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Top 50 Big Data Startup Investors in South Korea (May 2026)

The most active venture capital funds and angel investors investing in South Korea Big Data startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in South Korea Big Data startup companies. Find investors to raise a Seed, Series A or Series B round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
Kakao Ventures
VC Fund
3 South Korea, United States, Indonesia Seed, Series A Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $229k–$10M
Kaist Venture Investment Holdings
VC Fund
2 South Korea Seed Health Care, Information Technology $191k–$458k
Capstone Partners
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States, Finland Series A, Seed, Series B Software, Mobile, Gaming $229k–$7.6M
Softbank Ventures Asia
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States, China Series B, Series A, Series C Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology $1.9M–$100M
Legend Capital
VC Fund
2 China, United States, South Korea Series B, Series A, Series C Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical $2.7M–$200M
KDB Industrial Bank
VC Fund
2 South Korea Series C, Series B, Series A Food and Beverage, Apps, Solar
KT investment
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States, Singapore Series A, Series B, Seed Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology $1.8M–$47M
Premier Partners
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States, United Kingdom Series A, Series B, Series C Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence, Therapeutics $3.2M–$46M
UTC Investment Co.
VC Fund
2 South Korea, France, United States Series B, Series A, Series C Biotechnology, Information Technology, Therapeutics $2.7M–$25M
Korea Credit Guarantee Fund
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States Seed, Series A Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Manufacturing $229k–$6.3M
Kingospring
VC Fund
1 South Korea Seed Travel, Mobile Apps, Transportation $191k–$229k
We Ventures
VC Fund
1 South Korea Series A EdTech, Education, Information Technology
Kakao Corp
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States, Japan Series A, Seed Mobile, Information Technology, Publishing $2M–$4M
InterVest Co.
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States, India Series B, Series A, Series C Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care $1.9M–$54M
P&I Investment
VC Fund
1 South Korea Information Technology, Music, Gaming
Naver Fund
VC Fund
1 South Korea Series A Big Data, Computer, Software
Shinhan Card
VC Fund
1 South Korea Series B Big Data, Software, Credit Bureau
UQI Partners Corporation
VC Fund
1 South Korea Series A AgTech, Farming, Big Data
Daniel Shin
Angel
1 South Korea, United States, Malaysia Seed, Angel, Series A Software, Internet, Information Technology
GS Holdings
VC Fund
1 South Korea, Singapore Series B, Seed, Pre-Seed Software, Health Care, Mobile Apps
Hyosung ITX
VC Fund
1 South Korea Series A Big Data, Cloud Management, Cloud Data Services
DB Financial Investment
VC Fund
1 South Korea Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Artificial Intelligence, Health Care, Information Technology $2.3M–$4.6M
KNet Investment Partners
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States, China Series A, Series B Manufacturing, Information Technology, Gaming $3.1M–$20M
DB Capital
VC Fund
1 South Korea Pre-Seed Big Data, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
KB Securities
VC Fund
1 South Korea Series A, Series B Health Care, Big Data, Biotechnology $1.7M–$21M
CKD Venture Capital Corporation
VC Fund
1 South Korea Seed, Series A, Convertible Note Apps, Agriculture, Information Technology $1.8M–$4.6M
Altos Ventures
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States, Indonesia Series A, Series B, Series C Software, E-Commerce, Internet $2M–$50M
Shorooq Partners
VC Fund
1 United Arab Emirates, Pakistan, United States Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Financial Services, E-Commerce, FinTech $200k–$23M
Korea Investment Partners
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States, China Series B, Series A, Seed Biotechnology, Health Care, Information Technology $764k–$50M
Shinhan Asset Management
VC Fund
1 South Korea Seed, Series C Energy, Gaming, Mobile
Dayli Partners
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States, Indonesia Series A, Series B, Series C Medical, Health Care, Biotechnology $1M–$26M
Dunamu & Partners
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States, Canada Seed, Series B, Series A Software, FinTech, Gaming $382k–$20M
Jay Eum
Angel
1 United States, South Korea Seed, Series A, Series B Mobile, Software, Mobile Apps $2M–$20M
GS Shop
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States, Vietnam Seed, Series A, Series B E-Commerce, Mobile, Marketing $336k–$24M
Cisco Investments
VC Fund
1 United States, Israel, United Kingdom Series B, Series C, Series A Software, Information Technology, Cyber Security $3M–$68M
SK Planet
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States Seed, Angel, Series B Mobile, Mobile Apps, Software $35k–$750k
Atinum Investment
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States, Japan Series B, Series A, Series C Software, Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce $3M–$47M
Shinhan Bank
VC Fund
1 South Korea, Singapore, India Series B, Series A, Seed Blockchain, Information Technology, FinTech $1.5M–$23M
IBK Capital
VC Fund
1 South Korea, India, United States Series A, Series B, Series C Apps, Health Care, Mobile Apps $1.5M–$28M
Korea Tech Incubator Program For Startup
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States Seed, Pre-Seed Software, Mobile, Video $382k–$1M
Korea Development Bank
VC Fund
1 South Korea, China, India Series A, Series B, Series C Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning $2.3M–$47M
Shinhan Capital
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States, India Series A, Series B, Seed Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Software $382k–$17M
Activant Capital
VC Fund
1 United States, Germany, Brazil Series B, Series A, Series D FinTech, Financial Services, Software $5.2M–$260M
Fast Track Asia
VC Fund
1 South Korea, Japan, United States Seed, Pre-Seed Apps, Software, Mobile Apps $26k–$1M
KB Financial Group
VC Fund
1 South Korea, India, Vietnam Series A, Series B, Seed Financial Services, Software, SaaS $1M–$107M
Aviram Jenik
Angel
1 South Korea, United States, Israel Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed Software, Information Technology, Cyber Security
Primer Sazze Partners
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States, Japan Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $157k–$15M
Seoul Investment Partners
VC Fund
1 South Korea, Germany, Iceland Series A, Series B Gaming, Online Games, Software $1.5M–$13M
Naver
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States, Indonesia Seed, Series C, Series A E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology $38k–$107M
Green Cross Holding Corp
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States Series A, Series B Biotechnology, Health Care, Information Technology $2.3M–$60M
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Kakao Ventures
VC Fund · Seongnam, Kyonggi-do, South Korea · 3 investments in South Korea Big Data startups, 12 in the past 12 months

We are an independent subsidiary of Kakao Corp. & the most active, startup-friendly early stage VC of Korea. (Limited Partnerships, not strategic.).

