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Top 50 Payments Startup Investors in South Korea (May 2026)

The most active venture capital funds and angel investors investing in South Korea Payments startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in South Korea Payments startup companies. Find investors to raise a Seed, Series A or Series B round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
Strong Ventures
VC Fund
9 South Korea, United States, Poland Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed E-Commerce, Health Care, Apps $200k–$8M
Hashed
VC Fund
6 United States, South Korea, Singapore Seed, Series A Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services $1M–$60M
Capstone Partners
VC Fund
5 South Korea, United States, Finland Series A, Seed, Series B Software, Mobile, Gaming $229k–$7.6M
Bokwang Investment
VC Fund
5 South Korea, United States Series A, Series B, Seed Mobile, Music, FinTech
KB Investment
VC Fund
3 South Korea, United States, Singapore Series A, Series B, Seed Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $809k–$34M
DSC Investment
VC Fund
3 South Korea, United States, Israel Series A, Series B, Seed Software, Artificial Intelligence, Manufacturing $382k–$53M
Softbank Ventures Asia
VC Fund
3 South Korea, United States, China Series B, Series A, Series C Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology $1.9M–$100M
Digital Currency Group
VC Fund
3 United States, United Kingdom, Singapore Seed, Series A Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech $500k–$20M
InfoBank
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States Seed, Series A, Series B Artificial Intelligence, Apps, Software $153k–$18M
Daekyo Investment
VC Fund
2 South Korea, Hong Kong Series A, Seed, Series B Finance, Software, Mobile Apps $764k–$11M
Pietro Dova
Angel
2 United States, South Korea Series A, Seed Events, Ticketing, Consumer Electronics
Stone Bridge Ventures
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States Series A, Seed, Series B Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $2.3M–$24M
SK Networks
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States, The Netherlands Series A, Series B, Series C Software, Blockchain, Agriculture $2.3M–$60M
Kiwoom Investment
VC Fund
2 South Korea, Japan, Germany Series B, Series A, Series C Software, Biotechnology, Apps $1.1M–$34M
Pathfinder H
VC Fund
2 South Korea Series A, Series B, Seed E-Commerce, Software, Food and Beverage $764k–$21M
TS Investment
VC Fund
2 South Korea, India Series B, Series A, Seed Biotechnology, Health Care, Apps $2.3M–$27M
SJ Investment Partners
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States Seed, Series A, Series B Manufacturing, Information Technology, Automotive $1M–$24M
Stonebridge Capital
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States, China Series A, Series B Software, Information Technology, Mobile $764k–$15M
DWF Labs
VC Fund
2 Singapore, United Kingdom, United States Pre-Seed, Seed Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Information Technology $1M–$3.5M
HOF Capital
VC Fund
2 United States, Singapore, India Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, FinTech, Financial Services $385k–$30M
Pantera Capital
VC Fund
2 United States, United Kingdom, Singapore Seed, Series A Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services $1.5M–$50M
Premier Partners
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States, United Kingdom Series A, Series B, Series C Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence, Therapeutics $3.2M–$46M
Draper Associates
VC Fund
2 United States, United Kingdom, Canada Seed, Series A, Series B Software, FinTech, Information Technology $800k–$30M
Altos Ventures
VC Fund
2 South Korea, United States, Indonesia Series A, Series B, Series C Software, E-Commerce, Internet $2M–$50M
Samsung NEXT
VC Fund
2 United States, Israel, Canada Series A, Seed, Series B Software, Blockchain, Information Technology $750k–$93M
Cadenza Ventures
VC Fund
1 United States, Singapore, Nigeria Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, FinTech $1M–$16M
Richard Seongho Choi
Angel
1 South Korea Seed Trading Platform, Virtual Currency
Struck Crypto
VC Fund
1 United States, China, Singapore Seed, Series A Blockchain, FinTech, Financial Services $1M–$28M
Solid Ventures
VC Fund
1 The Netherlands, Colombia, United States Series A, Seed Software, SaaS, Casual Games $250k–$8M
Karen Ventures
VC Fund
1
BCI
VC Fund
1 United States, United Kingdom, Canada Private Equity, Seed, Corporate Round Transportation, Logistics, Manufacturing $300M–$630M
Woori Bank
VC Fund
1 South Korea, China, Hong Kong Series B, Series A, Seed Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology $153k–$13M
Kona Venture Partners
VC Fund
1 United States Seed
Superscrypt
VC Fund
1 United States, United Kingdom Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Blockchain, Apps, Software
Jiranjigyo Security
VC Fund
1 South Korea Series A Finance, Cryptocurrency
LG Uplus
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States Series A, Series B, Corporate Round Software, Information Technology, Apps $1.5M–$69M
LINK ASSET MANAGEMENT
VC Fund
1 United States, South Korea Series A, Series D FinTech, Aerospace, Marketplace
Atinum Investment
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States, Japan Series B, Series A, Series C Software, Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce $3M–$47M
Hana Ventures
VC Fund
1 South Korea, Japan, Malaysia Seed, Series A Software, Retail, Health Care $306k–$11M
Samsung Venture Investment
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States, India Series B, Series A Software, Information Technology, Hardware $2.3M–$28M
SK Planet
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States Seed, Angel, Series B Mobile, Mobile Apps, Software $35k–$750k
Neowiz
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States, Hong Kong Seed, Series B Gaming, Software, Blockchain $100k–$32M
Mirana Ventures
VC Fund
1 United States, Singapore, China Seed, Series A Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, Gaming $1.3M–$35M
Alameda Ventures
VC Fund
1 United States, Israel, Singapore Seed, Series A Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, FinTech
100x Ventures
VC Fund
1 India, Hong Kong, Singapore Series A, Seed Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, FinTech
DigiFinex
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States Seed, Pre-Seed Cryptocurrency, Credit, Banking
S Cubic Angels
VC Fund
1 South Korea Seed, Angel Information Technology, Apps, Education $31k–$92k
Finngram
VC Fund
1 South Korea Seed Blockchain, Cryptocurrency
Songyee Yoon
Angel
1 United States, South Korea Seed, Series B Software, Information Technology, Video
Yoonmin Foundation
VC Fund
1 South Korea Seed Apps, EdTech, Rental $497k–$5M
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Strong Ventures
VC Fund · Los Angeles, California, United States · 9 investments in South Korea Payments startups, 20 in the past 12 months

