CJ Investment

CJ Investment is an investment firm based in Seoul, South Korea, and serves as the corporate venture arm of CJ Corp. Established in 2000, the firm focuses on various sectors, including information and communication technology, food, internet, communication equipment, mobile devices, distribution, and biotechnology. In addition to these industries, CJ Investment also invests in the entertainment sector, specifically in films, drama, and animated shows. Through its diverse investment strategy, the firm aims to foster innovation and growth across multiple fields.

Park, Jie Eun

Chief Investment Officer

Kyuhwan Kwak

Director and Head of Investments, Division 2

48 past transactions

INTAKE foods

Series C in 2025
INTAKE foods specializes in food content development and branding. It focuses on innovating leading food brands through brand development and publishing engaging food-related activities.

Humil

Venture Round in 2025
Humil operates in the food and beverage industry, focusing on food processing and product research. This company is involved in the manufacturing and processing of food products. In addition to this, Humil also provides food research services, contributing to the development and improvement of food products. Their services are aimed at enhancing the quality and safety of food products, ensuring they meet the necessary standards and requirements.

ProtoPie

Series B in 2025
ProtoPie is a software company that specializes in interactive prototyping tools, enabling designers and engineers to create sophisticated prototypes without the need for coding. Its platform allows users to transform UI and UX design concepts into highly interactive prototypes for mobile, desktop, web, and IoT applications. Recognized for its ease of use and powerful capabilities, ProtoPie is adopted by leading global brands such as Google, Microsoft, R/GA, and Ideo. The company focuses on helping designers ideate, iterate, and innovate effectively, addressing contemporary design challenges in a user-friendly manner.

Sizzle

Venture Round in 2025
Sizzle is a company that provides an integrated process analysis solution based on accumulated experience.

MobilTech

Series B in 2025
MobilTech is an AI-based 3D GIS startup company that supplies 3D spatial information, hardware, and software solutions for smart cities.

DOD

Seed Round in 2024
DOD is a music-focused business that specializes in K-pop entertainment. It offers a comprehensive range of services, including music production, artist management, media content creation, and publishing. The company aims to leverage technology and data to facilitate global K-pop music production and distribution.

Workers High

Seed Round in 2024
Workers High is a commerce company specializing in unmanned store services designed for office environments. Utilizing Internet of Things (IoT) technology, the company operates compact, automated retail spaces where employees can conveniently access and purchase products at any time. The system is equipped to recommend items based on individual purchasing behavior, enhancing the shopping experience. Users can make transactions using an employee identifier or key card, ensuring a seamless and efficient service tailored to meet the needs of office workers.

City Storage

Series A in 2024
City Storage is a side dish platform that produces and sells salads, soups, and pickles.

Fly Doctor

Series A in 2024
Fly Doctor is a technology company that specializes in pharmaceutical purchasing management. It offers a platform that enables medical professionals in hospitals and clinics to efficiently request and place orders for pharmaceuticals, streamlining the quotation process.

StoreLink

Series C in 2024
StoreLink operates as an optimization platform for online marketplaces. It leverages AI-driven tools and accurate sales data analysis to enhance product visibility and improve sales forecasts, thereby boosting revenues for its client sellers.

Lion Rocket

Series A in 2024
Lion Rocket develops deep learning-based voice engine.

Frankly

Seed Round in 2023
Frankly specializes in affordable skincare.

Tablero

Seed Round in 2023
Tablero is a service platform company that supports easy offline ordering with an NFC-based simple order/payment order service.

Quad Miners

Series B in 2023
Quad Miners is a cybersecurity software developer focused on addressing security threats and enhancing internet security. The company employs a machine learning-based artificial intelligence analysis engine that enables the storage of network traffic without data loss while effectively detecting threats and anomalies. By leveraging this advanced technology, Quad Miners provides customers with reliable solutions to safeguard their data against malware attacks, ensuring easy and accurate cyber defense.

Medinno

Series C in 2023
Medinno Inc., established in 2016 and headquartered in Suwon, South Korea, specializes in the research and development of neural stem cell therapies derived from adult brain tissue. The company focuses on creating therapeutic agents for treating a wide array of degenerative neurological diseases, including hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, neonatal refractory brain diseases, severe intraventricular hemorrhages, stroke, and Alzheimer's disease. Medinno aims to enable physicians to effectively address these conditions through its innovative cell therapeutics.

City Storage

Series A in 2023
City Storage is a side dish platform that produces and sells salads, soups, and pickles.

Test Valley

Series A in 2023
Test Valley is a retailer specializing in consumer electronics. It offers smartphones, tablets, cameras, computers, and household appliances through its online platform.

