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Top 50 Big Data VC (Venture Capital) Funds in South Korea in October 2023

A list of 50 VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Big data startups based in South korea. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Big data companies from South korea. We update this investor list every month.

Top 50 Big Data VC (Venture Capital) Funds in South Korea in October 2023

Investor Big Data South Korea investments
Kakao Ventures 3
Korea Credit Guarantee Fund 2
Capstone Partners 2
KDB Industrial Bank 2
Softbank Ventures Asia 2
Legend Capital 2
Premier Partners 2
Kaist Venture Investment Holdings 2
KT investment 2
UTC Investment Co. 2
Shinhan Capital 1
Empower Investment 1
SK Planet 1
SGI Venture Capital 1
Hanwha Investment Corp 1
KEB Hana Bank 1
Shinhan Bank 1
Kakao Corp 1
Naver 1
Cisco Investments 1
Korea Development Bank 1
KB Securities 1
Shorooq Partners 1
Seoul Business Agency(SBA) 1
In Light Ventures 1
Small Business Corporation 1
ST Telemedia 1
DB Financial Investment 1
KNet Investment Partners 1
Korea Investment Partners 1
CKD Venture Capital Corporation 1
GS Shop 1
Korea Tech Incubator Program For Startup 1
SK Telecom 1
Shinhan Card 1
Dunamu & Partners 1
Shinhan Asset Management 1
IBK Capital 1
Korea Omega Investment 1
IBK Capital 1
Naver Fund 1
KB Investment 1
Kolon Investment 1
InterVest Co. 1
Dunamu 1
UQI Partners Corporation 1
Seoul Investment Partners 1
Fast Track Asia 1
Altos Ventures 1
Primer Sazze Partners 1

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Kakao Ventures
VC Fund · Seongnam, Kyonggi-do, South Korea · 12 investments 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

  • Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
  • Seed, Series A, Funding Round
  • South Korea, United States, Indonesia

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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Korea Credit Guarantee Fund
VC Fund · Daegu, Taegu-jikhalsi, South Korea · 33 investments in the past 12 months

Korea Credit Guarantee Fund operates as a public financial institution.

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Investment focus

  • Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Manufacturing
  • Seed, Series A, Funding Round
  • South Korea, United States

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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Capstone Partners
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 18 investments 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

  • Software, Mobile, Gaming
  • Series A, Seed, Series B
  • South Korea, United States, Finland

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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KDB Industrial Bank
VC Fund · 4 investments in the past 12 months

KDB Industrial Bank is an investment firm

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Investment focus

  • Food and Beverage, Apps, Solar
  • Series C, Series B, Series A
  • South Korea

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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Softbank Ventures Asia
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 6 investments 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

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

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 · 33 investments 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

  • Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical
  • Series B, Series A, Series C
  • China, United States, South Korea

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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Premier Partners
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 6 investments 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

  • Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence, Therapeutics
  • Series A, Series B, Series C
  • South Korea, United States, United Kingdom

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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Kaist Venture Investment Holdings
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investment in the past 12 months

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

  • Health Care, Information Technology
  • Seed
  • South Korea

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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KT investment
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 9 investments 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

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

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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UTC Investment Co.
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investment in the past 12 months

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

  • Biotechnology, Information Technology, Therapeutics
  • Series B, Series A, Series C
  • South Korea, France, United States

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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Shinhan Capital
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 7 investments in the past 12 months

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

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Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

  • CLOP — CLOP is an ophthalmology medical company that provides services to prevent blindness in patients through AI-based eye disease management.
  • Cashwalk — Cashwalk is an app that motivates to walk by providing financial incentives.
  • GTL — GTL manufactures hydraulic equipment, mechanical parts, industrial robots and automation equipment or aircraft and spacecraft parts.
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Empower Investment
VC Fund · Shanghai, Shanghai, China · 1 investment in the past 12 months

Empower Investment was founded in 2012 in Shanghai, China. Their investment covers early-stage ventures, mid-stage growth, and securities in the public market. With headquarters in Shanghai, the company established branch offices in Beijing, Shenzhen, Hangzhou and Chengdu. Empower Investment has invested in over 150 high-tech and high-growthcompanies on a global scale covering regions including China, U.S, India, South Korea, Vietnam and Hong Kong. Their portfolio companies include fast-growing industries such as internet, AI, big data, automation & robotics, financial technology, cultural creativity, advanced materials, and healthcare.The Empower team has extensive experience in both deep technologies and financial services including internet, computer science, electronic engineering, materials science, auditing and investment banking. Some team members were serial entrepreneurs. With candidness and empathy, the team is eager to find and partner with the most visionary, determined and down-to-earth entrepreneurs. It always brings great excitement and pleasure to build a bright future with them.

