Murex Partners

Murex Partners LLC is a venture capital firm founded in 2017 and based in Seoul, South Korea. The firm focuses on a diverse range of sectors, including Food Tech, Digital Health, Property Tech, Smart City, Smart Factory, Mobility, Urban Contents, Digital Consumption, Pet, Fin-tech, AI, and Meta Game. Murex Partners invests in companies at various stages, from seed to growth, with a particular emphasis on information technology sectors within South Korea.

Heejeong Baek

Director and Principal

Song Chi-hyeong

Venture Partner

Dongmin Kang

Founder and CEO

Taekdong Kim

Venture Partner

Sejin Kim MD

Senior Associate

Mingu Kim

Managing Director

Seho Kim

Director, Relationship Management

Gibong Kim

Venture Partner

Kyung Hoon Lee

Analyst

Bumsuk Lee

Managing General Partner

Sujin Lee

Venture Partner

Doori Na

Associate

Jiseong Oh

General Partner

26 past transactions

Wishket

Series B in 2022
Wishket Co., Ltd. is an IT outsourcing platform based in Seoul, South Korea, established in 2012. The platform facilitates connections between companies and freelancers, allowing users to post projects, outsource work, and search for job opportunities online. Wishket provides a secure and cost-effective environment for businesses to find qualified freelancers for development tasks. Companies can easily sign up, post their projects, and receive responses from freelancers, while freelancers benefit from access to diverse projects and job opportunities. This streamlined approach aims to enhance collaboration and efficiency in the outsourcing process.

Glorang

Series A in 2022
Operator of an online live kids' school platform designed to overcome the limitations of public and private education systems. The company provides veteran teachers with years of experience in each field to educate children and also provides direct education trends and news to address the ever-changing educational methods, enabling children to develop their talents and abilities.

AmazeVR

Venture Round in 2022
AmazeVR is a virtual concert platform that specializes in creating and distributing high-quality immersive music experiences. Founded in 2015 by former executives of Kakao, the company offers an end-to-end solution that includes advanced technologies such as ultra-high-resolution custom cameras and cloud-based creation tools. AmazeVR enables fans to attend live concerts in virtual reality, thereby enhancing the connection between artists and audiences. The platform facilitates both offline distribution through events like the Amaze Tour, which adheres to COVID-19 safety guidelines, and online distribution via the Amaze Music app and other media platforms such as YouTube, TikTok, and Twitch. By vertically integrating its distribution channels, AmazeVR aims to expand artists' reach and foster engaging social interactions among fans, who can connect as avatars in a shared virtual space.

UrbanPlay

Series A in 2021
UrbanPlay Inc. is a Seoul-based company established in 2013 that focuses on creating and curating urban culture content. The company collects and processes both tangible and intangible materials related to urban issues, providing a platform that facilitates engagement with these topics in innovative ways. UrbanPlay offers a range of online services, regional projects, multimedia content, and publications, all designed to foster a deeper understanding of urban environments. Additionally, the company operates a community platform that delivers various real estate content services, including space offerings, publishing, merchandise, and local marketing. By leveraging creators' contributions, UrbanPlay aims to build a sustainable urban cultural ecosystem that enhances neighborhood lifestyle services for users.

ARGO

Series A in 2021
ARGO provides a one-stop logistics system. ARGO not only manages orders and inventories but also foresees future demand to enhance efficiency for e-commerce operators.

Bobidi

Seed Round in 2021
Bobidi helps AI companies test and validate their models in the real world very fast and improve them 10x more efficiently. The underlying magic is that they run a global gamified community that is incentivized to test and find the edge cases that the model missed. The whole process would be up to 10x more efficient than the industry norm that takes as long as a couple of months.

Caredoc

Series A in 2021
CareDoc is an elderly care professional platform that provides information on proven elderly care facilities. Consumers looking for elderly care services were not able to find the information they wanted online or getting inaccurate information through word of mouth.On the other hand, providers of care services were having difficulty in collecting elderly customers. Caredoc solves these problems by providing verified care servise provider information on the mobile.