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 198
  • Round size: Seed $229k–$4.2M; Series A $840k–$10M
  • Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $94M in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • 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.
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Kaist Venture Investment Holdings
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Big Data startups

Kaist Venture Investment Holdings is a startup company that invests in startups that solve social problems through innovative technologies. They invest in businesses that maximize synergy by pursuing both social and financial values at the same time. It focuses on five sectors including health, environment, education, elimination of inequality, andsocial infrastructure. Kaist Venture Investment Holdings was founded on October 31, 2014, and is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 6
  • Round size: Seed $191k–$458k
  • Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Bredis — Bredis Healthcare provides a variety of solutions for early diagnosis and prognosis monitoring of dementia based on ultrasensitive detection of biomarkers in bodily fluid. We also offer various digital solutions for personalized cognitive training to prevent and treat the disease.
  • Cheongse-Lab — Cheongse-Lab is an e-commerce and retail company.
  • Code blossom — Code blossom is a medical code used when an emergency or announcement occurs in a hospital.
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Capstone Partners
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Big Data startups, 18 in the past 12 months

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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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 166
  • Round size: Seed $229k–$2.9M; Series A $344k–$6.1M; Series B $611k–$7.6M
  • Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • 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.
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Softbank Ventures Asia
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Big Data 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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Legend Capital
VC Fund · Beijing, Beijing, China · 2 investments in South Korea Big Data startups, 33 in the past 12 months

Legend Capital, a subsidiary of Legend Holdings Ltd., started its vintage year in April, 2001 with a mission to become a top-notch and the most respected venture capital investment manager in China.Managing up to US$700 million across four funds, Legend Capital focuses on driving high-growth ventures with operations substantially based in Chinaor on markets related to China.Legend Capital mainly invests in early stage IT companies, specifically, in sectors of network applications and services, outsourcing and professional services, Infrastructure (IC design/key components), and mid-market growth stage companies in the fields of consumer goods, clean technology, health care, equipment manufacturing and modern services.Among over 60 portfolio companies are Joyo.com (acquired by Amazon.com), SinoCom (0299.HK), Solarfun Power (Nasdaq: SOLF), Spreadtrum Communications (Nasdaq: SPRD), China Sunshine Paper (2002.HK), and VanceInfo (NYSE:VIT), Eyang (0117.HK), etc.As an active investor, Legend Capital provides its portfolio companies extensive business resources and tailored services to assist with business development, company image building, and other critical company building activities on Chinese market so as to add value and maximize returns. Legend Capital is proud and thankful that it has the opportunity to blaze a trail with its innovative practice for China's venture capital industry.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 277
  • Round size: Series A $2.7M–$50M; Series B $11M–$110M; Series C $15M–$200M
  • Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • HC Scientific — HC Scientific is a high-tech enterprise integrating research, development, production and sales of a new biomedical system
  • Saige Research — Saige Research specializes in artificial intelligence solutions for industrial inspection and quality control. The company provides a deep learning vision inspection platform optimized for the manufacturing industry to solve inspectors' difficulties and increase work efficiency; its technology provides power detection, speed detection, wideversatility, and development convenience.
  • Ligatech Bioscience — Ligatech Bioscience is an intrusive consumables developer specializing in the development and manufacture of medical devices for the field of sports medicine, as well as the development and production of biomedical materials and products. A production line for artificial ligaments and artificial ligament fixation systems has been established. Andprovide users with relevant technical advice and technical services.
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KDB Industrial Bank
VC Fund · 2 investments in South Korea Big Data startups

KDB Industrial Bank is an investment firm

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Food and Beverage, Apps, Solar
  • Stage:Series C, Series B, Series A
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Pillyze — mobile health care startup
  • sendy Korea — sendy Korea is a cloud-based logistics platform that provides on-demand freight transportation services.
  • Luten Technologies — Luten Technologies is a provider of AI portal services.
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KT investment
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Big Data startups, 9 in the past 12 months

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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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 63
  • Round size: Seed $1.8M–$5M; Series A $1.8M–$47M; Series B $9.2M–$45M
  • Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • 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.
  • cafe nono — Gathering together for quality discussions. Making your stories stand out. Join the community here and now!
  • Pion — Pion Corporation is an Martech focused video intelligence company. We provide “Vispot”, a video creation and ad-automation platform powered by AI.
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Premier Partners
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Big Data startups, 6 in the past 12 months

Premier Partners (프리미어 파트너스) is a Korean domestic funds management company. It provides investment services for individuals and businesses. Premier Partners was established in September 2005 in Seoul, Korea.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence, Therapeutics
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 57
  • Round size: Series A $3.2M–$24M; Series B $6.9M–$20M; Series C $11M–$46M
  • Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • 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.
  • Yipscell — Yipscell is a biotech company that develops IPSC stem cell therapy to diagnose and treat incurable diseases.
  • Onconic Therapeutics — Onconic Therapeutics specialises in the research and development of cancer treatments.
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UTC Investment Co.
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Big Data startups

Since its incorporation in 1988, UTC Investment has been implementing and developing private equity investments with deep roots in buyout area, diversified human resources, and an impressive track record as a leading global investment firm.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Information Technology, Therapeutics
  • Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
  • Geography: South Korea, France, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 34
  • Round size: Series A $2.7M–$13M; Series B $5M–$25M
  • Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Nuvilab — We lead innovation of the Food-tech through AI technology that is helpful for both human and the environment.
  • Right Route — Right Route is an e-commerce company for clothes.
  • Avelos Therapeutics — Avelos Therapeutics is a precision medicine company in the clinical stage that finds, creates, and sells targeted therapeutics.
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Korea Credit Guarantee Fund
VC Fund · Daegu, Taegu-jikhalsi, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Big Data 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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Kingospring
VC Fund · Seongnam, Kyonggi-do, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Big Data startups

