Bokwang Investment

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

Hong Jeong-hwan

Team leader

40 past transactions

Body Cherish

Seed Round in 2024
Body Cherish is a company that specializes in the installation and maintenance of vending machines, specifically designed to cater to sports nutrition needs. It provides convenient access to energy drinks and other nutritional products, addressing the challenges associated with purchasing these items online in bulk. By placing its vending machines in fitness centers, Body Cherish aims to enhance the experience of gym enthusiasts, allowing them to conveniently obtain the necessary supplements to support their fitness goals. Additionally, the company offers consultation services related to the operation and rental of its vending machines, ensuring that clients can effectively meet their nutritional demands.

Hutom

Series C in 2024
Hutom is a surgical service platform that leverages digital innovation to enhance the diagnosis and management of surgical procedures. The company specializes in robotics and laparoscopic surgery, offering an interactive platform that includes analytical diagnosis tailored to individual patient needs. Hutom's technology encompasses surgical video processing, recognition, analysis, and predictive capabilities, allowing for a simulated examination of surgeries. Additionally, it provides 3D anatomical images and AI-based surgical analysis reports, which aid medical professionals in efficiently managing patient complications and improving surgical methods. Through its comprehensive data platform, Hutom aims to positively impact the quality of surgical care.

QMIT

Series A in 2023
QMIT provides coaching includes nutrition, mental management, and career counseling.

Sangwha

Venture Round in 2023
Sangwha is an immersive content production company that specializes in digital advertising and brand building. It employs advanced technologies, including robotics, virtual reality, integrated visual services, and sound design, to create innovative brand strategies. The company provides comprehensive services that encompass event organization, in-house studio production, and post-production processes. By leveraging digital technology, Sangwha helps a diverse range of clients, including corporations, museums, and event organizers, enhance their operations and engage their audiences more effectively.

PeLeMed

Series A in 2023
PeLeMed is a drug development company dedicated to discovering and developing anti-cancer therapies aimed at treating patients with incurable cancers and intractable carcinomas. The company employs a type 1 kinase inhibitor development platform to create innovative therapeutic candidates. This platform not only focuses on oncology but also has potential applications in treating neurological and immune diseases. By advancing its drug discovery efforts, PeLeMed seeks to extend patient survival and improve treatment outcomes for challenging medical conditions.

NRISE

Series B in 2022
NRISE is a company focused on developing innovative software applications that enhance communication and content sharing among users. It offers a range of services, including MOCI and WIPPY, which are designed to facilitate connections between individuals and provide access to diverse content. In addition to social media services, NRISE has created an application specifically for home workouts, integrating fitness with social interaction. Through these applications, the company aims to bring users the joy of communication while promoting engagement with various types of content.

Buffett Seoul

Series B in 2022
Buffett Seoul is a company based in Seoul, South Korea, founded in 2017, specializing in group physical training services. It aims to deliver a distinctive fitness experience by offering an optimized group matching service tailored to individuals' physiques, exercise levels, and goals. This approach allows users to access customized fitness programs that seamlessly integrate offline classes with online home training, enhancing the overall effectiveness and personalization of their fitness journey.

QMIT

Series A in 2022
QMIT provides coaching includes nutrition, mental management, and career counseling.

Goodoc

Series A in 2022
Goodoc is a Korean mobile health platform that helps users access medical services by providing information on doctors, hospitals, fees, and contact details. The service also supports hospital and pharmacy search, appointment and queue registration, telemedicine with remote video consultations, and prescription fulfillment, enabling patients to find providers, book visits, receive care remotely, and obtain medications quickly.

Trioar

Seed Round in 2022
Trioar is a biotechnological research company that specializes in the development and manufacture of innovative pharmaceutical products. The company focuses on improving the efficacy of antibody therapeutics and antibody-drug conjugates. Trioar's drugs are designed to enhance the detection of cancer lesions, allowing for expedited absorption and precise targeting of cancer cells. This approach facilitates the rapid induction of cancer cell death, thereby enabling healthcare providers to offer more effective treatment solutions for patients. Through its research and development efforts, Trioar aims to address significant challenges in cancer treatment, contributing to advancements in the field of oncology.

ePapyrus

Series A in 2022
ePapyrus is a company that specializes in software development services, focusing on document processing solutions. It offers a platform designed to provide a standardized electronic document format, leveraging advanced artificial intelligence technologies and expertise in PDF and document technology. ePapyrus delivers robust solutions that combine heuristics with stochastic methods to achieve precise semantic understanding of complex documents. This enables developers and businesses globally to maximize the potential of their digital documents, enhancing efficiency and usability.