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Health Care, Apps
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, Poland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 207
  • Round size: Seed $229k–$2M; Pre-Seed $200k–$1M; Series A $1.1M–$8M
  • Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $3.3M in 2019

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.
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Hashed
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 6 investments in South Korea Payments startups, 17 in the past 12 months

Hashed is a global, early stage venture fund focused on backing founders who are pioneering the future of blockchain and cryptocurrency. Hashed is based in Seoul and San Francisco.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, South Korea, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 197
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$10M; Series A $5.3M–$60M
  • Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • Delabs Games — At Delabs Games, we want to create fun games that last a thousand years.
  • SupraOracles — We're supercharging oracles to provide blockchains better, faster, accurate, and more secure off-chain data.
  • Story Protocol — Story Protocol is building open IP infrastructure to grow the creativity of the internet era.
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Capstone Partners
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 5 investments in South Korea Payments startups, 18 in the past 12 months

Capstone Partners is a venture capital firm specializing in early-stage companies operating in the Information technology, wireless technology, architecture, pharmaceutical, internet, online game, software, solid state disk, and IP television sectors. It primarily invests in China and South Korea, with a focus in Seoul and Gyeonggi province. Thefirm prefers to exit its investments through a trade sale. Capstone Partners was founded in 2008 and is based in Seoul, South Korea.Capstone Partners is a venture capital firm that invests in entrepreneurs seeking success with fresh ideas. Capstone Partners values the funds of union investors better than our own, working for the interests of investors and following the objective of the investments.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Eastend — Eastend is an e-commerce company engaged in the fashion business.
  • Pillyze — mobile health care startup
  • Luten Technologies — Luten Technologies is a provider of AI portal services.
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Bokwang Investment
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 5 investments in South Korea Payments startups

Bokwang Investment is a Korean investment management firm that supports funds and management for small- and medium-sized companies.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Mobile, Music, FinTech
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: South Korea, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 21
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • 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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KB Investment
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 3 investments in South Korea Payments startups, 36 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

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 195
  • Round size: Seed $809k–$5M; Series A $2M–$10M; Series B $5.7M–$34M
  • Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow

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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DSC Investment
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 3 investments in South Korea Payments startups, 13 in the past 12 months

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Manufacturing
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 137
  • Round size: Seed $382k–$8.3M; Series A $1.5M–$11M; Series B $4.6M–$53M
  • Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • 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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Softbank Ventures Asia
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 3 investments in South Korea Payments startups, 6 in the past 12 months

SoftBank Ventures Asia is the corporate venture capital arm of SoftBank Group. The firm prefers to invest in the information technology, smart robotics industry artificial intelligence, internet of things and information, communication, and technology sectors. It is based in Seoul, Korea, and was founded in 2000.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 179
  • Round size: Series A $1.9M–$24M; Series B $5.2M–$52M; Series C $9.2M–$100M
  • Lead/follow: 44% lead, 56% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • Artue — Explore a diverse collection of artwork by new and emerging artists on Artue.io. Buy and sell original paintings, sculptures, photography, and more.
  • B GARAGE — B GARAGE is an autonomous drone and service company for warehouse inventory management. B GARAGE is an homage to Willow Garage, a widely respected robotics research company that developed an open-source robotics software platform.
  • ZUZU Hospitality — ZUZU Hospitality is chain for independent hotels, delivering revenue growth through distribution and revenue management.As such, we are the indisputable primary partner to hoteliers in driving revenue. Acting as their hotel operating system, we power their back office revenue generation business operations, allowing them to focus on being greathoteliers.
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Digital Currency Group
VC Fund · Stamford, Connecticut, United States · 3 investments in South Korea Payments startups, 10 in the past 12 months

We are the capital engine supporting emerging talent & crypto technology. On its mission to accelerate the development of a better financial system.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 221
  • Round size: Seed $500k–$5.3M; Series A $2.5M–$20M
  • Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Axoni — Axoni is a New York-based capital markets technology firm that specializes in distributed ledger infrastructure. Product offerings include blockchain deployments, large-scale data management, bespoke smart contract development, analytics services, and connectivity tools.
  • AlloyX — AlloyX makes it simple and accessible for protocols, DAOs, and institutional investors to create diversified RWA investment strategies. We provide lenders with a flexible and efficient platform for managing all of their RWA assets based on their yield, risk, and liquidity preferences.
  • Coinflow Labs — Coinflow is a payment solution that allows Web3 companies to accept traditional payment methods and payout their customers by converting cryptocurrency to USD in their traditional bank account.
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InfoBank
VC Fund · Gyeongju, Kyongsang-bukto, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Payments startups, 12 in the past 12 months

