Top 50 EdTech VC (Venture Capital) Funds in South Korea in October 2023
Top 50 EdTech VC (Venture Capital) Funds in South Korea in October 2023
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Strong Ventures is a seed fund, based in California, that finances, supports, and mentors Korean/Asian/Global entrepreneurs, empowering them to build strong ventures and to break successfully into the global market.With proven experience as operators, executives, and entrepreneurs, they provide hands-on assistance and guidance. On topof their financial investment, they aim to provide tangible value to their entrepreneurs, through network reach, strategic thinking, and execution collaboration. And, as they engage together in their venture endeavors, they hope to make the entrepreneurial ecosystem, where they build companies and labor in, a better, stronger, and more fun place for all.
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- E-Commerce, Health Care, Apps
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- South Korea, United States, Poland
Portfolio highlights
- Pillyze — mobile health care startup
- InHandPlus — We are working to solve the issue of medical nonadherence, where patients don't follow their prescribed medical regimes. This is a common and costly problem, and can even result in serious consequences. Our proprietary smartwatch is able to tell what medicine users take, and when they take it. Our AI-based management platform then collects thedata and provides personalized healthcare services and insights.
- Test Valley — Test Valley sells smartphones, tablets, cameras, computers, and household appliances.
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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- Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- South Korea, United States, Indonesia
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- Dremo — Dreamo is a leading game developer making great games for friends, family, and people around the world.
- Runbear — Runbear optimizes customer support with data-driven insights from past incidents and your product's knowledge base.
- Polestar Games — Polestar Games creates the MMORPG 'Project N' for PC and console platforms. Project N is an open-world game set in a medieval dark fantasy setting. Many believe that market aspirations for a AAA-level MMORPG that supports both PC and consoles are unrealistic.
Founded in 1990, KB Investment Co., Ltd. (KBIC) is one of Korea’s leading investment firms of venture capital and private equity funds with over USD 1.4 Billion of asset under management as of December 2013. KBIC is a subsidiary of KB Financial Group, Korea’s premier financial group with the largest domestic customer base as well as the widestnetwork of service branches in Korea.KBIC’s team is recognized for industry thought leadership, a broad network of powerful industry relationships, and a unique professional investment approach to investing. KBIC passionately support our portfolio companies with active guidance in all key aspects of team building, strategy, operations and governance
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- Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Series A, Series B, Seed
- South Korea, United States, Singapore
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- Hyku — Hyku Biosciences is developing the next generation of covalent medicines by targeting histidine, tyrosine and lysine binding pockets in disease-causing proteins.
- Wonderwall — Wonderwall is an online art learning platform.
- Passionate Powerhouse — Passionate Power as a full-fledged multi-content IP in the future by designing and producing games, cartoons, movies, franchise items, and so on in constant partnership with domestic and overseas partners.
Capstone Partners is a venture capital firm specializing in early-stage companies operating in the Information technology, wireless technology, architecture, pharmaceutical, internet, online game, software, solid state disk, and IP television sectors. It primarily invests in China and South Korea, with a focus in Seoul and Gyeonggi province. Thefirm prefers to exit its investments through a trade sale. Capstone Partners was founded in 2008 and is based in Seoul, South Korea.Capstone Partners is a venture capital firm that invests in entrepreneurs seeking success with fresh ideas. Capstone Partners values the funds of union investors better than our own, working for the interests of investors and following the objective of the investments.
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- Software, Mobile, Gaming
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- South Korea, United States, Finland
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- Eastend — Eastend is an e-commerce company engaged in the fashion business.
- Pillyze — mobile health care startup
- Luten Technologies — Luten Technologies is a provider of AI portal services.
Korea Credit Guarantee Fund operates as a public financial institution.
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- Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Manufacturing
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- South Korea, United States
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- Petpharma — Petpharma is an Operator of an e-commerce platform intended to provide veterinary medicines.
- Uniqconn — Uniqconn is a telecommunication company that offers wireless and mechanical interference services.
- Pribit Technology — Pribit Technology is a technology agency that provides cloud network security technology to related technology services.
Korea Investment Partners (KIP) is a leading venture capital & private equity firm that has over 30 years of experience in providing venture capital to bold and innovative entrepreneurs who want to change the world. Korea Investment Partners invests in leading pioneers like Kakao(KOSDAQ:035720), Naver(KRX:035420), YGEntertainment(KOSDAQ:122870), Bodyfriend, Osstem Implant(KOSDAQ:048260), Doubleu Games(KOSDAQ:192080) and Didi Chuxing. KIP manages over 20 venture and private equity funds with US$1.8 billion in total assets under management. The company operates globally from its Seoul headquarters office with other locations in Shanghai, Beijing, and Sunnyvale.