Kingospring is a venture capital firm based in Seongnam-si, South Korea.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Travel, Mobile Apps, Transportation
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Round size: Seed $191k–$229k
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • SIJE — Sije is an IT-based solution company.
  • NEIBUS — NEIBUS offers mobility services based on public transportation.
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We Ventures
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Big Data startups

We Ventures (Korea) is a venture capital investment firm based in Seoul

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Investment focus

  • Industry: EdTech, Education, Information Technology
  • Stage:Series A
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Nuvilab — We lead innovation of the Food-tech through AI technology that is helpful for both human and the environment.
  • SPARTA — SPARTA is a coding education platform.
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Kakao Corp
VC Fund · Jeju, Cheju-do, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Big Data startups

Kakao is a mobile lifestyle platform offering services ranging from messaging, news, advertising, gaming, e-commerce, and music.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Mobile, Information Technology, Publishing
  • Stage:Series A, Seed
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 11
  • Round size: Seed $2M–$2.5M; Series A $2M–$4M
  • Lead/follow: 46% lead, 54% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Neubility — Connecting the physical world with robotic autonomy
  • Tidesquare — TIDESQUARE presents new standards of Life & Travel via outstanding human resources, infrastructure and premium service.
  • Superplastic — Superplastic is a character-based product and entertainment company. It creates limited edition art toys, apparel, games, and animation based on characters created in collaboration with some of the greatest artists in the world. Superplastic is founded on the principle that effort and scarcity are intrinsic components of value. The companyappropriates the tools of mass media and mass production to create limited edition works of art for a limited audience. It was established in 2017 and is based in Burlington, Vermont.
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InterVest Co.
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Big Data 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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P&I Investment
VC Fund · 1 investments in South Korea Big Data startups

P&I Investment

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Music, Gaming
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Humanscape — The IT-based healthcare company Humanscape operates three services - Rarenote for rare disease patients, MommyTalk for families in pregnancy and parenting, and Clinical Trials Korea for patients interested in clinicial trials.
  • Mapiacompany — Official website of Mapiacompany. We are innovate Music-Tech industry and musician's daily life.
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Naver Fund
VC Fund · 1 investments in South Korea Big Data startups

Naver Fund

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Big Data, Computer, Software
  • Stage:Series A
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Dabeeo — Dabeeo is a platform that offers services of map technology with positioning and geospatial data technology with AI. They use vision data produced through smartphone cameras to create interactive maps, used for gaming, marketing, and logistics.
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Shinhan Card
VC Fund · 1 investments in South Korea Big Data startups

No.1 credit card company in Korea - a subsidiary of Shinhan Financial Group

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Big Data, Software, Credit Bureau
  • Stage:Series B
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Korea Credit Data — • Korea Credit Data (KCD) provides business management solution to small and medium-sized businesses in Korea. KCD established a dominant position (M/S 70%+) through ‘Cashnote' and ‘Bizbot’ services used by more than 1.1 million businesses. KCD aims to resolve issues a business owner faces from the beginning to end of his business life.To this end, KCD will expand its business areas to include B2B commerce to B2C payment area.
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UQI Partners Corporation
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Big Data startups

UQI Partners Corporation is a venture asset management company.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: AgTech, Farming, Big Data
  • Stage:Series A
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • N.THING — Established in January 2014, N.THING is a Seoul-based Agri-Food tech company leading innovation in agricultural products, by extension, in the farm-to-table food value chain by combining IoT technology and data. It developed the world’s first modular vertical farm ‘CUBE’ which is easy to expand. N.THING CUBE is a modularized farm with massproductivity where a dedicated OS provides the most optimized environment for each crop so as to create maximized efficiency. N.THING is the world’s first smart farming company that won the iF Design Award, Architecture in 2020. Also, it is a winner of Best of Innovation at the CES 2020 for its excellence in technology, which is the first ever in the agricultural field. N.THING is planning to expand its business on a large scale this year after it successfully completes the PoC process in the U.A.E. Our North American branch office located in New York. N.THING hopes to connect people to nature, things to things, people to things, and people to people through IoT technologies by creating Number of Things out of Nothing. .CUBE : CUBE is internet connected modular container vertical farm. It's an ultimate indoor farm which contains LED technology, real time monitoring system through IoT sensors, collected cultivation data, and upgradable software. We deliver the farm of the desired container form to the desired place.SQUARE : SQUARE is modular hydroponic kit. SQUARE can connect each module and share water. Users can connect as many as they want, grow greens and herbs, and make food great themselves. Each Square consists of four Pickcells, which contains special nutrient-rich sponge. With special sponge and hydroponic, it gives the most simple and effective gardening experience.Planty : Planty is the first Internet-connected social pot in the world. Planty gives pleasure to grow plants with your family, friend, and colleague. Planty enables the user to monitor the environmental information on temperature, soil moisture, and ambient light around plants and give water to plants any me or anywhere.Life : Life is a smart gardening journal aimed at the gardening sector. Plant lovers and gardeners are able to record their gardening activities and information and share them through Social Media. The user can easily insert weather data, location data, gardening activities, and plants’ events. Moreover, all the gardening data can be shared through social media.Sikmulsung: Sikmulsung is our show room to explore 'freshness' of our product and service. It is a place for everyone seeking for 'freshness' in visual, in texture, in taste, in flavor or even in atmosphere with, N.THING's in-store farm, exclusively made for Sikmulsung, special F&B's and our end products.
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Daniel Shin
Angel · 1 investments in South Korea Big Data startups