InfoBank develops and provides mobile messaging solutions and other related services.The company offers business messaging services such as SMS, LMS, and multimedia message services; interactive media services; smart car solutions; and integrated online and offline payment services.InfoBank was founded in 1995 and is based in Gyeongju, SouthKorea.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 29
  • Round size: Seed $153k–$1.8M; Series A $3.8M–$18M
  • Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Difon — Difon is a developer of smart window solution technology, which is designed to regulate sunlight transmittance.Difon Co., Ltd. emerged as a spin-off from Hyundai Motor Group in 2021, with a vision to evolve into a leading provider of smart film solutions. The company is dedicated to enhancing consumers' living spaces by conducting researchand development while manufacturing smart films.To accelerate the adoption of smart film technology, Difon has established a robust supply chain through strategic alliances and investments in system integration with various relevant companies, including glass manufacturers, automobile OEMs, and construction firms.With a strong commitment to sustainability and social responsibility, Difon aims to foster a better environment and future through its endeavors. The company strives to maximize its impact by continually innovating and creating products that benefit both consumers and society as a whole.
  • Switchwon — Switchwon provides currency exchange services.
  • Fairy — Capture the high intent moments to persuade users outside of your app. Accompany your customers outside of your app and engage at an intent-rich moment in real time.
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Daekyo Investment
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Payments startups, 7 in the past 12 months

Daekyo Investment is a venture capital firm specialized in development of venture industry.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Finance, Software, Mobile Apps
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: South Korea, Hong Kong

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 19
  • Round size: Seed $764k–$1.5M; Series A $1.5M–$4M; Series B $9.2M–$11M
  • Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • 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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Pietro Dova
Angel · Menlo Park, California, United States · 2 investments in South Korea Payments startups

Pietro Dova was Corporate Controller and Finance Director at Google from 2001 to 2007. He was partly responsible for the Google IPO and roadshow, and directed Google’s operational and transactional accounting responsibilities worldwide. Immediately prior to joining Google, Pietro was CFO of Employeeservice.com. From 1996 to 1999, Pietrowas VP Finance of Quote.com, an early online pioneer providing financial news and stock information to active investors. Pietro began his career in technology in 1988 at Oracle Corporation and held various executive finance positions through 1992. From 1993 to 1996, Pietro headed Fulcrum Technologies’ European finance operations based in Paris, France. Pietro received his undergraduate degree in Civil Engineering from Imperial College, London and his Masters in Management from M.I.T.’s Sloan School of Management.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Events, Ticketing, Consumer Electronics
  • Stage:Series A, Seed
  • Geography: United States, South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Korbit — Korbit provides online bitcoin exchange, wallet, and merchant processor services. Kangmo Kim, Louis Jinhwa Kim, and Tony Lyu founded it on July 5, 2013, with its headquarters in Seoul in South Korea as a subsidiary of NXC as of September 26, 2017.
  • Pogoseat — Pogoseat provides innovative mobile ticketing solutions that helps live-entertainment venues sell more tickets and enhance the fan experience.
  • Bluesmart — Bluesmart develops Internet connected travel products that include physical products combined with software. It offers Bluesmart app, a solution that allows users to control suitcases from their phones, receive smart alerts, and track their travel data to get insights about travel habits. Bluesmart also provides digital lock solutions for luggageand its contents; battery charging and location tracking solutions; and distance alerts and trip data. Alejo Verlini, Brian Chen, Diego Saez-Gil, Martin Diz, and Tomi Pierucci founded it on Novermber 5, 2013, with its headquarters in Mountain View in California.
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Stone Bridge Ventures
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Payments startups

Stone Bridge Ventures invests in entrepreneurs with bold ideas that improve and expand people's lives, industries, and markets. They provide professional assistance and a network of contacts geared towards businesses in order to help them expand.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 43
  • Round size: Seed $2.7M–$4.6M; Series A $2.3M–$8.8M; Series B $6.1M–$24M
  • Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • RSN — RSN provides solutions that analyze changes in social awareness and trends in the flow of digital information and suggest their meaning.
  • Letsur — Letsur developing automated solutions for AI development and data cleaning services.
  • RichAlien — Rich Alien was founded with the intention of creating immersive mobile games ranging from worldwide casual social games to mid-core games based on well-known foreign animations and webtoon IPs.
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SK Networks
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Payments startups

SK Networks has created customer values in various business areas.(ICT Marketing) SK is the Korea’s No.1 mobile phone distributor based on the largest sales network and nationwide distribution system in the domestic market. We also have launched various ICT products to ease customers’ digital life and established the ecosystem of used phonerecycling.(Home appliance) SK magic (subsidiary of SK Networks) is a premium kitchen appliance company by introducing the gas oven to the Korean market in 1985, and it is expanding its business area to gas/electric ranges, electric ovens, dishwashers, water purifiers, air purifiers and bidets. (Rent-a-car) SK rent-a-car (subsidiary of SK Networks) is an automotive company that leads the total automotive after market and runs about 170 nationwide network points and consumes about 20.7% market share. (Trading) With 28 global out posts, our trading business is expanded all over the world. Through international experience amassed over more than 50 years, we have secured outstanding global sourcing ability, market intelligence and strategic networking on steel/chemical/automotive industries around the world that gives us a distinct competitive edge and stable profit structure.(Hotel) Walkerhill Hotels & Resorts is a pioneer of the Korean hotel industry that provides the best experience in the overall lifestyle including leisure, culture, and food, as well as comfortable rest in the nature.(Investments) SK Networks is looking for investment opportunities that can bring disruptive innovation to its existing businesses. Since 2018, SK Networks has been actively investing in Venture Capitals/Start-ups mostly in Silicon Valley and in Korea as well.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Blockchain, Agriculture
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, The Netherlands