T-Wave

Series B in 2021
T-Wave is a social fintech start-up company that operates 'I'm in', an app that collects money from all over the country.

Play Tango

Series A in 2021
Play Tango is a company that specializes in developing interactive learning products designed to transform children's educational experiences. Its flagship product, Tango, is a screenless smartboard that utilizes tangible blocks to facilitate learning. This innovative system allows children to construct words, numbers, and art, while providing real-time feedback on their creations. By merging physical play with technology, Play Tango aims to enhance children's learning processes, fostering a healthy foundation for future academic success.

Hanteo Global

Seed Round in 2020
Hanteo Global is the world’s one-and-only company that owns K-POP big data.

Super Kitchen

Series A in 2020
Super Kitchen is a food store chain that specializes in offering a variety of culinary products, including beef soups, tomato meatballs, and altari pickles. The company focuses on providing fresh and healthy ingredients along with refrigerated foods designed for side dishes, as well as curated recipes. By emphasizing quality and variety, Super Kitchen aims to enhance the dining experience for its customers, allowing them to enjoy new and diverse delicacies on a daily basis.

Harmonic Bionics

Seed Round in 2020
Founded in 2016, Harmonic Bionics specializes in designing and manufacturing robotic rehabilitation systems. Their primary product is a bilateral upper extremity robotic system that enhances rehabilitation therapy through automation, dynamic data capture, and connectivity.

T-Wave

Series A in 2020
T-Wave is a social fintech start-up company that operates 'I'm in', an app that collects money from all over the country.

Super Kitchen

Seed Round in 2019
Super Kitchen is a food store chain that specializes in offering a variety of culinary products, including beef soups, tomato meatballs, and altari pickles. The company focuses on providing fresh and healthy ingredients along with refrigerated foods designed for side dishes, as well as curated recipes. By emphasizing quality and variety, Super Kitchen aims to enhance the dining experience for its customers, allowing them to enjoy new and diverse delicacies on a daily basis.

BBB Technologies

Series B in 2018
BBB Technologies Inc. is a mobile healthcare technology company focused on blood-based diagnostics and data-driven insights to support early disease detection, treatment decisions, and remote monitoring for patients and clinicians. Founded in 2014 and based in Mountain View, California, with offices in Seoul and Shenzhen, it develops blood testing technologies and mobile-enabled tools that deliver rapid results and actionable insights. The company leverages artificial intelligence to analyze blood biomarkers and enable at-home testing and remote patient monitoring, aiming to broaden access to diagnostics across multiple conditions.

Podbbang

Series B in 2018
Podbbang is a South Korea-based audio content platform specializing in podcasts. The company offers a diverse range of audio programming, including genres such as culture, entertainment, current affairs, economy, language, and sports. Its platform features content from writers and professional voice actors, as well as audiobooks read by entertainers and lectures on various subjects. Podbbang aims to facilitate an easy and enjoyable experience for users who wish to consume and create audio content.

MOIN

Series A in 2018
MOIN is a blockchain-based global money transfer company that enables customers to send funds abroad. Headquartered in Seoul, South Korea, it focuses on Asia and offers an online platform for user-centric international remittances built on blockchain technology, aiming to provide fast, convenient, and reasonably priced transfers.

Ocean

Seed Round in 2017
Ocean is a company that manufactures food specialized in companion animal snacks.

MOIN

Seed Round in 2017
MOIN is a blockchain-based global money transfer company that enables customers to send funds abroad. Headquartered in Seoul, South Korea, it focuses on Asia and offers an online platform for user-centric international remittances built on blockchain technology, aiming to provide fast, convenient, and reasonably priced transfers.

Monolith

Seed Round in 2017
Monolith Inc., founded in 2014 and headquartered in Jeju, South Korea, specializes in developing mobile games. In addition to its gaming ventures, the company is also focused on creating innovative smart parks that integrate technology with play spaces for children. By combining entertainment and recreational infrastructure, Monolith aims to enhance the play experience and foster creative environments for younger audiences.