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- Biotechnology, Health Care, Information Technology
- Series B, Series A, Seed
- South Korea, United States, China
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- 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.
DSC Investments invests in early stage and growth companies in the field of corporate identify and focus, IT, software, biotechnology, machinery, and future high-growth areas such as environment and resources.
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- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Manufacturing
- Series A, Series B, Seed
- South Korea, United States, Israel
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- Bionsight — We are pioneering a new era of AI to facilitate the long journey from a laboratory to the patients in drug discovery
- Superblock — Superblock vision removes centralized web servers and puts blockchain run by the people in the system's core.
- Pribit Technology — Pribit Technology is a technology agency that provides cloud network security technology to related technology services.
Fast Ventures is a venture capital investment firm.
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- Health Care, Apps, E-Commerce
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- South Korea, United States
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- Bind — Bind is a start-up that operates the mobile and PC version of 'Athler'.
- Inertia — Developer of natural sanitary napkins designed to solve women's problems with empathy and technology.
- Epic Corporation — The Epic One platform services will be improved, and Epic Corporation will broaden its business sectors. First, the global bidding system in four significant Asian nations will be improved overall, coupled with an update to the AI function that determines the anticipated contract price, in order to maximize the transaction completion rate for thesale of luxury assets. Additionally, there is a plan to considerably broaden its brands and product categories, which currently include luxury watches, luggage, hypercars, and artwork.
Smilegate Investment, founded in 1999 originally as MVP Capital, is a venture capital and private equity firm that has been growing remarkably alongside our many invested companies. From our initial venture capital funding in 2000, we have since organized and managed more than 30 venture capital and private equity funds, and have invested in morethan 200 companies with promising growth potential.
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- Health Care, Software, Biotechnology
- Series A, Series B, Series C
- South Korea, United States, Vietnam
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- USIMSA — USIMSA is a mobile sim company that offers eSIM-based overseas roaming service.
- Panmnesia — True composable resource disaggregation, CXL hardware/software infrastructure from the beginning to the end.
- Velymonkeys — Blimonkids has created and run its own retail platform to aid the expansion of Korean cosmetics in India. In particular, it offers a one-stop service for the introduction of Korean beauty products into India, distribution, and sales, as well as marketing and sales, through its own mall, Maccaron.
Company K Partners Limited is a principal investment firm specializing in investments in culture content, electronic components, computer, machinery, broadcasting, arts, sports, and leisure industries. The firm primarily invests in South Korea with a focus in Seoul, Gyeongnam, and Gyeonggi. Company K Partners Limited was established in 2006 and isbased in Gyeonggi-do, South Korea.
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- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Series B, Series A, Funding Round
- South Korea, United States, Singapore
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- Velymonkeys — Blimonkids has created and run its own retail platform to aid the expansion of Korean cosmetics in India. In particular, it offers a one-stop service for the introduction of Korean beauty products into India, distribution, and sales, as well as marketing and sales, through its own mall, Maccaron.
- Databank — Databank is an AI-based EdTech Startup that provides online test preparation services with instant scoring through TestGlider.
- Gwanak Analog — Gwanak Analog is a supplier of high performance Power/Analog SoC and Sensor products
TheVentures provides their portfolio companies access to on staff world class experts in recruiting, PR, marketing, early stage customer acquisition, raising money, and strategy. They even provide engineering and design support, co-building products with the founding team, while assiting in hiring those difficult to recruit early engineers.
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- Software, Information Technology, Health Care
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- South Korea, Vietnam, United States
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- slowave — Slowwave discovered that the current sleep test is performed in a foreign hospital setting with numerous sensors attached to the head, making it impossible to test and identify sensitive insomnia patients effectively. As a result, a microprocessor and low-power measuring algorithm were integrated into an ultra-light patch, allowing patients withinsomnia to easily perform sleep EEG at home while eliminating factors that interfere with the examination and boosting measurement precision.
- Amo Travel — Amo Travel likewise swiftly established a market fit in Korea with minimal blog promotion.
- Apollon Inc. — Noninvasive Continuous Glucose Monitoring
kt investment is a new technology business finance company established in 2015. It is an investment company that represents KT Group .kt investment seeks to contribute to social contribution and maximize investment return through win-win cooperation with promising SMEs and venture companies .kt investment seeks to achieve long-term returns bylooking at the market from a global perspective and looking for value investment opportunities in the long term.
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- Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology
- Series A, Series B, Seed
- South Korea, United States, Singapore
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- VCAT.AI — VCAT.AI is a business-to-business (B2B) subscription software (SaaS) based on AI technology. Create mass marketing creatives as video and banner images just with an product URL or TEXT.