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 18
  • Round size: Series A $7.6M–$27M; Series B $2.3M–$60M
  • Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • sTraffic — sTraffic provides fast and safe transportation system solutions.
  • Com2Verse — 'Com2Verse', the ALL-IN-ONE metaverse platform of Com2uS
  • Source.ag — Our AI supports both experienced and new growers to produce more fruit and vegetables anywhere in the world, increasing business results while reducing risks
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Kiwoom Investment
VC Fund · Youidodong, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Payments startups

Kiwoom Investment provides financial assistance with funding for small businesses.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Biotechnology, Apps
  • Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
  • Geography: South Korea, Japan, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 34
  • Round size: Series A $1.1M–$13M; Series B $4.6M–$23M; Series C $11M–$34M
  • Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Early Pay — Early Pay is a service to small businesses across the country that selects and calculates card and delivery platform transactions made in physical stores. The goal is to significantly improve small business owners' cash flow and, ultimately, lower the closure rate by extending the life cycle of small business owners by reducing the settlementcycle, which used to take up to 14 days, to one day.
  • Gwanak Analog — Gwanak Analog is a supplier of high performance Power/Analog SoC and Sensor products
  • Learning Spoons — Learning Spoons employs both online and offline ways to give professionals with courses in data science, business, real estate and many more.
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Pathfinder H
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Payments startups

Pathfinder H is a venture capital firm.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Food and Beverage
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 30
  • Round size: Seed $764k–$3.2M; Series A $3.4M–$13M; Series B $2.1M–$21M
  • Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Gapzone — Gapzone sells air-purifying plants, garden seedings, flower seedlings, pots, soil, and materials.
  • Endorobotics — Endorobotics is a healthcare centre that offers endoscopic surgery services.
  • Nature Mobility — Nature Mobility is a mobile application platform.
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TS Investment
VC Fund · Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates · 2 investments in South Korea Payments startups

TS Investment is an Investment firm specializing in engineering, real estate, and food and beverage through various group companies. They identifying, analyzing, and developing real opportunities across multiple disciplines. The firm aims to become a top tier diversified holding company offering its subsidiaries the necessary financial,operational, and managerial support to ensure each transcends its customer’s expectations, meets its employees' contentment, and exceeds its responsibilities to its stakeholders.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Apps
  • Stage:Series B, Series A, Seed
  • Geography: South Korea, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 16
  • Round size: Series A $2.3M–$19M; Series B $6.1M–$27M
  • Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Deargen — DEARGEN advances the treatment of rare and intractable diseases through the integration of AI and collective intelligence.
  • OpenPlan — OpenPlan develops an online platform that offers mini insurance packages. It offers insurance premiums for various types of daily activity. OpenPlan was founded in 2019 and is based in Seoul, South Korea.
  • Toggle — Toggle provides customized one-day insurance that can be purchased even with a small amount.
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SJ Investment Partners
VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 2 investments in South Korea Payments startups

SJ Partners LLC is an award-winning private equity firm that acquires middle-market consumer and services companies. Call +1 212.362.1530

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 16
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$5.8M; Series A $1.6M–$24M; Series B $4.1M–$15M
  • Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • InnoQD — InnoQD is a developer of thin-film materials for quantum dots, which are ultra-fine semiconductor particles on the nanometer scale
  • CloudHospital — Founded in Seoul, South Korea, CloudHospital is a robust online platform helping patients around the world find the best providers for their needs regardless of where they are located. We are an experienced team from around the globe with ample experience in the fields of web technology, medical practice, and finance. Our mission is simple: to makeit easier for everyone to find the best medical solutions anywhere in the world.By investing in technology that takes the complexities out of world-wide medical services, icloudhospital.com can seamlessly connect millions of patients around the world to excellent medical services, both from the most demanding surgeries to the most accurate health checkups as well as the world’s most advanced cosmetic procedures. As one of the world’s most well integrated medical concierge services firm, icloudhospital.com enables hospitals and clinics around the world reach their global audience efficiently.Our services, which are accessible through icloudhospital.com is available in English, Chinese and Russian and offers the best medical hospitals and clinics, including the best respected doctors in their field of expertise. For all your medical care needs, icloudhospital.com makes it easy and supports you with 24/7 customer support.
  • Trash Busters — Trash Busters manufactures reusable cups and dishes.
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Stonebridge Capital
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Payments startups, 7 in the past 12 months

Stonebridge capital, Stonebridge ventures, Specializing in Venture Capital, Private Equity Fund Management

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 131
  • Round size: Series A $764k–$7.6M; Series B $764k–$15M
  • Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $30M in 2010

Portfolio highlights

  • 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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DWF Labs
VC Fund · Singapore, Central Region, Singapore · 2 investments in South Korea Payments startups, 22 in the past 12 months

DWF Labs Global digital asset market maker and multi-stage web3 investment firm

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Information Technology
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed
  • Geography: Singapore, United Kingdom, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 53
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$3.5M
  • Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Mars4 — Mars4 (MARS$) defines itself as a virtual reality platform powered by the blockchain, that allows users to create, experience, and monetize content and applications and earn passive income through revenue generating Mars NFT Land Plots. In this virtual world on Mars, users purchase plots of land that they can later navigate, build upon and monetize.
  • Velo Labs — Velo Labs is software company revolutionizing the old correspondent bank system by creating a global settlement network. We are empowering financial institutions with blockchain-based and compliance-friendly solutions to move money across borders.
  • Parex Market — Parex Market provides DAO ecosystem that includes a range of solutions.
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HOF Capital
VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 2 investments in South Korea Payments startups

