Shinhan Invest

Shinhan Investment Corporation, established in 2002 and based in Seoul, South Korea, is a financial services firm that functions primarily as a securities brokerage and investment banking company. As a subsidiary of Shinhan Financial Group, it offers a range of financial services and advisory solutions to its clients. The company emphasizes high capital efficiency and business diversification, aiming for sustainable long-term growth while enhancing shareholder value. Additionally, it has an investment arm that specializes in private equity, focusing on buyouts and exploring opportunities in sectors such as biotechnology.

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Mgenplus Co.,Ltd. (KOSDAQ:A032790)

Private Placement in 2019
Mgenplus Co.,Ltd. manufactures and sells toner cartridges. The company also offers services in the fields of transgenic/xenotransplantation/human disease model research. In addition, it develops, produces, and sells ODM based video phones, camera door phones, and switches; and communication services. The company was formerly known as Giblue Co., Ltd. and changed its name to Mgenplus Co.,Ltd. in April 2015. Mgenplus Co.,Ltd. is based in Seoul, South Korea.

Cerecin

Series A in 2021
Cerecin is a healthcare company that develops novel evidence-based therapeutics and products that aim to help people. We develop novel evidence-based therapeutics and products that aim to help millions of people. These solutions are designed to target conditions ranging from memory impairment to Alzheimer’s disease and other devastating neurological diseases.

Oscotec

Private Placement in 2018
Oscotec Inc., a biotech company, engages in drug discovery for rheumatoid arthritis, leukemia, lung cancer, and periodontal diseases in Korea and internationally. It develops SYK inhibitor that is in Phase I clinical study to treat rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus; FLT3 inhibitor for the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia; EGFR double mutation inhibitor to treat non-small cell lung cancer; and BT-301, a botanical drug that is in Phase III clinical study for the treatment of periodontal disease. The company’s drug development pipeline also includes 4th gen EGFR inhibitor to treat non-small cell lung cancer; FGFR4 inhibitor for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma; 2nd gen SYK inhibitor to treat blood cancer; and MELK inhibitor for triple negative breast cancer. It also offers dental health products, such as bone graft comprising InduCera, BioCera-F, and SynCeraII; membrane consisting of LysoGide and CollaGuide; and centrifuge, including PRP/PRF centrifuge and PRP reagents. The company was formerly known as Oscotec Co., Ltd and changed its name to Oscotec Inc. in June 1999. Oscotec Inc. was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Seongnam, South Korea.

Smec Co.,Ltd (KOSDAQ:A099440)

Private Placement in 2018
Smec Co.,Ltd manufactures and sells machine tools, semiconductor and telecommunication equipment, robots, and laser equipment in South Korea and internationally. The company offers machine tools, such as CNC lathes, machining center, etc.; parts; and robots associated with LCD production. It also provides network solutions, such as trunk, signaling, media, video, and IMS media gateways, as well as media gateway controllers, media resource function solutions, and session border controllers; LTE gateway solutions, including IPsec security, LTE SmallCell, evolved packet data, and trusted wireless access gateways; and WiFi solutions comprising WiFi access points and WiFi AP controllers. In addition, the company offers military satellite communication system; Internet of things; digital radio communication system solutions; and other solutions, such as binary CDMA and illegal eavesdropping detection system solutions. It offers products through sales offices, agencies, and dealers. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Gimhae, South Korea.

Willbes

Private Placement in 2018
The Willbes & Co., Ltd. manufactures and sells apparel in South Korea. It also provides postgraduate training for individuals looking for professional jobs, such as lawyer, diplomat, government official, appraiser, labor attorney, and others, as well as engages in the investment activities. The company was formerly known as Kunja Industries, Co., Ltd. and changed its name to The Willbes & Co., Ltd. in 1997. The Willbes & Co., Ltd. was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Cheonan, South Korea.

ELENTEC

Private Placement in 2019
Elentec Co., Ltd. engages in the manufacture and sale of electronic and communication products in South Korea and internationally. The company offers battery packs for mobile phones, notebooks, camcorders, digital cameras, and tablet PCs, as well as designs, fabricates, and assembles PCMs and cases. It also provides medium and large-sized battery packs for mobile electronic devices, electric bikes, electric scooters, and ESSs; mobile phone cases; battery chargers for mobile phones; touch function boards to control LCD TV, monitor, and IT products; and wire harness for TVs, washing machines, microwave ovens, and other home appliances, as well as produces and supplies electric parts that include optical IRISs for CCTVs, small motors for bidets, and various modules. In addition, the company produces remote controllers for various electronic products, such as the TVs, DVDs, and air conditioners; and smart glasses. Elentec Co., Ltd. was founded in 1977 and is headquartered in Hwaseong, South Korea.