MyMusicTaste

Series C in 2017
MyMusicTaste is a crowdsourcing platform dedicated to organizing live music events, specifically concerts and music festivals. It connects fans, artists, and promoters, allowing fans to request performances from their favorite artists in their local areas. By leveraging data-driven insights, MyMusicTaste empowers artists and concert promoters to effectively plan and execute successful events based on fan demand. This innovative approach facilitates a more interactive concert experience and enables a new model for organizing live events, making it easier for fans to influence the music landscape and connect with the artists they love.

MOIN

Seed Round in 2016
MOIN is a blockchain-based global money transfer company that enables customers to send funds abroad. Headquartered in Seoul, South Korea, it focuses on Asia and offers an online platform for user-centric international remittances built on blockchain technology, aiming to provide fast, convenient, and reasonably priced transfers.

MyMusicTaste

Series A in 2016
MyMusicTaste is a crowdsourcing platform dedicated to organizing live music events, specifically concerts and music festivals. It connects fans, artists, and promoters, allowing fans to request performances from their favorite artists in their local areas. By leveraging data-driven insights, MyMusicTaste empowers artists and concert promoters to effectively plan and execute successful events based on fan demand. This innovative approach facilitates a more interactive concert experience and enables a new model for organizing live events, making it easier for fans to influence the music landscape and connect with the artists they love.

GC COMPANY

Series A in 2015
GC COMPANY is an online search platform that provides accommodation for hotels, foods, and events.

WayWearable

Venture Round in 2015
WayWearable is a Seoul-based company specializing in wearable technology for skincare. Founded in 2014, WayWearable has developed the WAY device, a compact, purse-sized beauty appliance equipped with advanced biometric and environmental sensors. These sensors work in conjunction with a companion app to provide personalized skincare recommendations. The company aims to empower women to make informed skincare decisions that enhance their health and well-being. WayWearable has partnered with Sparklabs, a leading business accelerator in Asia, and launched an Indiegogo campaign to bring its innovative product to market.

NBT

Series B in 2015
NBT Partners is a Korean company established in 2012 and based in Seoul, specializing in mobile and online platform development services. The company offers a range of products, including Cache Slides, an application designed to verify information during shopping activities through a slide unlock screen. Additionally, NBT Partners has developed Baobab Class, an online platform that delivers personalized educational content tailored to users' needs. The company focuses on creating customized accumulation systems and leveraging knowledge-based technology to enhance user experiences based on their preferences.

Fronto

Series B in 2015
Fronto is the world’s first mobile lock screen media, which displays curated articles, hot new apps and deals & promos to mobile users through the everyday lock screen in a perfectly seamless way. By simply waking up your phone, you can read trending articles, earn rewards, download coupons, learn new promotional deals. Our first product, Cashslide, was launched in Korea in Nov 2012, and it now has 14 mil users, 2.5 mil DAU and 150 mil PV, which makes it as the most preferred mobile ad channel among local advertisers. In Jul 2013, just 8 months after the launch, we successfully raised $4 mil in Series-A funding. In Apr 2015, we raised $14 mil in Series-B funding. We launched Fronto in the US in May 2014 and hit #1 in New Top Free in Lifestyle. We are looking for experienced mobile media professionals. Join us as a founding member of Fronto based in the SF Bay Area. We are redesigning everyday mobile experience. For more details, visit www.fronto.co and check our app here bit.ly/1ocOJKg

The Beatpacking Company

Series B in 2015
The Beatpacking Company is a prominent provider of ad-supported music streaming services in South Korea, operating a mobile application known as BEAT. The company specializes in developing a social mobile music streaming platform that allows users to access a diverse range of music tailored to their genre preferences. By focusing on mobile devices and smartphones, The Beatpacking Company offers a user-friendly experience that caters to the evolving needs of music listeners in the region.

MOTIV Intelligence

Series A in 2014
MOTIV Intelligence is an ad-tech company that focuses on automating the marketing process. The company utilizes user behavioral data collected from mobile devices to deliver personalized advertisements to individuals who visit websites but do not complete a purchase. By leveraging this data, MOTIV Intelligence aims to enhance marketing effectiveness and improve conversion rates for businesses.

