Top 50 Artificial intelligence VC (Venture Capital) Funds in South Korea in October 2023
Top 50 Artificial intelligence VC (Venture Capital) Funds in South Korea in October 2023
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- Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- South Korea, United States, Indonesia
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- Dremo — Dreamo is a leading game developer making great games for friends, family, and people around the world.
- Runbear — Runbear optimizes customer support with data-driven insights from past incidents and your product's knowledge base.
- Polestar Games — Polestar Games creates the MMORPG 'Project N' for PC and console platforms. Project N is an open-world game set in a medieval dark fantasy setting. Many believe that market aspirations for a AAA-level MMORPG that supports both PC and consoles are unrealistic.
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 1.4 Billion of asset under management as of December 2013. 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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- Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Series A, Series B, Seed
- South Korea, United States, Singapore
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- Hyku — Hyku Biosciences is developing the next generation of covalent medicines by targeting histidine, tyrosine and lysine binding pockets in disease-causing proteins.
- Wonderwall — Wonderwall is an online art learning platform.
- Passionate Powerhouse — Passionate Power as a full-fledged multi-content IP in the future by designing and producing games, cartoons, movies, franchise items, and so on in constant partnership with domestic and overseas partners.
Korea Credit Guarantee Fund operates as a public financial institution.
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- Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Manufacturing
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- South Korea, United States
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- 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.
Capstone Partners is a venture capital firm specializing in early-stage companies operating in the Information technology, wireless technology, architecture, pharmaceutical, internet, online game, software, solid state disk, and IP television sectors. It primarily invests in China and South Korea, with a focus in Seoul and Gyeonggi province. Thefirm prefers to exit its investments through a trade sale. Capstone Partners was founded in 2008 and is based in Seoul, South Korea.Capstone Partners is a venture capital firm that invests in entrepreneurs seeking success with fresh ideas. Capstone Partners values the funds of union investors better than our own, working for the interests of investors and following the objective of the investments.
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- Software, Mobile, Gaming
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- South Korea, United States, Finland
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- Eastend — Eastend is an e-commerce company engaged in the fashion business.
- Pillyze — mobile health care startup
- Luten Technologies — Luten Technologies is a provider of AI portal services.
Company K Partners Limited is a principal investment firm specializing in investments in culture content, electronic components, computer, machinery, broadcasting, arts, sports, and leisure industries. The firm primarily invests in South Korea with a focus in Seoul, Gyeongnam, and Gyeonggi. Company K Partners Limited was established in 2006 and isbased in Gyeonggi-do, South Korea.
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- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Series B, Series A, Funding Round
- South Korea, United States, Singapore
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- Velymonkeys — Blimonkids has created and run its own retail platform to aid the expansion of Korean cosmetics in India. In particular, it offers a one-stop service for the introduction of Korean beauty products into India, distribution, and sales, as well as marketing and sales, through its own mall, Maccaron.
- Databank — Databank is an AI-based EdTech Startup that provides online test preparation services with instant scoring through TestGlider.
- Gwanak Analog — Gwanak Analog is a supplier of high performance Power/Analog SoC and Sensor products
kt investment is a new technology business finance company established in 2015. It is an investment company that represents KT Group .kt investment seeks to contribute to social contribution and maximize investment return through win-win cooperation with promising SMEs and venture companies .kt investment seeks to achieve long-term returns bylooking at the market from a global perspective and looking for value investment opportunities in the long term.
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- Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology
- Series A, Series B, Seed
- South Korea, United States, Singapore
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- VCAT.AI — VCAT.AI is a business-to-business (B2B) subscription software (SaaS) based on AI technology. Create mass marketing creatives as video and banner images just with an product URL or TEXT.
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- Pion — Pion Corporation is an Martech focused video intelligence company. We provide “Vispot”, a video creation and ad-automation platform powered by AI.
Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK) is committed to honoring its charter of financing small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). The Bank has extended the scope of its expertise to provide a comprehensive range of financial services to individual customers in a quest to emerge as a leading financial services group. In pursuit of that goal, IBK is makingevery effort to enhance its competitiveness, achieve balanced growth and strengthen its global presence.The Bank employs around 10,000 staff and operates a distribution network of 612 branches including 12 overseas branches. Providing complementary services, the Bank also operates several subsidiaries: IBK Capital Corporation, IBK-SG Asset Management, IBK System Co., Ltd., and IBK Credit Information Corporation. In 2008, IBK Investment & Securities was launched, focused on meeting the needs of SME customers for services such as IPOs and M&As. Moreover, strategic alliance with Korea Investment Holdings enhances product competitiveness and affiliation with the National Post Office promoting easy customer access to IBK banking services.
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- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- South Korea, United States, China
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- Sangwha — Sangwha is an immersive content production company.
- Everon — Everon is an electric vehicle charging platform that provides maintenance, repair, and control services for electric vehicles and chargers.
- Test Valley — Test Valley sells smartphones, tablets, cameras, computers, and household appliances.
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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- Software, Biotechnology, Information Technology
- Series A, Series B, Seed
- South Korea, United States, Mexico
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- 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
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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- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Manufacturing
- Series A, Series B, Seed
- South Korea, United States, Israel
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- 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.
Stonebridge capital, Stonebridge ventures, Specializing in Venture Capital, Private Equity Fund Management
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- Software, Information Technology, Mobile
- Series A, Series B, Funding Round
- South Korea, United States, China
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- Gaonchips — Gaonchips is a chip enterprise that engages in system semiconductor development. They provide an optical solution to clients based on technology. It also provides all solutions necessary for developing and producing massive system semiconductors, ranging from RTL and platform design and verification, DFT insertion, layout, and packaging to testing.
- onepredict — We offer a digital brain solution that diagnoses and predicts the status of key industrial assets based on industrial AI and IoT technologies.
- OPENEDGES Technology — OPENEDGES Technology, Inc. is the world's only total memory subsystem and AI platform IP provider that delivers NoC interconnect, DDR memory controller, DDR PHY, and NPU IPs.
Smilegate Investment, founded in 1999 originally as MVP Capital, is a venture capital and private equity firm that has been growing remarkably alongside our many invested companies. From our initial venture capital funding in 2000, we have since organized and managed more than 30 venture capital and private equity funds, and have invested in morethan 200 companies with promising growth potential.
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- Health Care, Software, Biotechnology
- Series A, Series B, Series C
- South Korea, United States, Vietnam
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- USIMSA — USIMSA is a mobile sim company that offers eSIM-based overseas roaming service.
- Panmnesia — True composable resource disaggregation, CXL hardware/software infrastructure from the beginning to the end.
- Velymonkeys — Blimonkids has created and run its own retail platform to aid the expansion of Korean cosmetics in India. In particular, it offers a one-stop service for the introduction of Korean beauty products into India, distribution, and sales, as well as marketing and sales, through its own mall, Maccaron.
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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- Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology
- Series B, Series A, Series C
- South Korea, United States, China
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- 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.
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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- Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Software
- Series A, Series B, Seed
- South Korea, United States, India
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- 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.
Creating Innovative Values for Ventures. Knowledgeable & Experienced Professionals. Leading Venture Capital Investor in Korea
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- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
- Series B, Series A, Series C
- South Korea, United States, India
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- 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.
TheVentures provides their portfolio companies access to on staff world class experts in recruiting, PR, marketing, early stage customer acquisition, raising money, and strategy. They even provide engineering and design support, co-building products with the founding team, while assiting in hiring those difficult to recruit early engineers.
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- Software, Information Technology, Health Care
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- South Korea, Vietnam, United States
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- slowave — Slowwave discovered that the current sleep test is performed in a foreign hospital setting with numerous sensors attached to the head, making it impossible to test and identify sensitive insomnia patients effectively. As a result, a microprocessor and low-power measuring algorithm were integrated into an ultra-light patch, allowing patients withinsomnia to easily perform sleep EEG at home while eliminating factors that interfere with the examination and boosting measurement precision.