Daniel Shin is a renowned entrepreneur and investor, with extensive expertise and deep relationships in e-commerce. Daniel Shin is the Founder and CEO of PortOne Global, a leading payment company in Asia and beyond. The company's mission is to empower digital commerce partners across the Asian region. Through PortOne Global, Daniel Shinassists in the growth and development of partner companies and facilitates expansion.Previously, Daniel founded and was CEO of TicketMonster, Korea's leading e-commerce platform with $3.5Bin GMV. He is also a Co-Founder and board member of Fast Track Asia, a company-builder that established and sold multiple businesses including Fast Five (office sharing platform) and FoodFly (food delivery, acquired by Yogiyo).Daniel holds a B.Sc. in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Internet, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, Malaysia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 11
  • Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Kek.tv — Kek eSports app. The free app, which is in public beta, is an eSports video aggregation platform that integrates multi­-source livestreams and game video replays, as well as news, statistics and tournament feeds into one socially-curated experience for the growing audience of Asian eSports fans.
  • Bering Lab — Bering Lab provides AI-powered machine translation services for the legal, IP, financial, technology, enterprise markets
  • Korea Credit Data — • Korea Credit Data (KCD) provides business management solution to small and medium-sized businesses in Korea. KCD established a dominant position (M/S 70%+) through ‘Cashnote' and ‘Bizbot’ services used by more than 1.1 million businesses. KCD aims to resolve issues a business owner faces from the beginning to end of his business life.To this end, KCD will expand its business areas to include B2B commerce to B2C payment area.
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GS Holdings
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Big Data startups

GS Holdings engages in the energy, retail, and construction businesses in South Korea and internationally together its subsidiaries. It operates combined heat and power plants, and district heating and cooling facilities; supplies natural gas; provides district cooling and heating services; generates and supplies electricity using clean fuel, suchas natural gas and bio energy; and offers petroleum, petrochemicals, base oils, and lubricants. GS Holdings also engages in the combined heat and power, coal-fired thermal power, renewable energy, and energy distribution businesses; developing and operating wind power plants and transmission lines; bioenergy supply; shipping of liquefied petroleum gas and propylene; production of reclaimed metals; and exploration and production of oil and gas. Moreover, it provides media services, including media development, contents supply, advertisement, POP cards, and mobile coupons; and TV home shopping, mobile commerce, import and export, and cross trade services; and logistics service for steels and metals, petrochemicals, cements, mechanics, facilities, and bituminous coals, as well as manages a professional football club and a professional volleyball team. Additionally, GS Holdings engages in the architecture, civil engineering, housing, plant, environment, and power plant fields; provides telecommunication services; and operates a resort comprising condominium, golf course, and ski slope under the Elysian name, as well as offers operation and maintenance services to the oil, gas, petrochemical, power, and environmental industries. It began operation in 2004, with its headquarters in Seoul in South Korea.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Health Care, Mobile Apps
  • Stage:Series B, Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: South Korea, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 7
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Levit — Mobile commerce app that allows customers to have an enjoyable and affordable shopping experience
  • Portlogics — Portlogics provides standardised and advanced digital management systems and connects stakeholders through IT technology for imports and exports in order to become a top-tier digital System Provider in the global logistics industry.
  • Green Li-ion — Green Li-ion is a deep clean technology that solves the existential risk to the precious metals industry and the environment. Its patented deep technology is Cleaner, Faster, and 4x more profitable than current Lithium-Ion Battery recycling and the only technology to fully Rejuvenate the battery cathode. It was founded in 2020 and is based inSingapore.
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Hyosung ITX
VC Fund · Yongdungpo, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Big Data startups

Hyosung ITX specializes in providing business outsourcing services.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Big Data, Cloud Management, Cloud Data Services
  • Stage:Series A
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Bespin Global — Bespin Global provide consulting, migration, managed service and solutions for hybrid cloud. They rapidly implement architectures optimized for various industry areas into a hybrid cloud environment interacting with IDB using AWS, MS Azure, and Flexcloud. Bespin Global is a premium brand for strengthening Hostway's cloud business that hasprovided corporate professional hosting services and managed services since 1998 and is dedicated to Hostway's cloud managed service provider (MSP) business.
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DB Financial Investment
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Big Data startups

DB Financial Investment is a client-oriented financial investment company. Since its establishment as Citizen Investment & Finance in 1982 and its transformation into a full-scale securities company in 1991, Dongbu Securities has grown substantially along with the flourishment of the Korea capital market, and is now starting a new chapter as DBFinancial Investment.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 9
  • Round size: Series A $2.3M–$4.6M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Good Shop — Good Shop is a firm that creates and distributes B2B distribution DX solutions for small and medium-sized distributors. By overcoming the limits of prior distribution services that were limited to specific items and channels, Goodshop's DX solution can handle all products and channels. This solution offers particular functionalities for thefragmented and closed B2B distribution market, such as price elasticity based on the seller's characteristics and security for the seller, pricing, and distribution margin, which are most sensitive to existing distributors.
  • WeDataLab — WeDataLab is an IT technology company that provides data integration and AI-related solutions.
  • SecureLink — SecureLink creates and sells AI-powered next-generation EPP technology, network ETA (password threat) detection, and an XDK service that can integrate AI security capabilities into current security infrastructure.
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KNet Investment Partners
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Big Data startups

K-Net is a venture capital firm.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 57
  • Round size: Series A $3.1M–$9.1M; Series B $3.8M–$20M
  • Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • GXC — The Company that aims to change the global gaming ecosystem for the better
  • Globaleur — Thousands of travelers from around the world rely on Globaleur for travel. Leverage Globaleur's software and APIs that include dynamic destination data and AI-powered developer tools to change the way we travel the world.
  • Content Technologies — Content Technologies is a content IP-based company builder.
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DB Capital
VC Fund · Bellaire, Texas, United States · 1 investments in South Korea Big Data startups

DB Capital, L.L.C., headquartered in Bellaire, Texas. DB Capital, L.L.C. is Home Improvement Lending company specializing in financing pools, spas and outdoor improvement projects. They at DB Capital, L.L.C. are able to offer their customers the most competitive and diversified loan programs available today. They proudly serve homeowners andhome buyers in Texas.They offer customized loan programs that will help you finance the home improvement project of your dreams. No matter what your financing needs are or what loan program you qualify for, they will provide you with excellent customer service to make sure your needs are met in the most economical and hassle-free way. Their goal is to make your financing dreams come true.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Big Data, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Pre-Seed
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • WeDataLab — WeDataLab is an IT technology company that provides data integration and AI-related solutions.
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KB Securities
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Big Data startups, 6 in the past 12 months