Casual Steps

Series A in 2014
Casual Steps is an e-commerce company that operates Snapshop, a platform designed to facilitate cross-border shopping, initially catering to Korean consumers seeking fashion products from the United States. The company's portal features a diverse array of consumer products across various categories, allowing customers to select items according to their preferences. Casual Steps provides multiple payment options, including cash on delivery, credit and debit card transactions, and net banking, ensuring a convenient shopping experience for its users.

CrossTarget

Seed Round in 2014
Onnuri DMC was founded in April of 2014 by members with over 10 years of experience in digital marketing. They have built a new data management platform for mobile advertising called Cross Target. This platform deploys a highly specialized technology called mobile retargeting, which directly pairs mobile web's cookie and Android's App. Therefore, CrossTarget can provide the most relevant advertisements to web users. Onnuri DMC has built partnerships with top media agencies, portals, and other leading advertisement platforms in Korea.

Coinplug

Series A in 2014
Coinplug, Inc. is a South Korean company established in 2013 that specializes in blockchain technology and offers a range of services and solutions. It operates a cryptocurrency exchange platform known as CPDAX, along with an electronic wallet service and an online point-of-sale solution. Coinplug also provides Metadium, a verification platform utilizing blockchain technology, and CP Cube, which serves as a B2B platform for blockchain and public key infrastructure services. Additionally, the company offers SBI Cosmoney, an international remittance service, and CP Solution, a blockchain platform for identity verification. With a strong focus on innovation, Coinplug has developed over 300 blockchain patents and is dedicated to advancing solutions in areas such as identity and authentication, payment processing, and asset management.

Spoqa

Series B in 2014
Spoqa, Inc., founded in 2012 and based in Seoul, South Korea, operates a mobile loyalty platform known as Dodo Points. The company specializes in developing mobile marketing solutions that help local merchants engage with customers through its innovative tablet-based loyalty system. Customers voluntarily provide their phone numbers at Dodo tablets installed at store counters to access membership benefits without the need for app downloads or formal sign-ups. In addition to the loyalty program, Spoqa has expanded its offerings to include Dodo Insight, an analytical customer management interface, Dodo Message, a marketing automation service, and Dodo Ads, a targeted advertising service. These tools cater to a diverse clientele, from small coffee shops to major hotel brands, facilitating effective customer connection and marketing strategies.

Catenoid

Series A in 2013
Catenoid, Inc. is a pioneering company based in Seoul, South Korea, recognized as the first to launch an online video platform in Korea. The company specializes in providing a comprehensive video technology as a service (VTaaS) solution, which integrates software, hardware, and network components associated with online video into a unified platform. Catenoid serves over 700 domestic and international clients across various sectors, including online education, video commerce, broadcasting, and corporate media. Its offerings enable businesses to access optimized video services tailored to their specific needs, streamlining the complexities of video technology and enhancing user experience.

GCT Semiconductor

Series D in 2005
GCT Semiconductor designs, develops, and markets integrated circuits for the wireless semiconductor industry. It specializes in system-on-a-chip solutions that combine radio frequency, baseband modem, and digital signal processing functions onto a single die, serving various applications such as smartphones, routers, and embedded modules. The company focuses on 4G LTE and 5G technologies, aiming to reduce component cost, lower power consumption, and minimize footprint.

SoftonNet

Series A in 1999
SOFTonNET Inc. is a provider of virtualization and cloud computing solutions, serving enterprises, universities, and government offices primarily in the United States and East Asia. Established in 1999 and headquartered in San Jose, California, with additional offices in Seoul and Tokyo, the company offers a range of products that include Z!BootOS for disk virtualization, Z!Stream for application virtualization, Z!Desktop for virtual desktops, Z!Storage for high-performance storage solutions, Z!Pack for portable application virtualization, and ezsComm for interactive lectures. SOFTonNET's technology is designed to reduce operating costs and enhance productivity by enabling organizations to operate software applications on a virtual layer without the need for installation. Its innovative approach includes patented on-demand streaming technology, offering a comprehensive cloud computing environment tailored for various organizational needs.
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