ImpriMed

Series A in 2021
ImpriMed, Inc. provides drug testing services. It looks into drug responses of patient’s live cancer cells before treatment. The company collects gene and cell information from pets’ cancer cells, and translates into human oncology, and provides research insights into fighting human cancer. Its services allow veterinary oncologists to decide a final treatment regimen. The company was incorporated in 2017 and is based in Palo Alto, California with a branch office in Seoul, South Korea.

AmazeVR

Venture Round in 2021
AmazeVR is a virtual concert platform that specializes in creating and distributing high-quality immersive music experiences. Founded in 2015 by former executives of Kakao, the company offers an end-to-end solution that includes advanced technologies such as ultra-high-resolution custom cameras and cloud-based creation tools. AmazeVR enables fans to attend live concerts in virtual reality, thereby enhancing the connection between artists and audiences. The platform facilitates both offline distribution through events like the Amaze Tour, which adheres to COVID-19 safety guidelines, and online distribution via the Amaze Music app and other media platforms such as YouTube, TikTok, and Twitch. By vertically integrating its distribution channels, AmazeVR aims to expand artists' reach and foster engaging social interactions among fans, who can connect as avatars in a shared virtual space.

Glorang

Seed Round in 2021
Operator of an online live kids' school platform designed to overcome the limitations of public and private education systems. The company provides veteran teachers with years of experience in each field to educate children and also provides direct education trends and news to address the ever-changing educational methods, enabling children to develop their talents and abilities.

Superb AI

Series A in 2021
Superb AI is a machine learning data platform founded in 2018 and headquartered in San Mateo, California. The company specializes in streamlining the development of data-centric artificial intelligence by providing tools for data annotation, curation, and model training. Its proprietary deep learning technology enhances the efficiency of labeling images and videos, allowing users to break down training data into manageable components. This approach enables businesses to manage AI projects more effectively, reducing both time and resource requirements. Through its innovative platform, Superb AI aims to facilitate the growth and implementation of AI solutions across various industries.

HowBuild

Series B in 2021
HowBuild is a South Korean company, established in 2003, that offers an open competitive bidding system tailored for the design and construction sectors. Its platform serves as a comprehensive construction guide, facilitating a trusted environment for architects, engineers, and construction professionals. The platform aids users in various aspects of their work, including understanding plans, conducting legal reviews, managing designs, and generating quotations. By providing these tools, HowBuild empowers engineers and designers to plan and execute their projects with greater autonomy and accountability.

Trenbe

Series B in 2021
Trenbe Inc. is an online fashion platform based in Seoul, South Korea, specializing in the sale of apparel, bags, shoes, and accessories for both men and women. Incorporated in 2016, the company focuses on providing luxury clothing and accessories through its online shopping mall, which features a wide range of products from various brands. Utilizing in-house technology, Trenbe aims to offer luxury goods at more affordable prices, making high-end fashion accessible to a broader audience.

Cupix

Series B in 2021
Cupix, Inc. is a cloud-based software company established in 2015, based in Seongnam-si, South Korea. The company specializes in developing a photogrammetry solution that creates three-dimensional digital twins of physical spaces using 360-degree photos as input. Its software employs advanced computational geometry, computer vision, and machine learning technologies to generate realistic 3D representations of buildings, construction sites, and large facilities. Cupix offers functionalities such as dimension measurement, information annotations, interactive floor plans, and the ability to create, share, and manage virtual tours. The primary focus areas for the company are 3D documentation for construction sites and virtual tour authoring for real estate, enabling users to access and manage physical spaces virtually at any time.

4DReplay

Venture Round in 2020
4DReplay, Inc. is a company based in San Francisco, California, that specializes in developing advanced visual processing systems for creating dynamic, four-dimensional videos. Founded in 2016, the company focuses on producing time-slicing videos that deliver highlights from any time and angle with exceptional detail. Its innovative technology integrates a network of 4K cameras and user-friendly video editing software, allowing for multi-angle and time-sliced video production across various sectors, including professional sports, commercials, and entertainment. This system enables clients to remotely control and synchronize high-speed visual processing, facilitating an enhanced viewing experience that allows audiences to access video content from multiple perspectives on mobile devices.