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Investment focus

  • Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
  • Angel, Series A, Seed
  • China, United States, India

Portfolio highlights

  • Ykccn.com — Ykccn.com is a professional company that operates and replaces the operation and maintenance of new energy vehicles.
  • Xunyuan Technology — Xunyuan Technology is a bio-refining and bio-manufacturing platform company based on non-grain carbon sources.
  • 01 Life Science and Technology — Shenzhen is a high-tech firm dedicated to the application of human micro-ecological technology to develop solutions for a healthy life. It also offers solutions for clinical research and diagnosis and treatment of diseases. It was stablished in 2016 and is based in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.
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SK Planet
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea

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

  • Mobile, Mobile Apps, Software
  • Seed, Angel, Series B
  • South Korea, United States

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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SGI Venture Capital
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea

Founded in 2007, SGI (Samho Green Investment) is the first and only venture capital firm in Korea focused on the green growth sector, including renewable energy, green and agricultural technologies. We engage in venture capital and private equity investments for mergers & acquisitions and buyouts, and conduct business as well as engineeringconsulting for our portfolio and client companies.Our investment focus areas are green technology (greentech) commercialization, green infrastructure and agricultural technologies (agritech), as well as early-stage project development. We have an experienced team of in-house greentech specialists and an extensive domestic and international greentech network, which assists us in deal sourcing, value creation and exit management.

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Investment focus

  • Medical, Software, Therapeutics
  • Series A, Seed, Funding Round
  • South Korea, Singapore, United States

Portfolio highlights

  • Triz — Triz is a commerce platform that offers creation of a new commerce and influencer ecosystem with differentiated products.
  • Angel Robotics — Angel Robotics is a robotic technology company that offers wearable robotic devices for disabled people.
  • PineTree Therapeutics — PineTree Therapeutics Inc. is a preclinical stage Biotechnology company that is pioneering the development of disruptive therapies in Oncology and Infectious Diseases.
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Hanwha Investment Corp
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea

Hanwha Investment Trust Management is an asset manager applying advanced Hanwha Venture Capital was established in 2000 to nurture startup small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with promising business models and advanced technology but lack capital and management capabilities. The comprehensive support packages include capital, managementexpertise and technology that cover from establishment through initial public offering. In addition, the firm plays a leading role in the Korean venture capital industry. The company utilizes various domestic and overseas networks to secure advanced investment methods and gather information on cutting-edge technologies that will drive the future. Hanwha Venture Capital invests for future value and serves as a trustworthy partner for invested companies, creating venture investment funds that provide stable financing sources and making investment decisions after careful study. The firm also acts as a trusted asset manager for limited partners of the investment funds and helps to strengthen the competitive edge of domestic SMEs.

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Investment focus

  • Software, Big Data, Internet of Things
  • Series A, Funding Round, Series B
  • South Korea, United States, Canada

Portfolio highlights

  • WELT — From Wristworn to Waistworn: WELT, the Smart Belt for Fashion & HealthcareWELT is a 'Smart Fashion Belt' that manages users’ wellness.We encourage users to embrace healthy habits while keeping in style. We promise to help the wearer better track food intake, keep tabs on the activity level, and manage weight.To dothis, WELT keeps check on the overall health by measuring(1)Waist size, (2)Steps, (3)Sitting time, and (4)Overeating habits.To help users avoid metabolic risks factors, custom messages tomanage these risks are given through the app via BLE.Also, its elegant design makes it look just like a regular, leather belt.Battery is rechargeable, and can stand up to more than 7 days.
  • Element AI — Fundamental and applied research transformed into AI products for your enterprise needs.
  • StradVision — Vision AI for all
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KEB Hana Bank
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 4 investments in the past 12 months

KEB Hana Bank provides commercial banking services.

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Investment focus

  • Software, Artificial Intelligence, Apps
  • Series B, Series A, Seed
  • South Korea, Vietnam

Portfolio highlights

  • 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.
  • Oasis Business — Oasis Business is an information services company that provides AI solutions to the finance, construction, and distribution industries.
  • Luten Technologies — Luten Technologies is a provider of AI portal services.
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Shinhan Bank
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investment in the past 12 months

Shinhan Bank was founded in 1897

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Investment focus

  • Blockchain, Information Technology, FinTech
  • Series B, Series A, Seed
  • South Korea, Singapore, India

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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Kakao Corp
VC Fund · Jeju, Cheju-do, South Korea

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

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Investment focus

  • Mobile, Information Technology, Publishing
  • Series A, Seed, Funding Round
  • South Korea, United States, Japan

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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Naver
VC Fund · Seongnam, Kyonggi-do, South Korea · 1 investment in the past 12 months

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

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

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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Cisco Investments
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 8 investments 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

  • Software, Information Technology, Cyber Security
  • Series B, Series C, Series A
  • United States, Israel, United Kingdom

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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Korea Development Bank
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 10 investments 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

  • Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
  • Series A, Series B, Series C
  • South Korea, China, India

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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KB Securities
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 6 investments in the past 12 months

KB Securities is a Financial Services company.