- Amo Travel — Amo Travel likewise swiftly established a market fit in Korea with minimal blog promotion.
- Apollon Inc. — Noninvasive Continuous Glucose Monitoring
Hana Ventures is a corporate venture capital of Hana Financial Group.
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- Software, Retail, Health Care
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- South Korea, Japan, Malaysia
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- 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.
- S-Alpha Therapeutics — Digital approach for unmet medical needs. We embody technology that understands and cares for humans.
- Stellar Vision — StellaVision can interpret synthetic aperture radar (SAR) sensors, an unparalleled radar technique for interpreting satellite data. Information is critical for making investment or policy decisions. Historically, we relied on news sources and government figures to make decisions. However, relying entirely on previously published knowledge may causeyou to be late to the game, and making decisions based on rumors or gossip may result in big losses. Satellite imaging provides a solution to this information mismatch. Satellite imaging is becoming a key decision-making tool in a variety of businesses due to its ability to give fast and accurate information.
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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- Biotechnology, Health Care, Information Technology
- Series B, Series A, Seed
- South Korea, United States, China
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.
Strong Ventures is a seed fund, based in California, that finances, supports, and mentors Korean/Asian/Global entrepreneurs, empowering them to build strong ventures and to break successfully into the global market.With proven experience as operators, executives, and entrepreneurs, they provide hands-on assistance and guidance. On topof their financial investment, they aim to provide tangible value to their entrepreneurs, through network reach, strategic thinking, and execution collaboration. And, as they engage together in their venture endeavors, they hope to make the entrepreneurial ecosystem, where they build companies and labor in, a better, stronger, and more fun place for all.
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- E-Commerce, Health Care, Apps
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- South Korea, United States, Poland
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- Pillyze — mobile health care startup
- InHandPlus — We are working to solve the issue of medical nonadherence, where patients don't follow their prescribed medical regimes. This is a common and costly problem, and can even result in serious consequences. Our proprietary smartwatch is able to tell what medicine users take, and when they take it. Our AI-based management platform then collects thedata and provides personalized healthcare services and insights.
- Test Valley — Test Valley sells smartphones, tablets, cameras, computers, and household appliances.
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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- Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- South Korea, United States
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- 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.
The primary responsibilities of the group are to source, qualify, and invest in technology related companies. Our major investment areas include semiconductors, materials, mobile service, internet, software, security, enterprise solutions, bio engineering & medical, while potential investment subjects range from early-stage startups to pre-IPOcompanies. Currently, the group has over $1.8B under management and invests $250M annually.Samsung Ventures was founded on October 8, 1999, and is based in Seoul, South Korea.
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- Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing
- Funding Round, Series A, Series B
- United States, South Korea, Israel
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- BKT — BKT is the creator of Tomorrow Water Process (TWP) that minimizes the environmental impacts maximizing the benefits from wastewater.
- d-Matrix — d-Matrix takes a clean-slate approach to AI compute efficiency, solving some of the most teething problems for the largest datacenter customers in the world.
- GGWP — We provide game developers the tools to create more positive experience for their players
Pohang University of Science and Technology is a school.
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- Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Software
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- South Korea, United States
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- ADDD — Dalgo is a peer-to-peer advertising platform.
- Enough — Enough produces nutritious foods for kids.
- Stellar Vision — StellaVision can interpret synthetic aperture radar (SAR) sensors, an unparalleled radar technique for interpreting satellite data. Information is critical for making investment or policy decisions. Historically, we relied on news sources and government figures to make decisions. However, relying entirely on previously published knowledge may causeyou to be late to the game, and making decisions based on rumors or gossip may result in big losses. Satellite imaging provides a solution to this information mismatch. Satellite imaging is becoming a key decision-making tool in a variety of businesses due to its ability to give fast and accurate information.