KB Securities is a Financial Services company.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Big Data, Biotechnology
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 31
  • Round size: Series A $1.7M–$13M; Series B $4.6M–$21M
  • Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • 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.
  • Solum — Stay on track with the newest technology with a digital price tag for your merchandise. SOLUM ESL is the leading company in electronic shelf labels.
  • Luten Technologies — Luten Technologies is a provider of AI portal services.
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CKD Venture Capital Corporation
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Big Data startups

CKD Venture Capital Corporation is a Seoul, Korea-based venture capital firm. Founded in 1997, CKD Venture Capital Corporation considers seed, early stage, late stage and mezzanine investments.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Agriculture, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Convertible Note
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 11
  • Round size: Seed $2.3M–$3.1M; Series A $1.8M–$4.6M
  • Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Geekble — Geekble is a media startup that produces new media content on science and technology to bridge the gap between geeks and the world. With revenue from workshops and branded content, Geekble is building its own "maker space" for geeks to experiment. Teachers and professors are using Geekble's content for educational purposes, andGeekble videos have been used for public TV.
  • New Vessel — New Vessel is to navigate the sea of e-commerce. We utilize our e-commerce and consumer branding experience and partner with world-class e-commerce experts.
  • Stockeeper — Stockeeper creates and operates a Korean beef asset platform, Bankau, that connects consumers and producers.
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Altos Ventures
VC Fund · Menlo Park, California, United States · 1 investments in South Korea Big Data startups, 18 in the past 12 months

Altos Ventures was founded in 1996 to invest in early stage technology companies. After starting with $30 million in committed capital, we currently manage more than $8 billion in regulatory assets under management, supporting the full lifecycle of companies from inception to global growth and profitability. We have been the first and leadinstitutional investor in 100+ companies around the world. We invest in both consumer and enterprise tech companies, with particular interest in enterprise SaaS, FinTech, e-commerce, and consumer brands and services. We look to invest in high-growth, capital-efficient, founder-led companies. Initial investments can start as small as $500,000 while our follow-on investments can exceed $100 million in a single round, purchasing both primary and secondary shares.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Internet
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, Indonesia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 218
  • Round size: Series A $2M–$11M; Series B $3.1M–$24M; Series C $4.3M–$50M
  • Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $450M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • AiderX — AiderX is a technology startup that creates AI assistants for everyone. We believe that AI should be available to everyone and that it has the potential to change the way we live and work. Our goal is to make AI simple, intuitive, and simple to use.
  • MathFLAT — MathFLAT is a B2B mobile solution for mathematics education.
  • PlayList — PlayList is a web drama production company that produces dramas and music content. The company's two flagship web drama series, Love Playlist and A-Teen have gained huge popularity amongst the 18-24 age segment. Playlist dramas have over 10 million subscribers and 1.3 billion views.
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Shorooq Partners
VC Fund · Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates · 1 investments in South Korea Big Data startups, 12 in the past 12 months

Shorooq Partners is the leading tech investor in the region, inspired by the best entrepreneurs, investors and practices from around the world.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, E-Commerce, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United Arab Emirates, Pakistan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 112
  • Round size: Seed $200k–$4.5M; Pre-Seed $3M–$4.5M; Series A $2M–$23M
  • Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Dtonic — Efficient Spatio-Temporal Big Data Processing across Smart-X Industries
  • The Food Lab — The Food Lab is a cloud kitchen platform but describes itself as an infrastructure company for restaurants in Egypt — about 400,000 in number — in the food & beverage (F&B) space. The company provides a full suite of end-to-end services, including cloud kitchen (kitchen as a service) and procurement.
  • Retailo Technologies — Retailo is an online regional B2B marketplace platform that serves small and medium-sized retail businesses, including kiryana and baqala stores, in the MENAP region. We are using technology to digitize and streamline the retail sector to make it more efficient.
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Korea Investment Partners
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Big Data startups, 23 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: 220
  • 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

  • Camfit — Camfit is a travel and leisure company that provides real-time camping site reservations and also offers community, and commerce services.
  • 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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Shinhan Asset Management
VC Fund · Yongdungpo, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Big Data startups, 6 in the past 12 months

Shinhan Asset Management is an asset management company.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Energy, Gaming, Mobile
  • Stage:Seed, Series C
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 9
  • Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • GINT — GINT is a company specializing in a system for tractors / construction equipment manufacturers, established mainly by experts in automotive and ICT. The global market requires electronic control and unattended automation technology for manufacturers. Therefore, GINT is researching and producing the three core systems: Transmission /Hydraulic Control Unit, Telematics and Driverless System. These systems innovatively help latecomers (Long Tail) overcome the technological gap with globally advanced manufacturers such as John Deere, Case IH and others. Based on GINT’s technology and reliability, they are co-working with leading domestic companies such as Tongyang Moolsan, Daedong Industrial and SK Telecom.
  • sendy Korea — sendy Korea is a cloud-based logistics platform that provides on-demand freight transportation services.
  • mangrove — mangrove is a real estate and rental services provider.
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Dayli Partners
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Big Data startups

Dayli Partners is an investment firm.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 17
  • Round size: Series A $6.1M–$26M; Series B $1M–$17M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Nuvilab — We lead innovation of the Food-tech through AI technology that is helpful for both human and the environment.
  • Anterogen — Anterogen is a bio-venture company specializing in research and development of cell therapy products and orphan drugs using adult stem cells.
  • BIORCHESTRA — Developing innovative medicines to improve the lives of patients and their families
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Dunamu & Partners
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Big Data startups

Dunamu & Partners is the professional investment arm of Dunamu, South Korea's leading fintech company which operates Upbit, Stockplus and Stockplus Unlisted. Dunamu & Partners primarily invests in the fintech, blockchain and AI/data/contents sector. Its investments are agnostic to industry, geography and size.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 54
  • Round size: Seed $382k–$4.2M; Series A $1.2M–$20M; Series B $4.1M–$15M
  • Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • AvoMD — AvoMD is reimagining clinical decision support with interactive point-of-care software, available standalone and via EHR integrations, and seamless content building tools.
  • CLASSUM — CLASSUM is an interactive learning platform for higher education. CLASSUM aims to make communication easy, simple and smart for better education. With its unique UI/UX, which is based on chatting UI and SNS features, it lowers the communication barrier between the users(students and instructors). Also with their A.I./Big-data analysistechnique, CLASSUM provides users an in-depth class report which can be applied to improve their class and gain overall information about their students and the course.
  • Genome Insight — Genome Insight is revolutionizing healthcare through whole genome sequencing, enabling personalized patient care.
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Jay Eum
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in South Korea Big Data startups