- 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.
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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- Software, E-Commerce, Internet
- Series A, Series B, Series C
- South Korea, United States, Indonesia
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- 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.
Stonebridge capital, Stonebridge ventures, Specializing in Venture Capital, Private Equity Fund Management
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- Software, Information Technology, Mobile
- Series A, Series B, Funding Round
- South Korea, United States, China
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- Gaonchips — Gaonchips is a chip enterprise that engages in system semiconductor development. They provide an optical solution to clients based on technology. It also provides all solutions necessary for developing and producing massive system semiconductors, ranging from RTL and platform design and verification, DFT insertion, layout, and packaging to testing.
- onepredict — We offer a digital brain solution that diagnoses and predicts the status of key industrial assets based on industrial AI and IoT technologies.
- OPENEDGES Technology — OPENEDGES Technology, Inc. is the world's only total memory subsystem and AI platform IP provider that delivers NoC interconnect, DDR memory controller, DDR PHY, and NPU IPs.
IBK Capital is the venture capital arm of the Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK).
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- Apps, Health Care, Mobile Apps
- Series A, Series B, Series C
- South Korea, India, United States
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- 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.
D3 is headquartered in Seoul and San Francisco, pioneering the domestic and global impact investment areas. D3 redefines the role of capital by investing in entrepreneurial innovation that improves the lives of low-income families, women, and immigrants, and creates an environmentally sustainable world.Invest in ICT start-ups with highsocio-environmental value in low-income countries such as Korea, USA and South America, Africa and India.
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- Information Technology, Software, Health Care
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- South Korea, United States, Kenya
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- Green Mineral — Green Mineral specializes in recycling metals in an environmentally friendly and cost-effective manner using microalgae. Green Mineral has developed technology to recycle lithium in an environmentally friendly manner by extracting lithium using a bio-mineralization technique rather than an existing organic solvent.
- RTBP ALLIANCE — RTBP ALLIANCE focuses on creating co-working spaces and modernize old places for local communities.
- Skycool Systems — At SkyCool Systems, our mission is to deliver sustainable, energy-efficient cooling solutions to customers interested in reducing energy costs and carbon footprint. We’ve pioneered radiative cooling as a technology, and shown that specially designed optical films can enable this passive approach to cooling throughout the day. These optical filmsare highly reflective to sunlight but also emit thermal radiation exceptionally well to the cold of space through our atmosphere, enabling daytime operation during the hottest hours of the day. Our core innovation is a rooftop cooling panel. We apply the radiative film to rooftop panels and integrate them with air conditioning and refrigeration systems. The panels can be used as an add-on to air conditioning and refrigeration systems and in some circumstances even replace an air condensing unit. Our technology is accelerating the transition to a cleaner and more sustainable future.
Coolidge Corner Investment (CCVC) provides Seed and Seed+ funding to the most innovative tech startup companies in Korea. They proudly provide their portfolio companies a customized support in professional incubating, growth hacking, strategy, network and more.
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- Mobile Apps, Software, Manufacturing
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- South Korea, United States
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- Kinava — Kinava developing organic waste into renewable energy based on our own advanced technology through many experiments and research.
- Geek Planner —
- Somsidang Company — Somsidang Company is an online learning platform that offers baking and pottery painting training services.
TBT Partners is an investment firm.
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- Information Technology, Mobile Apps, Software
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- South Korea
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- Difon — Difon is a developer of smart window solution technology, which is designed to regulate sunlight transmittance.Difon Co., Ltd. emerged as a spin-off from Hyundai Motor Group in 2021, with a vision to evolve into a leading provider of smart film solutions. The company is dedicated to enhancing consumers' living spaces by conducting researchand development while manufacturing smart films.To accelerate the adoption of smart film technology, Difon has established a robust supply chain through strategic alliances and investments in system integration with various relevant companies, including glass manufacturers, automobile OEMs, and construction firms.With a strong commitment to sustainability and social responsibility, Difon aims to foster a better environment and future through its endeavors. The company strives to maximize its impact by continually innovating and creating products that benefit both consumers and society as a whole.
- STAYFOLIO — * Founded in 2015, STAYFOLIO is a Fine-Stay platform that curates accommodations with unique values and personality with the motto of “Curate the space where staying itself is travel” * Beyond just introducing accommodation, we provide exclusive accommodation solutions by building a full value chain for Fine Stays, from the process of creatingaccommodation spaces to branding, promotion, operation and service.