AI Angel Club is an angel investment club that specializes in seed investment in the medical and bio healthcare field.
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- Health Care, E-Commerce, Automotive
- Seed, Series A, Angel
- South Korea
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- Wig Hill — Wig Hill is a seller of pet products.
- ONES Global — ONES Global provides global healthcare solutions and databases for the healthcare market.
- MyBrain — MyBrain's brain-only MRI can lower equipment costs through component miniaturization, lower maintenance costs and enhance maintenance through the use of conduction cooling technology, and improve diagnosis ease and accuracy through the development of AI diagnosis software. It is unique in that it can be improved.
Series Ventures is an investment company for the beauty care, engineering, healthcare, social platform, and enterprise sectors.
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- Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Food and Beverage
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- South Korea
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- Fxip — FXIP has the capacity to quickly complete a number of processes, including product planning, design, and manufacturing. Through the introduction of various IP brands in the food & life sector, it has already demonstrated the potential of the business.
- Bean Blur — Beanblr Corporation began offering smart logistics services. Businesses using the service can address logistics issues in Dongdaemun, such as challenges in employing logistics workers, challenges with order picking, ambiguous inventory status, and a lack of real-time response.
- Simply Care Bio — Simply Care Bio is a care food company that manufactures functional foods based on ingredient composition and amplification technology through water-solubilization of fatty acids and immunity-building technology through cell activation.
Lotte Ventures is a venture capital firm that is based in South Korea.
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- Information Technology, Software, Manufacturing
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- South Korea, United States, China
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- Returnit — RETURNIT is a service that replaces single-use containers with reusable containers used for food delivery.
- Sugarblade — Sugarblade is a non-destructive test-based used golf goods certification and trading platform.
- City Storage — City Storage is a side dish platform that produces and sells salads, soups, and pickles.
Hashed is a global, early stage venture fund focused on backing founders who are pioneering the future of blockchain and cryptocurrency. Hashed is based in Seoul and San Francisco.
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- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, South Korea, Singapore
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- Delabs Games — At Delabs Games, we want to create fun games that last a thousand years.
- SupraOracles — We're supercharging oracles to provide blockchains better, faster, accurate, and more secure off-chain data.
- Story Protocol — Story Protocol is building open IP infrastructure to grow the creativity of the internet era.
D3 is headquartered in Seoul and San Francisco, pioneering the domestic and global impact investment areas. D3 redefines the role of capital by investing in entrepreneurial innovation that improves the lives of low-income families, women, and immigrants, and creates an environmentally sustainable world.Invest in ICT start-ups with highsocio-environmental value in low-income countries such as Korea, USA and South America, Africa and India.
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- Information Technology, Software, Health Care
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- South Korea, United States, Kenya
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- Green Mineral — Green Mineral specializes in recycling metals in an environmentally friendly and cost-effective manner using microalgae. Green Mineral has developed technology to recycle lithium in an environmentally friendly manner by extracting lithium using a bio-mineralization technique rather than an existing organic solvent.
- RTBP ALLIANCE — RTBP ALLIANCE focuses on creating co-working spaces and modernize old places for local communities.
- Skycool Systems — At SkyCool Systems, our mission is to deliver sustainable, energy-efficient cooling solutions to customers interested in reducing energy costs and carbon footprint. We’ve pioneered radiative cooling as a technology, and shown that specially designed optical films can enable this passive approach to cooling throughout the day. These optical filmsare highly reflective to sunlight but also emit thermal radiation exceptionally well to the cold of space through our atmosphere, enabling daytime operation during the hottest hours of the day. Our core innovation is a rooftop cooling panel. We apply the radiative film to rooftop panels and integrate them with air conditioning and refrigeration systems. The panels can be used as an add-on to air conditioning and refrigeration systems and in some circumstances even replace an air condensing unit. Our technology is accelerating the transition to a cleaner and more sustainable future.