HOF Capital is a global technology investment firm that leverages its global limited partner network to help founders build massive businesses.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, FinTech, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, Singapore, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 127
  • Round size: Seed $500k–$11M; Pre-Seed $385k–$2.5M; Series A $12M–$30M
  • Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $300M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Bacu — Bacu provides restaurant technology and offer a comfort food concept.
  • Kenzz — Kenzz is an e-commerce platform bringing shopping to the mass market in Egypt and MENA.
  • Meliora Therapeutics — Bringing together modern molecular fingerprinting, machine learning, and cutting edge biology
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Pantera Capital
VC Fund · Menlo Park, California, United States · 2 investments in South Korea Payments startups, 15 in the past 12 months

Pantera Capital is an investment firm focused exclusively on Bitcoin, other digital currencies, and companies in the space. The company believes that Bitcoin has the potential to transform the way people use money and that it will do for payments what the Internet has done for communications and commerce.Until 2014, Pantera focused on globalmacro hedge fund investments. The firm was founded in 2003 by Dan Morehead, who was a chief financial officer and head of Macro Trading at Tiger Management. The firm has since shifted its investment advisory services to focus exclusively on Bitcoin, other digital currencies, and companies in the space.Shareholders include Benchmark, Fortress Investment Group, and Ribbit Capital.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 185
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$8.3M; Series A $5M–$50M
  • Lead/follow: 47% lead, 53% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Brine.fi — The best onchain spot trading crypto exchange
  • Florida Street — PIXEL GG INC.
  • Maverick Protocol — Trade. Earn. Any Asset. Stop paying for price discovery. Enjoy higher capital efficiency.
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Premier Partners
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 2 investments in South Korea Payments startups, 6 in the past 12 months

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • VCAT.AI — VCAT.AI is a business-to-business (B2B) subscription software (SaaS) based on AI technology. Create mass marketing creatives as video and banner images just with an product URL or TEXT.
  • Yipscell — Yipscell is a biotech company that develops IPSC stem cell therapy to diagnose and treat incurable diseases.
  • Onconic Therapeutics — Onconic Therapeutics specialises in the research and development of cancer treatments.
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Draper Associates
VC Fund · San Mateo, California, United States · 2 investments in South Korea Payments startups, 24 in the past 12 months

Draper Associates, founded in 1985, is a seed-stage venture capital firm that helps entrepreneurs to drive their businesses to greatness. We understand that a great company takes time to build and we'd like to ensure that entrepreneurs are in for the long haul.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, FinTech, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 266
  • Round size: Seed $800k–$6M; Series A $1.9M–$17M; Series B $3M–$30M
  • Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $230M in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • Opolis — Opolis is next-gen Digital Employment Platform for Freelancers providing payroll, benefits and other services for independent workers and freelancers.
  • GAST Clearwater — GAST Clearwater is a US-based, next-generation water treatment company with a mission to provide Water for Mankind one drop at a time. Operating in various industries and markets from Real Estate, Wastewater Treatment, Municipal Potable Water, and various others in particular focusing on the recovering and recycling of different waters in acentralized or decentralized way. The company also does artificial beaches, urban lagoons, wave pools, surf parks, aquatics to sewerage treatment, wastewater, and drinking water.
  • Alef Aeronautics — Armada operates in a stealth mode
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Altos Ventures
VC Fund · Menlo Park, California, United States · 2 investments in South Korea Payments startups, 18 in the past 12 months

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • AiderX — AiderX is a technology startup that creates AI assistants for everyone. We believe that AI should be available to everyone and that it has the potential to change the way we live and work. Our goal is to make AI simple, intuitive, and simple to use.
  • MathFLAT — MathFLAT is a B2B mobile solution for mathematics education.
  • PlayList — PlayList is a web drama production company that produces dramas and music content. The company's two flagship web drama series, Love Playlist and A-Teen have gained huge popularity amongst the 18-24 age segment. Playlist dramas have over 10 million subscribers and 1.3 billion views.
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Samsung NEXT
VC Fund · Mountain View, California, United States · 2 investments in South Korea Payments startups, 29 in the past 12 months

Samsung NEXT Ventures is an investment arm of Samsung NEXT, a multifaceted innovation group within Samsung Electronics dedicated to identifying new growth opportunities that will define the next decade. The firm prefers to invest in artificial intelligence, fintech, blockchain, health technology, infrastructure, and media technology sectors.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Blockchain, Information Technology
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Israel, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 214
  • Round size: Seed $750k–$7M; Series A $4M–$32M; Series B $5.5M–$93M
  • Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • Bold — Bold is your home for personalized, science-backed workouts shown to reduce fall risk. Assess your strength, mobility, and balance with a free 1-minute test.
  • Atropos Health — Atropos Health rapidly provides personalized real-world evidence for any clinical decision
  • Mesh — Mesh enables safer, easier crypto transfers and payments from 300+ leading exchanges and wallets, all without leaving your platform
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Cadenza Ventures
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in South Korea Payments startups