Trenbe

Series B in 2020
Trenbe Inc. is an online fashion platform based in Seoul, South Korea, specializing in the sale of apparel, bags, shoes, and accessories for both men and women. Incorporated in 2016, the company focuses on providing luxury clothing and accessories through its online shopping mall, which features a wide range of products from various brands. Utilizing in-house technology, Trenbe aims to offer luxury goods at more affordable prices, making high-end fashion accessible to a broader audience.

HowBuild

Series A in 2019
HowBuild is a South Korean company, established in 2003, that offers an open competitive bidding system tailored for the design and construction sectors. Its platform serves as a comprehensive construction guide, facilitating a trusted environment for architects, engineers, and construction professionals. The platform aids users in various aspects of their work, including understanding plans, conducting legal reviews, managing designs, and generating quotations. By providing these tools, HowBuild empowers engineers and designers to plan and execute their projects with greater autonomy and accountability.

HonestFund

Series B in 2019
HonestFund is a financial technology company operating an alternative investing platform in South Korea. HonestFund provides individuals and institutional investors access to alternative investment opportunities across a wide range of asset classes, such as residential/commercial real estates, infrastructure financing and unsecured personal loans. Due to its unique capability of providing a fully transparent and frictionless process for both investors and private issuers, HonestFund raised funds from leading financial institutions, including Shinhan Bank, Hanwha Investment, KB Investment, Shinhan Capital and Daily Financial Group.

UrbanPlay

Series A in 2019
UrbanPlay Inc. is a Seoul-based company established in 2013 that focuses on creating and curating urban culture content. The company collects and processes both tangible and intangible materials related to urban issues, providing a platform that facilitates engagement with these topics in innovative ways. UrbanPlay offers a range of online services, regional projects, multimedia content, and publications, all designed to foster a deeper understanding of urban environments. Additionally, the company operates a community platform that delivers various real estate content services, including space offerings, publishing, merchandise, and local marketing. By leveraging creators' contributions, UrbanPlay aims to build a sustainable urban cultural ecosystem that enhances neighborhood lifestyle services for users.

Superb AI

Seed Round in 2019
Superb AI is a machine learning data platform founded in 2018 and headquartered in San Mateo, California. The company specializes in streamlining the development of data-centric artificial intelligence by providing tools for data annotation, curation, and model training. Its proprietary deep learning technology enhances the efficiency of labeling images and videos, allowing users to break down training data into manageable components. This approach enables businesses to manage AI projects more effectively, reducing both time and resource requirements. Through its innovative platform, Superb AI aims to facilitate the growth and implementation of AI solutions across various industries.

ImpriMed

Seed Round in 2018
ImpriMed, Inc. provides drug testing services. It looks into drug responses of patient’s live cancer cells before treatment. The company collects gene and cell information from pets’ cancer cells, and translates into human oncology, and provides research insights into fighting human cancer. Its services allow veterinary oncologists to decide a final treatment regimen. The company was incorporated in 2017 and is based in Palo Alto, California with a branch office in Seoul, South Korea.

HonestFund

Series B in 2018
HonestFund is a financial technology company operating an alternative investing platform in South Korea. HonestFund provides individuals and institutional investors access to alternative investment opportunities across a wide range of asset classes, such as residential/commercial real estates, infrastructure financing and unsecured personal loans. Due to its unique capability of providing a fully transparent and frictionless process for both investors and private issuers, HonestFund raised funds from leading financial institutions, including Shinhan Bank, Hanwha Investment, KB Investment, Shinhan Capital and Daily Financial Group.

rainist / 레이니스트

Series B in 2018
Rainist Co., Ltd. is a South Korean financial technology company founded in 2012 and based in Seoul. The company develops a financial application known as BankSalad, which collects and analyzes users' financial data to provide recommendations for expenditure analysis and personal financial management. BankSalad also offers tailored suggestions for financial products, such as credit cards, based on users' spending patterns. Through these services, Rainist aims to enhance individuals' financial decision-making and improve their overall financial well-being.
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