The Korea Development Bank (KDB) provides long-term financing for projects designed to assist Koreaâ€:tm:s economic growth and development. It offers equipment capital loans and working capital loans to Korean private enterprises that undertake major industrial projects. The bank also extends guarantees to its clients to facilitate their otherborrowings and to finance major industrial projects. KDB guarantees Won-denominated corporate debentures, local currency loans, and other Won liabilities and foreign currency loans from domestic and overseas Korean financial institutions and from foreign institutions. The bankâ€:tm:s other activities include engagement in a range of industrial development activities, including conducting economic and industrial research; performing engineering surveys; providing business analyses and managerial assistance; and offering trust services. As of June 30, 2007, KDB had 40 local branches, 6 overseas branches, and 2 overseas offices. The bank was founded in 1954 and is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.
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- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
- Series A, Series B, Series C
- South Korea, China, India
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- N.Light — N.Light is a Metaverse 3D design software that allows individuals to effortlessly turn their ideas into reality.
- Pilleye — Pilleye, the world's No. 1 counting app. Count up to 1,000 pills through a picture. Medility provides digitalized solution for pharmacies.
- Everon — Everon is an electric vehicle charging platform that provides maintenance, repair, and control services for electric vehicles and chargers.
Hyundai Motor Group is an automotive company that also affiliates in other industries such as construction, steel, and finance. They have developed a value chain focused on vehicles, steel, and construction, as well as logistics, finance, information technology, and service.
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- Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Manufacturing
- Seed, Series A, Angel
- South Korea, Canada, United States
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- ANGELSWING — ANGELSWING provides web-based platform which turns drone captured images into actionable business and social insights.
- Korea Zinc — Korea Zinc operates as a general non-ferrous metal smelting company primarily in South Korea. It offers zinc slab ingots, alloy jumbo blocks, anode ingots, and die cast ingots for use in galvanized steel plates, steel pipes and wires, color steel plates, automobile parts, machine/electronic parts, anti-corrosion paints, etc. Korea Zinc alsoprovides lead and lead alloy ingots used in automobile and industrial batteries, electric wire coatings, radiation shielders for batteries, anti-corrosion paints, etc.; and copper for use in copper plates, pipes, wires, as well as bronze, etc. Moreover, it offers gold used in semiconductors, PCBs, electrically conducting materials, jewelries, coins, etc.; and silver for use in electronic products, cameras, X-ray films, jewelries, etc. Further, Korea Zinc provides other rare metals, including indium, bismuth, antimony, antimony trioxide, cadmium, tellurium, cobalt, cadmium sticks, gallium, selenium, etc.; sulfuric acid used in inorganic chemicals, metal refining, steel making, and spinning and weaving, as well as in chemical and fertilizer, fiber, and paper manufacturing industries; electronic grade sulfuric acid used for cleaning and etching in semiconductor manufacturing process; and oleum used in nitro compounds, dye stuffs, chloro sulfonic acid, blasting powder, and oxidation. It began operation in 1974, with its headquarters in Seoul in South Korea.
- Tenstorrent — At Tenstorrent, we build AI processors for machine learning workloads of today and tomorrow.
Daesung Private Equity is a Korean venture capital firm offering investment, corporation restructuring, and incubation services.
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- Mobile, Apps, Machine Learning
- Series B, Series A, Funding Round
- South Korea, India
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- Stari — Stari is an entertainment tech platform that connects stars and fans through personal stories.
- TCMS — TCMS provides lithium secondary battery separator film equipment and parts manufacturing solutions.
- Wonderwall — Wonderwall is an online art learning platform.
InfoBank develops and provides mobile messaging solutions and other related services.The company offers business messaging services such as SMS, LMS, and multimedia message services; interactive media services; smart car solutions; and integrated online and offline payment services.InfoBank was founded in 1995 and is based in Gyeongju, SouthKorea.
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- Artificial Intelligence, Apps, Software
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- South Korea, United States
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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.