Global Investors in Transformative Technologies

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Singapore, Nigeria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 38
  • Round size: Seed $1.6M–$6M; Pre-Seed $1M–$1.3M; Series A $3.5M–$16M
  • Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Dapi — Dapi is a fintech API play that is aimed at facilitating payments between consumer bank accounts and companies. That Dapi has managed to make its service work in seven countries with deep bank support is impressive and Dapi has found demand for its service, with $400,000 in ARR and growth of more than 50% per month as of its presentation.
  • Lemon Cash — Lemon Cash is digital wallet with FIAT and crypto capabilities. End to end digital ecosystem for Latin America.
  • Moon Mortgage — Crypto backed mortgage provider
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Richard Seongho Choi
Angel · 1 investments in South Korea Payments startups

Richard Seongho Choi

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Trading Platform, Virtual Currency
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Weperson — Weperson develops and operates a human resources software as a service platform.
  • Time Percent — Time Percent is a trading platform that integrates virtual assets, domestic stocks, and foreign stocks.
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Struck Crypto
VC Fund · Santa Monica, California, United States · 1 investments in South Korea Payments startups

Struck Crypto is a multi-strategy crypto fund based in Los Angeles.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, FinTech, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, China, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 24
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$9M; Series A $3.5M–$28M
  • Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Backd — Backd offers to maximize the power of assets and begin generating yield. Backd is a protocol for reactive liquidity decentralized finance (Defi).
  • Shardeum — Shardeum is an EVM-based, linearly scalable smart contract platform that maintains low gas fees while providing true decentralization and solid security
  • Eclipse — The first customizable, modular rollups, using the Solana VM. Sign up to access our testnet.
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Solid Ventures
VC Fund · Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands · 1 investments in South Korea Payments startups

Solid Ventures provides growth capital to technology companies. Solid Ventures focuses on scale-up companies at the growth stage of development in the digital economy with a focus on the sectors marketplaces, digital, SaaS, sustainable mobility, smart energy and smart city solutions.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, Casual Games
  • Stage:Series A, Seed
  • Geography: The Netherlands, Colombia, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 16
  • Round size: Seed $250k–$7.4M; Series A $1.2M–$8M
  • Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2014

Portfolio highlights

  • Dwarfs — Bij Dwarfs vind je de beste cadeau's voor elk feestje. Vind inspiratie voor een huwelijkscadeau, babyborrel, kinderfeestje of een verjaardagscadeau en koop het meteen veilig op Bol.com. Cadeau's voor hem en haar tegen de scherpste prijzen.
  • Bold — Bold creates financial tools that allow users to increase sales by receiving card payments. The company was founded by José Vélez, Ana María Sandoval, Enríque Ramírez, Jorge Ulloa, and Sergio Vergara in 2019 and is headquartered in Bogotá, Distrito Especial, Colombia.
  • HoyTrabajas — We are a C.Vs information exchange platform for candidates, employers, and recruiters, that get people access to low-skilled jobs in the Latin-American markets, enables recruiters to share job-seekers and job openings in real-time, and supports SMEs in the recruiting of their low-skilled jobs.
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Karen Ventures
VC Fund · Isfahan, Esfahan, Iran · 1 investments in South Korea Payments startups

Karen Ventures’ team of experts know how to deploy a global approach of investment strategies in thorough compatibility with economic and legal environment of Iran. To reduce investors’ concerns of starting a new venture in a new market they deal with internal systems and arrangements in Iran and they are here to help you and simplify your pathtoward this advantageous field.

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Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • D'CENT — D'CENT provides cryptocurrency hardware wallet for keeping crypto assets secure.
  • Ceres F&D — Ceres F&D is a biopharmaceutical company that manufactures immunosuppressants and antibiotic drug substances.
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BCI
VC Fund · Victoria, British Columbia, Canada · 1 investments in South Korea Payments startups

With $211.1 billion in assets under management, British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (BCI) invests for BC public sectors.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Transportation, Logistics, Manufacturing
  • Stage:Private Equity, Seed, Corporate Round
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 17
  • Round size: Private Equity $300M–$630M
  • Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Carmoola — Ready to hit the road? Find the car of your dreams and make your money move. Spread the cost with flexible payment plans to get new wheels, on your terms.
  • Eku Energy — Eku Energy is a globally diversified and technology enabled energy storage business.
  • Cube Highways and Infrastructure — Cube Highways and Infrastructure (Cube Highways) is a Singapore based company investing in road and highway projects, along with select other infrastructure sectors in India. Cube Highways is an independent, professionally-managed platform that leverages the extensive transportation experience of its management and execution teams.
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Woori Bank
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Payments startups, 7 in the past 12 months

Woori Bank takes the lead in developing Korea's wealth and economy.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
  • Stage:Series B, Series A, Seed
  • Geography: South Korea, China, Hong Kong

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 39
  • Round size: Seed $153k–$7.6M; Series A $1.5M–$7.6M; Series B $1.7M–$13M
  • Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Eastend — Eastend is an e-commerce company engaged in the fashion business.
  • 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.
  • Green Dot — Green Dot runs an E-MaaS (Energy-Mobiliy as a Service) platform, which integrates mobility and energy. Since its inception, the service has drawn attention due to its rapid construction of Green Dot Zones, which provide energy and transportation All-in-One services in the heart of Seoul and the metropolitan area.
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Kona Venture Partners
VC Fund · 1 investments in South Korea Payments startups

Kona Venture Partners is a South Korea-based venture capital investment firm.

