provide veterinary medicines.
  • Wello — Wello is a government business solution that offers a natural language processing-based business recommendation-application-management service.
  • Indent — Indent is a provider of a video review service platform that helps sellers increase their sales by producing purchase reviews from actual buyers.
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Primer Sazze Partners
VC Fund · San Jose, California, United States · 2 investments in South Korea Art startups, 8 in the past 12 months

Primer Sazze Partners - We like to find founders who are making the impossible happen through sheer force of will and a refusal to accept hard truths.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 88
  • Round size: Seed $157k–$2.5M; Pre-Seed $200k–$1.3M; Series A $179k–$15M
  • Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $127M in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • Paywork — PayWal is a payment platform that provides dedicated project teaming, task execution checks, and contract management services.
  • Solvook — Solvook is a copyright licensing platform for educational materials intended to provide copyright clearance services.
  • Paraform — Get paid to recruit for the most exciting startups on your own terms. Recruiting has never been so accessible.
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Korea Credit Guarantee Fund
VC Fund · Daegu, Taegu-jikhalsi, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Art startups, 33 in the past 12 months

Korea Credit Guarantee Fund operates as a public financial institution.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 130
  • Round size: Seed $229k–$2.7M; Series A $764k–$6.3M
  • Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Petpharma — Petpharma is an Operator of an e-commerce platform intended to provide veterinary medicines.
  • Uniqconn — Uniqconn is a telecommunication company that offers wireless and mechanical interference services.
  • Pribit Technology — Pribit Technology is a technology agency that provides cloud network security technology to related technology services.
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Medici Investment
VC Fund · 1 investments in South Korea Art startups

Venture Capital firm in South Korea.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Art, Comics, Mobile
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: South Korea, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 9
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • TESSA — TESSA is an alternative investment platform for the purchase, sale, and trade of fractionalized ownership interests in investment-grade blue-chip artwork (such as Warhol, Picasso, Kusama, Basquiat, etc.) with the accessibility and liquidity of public markets. The platform enables white-listed “micro-collectors” to co-own fractional ownershipinterests in curated blue-chip artwork represented in digital form on a public blockchain. TESSA manages all maintenance and administrative services relating to the artwork which is publicly promoted and displayed to enhance its value and broaden its exposure to the art-viewing public.The platform provides transparent and safe management of ownership certificates, transaction history, and transfer status through a blockchain network and secure third-party service providers.
  • Selecxine — Selecxine is a biopharmaceutical development company specialized in the field of immunotherapeutics. Selecxine strives to develop immunotherapeutics a new paradigm of pharmaceuticals– through a specialized antibody development process, using an innovative platform technology of functional antibody screening and development.
  • Vastera — Build up the pipelines for developing the first-in-class synthetic therapeutics mimicking the PRX enzyme that controls the growth of vascular cells.
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Republic
VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 1 investments in South Korea Art startups, 7 in the past 12 months

Republic gives people the opportunity to invest in the future they believe in by providing access to startup, real estate, crypto, and video game investments. Focused on creating a diverse, sustainable, and connected world, Republic has facilitated over $500 million in investments from over one million members of the global community. With a globalteam in six countries, Republic is backed by Galaxy Digital, The Motley Fool, Binance, Naspers, AngelList, and more.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Financial Services, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Equity Crowdfunding
  • Geography: United States, India, Brazil

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 76
  • Round size: Seed $468k–$3M; Pre-Seed $200k–$1.4M; Equity Crowdfunding $76k–$1.1M
  • Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • INX — INX Crypto Trading Platform is aiming to enable the listing & trading of regulated security tokens and cryptocurrencies for institutional & retail investors
  • EquityList — Equity management with online cap table management and employee stock option programs (ESOP) administration. Available free for Indian startups
  • The INX Digital Company — INX Crypto Trading Platform is aiming to enable the listing & trading of regulated security tokens and cryptocurrencies for institutional & retail investors
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Nice Investment Partners
VC Fund · 1 investments in South Korea Art startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Beauty, Social, Sports
  • Stage:Series B
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 12
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • EGNIS — EGNIS is a supplier of food products.
  • S.LAB Asia — S.LAB is a platform for supply chain logistics for an efficient and cost-saving end to end transportation service. Through its cold chain technology, the company significantly reduces the cost during the first mile and middle mile delivery. Real-time tracking service will collect all the data to actively respond to the incident and keep thecustomer satisfied. With the data, S.LAB optimizes the temperature, packaging, and routing to increase the efficiency in cold chain delivery per country.
  • Yeoshin — Yeoshin is a skin treatment information platform.
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POSCO Venture Capital
VC Fund · Pohang, Kyongsang-bukto, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Art startups