Dae-Il

Private Placement in 2019
DAE-IL Corporation manufactures and sells powertrain systems for automobiles, motorcycles, and heavy equipment in South Korea and internationally. It offers car transmission and engine gears; trans and drive axles, and transmission and excavator products; and motorcycle transmission and engine products, as well as production and measurement systems. The company also manufactures electric automobiles, motorcycles, and trucks. In addition, it exports its products. DAE-IL Corporation was founded in 1976 and is headquartered in Ulsan, South Korea.

The Vallila Property in Vallila, Helsinki

Merger/Acquisition in 2020
The Vallila Property in Vallila, Helsinki comprises a commercial real estate property. The asset is located in Finland.

ALUKO

Private Placement in 2019
Aluko Co., Ltd. manufactures and sells aluminum products in South Korea and internationally. It offers building materials, including regular/balcony windows, system windows, and curtain walls; and focus, inner, project, and fix and slide windows, as well as sliding and turning doors. The company also engages in designing, manufacturing, and on-site assembling of various form materials for the field structures; and provides curtain walls, such as unit, stick, and panel systems. In addition, it offers CVVT rotor vanes, ABS housing raw, bumper back beams, seat frames, side sills, aluminum bus frames, electric motorcycle frames, and MTB frames for automotive applications; LNG tank structures; railway frames; and industrial materials, such as aluminum palettes and industrial extruded materials. Further, the company provides top chassis and edge bars for display fields; components of electric and electronic/communication products, and airplanes; and industrial materials, such as solar frames. Aluko Co., Ltd. was founded in 1956 and is headquartered in Daejeon, South Korea.

WINPAC

Private Placement in 2019
WINPAC Inc. produces and sells semiconductor packaging and testing solutions in South Korea. Its packaging products comprise fine pitch ball grid array type packages for flash/SRAM/fast SRAM, flash/SRAM MCP/DRAM, and ASIC/logic/analog IC packaging; land grid array type packages for PC, memory, DDR2, graphic memory, and mobile phone packaging; and POP and flip chip package products. The company’s packaging products also include quad flat packages for analog, ASIC, DSP, PLD, sensor, and micro-controller packaging; quad flat no lead packages for analog, ASIC, wireless RF, MEMS, cell phone, and laptop packaging; humidity sensor packages for automotive, home appliance, industrial HVAC, smart home products, and washing machine packaging; and proximity/ambient light sensor packages for smart phone, automotive, and home appliance, as well as smart, lighting, and display devices packaging. In addition, it offers USB flash drives for portable storage applications; and solid state drives for PC, mobile phone, and digital camera storage applications. Further, the company provides design and simulation services, as well as semiconductor testing services, including SOC and memory testing. WINPAC Inc. was founded in 2002 and is based in Yongin, South Korea.

Powernet

Private Placement in 2019
Powernet Technologies Corporation manufactures and sells SMPS products. The company offers adaptors; grid-connected photovoltaic invertors, ESS PCS, and batteries; LED lights; and automotive products comprising controllers, motors, and sunroofs. It also provides components for appliances. The company was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.

Alticast

Private Placement in 2019
Alticast Corp. provides MHP solutions for the DVB-MHP, OCAP/tru2way platform, IPTV, and Mobile television industries. It offers altisynchro, an interactive services automation system, which acts as the foundation of an open standards iTV broadcast facility; Altiinteractive that supports a running environment for interactive TV service plug-ins and handles requests from the users; Alticaptor, a MHP middleware, which supports various iTV service platforms; Alticast that enables integration with DRM or CAS for paid services; and AltiCaptor Blu-ray Disc Java middleware, which shares a common code base with AltiCaptor MHP and OCAP/tru2way platform middleware. The company also provides porting and application services. Alticast Corp. was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea with additional offices in Broomfield, Colorado; Frankfurt, Germany; and Beijing, China.

Tesna

Private Placement in 2019
Tesna Inc. provides semiconductor testing services in South Korea. The company offers test program development, wafer probe test, final package test, backend, and turn-key services. It provides test services for various semiconductors used in mobile devices, automobiles, appliances, industrial goods, and security. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Pyeongtaek, South Korea.

Humax Holdings

Private Placement in 2018
Humax Co., Ltd. provides video gateways, set-top boxes, and broadband gateways for broadcasting companies and mobile carriers worldwide. It also offers smart home solutions, such as home monitoring and automation services; smart security alarm solutions for personal devices; video surveillance services; apps for security services; customized modular smart solutions; and IoT solutions. In addition, the company provides mobile and TV apps. Humax Co., Ltd. was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Seongnam, South Korea.