Jay Eum is the Co-Founder & Managing Partner of GFT Ventures.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 29
  • Round size: Seed $2M–$8.5M; Series A $4.1M–$12M; Series B $7M–$20M
  • Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Merit — A software platform for verified digital credentials for government, organizations, people, and communities.
  • Opaper — Bikin toko online dalam 2 menit! Terima pembayaran, pesan kurir semua disatu aplikasi memudahkan penjualan manualmu yang dari WhatsApp dan sosial media.
  • Korea Credit Data — • Korea Credit Data (KCD) provides business management solution to small and medium-sized businesses in Korea. KCD established a dominant position (M/S 70%+) through ‘Cashnote' and ‘Bizbot’ services used by more than 1.1 million businesses. KCD aims to resolve issues a business owner faces from the beginning to end of his business life.To this end, KCD will expand its business areas to include B2B commerce to B2C payment area.
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GS Shop
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Big Data startups

GSHS is Korea’s foremost multimedia retailer as well as a global leader in TV home shopping.GSHS strives to fulfill its corporate vision of ‘Value No. 1 Online Commerce Leader’, working tirelessly to create a new quality of life by enabling our customers to shop conveniently whenever and wherever. This vision is the guiding light that hasfueled our growth to the very apex of Korea’s multimedia retail industry.GSHS focuses on creating a shopping environment that is convenient and accessible. To this end, we provide shopping services not only via TV, internet, and shopping catalogs but also through new media platforms, including digital cable TV, IPTV (internet protocol television), smartphones, and tablet PCs.We continuously strive to enhance our customers’ quality of life. We search all corners of the globe for quality products that can further enrich our customers’ lives, and we never stop thinking about new services that would provide added convenience.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Mobile, Marketing
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, Vietnam

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 32
  • Round size: Seed $336k–$4M; Series A $917k–$7.5M; Series B $2.1M–$24M
  • Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • AB180 — AB180 is a data-driven performance marketing firm that assists organizations in the digital age using data analytics & marketing technology.
  • Guhada — Guhada platform serves as a luxury goods distribution hub, connecting local boutiques in Europe, domestic conglomerate shopping malls, and luxury goods and fashion vertical commerce. Guhada has been supplying the domestic market with luxury goods owned by European boutiques, ranging from high-demand high-end luxury goods to contemporary onlineproducts.
  • Pet Friends — Pet Friends is a one-hour delivery service for pet supplies.
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Cisco Investments
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in South Korea Big Data startups, 8 in the past 12 months

Cisco Investments is an active investor with more than 40 investment professionals with deep market and technology expertise located in major geographies, including US, Canada, China, India, Israel, and Europe. Over the last 20 years, Cisco Investments has invested in hundreds of companies across different segments and helped them build tosuccessful IPOs or acquisitions. They currently have an active portfolio of $2B with over 80 direct investments around the world, and they also hold Limited Partner positions in over 35 funds globally.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Cyber Security
  • Stage:Series B, Series C, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Israel, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 143
  • Round size: Series A $5M–$60M; Series B $3M–$40M; Series C $7.4M–$68M
  • Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2017

Portfolio highlights

  • Nobl9 — Nobl9 SLO Platform connects monitoring, alerting, and automation to user and business goals via SLOs-as-code and out-of-the-box integrations.
  • Voiceitt — Voiceitt is an automatic speech recognition technology platform. Voiceitt provides a new dimension of independence and quality of life for people with speech and motor disabilities, and a useful tool for those who care for and about them.
  • Elevate Security — Elevate Security is an all-in-one Workforce Risk Management solution designed to identify your riskiest users and prevent security incidents.
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SK Planet
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Big Data startups

SK planet, a wholly owned subsidiary of SK telecom, was established in October 1, 2011 with an aspiration to become a global platform innovator.As the lynchpin of SK telecom's future growth, the company was spun off with the industry-leading platform businesses including T-Store, T-map, MelOn, and Cyworld, Korea's biggest mobile appstore, mobile navigation, online music service and SNS respectively. The company also pioneers in new media with hoppin, Korea's first multi-screen premium video service, and continues to build momentum in its online commerce leadership with 11th Street. SK planet aspires to develop a wide scope of global partnerships such as TMK, a media joint venture with Disney. Through collaborations with partners, SK planet is committed to building global platform business in Asia and other strategic markets.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Mobile, Mobile Apps, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series B
  • Geography: South Korea, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 7
  • Round size: Seed $35k–$750k
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • FraSen — Frasen Inc. provides software and hardware related to healthcare services. It developed a hardware known as Neurofeedback Sleep Mask and a software known as Personal Sleep Care Service.Neurofeedback Sleep Mask is based on the neuroscience of sleep. It is able to measure the brain waves to monitor sleep stages precisely and to stimulate thebrain using sound and light to synchronize brain waves from light sleep stages to deep sleep stages.Frasen has received investments from FastTrackAsia.It was established on March 8, 2010.
  • Melephant — Melephant Inc. is a Korea based startup established in October 2013.
  • Jumping Nuts — Jumpingnuts is an app designed to provide a new social experience for teens around social modes, and the app also provides granular controls over followers to ensure that users can decide who sees their content.
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Atinum Investment
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Big Data startups, 9 in the past 12 months

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 110
  • Round size: Series A $3M–$16M; Series B $5M–$34M; Series C $9.9M–$47M
  • Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • 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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Shinhan Bank
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Big Data startups