POSTECH Venture Capital Corporation(POSTECH VC) was founded and financed by POSCO to participate in SME(small and medium enterprise) Revitalization Policy in 1997 for the National Economy Restoration.We seek investment opportunities in diverse markets including Information Technologies, Advanced Materials, Bio Technologies, Renewable Energy,and Life Sciences.And we are to accelerate the commercialization of the valuable technologies from POSTECH(Pohang University of Science and Technology), RIST(Research institute of Industrial Science and Technology), and other institutes in Korea. More than 200 professors in POSTECH help POSTECH VC evaluate the technologiesPOSTECH VC is comprised of a team consisted of experienced venture capitalists who has previous experiences in successful startups, consulting firms, and executive management.We are currently investing from our several funds and manage over 60 billion Won.Our recent primary investment focus is on high growth opportunities in renewable energy such as bio-diesel and photovoltaic technologies.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 23
  • Round size: Series A $306k–$6.3M; Series B $2.7M–$27M
  • Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • OKHOME — OKHOME adalah penyedia jasa kebersihan untuk rumah, apartemen dan berbagai tempat yang membutuhkan pembersih profesional.
  • Hexlant — Hexlant - Blockchain Laboratory. Build Blockchain Security Environment in just few days. With Simple Installation, Expand your Business onto Blockchain.
  • Deepbrain AI — Deepbrain AI has proven its world-class conversational artificial intelligence technology to be highly utilizing in many areas, including broadcasting, education, and in service industry. State-of-the-art artificial intelligence technology, analogous to real people say, can be applied in a wide variety of areas. Also, it is expected that demandwill increase significantly with differentiated technology in the age of diversification.In recognition of its competitiveness and value, the company has received $2M investment from IDG Capital in 2019, and up to date, it has accumulated $9.5M. In addition, the company is currently growing in partnership with major companies such as Microsoft, Kakao Partner, and SK Telecom. It is expected to accelerate its external growth and profit expansion in the new market as it is set to make inroads into the global market based on its performance so far.
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Glorang
VC Fund · Yeoksamdong, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Art startups

Glorang is an educational application for university support system.

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Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Little Picasso — Little Picasso AI app manages children's artwork and helps them choose colors and tools.
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Colopl Next
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in South Korea Art startups

Colopl Next is the corporate venture capital of is Colopl, Inc, which is a leading Japanese gaming company. Colopl, Inc. is founded with the mission of “Entertainment in Real Life”, and constantly put its customer as first priority.Colopl Next is headquartered in Japan, but invests globally in a variety of internet businesses, with the commitmentto support innovative entrepreneurs.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Virtual Reality, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States, South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 105
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$14M; Series A $1.9M–$14M
  • Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • Rybit — A leading technology platform that connects the last mile delivery industry, optimizing and simplifying day-to-day delivery operations.
  • Levr.ai — Levr.ai is an intelligent loans platform built to get your business funded—fast
  • Return Helper — Founded in 2018, Return Helper is a data-driven return management solution that optimizes return process and the aftermarket activities for online retailers. We support all the major ecommerce platforms including Amazon and FBA, eBay, Walmart, Shopify, Rakuten etc.
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Stone Bridge Ventures
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Art startups

Stone Bridge Ventures invests in entrepreneurs with bold ideas that improve and expand people's lives, industries, and markets. They provide professional assistance and a network of contacts geared towards businesses in order to help them expand.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 43
  • Round size: Seed $2.7M–$4.6M; Series A $2.3M–$8.8M; Series B $6.1M–$24M
  • Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • RSN — RSN provides solutions that analyze changes in social awareness and trends in the flow of digital information and suggest their meaning.
  • Letsur — Letsur developing automated solutions for AI development and data cleaning services.
  • 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.
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Wargaming
VC Fund · Nicosia, Nicosia, Cyprus · 1 investments in South Korea Art startups

A catalogue of games produced by the leading game developer in the CIS. Legendary and new games from Wargaming for PC, iOS, Android, Xbox and Playstation.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Gaming, Information Technology, Apps
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, Austria, Lithuania

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 11
  • Round size: Series A $1.2M–$12M
  • Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • RAWG — RAWG.io is a video game discovery platform that converts your skills into goods and services.
  • Donut Lab — Donut Punks is a MOBA game that offers a unique blend of fun, action, and strategy. It is designed for players who want to team up and take on the challenge of fighting against hordes of zombies in a thrilling online environment.
  • Polystream — Polystream is completely rethinking and realising new ways of how to use the visual cloud, from server to client, from network to edge as we build the 3D Internet. Powered by our breakthrough command streaming technology, you can now instantly engage, grow, and monetise audiences of all shapes and sizes wherever they are in the world; whether it’splayers, streamers, or viewers. Our synchronous spectator engine Fantom enables cloud native games and experiences to be cost-effectively streamed with unrivalled reach, and unprecedented scale.
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L&S Venture Capital
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Art startups