Contoro

Seed Round in 2023
Contoro Robotics is a company focused on developing advanced robotic solutions that integrate artificial intelligence with human intelligence and teleoperation capabilities. The company aims to create a significant global impact by providing technologies that enhance remote control and operation of robots. Its products enable clients to autonomously manage tasks such as picking up cases, recognizing text, and palletizing items, all from anywhere in the world. By leveraging telemanipulation and haptic feedback, Contoro Robotics offers innovative human interfaces that enhance the functionality and usability of its robotic systems, allowing clients to unlock the full potential of remote robotic operations.

Playtag

Seed Round in 2023
Playtag operates a proprietary AI-driven platform designed to enhance early childhood education. It analyzes infants' behaviors within kindergarten settings, generating tailored educational insights to support educators and improve learning outcomes for young children.

Sneakers

Seed Round in 2023
Sneakers is a real-time on-demand local information platform that facilitates the sharing of information about various locations. The company provides users with timely notifications when they are nearby specific places, enabling them to share insights and earn rewards for their contributions. This platform enhances the user experience by fostering a community-driven approach to information exchange, allowing individuals to both access valuable local knowledge and incentivize their participation through small rewards.

Doctor Cha

Series A in 2023
Doctor Cha operates a vehicle management platform offering transparent and reasonable services for vehicle maintenance and accident repair consultations. Their application provides car repair estimates, maintenance price information, one-to-one consultation, and repair shop matching.

Logpresso

Series A in 2023
Logpresso is a cybersecurity company specializing in SecOps platforms designed to enhance security operations for businesses. The company provides a platform that analyzes data and detects cyber threats, allowing organizations to automate their security and IT operations. By streamlining these processes, Logpresso helps companies optimize their resources and improve operational efficiency, making it easier to manage and respond to potential security incidents.

Carlet Store

Series A in 2023
Carlet Bio is a wholesale supplier of packaging solutions.

S-Alpha Therapeutics

Series B in 2023
S-Alpha Therapeutics Inc. is a digital therapeutics company based in Seoul, South Korea, established in 2019. It specializes in researching and developing health applications and platform technologies that leverage digital devices for the treatment of various diseases. The company’s product pipeline includes SAT-001, an application focused on ophthalmology for eye disease treatment; SAT-002, which addresses neurological conditions; SAT-003, designed for oncology to support cancer patients in their recovery; and SAT-008, aimed at public crises to address social issues. In addition to its health applications, S-Alpha Therapeutics also develops therapeutic devices, striving to provide innovative solutions for unmet medical needs across multiple therapeutic areas, including ophthalmology, neuropsychiatry, and cancer.

Pragma Bio

Series A in 2023
Pragma Bio is a biotechnology company that uses microbiome-based approaches to discover therapies for cancer and autoimmune diseases, combining genomic sequencing, artificial intelligence, and synthetic biology to identify biomarkers and develop therapeutics through a data-driven platform that aggregates public and private data to build a microbiome database and reveal connections across microbial and clinical data. The company pursues small-molecule discovery from human-associated bacteria, focusing on the gut-immune axis, and aims to deliver health-indicative molecules with robust safety profiles, while the platform supports risk stratification and outcome prediction for patients by leveraging real-world data. Pragma Bio was founded in 2018 in Millbrae, California by Peter McCaffrey, Kovi Bessoff, Ayin Vala and Kareem Barghouti.

Travel Wallet

Series C in 2023
Travel Wallet is a mobile-based foreign currency payment service that offers a comprehensive digital travel wallet application. The platform provides users with various features, including currency exchange services, real-time exchange rates, an exchange rate calculator, local cash pick-up, and physical card issuance. Designed for tourists and business travelers, Travel Wallet aims to facilitate overseas direct purchases and payments without commission, making transactions more cost-effective compared to traditional retail banks. The company holds licenses for small overseas remittance businesses and electronic financial operations, ensuring compliance with necessary regulations and technology requirements. By partnering with banks, Travel Wallet enhances the convenience and efficiency of currency exchange services for its users.

Beco Entertainment

Seed Round in 2023
Beko Entertainment is a creative studio that produces technology-based digital content utilizing visual effects and animation. Through its visual effects, animation technology, and intellectual property business, the company enables clients to create visually appealing animated content that can be used for entertainment.

Ring Therapeutics

Series C in 2023
Ring Therapeutics is a biotechnology company developing gene therapies using Anellovector, a redosable and targetable DNA therapy platform based on the biology of the human commensal virome. The platform aims to address limitations of current DNA therapies, including limited tissue access, inability to redose, potential genomic integration, and tolerability concerns. Founded in 2017 and based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Ring Therapeutics was established by Flagship Pioneering to pursue a multi-product platform. It focuses on discovering and developing Anellovector therapeutics to unlock the full potential of gene therapy, moving beyond gene replacement to a broader set of modalities and mechanisms. The approach targets disease sites with tissue and cellular specificity, aiming to treat conditions across genetic disorders, ophthalmology, oncology, and metabolic disorders and to expand therapeutic options for previously inaccessible diseases.