- PeopleFund — Founded in 2015, PeopleFund is Korea's leading data-driven digital lender focused on consumer finance. Our mission is to give financial freedom to all consumers through more affordable loans and better investment opportunities. Leveraging its proprietary, data-driven credit model and eliminating inefficiencies with technology, PeopleFunddelivers better loan rates for borrowers while maintaining an industry low loss rate to benefit retail and institutional investors. PeopleFund is the first digital lender in Korea to surpass $1B in loan originations and has provided an innovative way to invest to nearly 400,000 retail investors. It is notably the first fintech platform to offer loan and investment products directly on KakaoTalk, Korea's equivalent of WhatsApp. To date, PeopleFund has completed its Series C round of funding with a total of $63.4M of equity capital raised. For more information, visit www.peoplefund.co.kr.
MOCA Ventures is an independent specialized firm that develops, designs, engineers and procures high quality Italian kitchen and bathroom .
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- News, EdTech, Internet
- Seed, Series A
- South Korea
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- Ringle — Ringle is a premium 1:1 online English learning platform that connects top tutors with global employees looking to perfect their English
- beSUCCESS — Korea's Leading Tech and Startup Media Platform
Investing in listed companies and venture firms
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- E-Commerce, Software, Artificial Intelligence
- Series B, Series A, Series C
- South Korea, Sweden
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- ArtNGuide — ArtNGuide conducts online auctions and art fairs.
- Fassker — Fassker is a fashion magazine and community for the digital native generation.
- Doosan Mobility Innovation — Doosan offers drone solutions based on Fuel Cell powerpacks, which enable longer flights than existing battery-powered drones.
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- Financial Services, Internet, Biotechnology
- Series B, Series A, Seed
- South Korea, Vietnam
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- Quriously — Quriously is an integrated platform for video lectures in Korea.
- Slid — Slid is a tool that helps online learners capture, record, and take notes while watching online lectures.
- Onconic Therapeutics — Onconic Therapeutics specialises in the research and development of cancer treatments.
One Asset Management is a Total Portfolio Investment Platform, offering unique products across 5 different asset classes (Global Equity, Local Equity, Fixed Income, Global Futures Strategies, Alternative Investment) to our customers.
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- EdTech, Tutoring, Education
- Series A
- South Korea
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- Ringle — Ringle is a premium 1:1 online English learning platform that connects top tutors with global employees looking to perfect their English
HB Investment Inc. was founded on November 11, 1999 starting with paid-in Capital of KRW 10 billion.Since its foundation, HB Investment Inc. has been investing small and medium businesses that have the potential for steady growth and profitability and helping the invested companies to grow well by giving various consulting services. As a result,HB Investment Inc.constructed comprehensive portfolio out of various industrial areas, such as game, entertainment, as well as representative high-tech industries related to semiconductor, Internet, LCD, and a smart phone, bio, health care. In addition, HB Investment Inc. has experiences in implementing business Success-fully by organizing several partnership funds for recent years.
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- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Financial Services
- Series B, Series A, Pre-Seed
- South Korea, India, Vietnam
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- Yipscell — Yipscell is a biotech company that develops IPSC stem cell therapy to diagnose and treat incurable diseases.
- Driving Teacher — You may search and compare the pricing of all driving schools countrywide in Driving Teacher, and you can help students make real-time training reservations with just a few clicks without connecting to a counselor. Furthermore, it provides an online reservation management platform to driving schools in order to automate the driving school system,as well as sales growth through customized marketing.
- ProxiHealthcare USA — ProxiHealthcare USA is a biotechnology research focused personal and environmental healthcare organization.
Hana Ventures is a corporate venture capital of Hana Financial Group.
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- Software, Retail, Health Care
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- South Korea, Japan, Malaysia
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- Delivus — Delivus offers small package delivery in major U.S. cities in the shortest amount of time, with real-time delivery tracking, at the same cost as the current courier To facilitate this, we provide Delivery as a Service.
- S-Alpha Therapeutics — Digital approach for unmet medical needs. We embody technology that understands and cares for humans.
- Stellar Vision — StellaVision can interpret synthetic aperture radar (SAR) sensors, an unparalleled radar technique for interpreting satellite data. Information is critical for making investment or policy decisions. Historically, we relied on news sources and government figures to make decisions. However, relying entirely on previously published knowledge may causeyou to be late to the game, and making decisions based on rumors or gossip may result in big losses. Satellite imaging provides a solution to this information mismatch. Satellite imaging is becoming a key decision-making tool in a variety of businesses due to its ability to give fast and accurate information.
JB Ventures is a venture capital investment firm and startup accelerator that aims to support startups in the Chungcheongnam-do region.
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- Apps, Mobile Apps, Pet
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- South Korea, Hong Kong
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- Rubit — Rubit is an online mobile application with the provisions for individuals to take care of their pets.