LISCure Biosciences

Seed Round in 2019
LISCure Biosciences is a developer of bacteria-mediated immunotherapy designed to treat tumors as well as degenerative neurological, autoimmune and metabolic diseases. The company currently has seven pipelines of medicine and two pipelines of health-functioning food and is considering the introduction of two more pipes.

Dt&C

Private Placement in 2019
DT&C Co., Ltd. provides testing and certification services. The company offers testing and certification services for information and communication technology equipment, industrial equipment, household/commercial consumer electronic products, medical devices, automotive electronic apparatus, nuclear power equipment, and vessels, as well as for defense, aerospace, and railway sectors. DT&C Co., Ltd. was founded in 1999 and is based in Yongin, South Korea.

MakinaRocks

Series A in 2020
Founded in December 2017, MakinaRocks is a startup specializing in industrial machine intelligence solutions. Our anomaly detection model and intelligent control algorithm analyze sensor and numeric data to provide intelligent control, improve product quality, and detect anomalies in manufacturing equipment. We deliver our industrial AI solutions to manufacturing industries such as semiconductor, automotive, battery, and energy.

Alteogen

Private Placement in 2018
Founded in 2008, Alteogen is a leading bio company whose portfolio includes next-generation Biobetter, with improved efficacy in comparison with existing biologics, biosimilars that demonstrate “comparability” to the existing biologics, and proprietary biologics. Alteogen focus on the three cutting edge areas of the industry – long-acting biobetters, proprietary antibody-drug conjugate, and antibody biosimilars with complexity. Currently, Alteogen has developed NexP™ Fusion Technology, a next-generation long-acting biobetter technology on its own, developed NexMab™ ADC Technology, an Antibody-Drug Conjugate technology, novel human hyaluronidase PH 20 based on Hybrozyme Technology and is jointly developing Antibody Biosimilars with overseas strategic alliance partners.

Uni-Chem Co., Ltd. (KOSE:A011330)

Private Placement in 2020
Uni-Chem Co., Ltd. manufactures and sells leather products in South Korea. It offers fabrics for automobile seats and handbags. The company was formerly known as Shinjin Leather Industrial Co., Ltd. and changed its name to Uni-Chem Co., Ltd. in April 2000. The company was founded in 1976 and is headquartered in Ansan, South Korea.

CS Wind

Private Placement in 2018
CS Wind Canada Inc. manufactures and sells wind towers. The company was founded in 2010 and is based in Windsor, Canada. CS Wind Canada Inc. operates as a subsidiary of CS Wind Corporation.

PDC line Pharma SAS

Private Placement in 2020
PDC line Pharma SAS, a clinical-stage biotech company, researches and develops a class of antigen–specific active immunotherapies for cancer based on an allogeneic cell line of Plasmacytoid Dendritic cells with cancer antigens. Its products under pipeline include PDC*mel, a drug candidate for melanoma; and PDC*lung, a drug candidate for lung cancer. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in La Tronche, France with additional offices in Lyon, France and Angleur, Belgium. It also has a research laboratory in La Tronche, France.

Pavonine

Private Placement in 2020
Pavonine Co., Ltd. manufactures and sells electronic components and appliances in South Korea. It offers display, appliance, medical, and other products. The company was formerly known as EO Precision Industry Co., Ltd. and changed its name to Pavonine Co., Ltd. in December 2002. Pavonine Co., Ltd. was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Incheon, South Korea.

Cosmo Chemical

Private Placement in 2020
Cosmo Chemical Co., Ltd. manufactures and sells titanium dioxide (TiO2) anatase in South Korea. The company offers COTIOX KA-100, a general grade TiO2 anatase product for white pigments, including plastics, rubbers, paints, papers, bricks, etc.; electronic components, such as TV Braun tubes, MLCC, etc.; and catalysts, photo catalysts, etc. It also provides COTIOX KA-320, a fiber grade type TiO2 anatase product used in textiles comprising polyester filament, stable, and acryl fibers, as well as for use in plastics, inks, etc. In addition, the company offers ferrous sulfate heptahydrate for use in waste treatment agents, other materials, and catalysts; ferrous sulfate monohydrate for use in waste treatment agents and other materials; liquid ferric sulfate, which is used as a waste treatment agent for dyeing, leather, paper, foods, and other wastes; liquid ferrous sulfate for use in FENTON samples and other waste treatment agents; and gypsum used in construction materials. The company was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Incheon, South Korea.