Splab

Seed Round in 2023
Splab creates and operates a calendar-based scheduling automation tool. Splab is located in Seoul, South Korea.

Sendtime

Seed Round in 2023
Sendtime is a business-to-business automated scheduling tool that provides a software platform for managing schedules efficiently. The tool features an intuitive interface that allows users to view and coordinate multiple schedules simultaneously in real time. This capability is particularly beneficial for corporate sales and human resources teams, as it streamlines the process of setting up meetings with clients and interviews with candidates, thereby saving significant time and enhancing productivity.

N.Light

Series A in 2023
N.Light is a Metaverse 3D design software that allows individuals to effortlessly turn their ideas into reality.

Kneader

Series B in 2022
Kneader operates an online recruitment platform specializing in temporary and part-time job matching. It offers career management services for job seekers to create profiles highlighting their skills, education, and experience, and apply for jobs. Employers can post jobs, view candidate profiles, and hire candidates through the platform.

Estate Cloud

Series A in 2022
Estate Cloud is a company that offers online real estate services focused on facilitating the buying and selling of properties. It has developed a real estate information application that optimizes brokerage services by providing comprehensive listing information for users. This application enables individuals to search for and list properties effectively, connecting buyers and sellers based on their specific requirements. By utilizing an automated brokerage system, Estate Cloud aims to streamline the real estate transaction process, making it more efficient for all parties involved.

HAII

Series B in 2022
HAII is a theranostics companion platform that offers treatments developed by AI data analytics.

Elorea

Seed Round in 2022
Elorea is a fragrance brand inspired by Korea's rich cultural heritage. It aims to expand Korea's global influence through unique, high-quality scents that balance traditional elements with modern aesthetics.

Nex Eye

Series A in 2022
Nex Eye is a start-up that develops first-in-class antibodies targeting refractory factors of immuno-oncology drugs.

Korea Space Data

Series A in 2022
Korea Space Data specializes in offering space management and operation services through Software as a Service (SaaS) technology. The company focuses on enhancing value creation and reducing costs associated with space management. By integrating AI technology with on-site expertise, Korea Space Data provides independent management solutions that address potential issues proactively, ensuring comfort and convenience for site owners.

Gopizza

Series C in 2022
Gopizza operates a chain of pizza restaurants and offers franchising services. Founded in 2016 and based in Seoul, South Korea, the company provides affordable, customizable pizzas through formats including outlets in public places and market complexes as well as a mobile delivery model. It uses par-baked dough and compact ovens to enable smaller kitchens to produce large quantities quickly with minimal labor, supporting scalable operations.

AmazeVR

Series B in 2022
AmazeVR is a virtual concert platform that specializes in the creation and distribution of immersive music content using proprietary technologies. Founded in 2015 by former executives of a prominent mobile platform company, AmazeVR offers an end-to-end solution that transforms the concert experience through ultra-high-resolution custom cameras, cloud-based creation tools, and interactive social features that allow fans to engage as avatars. The platform enables artists to connect more closely with their audiences by facilitating both online and offline concert experiences, adhering to safety measures. Through its innovative approach, AmazeVR aims to redefine how music fans experience live performances, making them more accessible and engaging.

NO Search

Seed Round in 2022
NO Search is an online marketplace for home and kitchen appliances.

Aurumplanet

Series B in 2022
Aurumplanet (아우름플래닛) is a Korean online platform that provides IT-related information. It was launched in September 2012 in Seoul, Korea.

Select Star

Series A in 2022
Select Star is a data platform for AI technology that offers dataset building, storage, and analysis services.

LINER

Series B in 2022
LINER is an innovative company that has developed Asia's first AI Agent, known as the "AI Workspace." This autonomous agent utilizes LLM-based artificial intelligence to perform a variety of complex tasks, significantly enhancing user productivity. LINER's personalized search engine, powered by advanced technologies like GPT-4, allows users to efficiently collect, manage, and derive insights from information, drastically reducing research time from hundreds of minutes to mere seconds. With a user base exceeding 94% from outside Korea and spanning over 100 countries, LINER stands out for its unique highlighter database, which differentiates its offerings in the competitive landscape of productivity tools.

Bithumb Meta

Seed Round in 2022
Bithumb Meta is a metaverse platform focused on the development of NFT marketplaces and blockchain technology. The company aims to create a comprehensive ecosystem that supports brands and creators in selling and managing their NFTs. By offering one-stop services, Bithumb Meta enhances user experiences by providing various benefits and rewards, allowing individuals to personalize and showcase their virtual spaces with NFTs. The platform is designed to extend beyond traditional realities, fostering an engaging environment for users to interact with their digital assets.

My Chef

Series A in 2020
My Chef sells home meal kits.

My Chef

Series A in 2019
My Chef sells home meal kits.
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