- Cre Planet — Cre Planet creates technologies for analyzing advertising performance and provides staffing services.
- Wise Convey — Wise Convey is innovating smart logistics, starting with task automation.
LB Investment is one of the top VCs in Korea. LB invests in diverse industries ranging from Technology and Contents to Bio and healthcare
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- Software, Mobile, Health Care
- Series B, Series A, Series C
- South Korea, China, United States
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- NRISE — NRISE is develops MOCI and WIPPY services. NRISE research and develops social media services to bring people the joy of communication.
- B GARAGE — B GARAGE is an autonomous drone and service company for warehouse inventory management. B GARAGE is an homage to Willow Garage, a widely respected robotics research company that developed an open-source robotics software platform.
- Imagoworks Inc — Imagoworks Inc. offers a Web-based Dental CAD solution using AI, streamlining the digital workflow for dental professionals. Together with world-class technology, we are setting new standards for digital dentistry in the global market. Our mission is to <Making the future of digital medicine for everyone>.While we have accumulatedtechnological expertise in the medical field for over 10 years, specializing in AI-based automation, 3D geometric modeling and mesh processing, and software as a service (SaaS), we now turn our focus to commercializing our innovative technologies and transforming the field of digital dentistry. By cooperating with and licensing to leading global dental companies, we are seeing great success as we find ourselves in the industry spotlight.Imagoworks currently offers Dentbird Crown which automatically generates optimal crown designs with a single click and without any software installation required. As we continue to expand our services, Imagoworks aims to be recognized as a chairside design solution for dentists worldwide.
AI Angel Club is an angel investment club that specializes in seed investment in the medical and bio healthcare field.
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- Health Care, E-Commerce, Automotive
- Seed, Series A, Angel
- South Korea
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- Wig Hill — Wig Hill is a seller of pet products.
- ONES Global — ONES Global provides global healthcare solutions and databases for the healthcare market.
- MyBrain — MyBrain's brain-only MRI can lower equipment costs through component miniaturization, lower maintenance costs and enhance maintenance through the use of conduction cooling technology, and improve diagnosis ease and accuracy through the development of AI diagnosis software. It is unique in that it can be improved.
Big Basin Capital is a venture capital firm based in Silicon Valley, investing in early-stage startups in Korea and the United States.
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- Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- South Korea, United States, Singapore
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- 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.
- Brandi — Brandi sells clothes, cosmetics, and home interior products.
- Village Baby — Village Baby is an online marketplace that provides childbirth and parenting products and information.
Primer Sazze Partners - We like to find founders who are making the impossible happen through sheer force of will and a refusal to accept hard truths.
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- Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- South Korea, United States, Japan
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- Paywork — PayWal is a payment platform that provides dedicated project teaming, task execution checks, and contract management services.
- Solvook — Solvook is a copyright licensing platform for educational materials intended to provide copyright clearance services.
- Paraform — Get paid to recruit for the most exciting startups on your own terms. Recruiting has never been so accessible.
Base Investments operates as an investment firm.
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- E-Commerce, Information Technology, Software
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- South Korea, United States, United Kingdom
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- Delivus — Delivus offers small package delivery in major U.S. cities in the shortest amount of time, with real-time delivery tracking, at the same cost as the current courier To facilitate this, we provide Delivery as a Service.
- RichAlien — Rich Alien was founded with the intention of creating immersive mobile games ranging from worldwide casual social games to mid-core games based on well-known foreign animations and webtoon IPs.
- Epic Corporation — The Epic One platform services will be improved, and Epic Corporation will broaden its business sectors. First, the global bidding system in four significant Asian nations will be improved overall, coupled with an update to the AI function that determines the anticipated contract price, in order to maximize the transaction completion rate for thesale of luxury assets. Additionally, there is a plan to considerably broaden its brands and product categories, which currently include luxury watches, luggage, hypercars, and artwork.
Korea-based investment firm, Investment arm of Pearl Abyss
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- Software, Information Technology, EdTech
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- South Korea, United States, Indonesia
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- BIGC — BIGC is a technology company that offers digital marketing, content creation, and advertising services.
- Intella X — The Next Generation of Web3 Gaming Platform
- Plugo — Indonesia's e-commerce platform for all businesses. Start, manage, and grow your business. Build your own online store website.
POSCO Capital offers financial services.
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- Software, Online Portals, Information Technology
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- South Korea, United States
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- Autoel — Autoel is a lidar sensing technology for self-driving cars.
- H2 — H2 is a Korea-based advanced energy storage company specialized in vanadium redox flow battery which is an optimal solution especially for large-scale and long-duration energy storage. H2 has developed cutting-edge EnerFLOW series energy storage using its own vanadium redox flow batteries, which is commercially available at the moment. H2 isexpected to grow fast and big due to H2's unique design and manufacturing capabilities, and a promising market of large-scale energy storage.
