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

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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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• VPP — Providing clean energy to wherever it is needed
• JeCLEAN — Jacqueline, an ESG startup, draws attention to the vast amounts of abandoned and burnt hotel bedding waste on Jeju Island and provides industrial solutions through upcycling solutions that recycle it into cotton-based raw materials, yarns, and fabrics.
• City Storage — City Storage is a side dish platform that produces and sells salads, soups, and pickles.

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• Sangwha — Sangwha is an immersive content production company.
• Everon — Everon is an electric vehicle charging platform that provides maintenance, repair, and control services for electric vehicles and chargers.
• Test Valley — Test Valley sells smartphones, tablets, cameras, computers, and household appliances.

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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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• 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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• 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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• Playtag — Playtag uses AI technology to analyze infant behavior and provide customized education in kindergartens.
• Test Valley — Test Valley sells smartphones, tablets, cameras, computers, and household appliances.
• City Storage — City Storage is a side dish platform that produces and sells salads, soups, and pickles.

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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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• Botash — Botash manufactures and sells carbon packaging boxes.
• GrowingMom — GrowingMom is an online parenting consultation/analysis platform.
• Power Player — Natural Clean Beauty

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• Trustay — Trustay is a real estate asset management company.
• AIZEN Global — AIZEN is redesigning Digital Banking with CreditConnect, powered by our proprietary ABACUS AutoML platform specialized in the financial services industry. CreditConnect is an AI lending platform designed to bridge the gap between banks and data economy platforms, and automate key decision-making processes in accordance with the credit cycle. Thecompany has secured Series B round funding from a state-led fintech innovation fund (K-Growth) led by major Korean banks to roll out CreditConnect in Southeast Asia.We are also leading the digital transformation in the financial services industry using proprietary AutoML platform ABACUS, with successful use cases in underwriting, fraud detection, product development, claim analysis, and more.
• Kuntian New Energy — Hebei Kuntian New Energy is a producer of anode materials for lithium-ion batteries.

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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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• 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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• 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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• CLOP — CLOP is an ophthalmology medical company that provides services to prevent blindness in patients through AI-based eye disease management.
• Cashwalk — Cashwalk is an app that motivates to walk by providing financial incentives.
• GTL — GTL manufactures hydraulic equipment, mechanical parts, industrial robots and automation equipment or aircraft and spacecraft parts.

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• Innohas — Innohas is a food tech startup that researches, develops, produces, and distributes alternative meat using vegetables and animal protein.
• WizSchool — We employ real-time user code analysis algorithm based on compiler technology to diagnose learners’ levels and status of the software education. And our AI tutor for coding education using deep learning technology offers learner-centered customized learning contents to the users. Aiming for the global market, we are developing and growing ourbusiness to solve the shortage problem of software education instructors and also provide the market with the best quality software education service.
• Gomi Corporation — Gomi Corporation is a Overseas market.

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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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• breezm — Breezm produces custom eyewear optimized for the customer's face, using 3D-printing, 3D-scanning, and big data analysis. We sell directly to consumers through our offline stores as well as online channels.
• Munice — Munice is a sleep tech company that develops technical analysis and sleep solutions for individuals.
• Disco — Disco is a location-based service platform for real estate companies.

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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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• Indent — Indent is a provider of a video review service platform that helps sellers increase their sales by producing purchase reviews from actual buyers.
• KTX Finance — KTX Finance is an online trading platform. It provides permissionless, decentralized on-chain trade of perpetuals.
• Puzzle Monsters — Puzzle Monsters is a game production company.

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• My Chef — My Chef sells home meal kits.

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• Craydel — Get Professional career guidance based on Psychometric Assessments and get scholarships to the best MBA, Engineering, Medical, Education online and on campus courses in Africa and Abroad.
• 10 Minute Squad — GoPuff for Korea. We deliver groceries in 10 minutes in Seoul through a networks ‘dark stores’.
• Nano Technologies — VUI provides Flexible Payroll (EWA) solutions, income statistics, and employee financial management education through a technology platform.