Development Advance Solution

Private Placement in 2020
Development Advance Solution manufactures building materials for road safety facilities such as sound proof panels, deck plates, exterior building materials and insulation materials.

NEPES Advanced Materials

Private Placement in 2019
EM Networks Corporation develops, manufactures, and sells semiconductor materials in the areas of electronic IT materials. It offers epoxy molding compounds; clear molding compounds for optical and IR sensors; white epoxy molding compounds; and underfill and high thermal overcoat resins for LCD TVs and mobile phones. The company was formerly known as ESMO Materials Corporation and changed its name to EM Networks Corporation in December 2020. EM Networks Corporation was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Iksan, South Korea.

Phantom AI

Series C in 2023
Phantom AI is democratizing the use of advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) to reduce accidents, save lives and make driving more enjoyable, while delivering tomorrow’s self-driving technology. The company provides a comprehensive autonomous driving platform featuring computer vision, sensor fusion and control capabilities. Phantom AI has created the most accurate and highest-performing AI solutions available today that meet car manufacturer requirements, at a much lower price than existing solutions. Delivered through a modular, software-based vehicle stack, OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers can select the components they wish to integrate and customize the configuration for unparalleled flexibility.
Se Gyung Hi Tech Co.,Ltd produces and sells various optical films for LCD and mobile phones. The company’s products include deco films, deco pattern, special optical films, and mobile protect films and tapes. It primarily sells its products in South Korea, Vietnam, Japan, and China. Se Gyung Hi Tech Co.,Ltd was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Suwon, South Korea.

AT Semicon

Private Placement in 2019
AT semicon Co., Ltd. provides semiconductor packaging and testing services in South Korea and internationally. It offers semiconductor backend turn-key services, including design and simulation, and reliability and failure analysis services; and packaging products, such as multi chip package, system in package, flip-chip, e-MMC, BOC, FBGA, QFN, QFP, TSOP, and FCBGA products. The company also provides various wafer test services, as well as wafer-related test services comprising development of test programs, laser repair, automatic visual inspection, and wafer-level burn-in tests; final test services, which include tests on electric attributes, as well as development of test programs and fabrication of interfaces; and various back-end services related to semiconductor tests consisting of laser marking, visual inspection, and baking, as well as drop shipping, as well as memory, system IC, and CIS test solutions. It primarily serves integrated device manufacturers and fabless enterprises. The company was formerly known as iTEST Co., Ltd. and changed its name to AT semicon Co., Ltd. in January 2014. AT semicon Co., Ltd. was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Icheon, South Korea.

Supex BNP

Private Placement in 2018
Supexbnp Co., Ltd. manufactures and sells PCB equipment in South Korea. It manufactures x-ray drilling M/Cs, x-ray puncher, high-frequency bonding M/Cs, bonding M/Cs, and lay up systems, as well as in line auto trimming systems; loaders and unloaders; and V/T cutting M/Cs, wicket coolers, stock machines, and multi-joint systems. The company also exports and retail cosmetic products, as well as operates outlets and recycle platform. In addition, it engages in the bio business. The company was founded in 1994 and is based in Ansan, South Korea.

Yuyu Pharma

Private Placement in 2018
Yuyu Pharma, Inc. develops and markets pharmaceutical products. The company offers various prescription drugs, including osteoporosis, brainbone metabolism-hypocalcemia improvement, cerebral and peripheral circulatory disturbance, tromboembolism, respiratory organ, hypertension, pulmonary tuberculosis therapy, arthrifuge, diabetic neuropathy therapy, eczematous dermatitis drugs, and other circulatory system drugs, as well as antibiotics and skeletal muscle relaxants. It also provides non-prescription drugs and health supplements. The company was formerly known as YuYu Inc. and changed its name to Yuyu Pharma, Inc. in May 2008. Yuyu Pharma, Inc. was founded in 1941 and is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.

Ha U Dong Chun Co., Ltd. (XKON:A233990)

Merger/Acquisition in 2016
Ha U Dong Chun Co., Ltd. manufactures and sells feminine cleansers for women’s health and beauty in South Korea and internationally. The company offers its products under the Jil Gyung Yi brand name. Ha U Dong Chun Co., Ltd. also sells its products through online. The company was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.

Ha U Dong Chun Co., Ltd. (XKON:A233990)

Merger/Acquisition in 2016
Ha U Dong Chun Co., Ltd. manufactures and sells feminine cleansers for women’s health and beauty in South Korea and internationally. The company offers its products under the Jil Gyung Yi brand name. Ha U Dong Chun Co., Ltd. also sells its products through online. The company was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.