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Investment focus

  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 11
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Dremo — Dreamo is a leading game developer making great games for friends, family, and people around the world.
  • Kneader — Kneader is a job search platform that offers staffing and recruiting services.
  • Bring It On — Bring It On is a mission to redefine the skill games category, merging strong technological infra.
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Superscrypt
VC Fund · 1 investments in South Korea Payments startups, 16 in the past 12 months

Superscrypt is a blockchain investment firm.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Apps, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 16
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Orb — A community-focused social app for people to connect, interact, and transact in their daily lives on web3 built with Lens Protocol.
  • HELIX — Gain access to curated alternative investment opportunities and make your crypto do more today. Helix is an accredited marketplace utilising blockchain technology to provide access to off-chain private credit in emerging markets.
  • Induced AI — Induced AI works to automate browser tasks. It runs a cloud to complete manual tasks on a browser with human-like reasoning capabilities.
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Jiranjigyo Security
VC Fund · Gyeongju, Kyongsang-bukto, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Payments startups

Jiranjigyo Security is a security software company providing solutions and services for corporate information security and data management.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Finance, Cryptocurrency
  • Stage:Series A
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • D'CENT — D'CENT provides cryptocurrency hardware wallet for keeping crypto assets secure.
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LG Uplus
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Payments startups, 7 in the past 12 months

LG Uplus Corp is a South Korean telecommunications and Mobile phone operator controlled by the LG Group, one of the country's largest chaebol. It was formerly known as LG Telecom.LG Telecom became one of the first companies to launch a commercial 3G service using PCS technology. In 1997, this was followed up by launching the second PCSnetwork, offering greatly increased data transmission speeds.LG Telecom also offers a variety of mobile services. BankOn is one of the most popular Mobile banking services in South Korea and MusicOn is an on-line music store.In July 2006, the South Korean government has cancelled LG Telecom's business license for a W-CDMA wireless communications system after the company opted not to develop the technology. LG Telecom will instead continue investing and upgrading in its CDMA2000 EV-DO Rev. A network.In January 2010, LG Telecom merged with LG Dacom and LG Powercom.As of 1 July 2010, LG Telecom changed its name to "LG U+".On July 17th 2013 LG Uplus launched LTE-A service and introduced Galaxy S4 LTE-A, the world’s first "100% LTE" smart mobile phone that can utilize data, voice and text with LTE and not fall back to CDMA. Starting from 2014 LG Uplus plans to release only "100% LTE" phones.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Apps
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Corporate Round
  • Geography: South Korea, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 24
  • Round size: Series A $1.5M–$69M; Series B $1.5M–$6.9M; Corporate Round $23M–$23M
  • Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • growV — growV offers educational services by using learning technology.
  • Vetching — Vetching started with the meaning of matching veterinarians and veterinary hospital customers by combining veterinarian and matching.
  • Somsidang Company — Somsidang Company is an online learning platform that offers baking and pottery painting training services.
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Atinum Investment
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Payments startups, 6 in the past 12 months

Atinum Investment Co., Ltd. is a principal investment firm specializing in investments in the information technology and communication, materials for Information technology, renewable energy, metal and non-metal, distribution, media and contents, materials and components, and biotechnology and life science industries

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 113
  • Round size: Series A $3M–$16M; Series B $5M–$34M; Series C $9.9M–$47M
  • Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Doodlin — Doodlin creates and operates Greeting and also manages Application registration, resume verification, applicant management, interview schedule adjustments, and recruitment evaluations
  • POSTYPE — POSTYPE is a content open market where anyone can sell and buy digital content.
  • Travel Wallet — Travel Wallet is a foreign currency payment service that uses the Travel Wallet application. The travel Pay card is free of charge for overseas payments. The payments are overseas direct purchases and overseas payments without commission. The license for small overseas remittance businesses and electronic financial businesses by meeting variouscomputer facilities and all requirements. The platform agreement with banks.
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Hana Ventures
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Payments startups, 20 in the past 12 months

Hana Ventures is a corporate venture capital of Hana Financial Group.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Retail, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: South Korea, Japan, Malaysia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 112
  • Round size: Seed $306k–$7.6M; Series A $2.7M–$11M
  • Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • 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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Samsung Venture Investment
VC Fund · Seocho, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Payments startups

Samsung Venture Investment is plays the role of driving the discovery and development of new businesses and technologies.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Hardware
  • Stage:Series B, Series A
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 39
  • Round size: Series A $2.3M–$28M; Series B $6.7M–$15M
  • Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Vizion — Vizion integrates and estimates data and observes tracking and monitoring for ocean freight, logistics, and supply chain industry. The company was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.
  • Neubility — Connecting the physical world with robotic autonomy
  • Village Baby — Village Baby is an online marketplace that provides childbirth and parenting products and information.
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SK Planet
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Payments startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

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

Neowiz Corp. provides Internet access and other related services in Japan. The company offers community services, game services, and music services. The company, through sayclub.com, offers chatting services, as well as free email, and community and board services. Neowiz, through pamng.com, an online game site, offers gaming services. The companyalso provides Internet push service, automatic Internet access service, and online portal paying service. Neowiz was founded in 1997 and is based in Seoul, South Korea.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Gaming, Software, Blockchain
  • Stage:Seed, Series B
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, Hong Kong

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 12
  • Round size: Seed $100k–$32M
  • Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Iskra — Iskra is the premier destination for web3 gaming and innovation. Play and earn Web3 Games where everybody wins. The future of play happens here.
  • Epic League — Epic League is a company specializing in Online RPG and blockchain ecosystem.
  • Brassica Finance — Brassica Finance develops an investment infrastructure for private securities and digital assets. Its API-forward solutions are designed to seamlessly integrate with the existing infrastructure of the investment platform.
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Mirana Ventures
VC Fund · 1 investments in South Korea Payments startups, 16 in the past 12 months

We invest in projects and funds. Our Partners have built multiple organizations including: Windranger Labs, BitDAO, Dekrypt Capital...