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• USIMSA — USIMSA is a mobile sim company that offers eSIM-based overseas roaming service.
• TIDEPOOL — Tidepool(500 Global selected) DBA Fishscope, powerful AI Fish & Feed Monitoring solution that solves periodic sampling and fish health diagnosis that requires human labor through Computor vision tech for BioMass Measurement, Fish Healthcare, and Feeding Optimization. - 10+ partnerships including GS E&C(Fortune 500 GS Group Subsidiary) andmany major government arms based in APAC - 90% or more accuracy for weight estimation of live fish in water - Demo: http://fishscope.tidepool.kr/
• Unique Good Company — Unique Good Company develops entertaining mobile apps.

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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.
• 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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• 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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• 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.
• Tredy Team — A new tool that blends your everyday work apps into one. It's the all-in-one workspace for you and your team
• Bell Therapeutics — New generation Digital Therapeutics.

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• We Art — We Art is a culture and arts company that provides services for all paintings and cultural arts.
• Foody Worm — Foody Worm is an insect research company that practices and develops ESG and sustainability management through insects.
• Works Mate — Works Mate is a job search matching platform for daily workers in the field of construction and architecture sectors.

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• Amondz — Amondz is a jewellery ecommerce platform that provides buyers and sellers with quick access to a production list, price quotations for consumers, and customer support.
• Makestar — Global Hallyu crowdfunding Makestar. Offering crowdfunding projects and contents in kpop, drama, movies, and publishing.

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• Kitronyx — Kitronyx is an engineering company that provides development tools and engineering design services to individuals, companies, universities and government agencies based on expertise in force, pressure, and multi-touch technologies.
• 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.

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• ePapyrus — ePapyrus provides software development services.
• Gomi Corporation — Gomi Corporation is a Overseas market.

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• AB180 — AB180 is a data-driven performance marketing firm that assists organizations in the digital age using data analytics & marketing technology.
• Sellerhub — Imagine if you are the online seller, having to sign up and upload your products to 30+ different major eCommerce websites to maximize your sales. Sellerhub is a web-based eCommerce platform where you as the seller sign up, upload product data ONCE then it will be transferred/synched on up to 30+ different major eCommerce websites at the sametime. From distribution channel expansion to marketing/ad, fulfillment, Sellerhub is a one-stop solution for online sellers. Key Benefits: 1. Single product upload, API-transferred to up to 30+ major eCommerce websites and begin selling simultaneously 2. Daily payment received - supported by VISA - once your order has been shipped&confirmed, you will get your payment in 4 days. 3. Fulfillment, Sourcing, Photoshoot and many additional services are available for you to choose from, either directly or through partnership programEstablished in 2012, Sellerhub offers a full suite of products/services that empower online seller's selling activity, providing the most revenue as possible as a platform. Today we are venturing into the US market with DropK - Dropshiping Korean products - for SHOPIFY sellers online.
• LATELY — Lately Korea is an online marketplace for fashion, consisting of clothing, shoes, accessories, cosmetics, and all other fashion items. With 4 years of history, the company has a stable b2b2c platform "Seller Hub" which connects with all major marketplaces via API, helping merchants sell their products to multiple front-end with a push ofa button. Most "lately", we launched an APP that focuses on K-fashion designer brands. You can search for "lately" on Google Play Store or iphone App Store.

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• Ello — Ello is an app-based reading coach that listens to your child read from real books, teaches and motivates them, and transforms them into enthusiastic readers.
• Brine.fi — The best onchain spot trading crypto exchange
• Automat AI — Robotic process automation for Chrome using GPT3 guided Computer Vision

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• Bionsight — Bionsight is a drug discovery company that uses Chemoproteomics interweaved with AI to speed up the drug development process.
• 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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• Rybit — A leading technology platform that connects the last mile delivery industry, optimizing and simplifying day-to-day delivery operations.
• Levr.ai — Levr.ai is an intelligent loans platform built to get your business funded—fast
• Return Helper — Founded in 2018, Return Helper is a data-driven return management solution that optimizes return process and the aftermarket activities for online retailers. We support all the major ecommerce platforms including Amazon and FBA, eBay, Walmart, Shopify, Rakuten etc.