L&S Venture Capital is a venture capital firm. L&S Venture Capital is specializing in incubation, seed, early, and expansion stage investments. L&S Venture Capital invests in electronic components, including smart phones, pads, televisions and grid; telecommunications equipments; green energy sector, such as solar, wind, fuel cell, LED,and EV; machineries; broadcasting; nanotechnology; intelligent robotics; telematics; medical equipments; media contents, which inlcude creation, distribution and new media. L&S Venture Capital primarily invests in South Korea with a focus in Seoul, Gyeonggi region, and Chungnam province. L&S Venture Capital was founded in 2006 and is based in Seoul, South Korea.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 29
  • Round size: Seed $611k–$4.7M; Series A $3M–$6.3M; Series B $2M–$19M
  • Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Everon — Everon is an electric vehicle charging platform that provides maintenance, repair, and control services for electric vehicles and chargers.
  • THE PIRATES — THE PIRATES is a platform that offers national fish market price and seafood.
  • Best Graphene — Graphene specialized company_BESTGRAPHENE
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IBK Capital
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Art startups

IBK Capital is the venture capital arm of the Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK).

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Health Care, Mobile Apps
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
  • Geography: South Korea, India, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 34
  • Round size: Series A $1.8M–$9.9M; Series B $1.5M–$9.2M; Series C $23M–$28M
  • Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Kitronyx — Tactile Pressure Distribution System
  • Doctor Cha — Doctor Cha is a car maintenance and accident repair consultation company that provides application for vehicle management services.
  • Stockeeper — Stockeeper creates and operates a Korean beef asset platform, Bankau, that connects consumers and producers.
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Softbank Ventures Asia
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Art startups, 6 in the past 12 months

SoftBank Ventures Asia is the corporate venture capital arm of SoftBank Group. The firm prefers to invest in the information technology, smart robotics industry artificial intelligence, internet of things and information, communication, and technology sectors. It is based in Seoul, Korea, and was founded in 2000.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 179
  • Round size: Series A $1.9M–$24M; Series B $5.2M–$52M; Series C $9.2M–$100M
  • Lead/follow: 44% lead, 56% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • Artue — Explore a diverse collection of artwork by new and emerging artists on Artue.io. Buy and sell original paintings, sculptures, photography, and more.
  • B GARAGE — B GARAGE is an autonomous drone and service company for warehouse inventory management. B GARAGE is an homage to Willow Garage, a widely respected robotics research company that developed an open-source robotics software platform.
  • ZUZU Hospitality — ZUZU Hospitality is chain for independent hotels, delivering revenue growth through distribution and revenue management.As such, we are the indisputable primary partner to hoteliers in driving revenue. Acting as their hotel operating system, we power their back office revenue generation business operations, allowing them to focus on being greathoteliers.
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Shinhan Capital
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Art startups, 7 in the past 12 months

Shinhan Capital is a credit-specialized company offering corporate finance services for its clients. It provides financial services, lease, corporate loans, investment financing, housing loans, installment financing, etc. Shinhan Capital was established in 1991. The company is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 83
  • Round size: Seed $382k–$3.1M; Series A $2M–$10M; Series B $4.6M–$17M
  • Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • CLOP — CLOP is an ophthalmology medical company that provides services to prevent blindness in patients through AI-based eye disease management.
  • Cashwalk — Cashwalk is an app that motivates to walk by providing financial incentives.
  • GTL — GTL manufactures hydraulic equipment, mechanical parts, industrial robots and automation equipment or aircraft and spacecraft parts.
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InterVest Co.
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Art startups, 10 in the past 12 months

Creating Innovative Values for Ventures. Knowledgeable & Experienced Professionals. Leading Venture Capital Investor in Korea

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 83
  • Round size: Series A $1.9M–$13M; Series B $2.7M–$54M; Series C $9.9M–$51M
  • Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2017