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, Gaming
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Singapore, China

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 55
  • Round size: Seed $1.3M–$10M; Series A $3.5M–$35M
  • Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Aethir — Aethir’s Decentralized Cloud Infrastructure (DCI) is the framework that unbinds the macro trajectory of the AI and gaming industry, from the walled garden resources of the incumbent cloud hegemony.Aethir's make complex cloud resources more accessible.
  • dappOS — dappOS a project aimed at developing an operating protocol to lower the barriers to entry for Web3 apps by developing solutions that increase their usability and accessibility.
  • Solv Protocol — Decentralized Liquidity Infrastructure
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Alameda Ventures
VC Fund · 1 investments in South Korea Payments startups

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Israel, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 23
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Kollider — Kollider build tools and services to make financial markets available to everyone, across borders, instantly and simply using Bitcoin’s Lightning Network.
  • LiveArtX — LiveArtX is a premium NFT platform that connects the art world with web3. Built by art industry leaders, LiveArtX brings creators, collaborators, and collectors into the metaverse.
  • Coinshift — Coinshift is a crypto treasury management platform that helps businesses and decentralized autonomous organizations (DAO's) manage their crypto easily and empowers users to collaborate and approve transactions, execute mass pay-outs, etc.
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100x Ventures
VC Fund · Victoria, Beau Vallon, Seychelles · 1 investments in South Korea Payments startups

100x Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of 100x Group

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, FinTech
  • Stage:Series A, Seed
  • Geography: India, Hong Kong, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 8
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • TabTrader — TabTrader - Cryptocurrency trading terminal. Over 20K+ trading instruments on 20+ major exchanges in one app.
  • Sparrow — Sparrow is the leading options trading platform, providing the simplest way to control risk and monetize digital assets. This revolutionary platform empowers institutions and individuals to trade options that are settled by smart contract. Headquartered in Singapore, Sparrow offers fully-customizable options settled by smart contract in anintuitive and easy-to-use trading interface. Professional traders can use Sparrow trading APIs for maximum performance. Sparrow serves the needs of all traders by providing a wide range of industry-leading trading tools.Sparrow is backed by renowned organizations such as: Signum Capital, Hyperchain Capital, Kyber Network, LuneX Ventures, Arrington XRP Capital, Digital Currency Holdings, Du Capital, The Yozma Group, QCP Capital, 256 Ventures and Jubilee Capital who firmly believe in the project and have committed to use Sparrow as their preferred hedging partner.
  • League of Traders — The one-stop-shop to maximize your profits, see all of your exchanges in one portfolio, Copy Trade the best Traders, and compete in trading competitions to win cash prizes! Sign up now and become a member of the League of Traders.
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DigiFinex
VC Fund · Singapore, Central Region, Singapore · 1 investments in South Korea Payments startups

DigiFinex is a digital assets trading platform, focusing on cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin etc. It was founded by blockchain enthusiasts and the core team come from well-known technology companies such as Xunlei, Tencent, Baidu and HP. DIGIFINEX is a Seychelles company headquartered in Singapore.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Cryptocurrency, Credit, Banking
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: South Korea, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • MetaBeat — The MetaBeat platform is an incentivization community platform powered by fan activities rewarded by a set criteria, the FANomance Index. Creators/artists and fans grow as partners through engagements and rewards on the MetaBeat platform.
  • Data Mynt — B2B2C web3 fintech platform
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S Cubic Angels
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Payments startups

S Cubic Angels is an investment firm that helps to discover startups and prospective entrepreneurship teams.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Apps, Education
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 12
  • Round size: Seed $31k–$92k
  • Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • 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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Finngram
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in South Korea Payments startups

Finngram is a decentralised investment platform based on blockchain technology for decentralised transfer. We intend to create a peer-to-peer investment and financing ecosystem that transcends countries and currencies, resulting in a global flow of funds. Our goal is to improve value chains in the investment and financing markets and providereliable and reasonable opportunities to all participants.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • MetaBeat — The MetaBeat platform is an incentivization community platform powered by fan activities rewarded by a set criteria, the FANomance Index. Creators/artists and fans grow as partners through engagements and rewards on the MetaBeat platform.
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Songyee Yoon
Angel · 1 investments in South Korea Payments startups

Songyee Yoon

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Video
  • Stage:Seed, Series B
  • Geography: United States, South Korea

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • AI Spera — AI Spera provides AI driven security based on cyber threat intelligence
  • Together — Together will enable researchers, developers & companies to leverage and improve artificial intelligence with an intuitive data, models & computation platform.
  • Light Field Lab — Escape the Screen. We're creating a world where content escapes the screen and merges with reality.
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Yoonmin Foundation
VC Fund · 1 investments in South Korea Payments startups

Yoonmin Foundation

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, EdTech, Rental
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 10
  • Round size: Seed $497k–$5M
  • Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • 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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Payments Investor funding in South Korea at a glance

Stats across 50 deals from 80 investors.

80
investors
in South Korea Payments startups
50
deals
in South Korea Payments startups
$1.8M
median round
in South Korea Payments startups
28%
lead investors
lead at least one round
56%
Seed
most common funding stage
99/1
VC / Angel
share of investor count

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