Top 50 Education VC Funds & Investors in South Korea (May 2026)

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• Pillyze — mobile health care startup
• InHandPlus — We are working to solve the issue of medical nonadherence, where patients don't follow their prescribed medical regimes. This is a common and costly problem, and can even result in serious consequences. Our proprietary smartwatch is able to tell what medicine users take, and when they take it. Our AI-based management platform then collects thedata and provides personalized healthcare services and insights.
• Test Valley — Test Valley sells smartphones, tablets, cameras, computers, and household appliances.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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• 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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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• Poin Campus — Poin Campus is an online platform that lets people sell knowledge content and create their own websites.

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• Adler — Adler creates a social media application to create personal space. The company was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.
• Dev Unlimit — AI platforms for personal improvement Lacking the motivation to go to gym and slay the day? These 3 platforms are made to improve efficiency and productivity for health, fitness and task management. Smart strategies for self-improvement made easier with AI.
• Medi Plus Solution — MediPlus Solution is a digital healthcare service provider and is providing a rehabilitation service, called Second Doctor, which is designed to help patients with stomach cancer, colorectal cancer, breast cancer, or prostate cancer make a quick recovery and improve their quality of life. Second Doctor is composed of exercise programs, nutritioncontrol, medication management, and healthcare educational materials and provides personalized and time-specific guides to the patients.

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• Kidsning — Kidsning is a mobile shopping app that provides kids clothing and toy shopping services.
• Il Conus — Il Conus is a sensor bases IoT company that offers smart sterilization system toilets and smart tunnel lighting control systems.
• CoinTravIT — CoinTravIT provides international currency exchange services with mobile support.

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• Munto — Munto is a community platform that enables individuals to connect better online and offline depending on their interests.
• N.Light — N.Light is a Metaverse 3D design software that allows individuals to effortlessly turn their ideas into reality.
• d'strict — World-Class Digital Media Design Company

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• RIDI — RIDI Corporation is South Korea’s one of the largest digital content publication & distribution companies, mainly known for vitalizing the Korean e-book industry as well as empowering the web novel, webcomic, animation, articles, and news media. RIDI believes that rich imagination and deep insight serve as nutrients to make the human mindfertile and delivers them through its digital contents.
• Deargen — DEARGEN advances the treatment of rare and intractable diseases through the integration of AI and collective intelligence.
• StradVision — Vision AI for all

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• Doodlin — Doodlin creates and operates Greeting and also manages Application registration, resume verification, applicant management, interview schedule adjustments, and recruitment evaluations
• POSTYPE — POSTYPE is a content open market where anyone can sell and buy digital content.
• Travel Wallet — Travel Wallet is a foreign currency payment service that uses the Travel Wallet application. The travel Pay card is free of charge for overseas payments. The payments are overseas direct purchases and overseas payments without commission. The license for small overseas remittance businesses and electronic financial businesses by meeting variouscomputer facilities and all requirements. The platform agreement with banks.

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• Kokoji — Kokoji is a kids' audio tech platform. Kokoji redesigns childrens content consumption journeys based on audio content. Kokoji provides services for children, such as language, brain, and emotional development, through auditory stimulation.
• ArtNGuide — ArtNGuide conducts online auctions and art fairs.
• Good Choice Company — Good Choice Company is a hotel and travel booking platform that connects hotel guests and accommodations. It aims to solve the accommodation journey's inconvenience and build a reliable accommodation environment.

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• Kitronyx — Tactile Pressure Distribution System
• Aminolab — Aminolab specializes in the development of blood resource recycling technology, aimed at addressing concerns associated with the environmental impact of waste blood treatment. Aminolab identifies the environmental burden of waste blood processing worldwide and prepares for improvement.Since 2013, the company has developed amino acid extractiontechnology through hydrolysis of slaughter blood using natural enzymes, and completed the construction of a factory for mass production in April 2022.
• infoplus — InfoPlus provides financial software solutions and services that are developed in accordance with the most recent technological trends.