Shinhan Bank was founded in 1897

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Information Technology, FinTech
  • Stage:Series B, Series A, Seed
  • Geography: South Korea, Singapore, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 20
  • Round size: Series A $1.5M–$3.4M; Series B $6.1M–$23M
  • Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Douzone — Douzone provides information and communications technology solutions and services for companies.
  • onepredict — We offer a digital brain solution that diagnoses and predicts the status of key industrial assets based on industrial AI and IoT technologies.
  • Lotte Group — Lotte is a multinational food and shopping corporation that consists of over 60 business units in a variety of industries such as candy manufacturing, beverages, hotels, fast food, retail, financial services, heavy chemicals, electronics, IT, construction, publishing, and entertainment.Lotte Group produces, distributes, and sellsconfectioneries, ice creams, oil, carbonated drinks and liquor, hamburgers, and bakery products and pastries. It operates department, discount, convenience, apparel, and home appliances stores as well as a supermarket and a multiplex movie theater; and hotels and a resort.It manufactures synthetic resins and fibers, and by-products; TFT LCD products; digital equipment, copiers, printers, and other office machines; digital cameras and printers, and photographic materials; and aluminum products. Its financing business activities include credit, travel agency, insurance agency, and telemarketing; and lease, personal and corporate loans, and installment financing. The company also engages in software development and computer equipment; public institutions systems and IT; golf course; advertising agency; development, financial consulting, and management of shopping centers; baseball team; logistics management consulting; electronic financial services; integrated e-payment; future food, genetic engineering, and bio-engineering; educational training and consulting; economy and industry strategic analysis; and scholarship and social welfare foundation businesses.Lotte is the largest confectionery manufacturer in South Korea. It was first established in June 1948 in Tokyo, by Shin Kyuk-Ho. From Tokyo, Lotte expanded into South Korea with the establishment of Lotte Confectionary Co., Ltd in Seoul on April 3, 1967.
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IBK Capital
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Big Data 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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Korea Tech Incubator Program For Startup
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Big Data startups

R&D fund for Korean startups who secured at least $100,000 from designated startup VCs or Accelerators

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Mobile, Video
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: South Korea, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 6
  • Round size: Seed $382k–$1M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

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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.
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Korea Development Bank
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Big Data startups, 9 in the past 12 months

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
  • Geography: South Korea, China, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 57
  • Round size: Series A $2.3M–$24M; Series B $3.8M–$25M; Series C $17M–$47M
  • Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • VRISM — WE SET A NEW STANDARD OF NFT DIGITAL FASHION IN METAVERSE
  • N.Light — N.Light is a Metaverse 3D design software that allows individuals to effortlessly turn their ideas into reality.
  • LBox Co., Ltd. — Information Technology & Services
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Shinhan Capital
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Big Data startups

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: 45
  • Round size: Seed $382k–$3.1M; Series A $2M–$10M; Series B $4.6M–$17M
  • Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Cashwalk — Cashwalk is an app that motivates to walk by providing financial incentives.
  • KevinLAB — KevinLAB is a company specializing in platforms of energy management systems.
  • Xingxing Mobility — Xingxing Mobility is an app that offers an electric kickboard sharing service.
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Activant Capital
VC Fund · Greenwich, Connecticut, United States · 1 investments in South Korea Big Data startups

Activant is a global investment firm that partners with high-growth companies that are transforming commerce. The firm was founded in 2015 by Steve Sarracino and has offices in Greenwich, Connecticut and Berlin, Germany.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Software
  • Stage:Series B, Series A, Series D
  • Geography: United States, Germany, Brazil

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 60
  • Round size: Series A $5.2M–$34M; Series B $10M–$260M; Series D $55M–$135M
  • Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • Celonis — Celonis believes that every company can unlock its full execution capacity. Powered by its market-leading process mining core, the Celonis Execution Management System provides a set of instruments and applications, the Celonis Studio as well as platform capabilities for business executives and users.The Celonis EMS offerings help companies manageevery facet of execution management from analytics to strategy and planning, management, actions and automation. Celonis has thousands of customers, including ABB, AstraZeneca, Bosch, Coca-Cola, Citibank, Dell, GSK, John Deere, L'Oréal, Siemens, Uber, Vodafone and Whirlpool.Celonis is headquartered in Munich, Germany and New York City, USA and has 15 offices worldwide.
  • 98point6 — A fully-integrated, on-demand, virtual clinic platform is a foundational solution for health systems. Extend ambulatory services with virtual triage, on-demand text-based care, visit automation and tools designed by clinicians, for clinicians.
  • Pesto — Pesto is a San Francisco-based fintech business that recently released the Pesto Mastercard a next-generation asset-backed secured credit card.
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Fast Track Asia
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Big Data startups

They're Company Builder, Company Building Company.Fast Track Asia (http://www.fast-track.asia) is Company Builder, start-up holding company. They're backed by Daniel Shin (Founder & CEO of Ticketmonster, acquired by Groupon for $300M), Chester Roh (Founder & CSO of 5rocks, acquired by Tapjoy for $40M, Angel Investor ofTicketmonster, Serial Entrepreneur, ex-Googler), Stonebridge Capital (Korea-based Venture Capital, Investor of Ticketmonster), Insight Venture Partners (US-based Venture Capital & Private Equity Firm, Investor of Ticketmonster), Hur Min (Founder of Wemakeprice, ex-Founder of Neople, acquired by Nexon for $400M) and a lot of local serial entrepreneurs

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Software, Mobile Apps
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: South Korea, Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 11
  • Round size: Seed $26k–$1M
  • Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • WaHome — WaHome is a home cleaning service matching platform. It connects cleaners to clients across Seoul. Moreover, WaHome provides safe and trustworthy helpers who have completed cleaning training. The company was founded in 2015.
  • H2O Hospitality — H2O Hospitality is the largest vacation rental management company in Japan and Korea. H2O manages accommodation facilities without any on-site human resources by automating all the operational flows through the property management system (“PMS”) H2O developed that links and manages calendars between the guests, rooms, and housekeepers. This allowssignificant decrease in fixed cost of the operational expenses, increasing the yield of the facility.
  • Typecast AI — The online AI voice generator that can turn your text into life-like speech. Over 400+ hyper-realistic voices. Create your content just the way you want it!
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KB Financial Group
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Big Data startups