- 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.
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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- Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
- Funding Round, Series A, Corporate Round
- South Korea, United States, China
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- 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
Lotte Ventures is a venture capital firm that is based in South Korea.
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- Information Technology, Software, Manufacturing
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- South Korea, United States, China
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- Returnit — RETURNIT is a service that replaces single-use containers with reusable containers used for food delivery.
- Sugarblade — Sugarblade is a non-destructive test-based used golf goods certification and trading platform.
- City Storage — City Storage is a side dish platform that produces and sells salads, soups, and pickles.
Murex Partners is a VC firm specializing in thesis-driven investing.
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- Software, Health Care, Virtual Reality
- Series B, Series A, Seed
- South Korea, United States
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- USIMSA — USIMSA is a mobile sim company that offers eSIM-based overseas roaming service.
- JNPMEDI — JNPMEDI has been putting effort on bringing disruption on healthcare industry via integrating digital technologies to clinical research & trial operations.
- Wishket — Wishket (위시켓) is a Korean outsourcing platform for companies and freelancers to post projects, outsource work, or search for jobs online. Through its website, Wishket enables companies to find suitable freelancers for development work in a secure and cost effective manner. Companies can sign up and simply post projects and wait for responsesfrom freelancers. Wishket also enables freelancers to find new projects and opportunities.
Creating Innovative Values for Ventures. Knowledgeable & Experienced Professionals. Leading Venture Capital Investor in Korea
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- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
- Series B, Series A, Series C
- South Korea, United States, India
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- Dot Inc — Dot Inc. has developed a state-of-the-art, innovative, braille cell that is 95% smaller and 90% cheaper than the standard piezo-electric cells. The Dot Cell has brought revolutionary changes to the world through advancements in electromagnetic actuator technology. The Dot Watch is the first fully-Braille smartwatch in the world. We believeeveryone has the right to move freely and connect with the world, regardless of circumstances. Dot Inc., through its mission, will reduce the information gap through tactile literacy all around the world.
- Jente — Jente provides a B2B service that connects boutiques with domestic companies. The company's online platform offers distinct products that become trendsetters as a result of rapidly discovering and sourcing new brands, allowing clients to quickly bring new products from boutiques.
- Phantom AI — Phantom AI is democratizing the use of advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) to reduce accidents, save lives and make driving more enjoyable, while delivering tomorrow’s self-driving technology. The company provides a comprehensive autonomous driving platform featuring computer vision, sensor fusion and control capabilities.Phantom AI hascreated the most accurate and highest-performing AI solutions available today that meet car manufacturer requirements, at a much lower price than existing solutions. Delivered through a modular, software-based vehicle stack, OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers can select the components they wish to integrate and customize the configuration for unparalleled flexibility.
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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- Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence, Therapeutics
- Series A, Series B, Series C
- South Korea, United States, United Kingdom
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- VCAT.AI — VCAT.AI is a business-to-business (B2B) subscription software (SaaS) based on AI technology. Create mass marketing creatives as video and banner images just with an product URL or TEXT.
- 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.
Mark & Company is an open innovation platform that provides app traffic, legal, and accounting consulting services.
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- Apps, Artificial Intelligence, Education
- Seed
- South Korea
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- CTEE — CTEE is an online solution that empowers content creators to monetize their passion.
- Nine Dog — Ninedog is a platform that makes it easy to subscribe to high-involvement services even in open market commerce or social media channels.
- ONOMA AI — ONOMA AI develops artificial intelligence technologies for multimodal, NLP, and CV services.
Yoonmin Foundation
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- Apps, EdTech, Rental
- Seed
- South Korea
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- CTEE — CTEE is an online solution that empowers content creators to monetize their passion.
- Refeely — Refeely provides sustainable carton packaging solutions for beverages.
- TRUCK LINX — TRUCK LINX is a software to check and pay transportation cost online.
Daekyo Seeks to apply business philosophies such as value-, customer-, and outcome-oriented management as well as the reinforcement of change management. Based on the principles, the company tries to ensure the continued growth of its flagship operations with stable growth basis and to launch new projects with higher growth potential. The companyalso plans to realize remarkable advancement by discovering and implementing new business models that reflect the changes in the educational environment and propose high value-added.
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- Education, Software, Apps
- Series A, Funding Round, Convertible Note
- South Korea
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- 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.
- PeLeMed — PeLeMed is a drug development company working on the discovery of anti-cancer drugs. The company's innovative therapeutic candidates through type 1 kinase inhibitor development platform.