Portfolio highlights

  • Dot Inc — Dot Inc. has developed a state-of-the-art, innovative, braille cell that is 95% smaller and 90% cheaper than the standard piezo-electric cells. The Dot Cell has brought revolutionary changes to the world through advancements in electromagnetic actuator technology. The Dot Watch is the first fully-Braille smartwatch in the world. We believeeveryone has the right to move freely and connect with the world, regardless of circumstances. Dot Inc., through its mission, will reduce the information gap through tactile literacy all around the world.
  • Jente — Jente provides a B2B service that connects boutiques with domestic companies. The company's online platform offers distinct products that become trendsetters as a result of rapidly discovering and sourcing new brands, allowing clients to quickly bring new products from boutiques.
  • Phantom AI — Phantom AI is democratizing the use of advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) to reduce accidents, save lives and make driving more enjoyable, while delivering tomorrow’s self-driving technology. The company provides a comprehensive autonomous driving platform featuring computer vision, sensor fusion and control capabilities.Phantom AI hascreated the most accurate and highest-performing AI solutions available today that meet car manufacturer requirements, at a much lower price than existing solutions. Delivered through a modular, software-based vehicle stack, OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers can select the components they wish to integrate and customize the configuration for unparalleled flexibility.
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Zero to One Partners
VC Fund · Seocho, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Art startups

Zero to One Partners is an investment company with management consulting capabilities.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Manufacturing, Art, B2B
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Lead/follow: 80% lead, 20% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Vertex Lab — Vertex Lab provides reliable medical services
  • The N Planet — The N Planet specializes in the development of exhibition planning contents through media art.
  • Studio Yam Yam — The B2B marketing solution from Studio Yum Yum combines a client (company manager) database with a content-based strategy to assist businesses efficiently acquire customers and maximize the ROI of their B2B sales and marketing departments.
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TONY Investment
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Art startups

TONY Investment is a Venture Capital that invests in companies of all stages, from startups to scale-ups.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Travel, Tourism
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Round size: Series B $8.4M–$19M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • TerraLIX — TerraLIX is a manufacturer of fuel cell products.
  • Art Together — Art Together is a crowdfunding platform to buy an artwork.
  • Innospace — Innoface is a space company that develops and provides launch services for small satellite launch vehicles with hybrid rocket technology.
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VP (Virtual Payment)
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Art startups

VP (Virtual Payment) offers ISP payment services in Korea.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Art, Fashion
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • BISKET — BISKET is a digital art platform that offers NFT digital art services.
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Seoul Business Agency(SBA)
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Art startups

Seoul Business Agency (서울산업통상진흥원) is a Koran startup providing support services for small businesses to increase their efficiency and foster a stable business. The company provides support in the areas of technology, management, human resources, and more.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 21
  • Round size: Seed $76k–$3.2M; Series A $917k–$3.7M
  • Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Foody Worm — Foody Worm is an insect research company that practices and develops ESG and sustainability management through insects.
  • Headless — We provides growth-hacking D2C solutions through AI headless commerce technology with data-pipeline connection and auto-marketing solutions.
  • Works Mate — Works Mate is a job search matching platform for daily workers in the field of construction and architecture sectors.
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HUNO
VC Fund · Mapo, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Art startups

HUNO contributes to the growth of individuals and organizations through the development of human services based on scientific research.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Art, Apps, Children
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Little Picasso — Little Picasso AI app manages children's artwork and helps them choose colors and tools.
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Echo Investment Capital
VC Fund · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States · 1 investments in South Korea Art startups

Echo is a multi-disciplinary team of strategic investors and operators funding innovation and cutting-edge companies across industries.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Art, FinTech
  • Stage:Series A, Seed
  • Geography: United States, South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 7
  • Round size: Seed $5.5M–$14M; Series A $3.1M–$31M
  • Lead/follow: 57% lead, 43% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • TESSA — TESSA is an alternative investment platform for the purchase, sale, and trade of fractionalized ownership interests in investment-grade blue-chip artwork (such as Warhol, Picasso, Kusama, Basquiat, etc.) with the accessibility and liquidity of public markets. The platform enables white-listed “micro-collectors” to co-own fractional ownershipinterests in curated blue-chip artwork represented in digital form on a public blockchain. TESSA manages all maintenance and administrative services relating to the artwork which is publicly promoted and displayed to enhance its value and broaden its exposure to the art-viewing public.The platform provides transparent and safe management of ownership certificates, transaction history, and transfer status through a blockchain network and secure third-party service providers.
  • Wheeler Bio — Wheeler speeds up and simplifies discovery-to-IND with its cutting-edge approach to CDMO services for cell line development, cell banking, process development, characterization and more.
  • Deka Biosciences — Deka BioSciences, Inc. is committed to developing and delivering life-changing medicines to patients with cancer and inflammatory diseases.
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Art VC funding in South Korea at a glance

Stats across 33 deals from 50 investors.

50
investors
in South Korea Art startups
33
deals
in South Korea Art startups
$1.6M
median round
in South Korea Art startups
20%
lead investors
lead at least one round
52%
Seed
most common funding stage

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