- Switchwon — Switchwon provides currency exchange services.
- Fairy — Capture the high intent moments to persuade users outside of your app. Accompany your customers outside of your app and engage at an intent-rich moment in real time.
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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- Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- South Korea, United States, Japan
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- 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.
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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- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- South Korea, Israel, United States
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- Uniqconn — Uniqconn is a telecommunication company that offers wireless and mechanical interference services.
- Everon — Everon is an electric vehicle charging platform that provides maintenance, repair, and control services for electric vehicles and chargers.
- Endorobotics — Endorobotics is a healthcare centre that offers endoscopic surgery services.
BNK Venture Capital is an investment firm that invests and supports small and medium-sized enterprises.
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- Solar, Drones, Energy
- Series A, Series B, Series C
- South Korea
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- Eastend — Eastend is an e-commerce company engaged in the fashion business.
- Playtag — Playtag uses AI technology to analyze infant behavior and provide customized education in kindergartens.
- sendy Korea — sendy Korea is a cloud-based logistics platform that provides on-demand freight transportation services.
Investing in listed companies and venture firms
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- E-Commerce, Software, Artificial Intelligence
- Series B, Series A, Series C
- South Korea, Sweden
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- ArtNGuide — ArtNGuide conducts online auctions and art fairs.
- Fassker — Fassker is a fashion magazine and community for the digital native generation.
- Doosan Mobility Innovation — Doosan offers drone solutions based on Fuel Cell powerpacks, which enable longer flights than existing battery-powered drones.
South Korean investment firm, headquartered in Seoul.
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- Health Care, Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence
- Series B, Series C, Series A
- United States, South Korea, India
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- EGNIS — EGNIS is a supplier of food products.
- Endorobotics — Endorobotics is a healthcare centre that offers endoscopic surgery services.
- ROME Therapeutics — ROME Therapeutics is developing novel therapies for cancer and autoimmune diseases by harnessing the power of the repeatome – vast stretches of uncharted genetic material that have long been dismissed as “junk DNA.” With several drug targets identified and multiple discovery programs underway, ROME is moving rapidly to leverage this new frontier inbiology. To lead this exploration, ROME has assembled a team of world-class leaders across fields including oncology, immunology, virology and machine learning.
Nau IB Capital is a private equity and venture capital firm
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- Information Technology, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence
- Series B, Series A, Funding Round
- South Korea
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- BRLab — BRLab is a healthcare company in the sleep tech area. We serve sleep tracking and enhancing platform but also ai-based life coaching services. BRLab's platform allows you to use top notching sleep technologies to any type of related applications.
- Best Graphene — Graphene specialized company_BESTGRAPHENE
- Select Star — Select Star is a data platform for AI technology that offers dataset building, storage, and analysis services.
Kolon Investment, Inc. is a venture capital and private equity firm specializing in buyouts, mezzanine, corporate restructuring, growth capital, and turnaround investment. It prefers to invest in electronic components, petroleum, energy, computer, and telecommunications equipment. The firm primarily invests in South Korea with a focus in Seoul,Gyeonggi, Incheon, and Gyeongbuk. Kolon Investment, Inc. was established in 2000 and is based in Seoul, South Korea.Source: Businessweek
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- Apps, Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce
- Series B, Series A, Series C
- South Korea, United States
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- AB180 — AB180 is a data-driven performance marketing firm that assists organizations in the digital age using data analytics & marketing technology.
- EGNIS — EGNIS is a supplier of food products.
- Daejin Advanced Materials Co. — Daejin Advanced Materials Co. is a research institute that manufactures fullerene, electric, and thermally conductive polymer materials.
Shinhan Venture Investment operates as an investment company. Shinhan Venture Investment focuses on earlier-stage venture capital investments and later-stage control investments opportunities derived from the latest megatrends such as the aging population, disruptive technologies, IT convergence, alternative energy and etc.