- WizSchool — We employ real-time user code analysis algorithm based on compiler technology to diagnose learners’ levels and status of the software education. And our AI tutor for coding education using deep learning technology offers learner-centered customized learning contents to the users. Aiming for the global market, we are developing and growing ourbusiness to solve the shortage problem of software education instructors and also provide the market with the best quality software education service.
Daekyo Investment is a venture capital firm specialized in development of venture industry.
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- Finance, Software, Mobile Apps
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- South Korea, Hong Kong
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- Panmnesia — True composable resource disaggregation, CXL hardware/software infrastructure from the beginning to the end.
- Switchwon — Switchwon provides currency exchange services.
- Green Mineral — Green Mineral specializes in recycling metals in an environmentally friendly and cost-effective manner using microalgae. Green Mineral has developed technology to recycle lithium in an environmentally friendly manner by extracting lithium using a bio-mineralization technique rather than an existing organic solvent.
S Cubic Angels is an investment firm that helps to discover startups and prospective entrepreneurship teams.
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- Information Technology, Apps, Education
- Seed, Angel
- South Korea
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- Inabooth — Inabooth is a character licensing platform that connects character IP owners and character IP users.
- Revation — Revation is an eco-friendly product development company that focuses on environmental issues through design and technology.
- Junction Med — Junction Med develops and operates CareBom, a child-based senior healthcare communication service.
SoftBank Ventures Asia is the corporate venture capital arm of SoftBank Group. The firm prefers to invest in the information technology, smart robotics industry artificial intelligence, internet of things and information, communication, and technology sectors. It is based in Seoul, Korea, and was founded in 2000.
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- Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology
- Series B, Series A, Series C
- South Korea, United States, China
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- Artue — Explore a diverse collection of artwork by new and emerging artists on Artue.io. Buy and sell original paintings, sculptures, photography, and more.
- B GARAGE — B GARAGE is an autonomous drone and service company for warehouse inventory management. B GARAGE is an homage to Willow Garage, a widely respected robotics research company that developed an open-source robotics software platform.
- ZUZU Hospitality — ZUZU Hospitality is chain for independent hotels, delivering revenue growth through distribution and revenue management.As such, we are the indisputable primary partner to hoteliers in driving revenue. Acting as their hotel operating system, we power their back office revenue generation business operations, allowing them to focus on being greathoteliers.
SparkLabs Global Ventures is a venture capital firm that offers seed-stage investment services to firms in the SaaS, healthcare, education, IoT, fintech, mobile, commerce, HR, gaming, security, and VR industries. It was founded in Dec 2013 and is based in California.Exceptional entrepreneurs, that are building strong, category defining companiesat highly advantageous valuations – can be found anywhere. The company has a team that is highly experienced in finding such talent and helping our entrepreneurs to develop, grow, network, and scale into other markets throughout the world.
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- Software, Internet, Hardware
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Singapore, South Korea
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- Splab — Splab creates and operates a calendar-based scheduling automation tool. Splab is located in Seoul, South Korea.
- Nitra — Nitra offers expense management software that integrates with the banks to provide innovative loan products.
- Tella — Service
Stone Bridge Ventures
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- Gaming
- Seed
- South Korea
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- Nex Eye — Nex Eye is a start-up that develops first-in-class antibodies targeting refractory factors of immuno-oncology drugs.
- RichAlien — Rich Alien was founded with the intention of creating immersive mobile games ranging from worldwide casual social games to mid-core games based on well-known foreign animations and webtoon IPs.
- MangoBoost — Data Processing Unit (DPU) is a next-generation server accelerator designed to orchestrate various intra-server devices (e.g., CPU, GPU, SSD, NPU, NIC). By maximizing the datacenter’s overall performance and cost efficiency, DPU is now considered as the most important HW/SW solution to realize the next-generation extreme-scale AI serverinfrastructure. However, despite its critical necessity from the datacenter and AI infrastructure, there is no market-leading DPU solution which can meet the customer’s actual demand due to its HW/SW complexity and the application/model heterogeneity. MangoBoost is currently the world’s most highly recognized DPU startup located in US and Korea. We provide the world’s most advanced and flexible DPU HW/SW solutions in order to fully satisfy the needs of various customers. Our DPU HW is fully composable by integrating its rich set of DPU features to construct our customer-optimal DPUs. At the same time, our DPU SW enables to seamlessly deploy the solution to any customer environment. As a result, our DPU solutions are considered very promising to realize the next-generation AI/datacenter infrastructure, and thus they are currently evaluated at various global-leading companies. MangoBoost was founded in early 2022 to commercialize 7 year of top-tier DPU research outcomes achieved at Seoul National University (e.g., many full-system DPU prototypes, many ISCA/MICRO/ASPLOS/OSDI/ATC papers). The current team consists of 45+ system engineers including ~20 top-tier PhDs from Carnegie Mellon University, Seoul National University, POSTECH, U Toronto, and ~20 industry experts from Intel, Microsoft, Samsung, and Naver.