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• SIR.LOIN — SIR.LOIN is an e-commerce store for Korean beef.
• Sweet Bio — Sweet Bio is a food-based biotech company that changes the lifestyle of everyone in the world to be healthy and happy.
• Endorobotics — Endorobotics is a healthcare centre that offers endoscopic surgery services.

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• VRISM — WE SET A NEW STANDARD OF NFT DIGITAL FASHION IN METAVERSE
• N.Light — N.Light is a Metaverse 3D design software that allows individuals to effortlessly turn their ideas into reality.
• LBox Co., Ltd. — Information Technology & Services

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• Ourbox — Ourbox is a logistics agency that provides total logistics solutions and fulfillment services for online sellers.
• AIDIN ROBOTICS — AIDIN ROBOTICS redefine interactive sensors. Advanced force/torque sensor, proximity sensor for human-robot collaboration.
• Innospace — Innoface is a space company that develops and provides launch services for small satellite launch vehicles with hybrid rocket technology.

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• Kitronyx — Kitronyx is an engineering company that provides development tools and engineering design services to individuals, companies, universities and government agencies based on expertise in force, pressure, and multi-touch technologies.
• 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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• My Chef — My Chef sells home meal kits.
• 4DReplay — 4DReplay provides time-slicing videos that showcase any-time, any-angle highlights with an unprecedented level of detail. They specialized in developing a 4D video solution, comprised of a set of 4K cameras and video editing software. 4dReplay is a highly advanced and easy-to-use four-dimensional time slice video production system.
• Studio Mir — Studio Mir is a South Korean animation studio.

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• Guhada — Guhada platform serves as a luxury goods distribution hub, connecting local boutiques in Europe, domestic conglomerate shopping malls, and luxury goods and fashion vertical commerce. Guhada has been supplying the domestic market with luxury goods owned by European boutiques, ranging from high-demand high-end luxury goods to contemporary onlineproducts.
• 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.

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• Sonde Health — Sonde Health is a digital medicine company developing voice-based technologies to transform the way we monitor and diagnose our mental and physical health.
• Endorobotics — Endorobotics is a healthcare centre that offers endoscopic surgery services.
• Harbinger Health — Harbinger Health is a biotechnology company that develops a two-tier testing model for the detection of early cancer with a blood test. The company combines artificial intelligence with insights into the biology of the beginnings of cancer to identify cancer before it is visible or symptomatic with the aim of developing low-cost, multi-cancer bloodtests.

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• NO Search — NO Search is an online marketplace for home and kitchen appliances.
• Doctor Cha — Doctor Cha is a car maintenance and accident repair consultation company that provides application for vehicle management services.
• Medi Whale — We believe that early detection is the best prevention. Our innovative diagnostic technology helps you take action before symptoms appear.

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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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• B:eat Corp — B: eat is a retail automation platform intended to run a robot-based cafe.
• Manna Corporation — Manna Corporation is a developer of a delivery service platform for same-day delivery, logistics, and optimising delivery.

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• 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.
• Lapotable — Lapotable is a ecommerce platform that trades food products that come directly from agricultural and farm lands.
• Payhere — Payhere is a fintech company that provides card terminals and online payment gateway services for multiple industries.

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• Vogo — Vogo provides vivid live shopping.
• Eight Tech — Eight Tech is a resource circulation platform that solves the waste problem with science and technology.
• Wayne Hills Bryant AI — Wayne Hills is developing an algorithm that extracts dictionary meanings from text and voice data with AI technology and automatically converts them into digital content by combining images, animations, and sound effects that match them.

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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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• Aven — Aven is a retail store that offers clothing and accessories.

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• Flybook — Flybook is a place closer to the book. Book recommendations, regular shipments, reading meetings, book reviews, book purchases, and more - all in one place.
• Power Player — Natural Clean Beauty

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• Gomi Corporation — Gomi Corporation is a Overseas market.

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• Ourbox — Ourbox is a logistics agency that provides total logistics solutions and fulfillment services for online sellers.
• Doctor Cha — Doctor Cha is a car maintenance and accident repair consultation company that provides application for vehicle management services.
• Gomi Corporation — Gomi Corporation is a Overseas market.