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- Biotechnology, Health Care, Information Technology
- Funding Round, Series A, Seed
- South Korea, United States, India
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- Storelink — Storelink is an open market optimization platform that analyzes and processes accurate online sales data.
- Maka Motors — MAKA is dedicated to building the best electric motorcycles for Indonesian riders.
- 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.
Korean alternative asset investment firm
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- Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology, Health Care
- Series B, Funding Round, Series A
- South Korea, United States, Japan
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- Munto — Munto is a community platform that enables individuals to connect better online and offline depending on their interests.
- N.Light — N.Light is a Metaverse 3D design software that allows individuals to effortlessly turn their ideas into reality.
- d'strict — World-Class Digital Media Design Company
TIMEWISE INVESTMENT, formerly known as CJ Venture Investment, is a principal investment firm specializing in investments in video broadcasting, animation, movies, culture contents, games, communications equipment, arts, sports, leisure, manufacturing and service, mobile devices and solutions, information technology, SI, web agency, cell therapy andbiotechnology sectors. The firm primarily invests in South Korea with a focus in Seoul, Gyeonggi, and Jeju. CJ Venture Investment was established in 2000 and is based in Seoul, South Korea.
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- Information Technology, Software, Information Services
- Series A, Series B, Funding Round
- South Korea, United States
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- Genesis lab — Genesis lab is a authentic machine to human communication to improve the way human and machine communicate.
- Datumo — Selectstar got your back!Obtaining the proper data has always been the top issue for many companies using AI. To solve this problem, Selectstar provides a platform that connects your company to the crowd-workers.It's MORE than just a connection! We passionately research crowd-workers and your project to develop cutting-edge technologiesfor the optimized mobile crowd-sourcing.Keep disrupting the world! Just for your project, we are here to maintain the quality, cost-efficiency, or any other burdens related to the data. SelectStar was founded in 2018 and is based in Seoul, South Korea.
- ProxiHealthcare USA — ProxiHealthcare USA is a biotechnology research focused personal and environmental healthcare organization.
Translink Investment is a startup investment company.
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- Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
- Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
- South Korea, United States, Canada
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- breezm — Breezm produces custom eyewear optimized for the customer's face, using 3D-printing, 3D-scanning, and big data analysis. We sell directly to consumers through our offline stores as well as online channels.
- Munice — Munice is a sleep tech company that develops technical analysis and sleep solutions for individuals.
- Disco — Disco is a location-based service platform for real estate companies.
Quantum Ventures Korea actively invests in companies within the Technology and Bio/Healthcare industries. The firm manages a portfolio of early to growth-stage companies and continues to look for opportunities across a range of company stages.
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- Biopharma, Video Streaming, Gaming
- Funding Round, Series A, Series B
- South Korea, United States
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- arcreal — Arcreal, Software Redefines Digital Dentistry
- Panmnesia — True composable resource disaggregation, CXL hardware/software infrastructure from the beginning to the end.
- Caring — Caring is a visiting medical treatment facility that offers medical consultation.
R&D fund for Korean startups who secured at least $100,000 from designated startup VCs or Accelerators
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- Software, Mobile, Video
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- South Korea, United States
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- Oasis Business — Oasis Business is an information services company that provides AI solutions to the finance, construction, and distribution industries.
- Seoul Robotics — Welcome to Seoul Robotics! We build advanced Lidar perception software powered by deep learning.
We Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in bio-health, digital content, AI data, and deep tech.
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- Software, Semiconductor, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed
- South Korea
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- Umag — Umag is a music content company that provides brand channel, concerts, and advertisment services.
- Ineeji — Ineeji is an industrial AI solutions company that provides AI prediction services based on the machine learning technology.