KB Financial Group is Korea’s leading financial institution with the largest customer base and the most extensive branch network in the country. With total assets exceeding US$342 billion, the Group wields a solid capital prowess and enjoys a strong brand loyalty. As of December 2012, the Group has ten domestic subsidiaries--banking, credit cards,securities, life insurance, asset management, real estate trust, venture capital, credit information, data system, and savings bank--and four overseas subsidiaries in Hong Kong, England, Cambodia, and China.KB Financial Group was established in September 2008 with extensive stock transfers from major subsidiary companies. The Group’s establishment was to better deal with such fundamental changes in the financial markets at home and abroad as the rapid globalization of financial service, a declining profitability of traditional banking operations, new industry regulations, and an increasing demand for comprehensive financial services.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, Software, SaaS
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: South Korea, India, Vietnam

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 12
  • Round size: Series A $1M–$45M; Series B $7.6M–$107M
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Nitra — Nitra offers expense management software that integrates with the banks to provide innovative loan products.
  • Wavebridge — Wavebridge is a top institutional digital asset company with traditional financial knowhows and crypto finance technology. The company was established in November 2018 to provide a comprehensive suite of investment solutions utilizing its data processing and AI technology.
  • BlockOdyssey — Best Enterprise Blockchain Enabler, Block Odyssey
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Aviram Jenik
Angel · Cupertino, California, United States · 1 investments in South Korea Big Data startups

Founder x5, profitable bootstraps, 3 exits; investor x30+ in Israel, Silicon Valley and Korea; passion for: cyber security, building scalable B2B companies

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Cyber Security
  • Stage:Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 32
  • Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • FROGED — Discover afforable Customer Experience tools to scale your business. Reduce churn, improve onboarding & offer amazing customer support - all in one platform.
  • Apolyta — Threat simulators use playbooks and checklists. Adversaries don't. Prepare for the real threats of tomorrow with adaptive attack emulation.
  • Vicarius — Consolidate vulnerability discovery, prioritization, and remediation in a single automated solution.
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Primer Sazze Partners
VC Fund · San Jose, California, United States · 1 investments in South Korea Big Data 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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Seoul Investment Partners
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Big Data startups

Seoul Investment Partners is a private equity and venture capital firm focused on investments in small and medium businesses.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Gaming, Online Games, Software
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: South Korea, Germany, Iceland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 27
  • Round size: Series A $1.5M–$13M; Series B $3.6M–$10M
  • Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Openknowl — OPENKNOWL is an online career management system, offering mentoring facilities and careers camps for those wanting to develop a career in the IT sector.
  • Best Graphene — Graphene specialized company_BESTGRAPHENE
  • 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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Naver
VC Fund · Seongnam, Kyonggi-do, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Big Data startups

Naver operates as a search engine and e-commerce platform providing fintech, digital content, and cloud services.The company introduces innovative search services such as ‘Comprehensive Search,’ ‘Knowledge iN,’ and ‘Real-time Rising Keyword.' It also offers UGC services such as Blog and Cafe; Junior Naver, a children’s portal; Happybean, anonline donation portal. NAVER launched its Webtoon service in June 2004 and has pioneered the distribution and consumption of webtoons, also known as digital comics. In addition, NAVER also offers services for the global market, including the mobile messenger LINE through LINE Corporation, NAVER’s subsidiary; the video messenger Snow; and the group communication service BAND.NAVER is also involved in software development and distribution; performances and exhibitions business; mobile content development and distribution; search advertising; internet commerce and customer service business; the operation and security services of IT infrastructure; operating online shopping services, and mobile applications marketing.Lee Hae-Jin and Lee Joon-ho headquartered the company in Seongnam, Kyonggi-do, South Korea in 1999.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 70
  • Round size: Seed $38k–$19M; Series A $3.6M–$100M; Series C $7.6M–$107M
  • Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Brandi — Brandi is a vertical commerce company that creates B2C and B2B platforms for fashion and beauty shopping. The company specializes in the fields of apps, app marketing, and online shopping platform. Brandi was founded in 2014 and headquartered in Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea.
  • Wallapop — Wallapop is a hyper-local mobile marketplace for buying and selling secondhand goods, primarily accessible via a mobile app. It uses a geo-localized technology that connects a community of 15 million users by offering an easy and convenient way to buy and sell items that are no longer used. The platform, which has found a second home for more than180 million items, provides people with access to unique goods at great prices while extending the life of fully functional products. Since its inception, Wallapop has been committed to continuous innovation in the online classifieds industry and second-hand market and aspires to use technology to contribute to sustainability. The company is backed by investors Korelya Capital, NAVER, Accel, Insight Venture Partners, 14W, and Northzone. It was founded in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain by Agustin Gomez, Miguel Vicente, and Gerard Olive in 2013.
  • Line — LINE develops calling and messaging applications for mobile phones in Japan and internationally. It offers LINE, a smartphone application that allows users to make free calls and messaging with other users regardless of which mobile network provider they are using.The company also offers NAVER, a search communication service; NAVER Matome, auser-participatory curation platform; Livedoor, a portal site; livedoor Blog, a blogging service; and livedoor News that provides information gathered from various news sources, as well as a range of advertising products. In addition, it operates LINE GAME, a platform that lets LINE users to play games.
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Green Cross Holding Corp
VC Fund · Gyeongju, Kyongsang-bukto, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Big Data startups

GC holding company, which operates pharmaceutical, biotechnology, distribution system, life insurance, and healthcare entities.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 8
  • Round size: Series A $2.3M–$60M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Curevo — https://videos.files.wordpress.com/1c7Vju9e/labsmall.mp4 Creating Next Generation Vaccines for Diseases of Global Importance Learn More Our Strength Creating a new generation of adjuvanted subunit vaccines We've been in business since 2018, focusing on one vaccine at a time. Curevo Vaccine is a US-based, clinical-stage biotech company dedicated to developing next-generation vaccines that bring effectiveness, safety, tolerability, and advanced
  • Nex Eye — Nex Eye is a start-up that develops first-in-class antibodies targeting refractory factors of immuno-oncology drugs.
  • MiNDCAFE — MiNDCAFE is an online psychological counseling platform.
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Big Data Investor funding in South Korea at a glance

Stats across 106 deals from 149 investors.

149
investors
in South Korea Big Data startups
106
deals
in South Korea Big Data startups
$1.8M
median round
in South Korea Big Data startups
28%
lead investors
lead at least one round
27%
Seed
most common funding stage
97/3
VC / Angel
share of investor count

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