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Investment focus

  • Health Care, Big Data, Biotechnology
  • Series A, Series B, Funding Round
  • South Korea

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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Shorooq Partners
VC Fund · Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates · 12 investments 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

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

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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Seoul Business Agency(SBA)
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 3 investments in the past 12 months

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

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Investment focus

  • Apps, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
  • Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • South Korea

Portfolio highlights

  • Foody Worm — Foody Worm is an insect research company that practices and develops ESG and sustainability management through insects.
  • Headless — We provides growth-hacking D2C solutions through AI headless commerce technology with data-pipeline connection and auto-marketing solutions.
  • Works Mate — Works Mate is a job search matching platform for daily workers in the field of construction and architecture sectors.
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In Light Ventures
VC Fund

In Light Ventures is an investment firm.

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Investment focus

  • AgTech, Big Data, Internet
  • Seed, Series A
  • South Korea

Portfolio highlights

  • ioCrops — IoCrops is a greenhouse horticulture company based on high technology. They operate glasshouses with AI technologies and automation, overcoming space and time restrictions. The company's goal is to expand IoCrops’ glasshouses so they don’t require any human intervention.
  • MicroNX — MicroNX develops, designs, manufactures and exports dental equipment.
  • Big Value — Big Value is a price analysis for multiplex houses.
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Small Business Corporation
VC Fund · Jinju, Kyongsang-namdo, South Korea · 6 investments in the past 12 months

SBC is a non-profit government-funded organization that provides health and success solutions for small & medium enterprises. It also operates financial and non-financial programs and provides financing for SMEs. SBC offers technology consulting, comprehensive diagnosis, SME training support, SME start-up, promotion fund management &operation, and domestic export marketing & international cooperation support.SBC was founded on January 30, 1979, and is based in Jinju, Korea.

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Investment focus

  • Apps, Automotive, Customer Service
  • Series A
  • South Korea

Portfolio highlights

  • Ziovision — Ziovision is a data analysis firm that uses artificial intelligence. advancement of social safety AI solution solutions, as well as licensing AI software and medical devices.
  • Doctor Cha — Doctor Cha is a car maintenance and accident repair consultation company that provides application for vehicle management services.
  • Foody Worm — Foody Worm is an insect research company that practices and develops ESG and sustainability management through insects.
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ST Telemedia
VC Fund · Singapore, Central Region, Singapore

ST Telemedia (STT) is a strategic investor specialising in communications & media, data centres and infrastructure technology businesses across Asia, the US and Europe. We aim to ignite enduring change for our stakeholders by focusing on long term value creation. Our goal is to build leading platforms to drive growth and positive impact in therespective industries and communities.

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Investment focus

  • Big Data, Analytics, Enterprise Software
  • Funding Round, Series B, Series D
  • United States, China, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

  • Eoitek — Eoitek is an intelligent big data analysis solution provider. Using artificial intelligence and big data technologies to help customers discover the value of operation and maintenance data and promote enterprise digital transformation.
  • Datameer — Datameer bridges the gap between business users and the modern data stack - empowering analysts to find, build, and share their valuable Snowflake data.
  • 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 · 3 investments in the past 12 months

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

  • Artificial Intelligence, Health Care, Information Technology
  • Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • South Korea

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 · 2 investments in the past 12 months

K-Net is a venture capital firm.

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Investment focus

  • Manufacturing, Information Technology, Gaming
  • Funding Round, Series A, Series B
  • South Korea, United States, China

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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Korea Investment Partners
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 21 investments 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

  • 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.
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CKD Venture Capital Corporation
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investment in the past 12 months

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

  • Apps, Agriculture, Information Technology
  • Seed, Series A, Convertible Note
  • South Korea

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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GS Shop
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea

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

  • Mobile, E-Commerce, Social Media
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • South Korea, United States, Vietnam

Portfolio highlights

  • Cookat — Cookat is the provider of a food blogging platform designed to deliver new information regarding unique food recipes.
  • 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.
  • Luxstay — LUX is the native token of LuxWorld, you can get in early LUX Token presale in few steps by directly using USDT, BUSD, ETH or BNB.
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Korea Tech Incubator Program For Startup
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investment in the past 12 months

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

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Investment focus

  • Software, Mobile, Video
  • Seed, Pre-Seed
  • South Korea, United States

Portfolio highlights

  • Seawith — home english version
  • 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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SK Telecom
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 6 investments in the past 12 months

SK Telecom is dedicated to developing advanced telecommunications technologies for the mobile lifestyle. SK Telecom has established an ecosystem by forming strategic alliances with Asia's information communications operators. In addition, they actively participate in a variety of international cooperation activities with overseastelecommunication institutions, as well as international organizations including the ITU, PTC and CDG, and more. Through such efforts, they continue to reinforce their competency and reach out to the world.