- Spark Biopharma — SPARK BioPharma Co., Ltd. was established in Seoul National University in January 2016 based on the unique drug molecule diversity technology, the image-based screening technology using the unique fluorescent skeleton probe, and the target protein identification technology in the initial drug development stage. We are currently exploring anddeveloping new drug candidates using these three core technologies, and we will continue to accelerate the development of new drugs and increase the success rate through strategic cooperation research with domestic and overseas research institutes and pharmaceutical institutions. '
LB Investment is one of the top VCs in Korea. LB invests in diverse industries ranging from Technology and Contents to Bio and healthcare
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- Software, Mobile, Health Care
- Series B, Series A, Series C
- South Korea, China, United States
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- NRISE — NRISE is develops MOCI and WIPPY services. NRISE research and develops social media services to bring people the joy of communication.
- 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.
- Imagoworks Inc — Imagoworks Inc. offers a Web-based Dental CAD solution using AI, streamlining the digital workflow for dental professionals. Together with world-class technology, we are setting new standards for digital dentistry in the global market. Our mission is to <Making the future of digital medicine for everyone>.While we have accumulatedtechnological expertise in the medical field for over 10 years, specializing in AI-based automation, 3D geometric modeling and mesh processing, and software as a service (SaaS), we now turn our focus to commercializing our innovative technologies and transforming the field of digital dentistry. By cooperating with and licensing to leading global dental companies, we are seeing great success as we find ourselves in the industry spotlight.Imagoworks currently offers Dentbird Crown which automatically generates optimal crown designs with a single click and without any software installation required. As we continue to expand our services, Imagoworks aims to be recognized as a chairside design solution for dentists worldwide.
K2 Investment Partners is a leading LLC in Korea specializing in growth-stage venture capital investment
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- Biotechnology, Software, Pharmaceutical
- Series B, Series A, Series C
- South Korea, United States
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- Logpresso — Logpresso is an automated security operation platform that integrates on-premise, cloud, and SaaS environments.
- Lablup — Lablup introduce a new paradigm for machine-driven researches/services with cloud native platform solutions.
- Everon — Everon is an electric vehicle charging platform that provides maintenance, repair, and control services for electric vehicles and chargers.
Daedeok Venture Partners is a VC specializes in investment in a technology company.
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- Biopharma, Biotechnology, Medical Device
- Series B
- South Korea
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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.
- Petnow Inc. — Petnow offers AI-driven pet biometric ID for dogs and cats on mobile phones. Register & identify pets by scanning their unique nose or face.
- ELROILAB — ELROILAB provides an AI hyperspectral imaging solution to find foreign objects in food materials.
Access Ventures is a private operating foundation that is working to initiate systemic change in communities that results in an inclusive and creative economy an economy that functions for all people, and in which everyone is valued. It works every day alongside its partners to consciously construct a dynamic portfolio.
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- Software, Financial Services, FinTech
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, South Korea, China
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- Volopay — Volopay gives you control over your company's payments, expenses, budgets, and accounting. The best alternative for your business account. Join the hundreds of companies that trust Volopay.
- Coolmate — Coolmate is an online shopping mall committed to providing a complete shopping experience for Vietnamese male customers. It allows users to order up to 10 items like t-shirts and socks for under US$20. The company is headquartered in Hanoi, Vietnam.
- Quotabook — Quotabook is a company that specializes in equity management.
Atinum Investment Co., Ltd. is a principal investment firm specializing in investments in the information technology and communication, materials for Information technology, renewable energy, metal and non-metal, distribution, media and contents, materials and components, and biotechnology and life science industries
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- Software, Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce
- Series B, Series A, Series C
- South Korea, United States, Japan
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- Doodlin — Doodlin creates and operates Greeting and also manages Application registration, resume verification, applicant management, interview schedule adjustments, and recruitment evaluations
- POSTYPE — POSTYPE is a content open market where anyone can sell and buy digital content.
- Travel Wallet — Travel Wallet is a foreign currency payment service that uses the Travel Wallet application. The travel Pay card is free of charge for overseas payments. The payments are overseas direct purchases and overseas payments without commission. The license for small overseas remittance businesses and electronic financial businesses by meeting variouscomputer facilities and all requirements. The platform agreement with banks.
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