Investment Firm
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- E-Commerce, Internet, Financial Services
- Series B, Series A, Seed
- South Korea
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- 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.
- ASWEMAKE — ASWEMAKE is a shopping app that delivers groceries.
- 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.
The primary responsibilities of the group are to source, qualify, and invest in technology related companies. Our major investment areas include semiconductors, materials, mobile service, internet, software, security, enterprise solutions, bio engineering & medical, while potential investment subjects range from early-stage startups to pre-IPOcompanies. Currently, the group has over $1.8B under management and invests $250M annually.Samsung Ventures was founded on October 8, 1999, and is based in Seoul, South Korea.
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- Software, Hardware, Science/Engineering
- Funding Round, Series A, Series B
- United States, South Korea, Israel
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- Lumotive — Lumotive is a Seattle-based startup company developing high performance, solid-state lidar for autonomous systems in the automotive, UAV, robotics and related industries. The company's revolutionary beam-steering technology leverages Liquid Crystal Metasurfaces (or LCMs) implemented in mature semiconductor manufacturing processes to deliversmall, inexpensive 3D perception systems with unprecedented performance and reliability. For more information, visit us at www.lumotive.com.
- Natural Cycles — Discover the first FDA Cleared birth control app with zero side effects, plus no prescription needed. Go hormone-free with Natural Cycles birth control today.
- Sesame Labs — Find, attract, and retain users. Unified data. Built-in messaging. Native campaign management. Sesame Labs is your marketing solution, designed for Web3.
The Korea Development Bank (KDB) provides long-term financing for projects designed to assist Koreaâ€:tm:s economic growth and development. It offers equipment capital loans and working capital loans to Korean private enterprises that undertake major industrial projects. The bank also extends guarantees to its clients to facilitate their otherborrowings and to finance major industrial projects. KDB guarantees Won-denominated corporate debentures, local currency loans, and other Won liabilities and foreign currency loans from domestic and overseas Korean financial institutions and from foreign institutions. The bankâ€:tm:s other activities include engagement in a range of industrial development activities, including conducting economic and industrial research; performing engineering surveys; providing business analyses and managerial assistance; and offering trust services. As of June 30, 2007, KDB had 40 local branches, 6 overseas branches, and 2 overseas offices. The bank was founded in 1954 and is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.
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- Software, Science/Engineering, Data and Analytics
- Series A, Series B, Funding Round
- South Korea, China, India
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- Epikar — Innovative Digital Transformation.
- 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
Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK) is committed to honoring its charter of financing small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). The Bank has extended the scope of its expertise to provide a comprehensive range of financial services to individual customers in a quest to emerge as a leading financial services group. In pursuit of that goal, IBK is makingevery effort to enhance its competitiveness, achieve balanced growth and strengthen its global presence.The Bank employs around 10,000 staff and operates a distribution network of 612 branches including 12 overseas branches. Providing complementary services, the Bank also operates several subsidiaries: IBK Capital Corporation, IBK-SG Asset Management, IBK System Co., Ltd., and IBK Credit Information Corporation. In 2008, IBK Investment & Securities was launched, focused on meeting the needs of SME customers for services such as IPOs and M&As. Moreover, strategic alliance with Korea Investment Holdings enhances product competitiveness and affiliation with the National Post Office promoting easy customer access to IBK banking services.
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- Science/Engineering, Software, Data and Analytics
- Series A, Series B, Series E
- South Korea, China, United States
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- Munto — Munto is a community platform that enables individuals to connect better online and offline depending on their interests.
- Mycel — IMAGINATION TRANSITION REGENERATION
- RafiQ Cosmetics — RafiQ Cosmetics uses cosmetic raw material technology that eliminates the need to use extracts or wash off plant plant.
Bokwang Investment is a Korean investment management firm that supports funds and management for small- and medium-sized companies.
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- Mobile, Music, FinTech
- Series A, Series B, Seed
- South Korea, United States
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- NRISE — NRISE is develops MOCI and WIPPY services. NRISE research and develops social media services to bring people the joy of communication.
- Goodoc — Goodoc (굿닥) is a Korean smartphone application that helps users with a variety of medical services. The app allows users to access reliable information on doctors, hospitals, and other medical services. It also provides users with information on doctors' fees, hospital fees, contact numbers, and more.
- Sangwha — Sangwha is an immersive content production company.
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