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Investment focus

  • Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
  • Funding Round, Series A, Corporate Round
  • South Korea, United States, China

Portfolio highlights

  • Anthropic — An AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.
  • PersonaAI — PersonaAI is a conversational AI technology company that provides chatbot, callboat and AI semiconductor Kiosk product and SaaS products.
  • Joby Aviation — A Better Way to Move
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Shinhan Card
VC Fund

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

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Investment focus

  • Big Data, Software, Credit Bureau
  • Series B
  • South Korea

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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Dunamu & Partners
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 3 investments in the past 12 months

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

  • Software, FinTech, Gaming
  • Seed, Series B, Series A
  • South Korea, United States, Canada

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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Shinhan Asset Management
VC Fund · Yongdungpo, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 6 investments in the past 12 months

Shinhan Asset Management is an asset management company.

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Investment focus

  • Energy, Gaming, Mobile
  • Seed, Series C, Funding Round
  • South Korea

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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IBK Capital
VC Fund · Toronto, Ontario, Canada · 1 investment in the past 12 months

IBK Capital has established an enviable track record as an independent Canadian investment banking firm.

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Investment focus

  • Travel, Art, Logistics
  • Series A, Series B, Funding Round
  • South Korea, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

  • Ronfic — Ronfic develops a smart fitness healthcare system.
  • MetaFines — MetaFines is researching and developing anti-cancer drugs using cancer metabolism.
  • SeaVantage — Ocean Freight Tracking - Transform your ocean shipping with a real-time ocean freight visibility platform, end-to-end cargo tracking, document management, collaboration and more. SeaVantage provides ocean shipping visibility solutions helping supply chain professionals proactively manage disruptions
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Korea Omega Investment
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investment in the past 12 months

Korea Omega Investment Finance is a private equity and venture capital firm

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Portfolio highlights

  • Colley
  • Kitronyx — Tactile Pressure Distribution System
  • Caring — Caring is a visiting medical treatment facility that offers medical consultation.
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IBK Capital
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 4 investments in the past 12 months

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

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Investment focus

  • Apps, Health Care, Mobile Apps
  • Series A, Series B, Series C
  • South Korea, India, United States

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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Naver Fund
VC Fund

Naver Fund

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Investment focus

  • Big Data, Computer, Software
  • Series A
  • South Korea

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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KB Investment
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 36 investments in the past 12 months

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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Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

  • 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.
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Kolon Investment
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 2 investments in the past 12 months

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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Investment focus

  • Apps, Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce
  • Series B, Series A, Series C
  • South Korea, United States

Portfolio highlights

  • 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.
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InterVest Co.
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 10 investments 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

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

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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Dunamu
VC Fund

the operator of South Korea's largest cryptocurrency exchange Upbit

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Investment focus

  • FinTech, Blockchain, Financial Services
  • Series B
  • South Korea

Portfolio highlights

  • Lambda256 — Founded in 2012, Dunamu (CEO Lee Seok-woo) is currently providing services as the largest cryptocurrency exchange in Korea, 'Upbit'​ and stock trading platform based on social network, ‘Kakao Stock'​. Both services are leading in the industry and ecosystems. (Upbit launched in Oct. 2017, Kakao Stock launched in Feb. 2014) Dunamuprovides the best service in the fields of cryptocurrency, securities, and asset management. Dunamu is getting much attention in both domestic and global market with professional specialists, innovative services and excellent technology. Recently, it announced to make investment of 100 billion dollars in the blockchain industry, leading the way in creating blockchain ecosystem.
  • 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

UQI Partners Corporation is a venture asset management company.

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Investment focus

  • AgTech, Farming, Big Data
  • Series A
  • South Korea

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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Seoul Investment Partners
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 3 investments in the past 12 months

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

  • Gaming, Online Games, Software
  • Series A, Funding Round, Series B
  • South Korea, Germany, Iceland

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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Fast Track Asia
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea

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

  • Apps, Software, Mobile Apps
  • Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
  • South Korea, Japan, United States

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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Altos Ventures
VC Fund · Menlo Park, California, United States · 18 investments 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

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

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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Primer Sazze Partners
VC Fund · San Jose, California, United States · 8 investments 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

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

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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