Murex Partners

Murex Partners LLC is a venture capital firm based in Seoul, South Korea, founded in 2017. The firm focuses on investing in a variety of sectors, including Food Tech, Digital Health, Property Tech, Smart Cities, Smart Factories, Mobility, Urban Content, Digital Consumption, Pet Care, Fin-tech, AI, and Meta Gaming. Murex Partners aims to support innovative companies in these areas by providing capital and strategic guidance, thereby contributing to advancements in technology and urban development.

Song Chi-hyeong

Venture Partner

Taekdong Kim

Venture Partner

Seho Kim

Director, Relationship Management

Kyung Hoon Lee

Analyst

Bumsuk Lee

Managing General Partner

Sujin Lee

Venture Partner

Jiseong Oh

General Partner

Past deals in South Korea

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.

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.

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.

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. sells apparel, bags, shoes, and accessories online for men and women. The company was incorporated in 2016 and is based in Seoul, South Korea.

Cupix

Series B in 2021
Cupix, Inc. develops cloud-based VR/MR software that provides photogrammetry solution that can create the 3D geometry scene using 360-degree photos as a primary input. The company provides functionalities, such as dimension measurement, information annotations, and simulating virtual objects. It features includes, fast, create, share, and manage 3D virtual tours, and create interactive floor plan. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Seongnam-si, South Korea.

Trenbe

Series B in 2020
Trenbe Inc. sells apparel, bags, shoes, and accessories online for men and women. The company was incorporated in 2016 and is based in Seoul, South Korea.

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.

Kiwi

Series A in 2018
Kiwi is a B2B company that develops a platform for fabric producers and sellers. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.

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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