Nextchip

Private Placement in 2020
NEXTCHIP Co., Ltd. produces and sells semiconductors for the video security industry in South Korea. The company offers image signal processors, AHD and SoC products, and advanced driver assist systems. Its products are used in business, security, automotive, and consumer applications. The company was formerly known as NEXTCHIP Solution Co., Ltd. and changed its name to NEXTCHIP Co., Ltd. in January 2005. NEXTCHIP Co., Ltd. was founded in 1997 and is based in Seongnam, South Korea.

Fount

Series A in 2016
Fount Inc. Is an asset management Robo-Advisor startup founded in 2015. Their investing algorithm based on BigData Technology helps you plan for every event of your life. fount team believes in passive investing, which takes the right level of risk for your goal's time horizon, and allows their advanced computer algorithms do all the work.

Florenc Office Center

Merger/Acquisition in 2019
As of January 7, 2019, Florenc Office Center was acquired by Shinhan Investment Corp. Office Property in Prague comprises an office property spread over an area of 11.000 square meters. The property is located in Prague, Czech Republic.

Osteonic

Private Placement in 2020
Osteonic Co., Ltd. develops, manufactures, and sells bone fixation systems. It offers CMF systems, including neuro plating systems, maxillofacial plating systems, mandible plating systems, IMF screws, customized 3D mesh, and reconstruction plates under the Optimus and Real Fix brand names; and biodegradable CMF plating systems, burr hole systems, and meshes under the Biobsorb name. The company also provides products for trauma and extremities, which include hand plating systems, wrist plating systems, foot plating systems, and cannulated screws under the Quantum name; and biodegradable small bone plating systems under the Trausorb name. In addition, it offers dental products, such as mini screws, GBR systems, palatal plates, and palatal expanders under the Optimus D name; and biodegradable GBR membranes and bone grafts under the Densorb name. Further, the company provides sports medicines, such as suture anchors and spiked washers under the Kinex M name; suture, suture anchors, and interference screws under the Kinex name; and bio materials, which include HTO blocks and bone grafts under the Genox name. Additionally, it offers aesthetic products, such as lifting and nasal plates, fillers, and flexible sutures under the Calle name; endoscopic markers under the Pointer name; and hemostasis clips under the Easy Clip name. The company serves physicians and university hospitals in Europe, the United States, the Middle East, and Asia. Osteonic Co., Ltd. was founded in 2012 and is based in Seoul, South Korea.

DigiCAP

Merger/Acquisition in 2018
DigiCAP Co., Ltd. provides digital content protection and rights management solutions. It offers security solutions, including Conditional Access System, a revenue security solution that allows broadcast reception only to authorized subscribers; Scrambler solution that encrypts digital broadcast contents; XCAS/iCAS, a downloadable conditional access solution that support and enables CAS module download and execution from the IPTV broadcast and digital cable broadcast interactive network; DRM, a solution that manages/protects digital contents throughout the digital content distribution process; and Smart Car Security solution for converged services that is linked across Server-Mobile-HeadUnit platform in the Phone Connectivity environment. The company also provides video on demand (VOD) solution for service providers to provide VOD service in various environments; Mobile IPTV solution that supports the use of data service, VOD, and broadcast; and streaming server solution that transmits VOD content and live channel to users. In addition, it big data analysis, smart remote controller, UI management server, PUSH system, software upgrade system, and UI/UX solutions; and UHD broadcast, MUX, signaling server, and ESG solutions. DigiCAP Co., Ltd. was founded in 2000 and is based in Seoul, South Korea.

NK

Private Placement in 2018
NK Co., Ltd. provides high-pressure gas container products in South Korea and internationally. It offers various shipbuilding materials; marine extinguishing systems; and ballast water treatment systems, as well as provides aluminum and steel helidecks, fuel LNG tanks, and jumbo cylinder retests. The company also designs, manufactures, and constructs onshore and offshore plant facilities. In addition, it offers high-pressure gas containers, tube trailers, ultra-low temperature storage containers, gas-based and water-based extinguishing systems, gas supply systems, form extinguishing equipment, etc. The company was founded in 1980 and is based in Busan, South Korea.

Lunit

Private Placement in 2020
Lunit Inc. develops algorithms for general object detection and medical image analysis that help physicians to make objective diagnosis through machine learning technology. It develops solutions in the areas of digital chest X-ray, digital mammography, digital pathology, and fundus photography. The company is based in Seoul, South Korea.

NewFlex Technology

Private Placement in 2018
NewFlex Technology Co., Ltd. manufactures and sells flexible printed circuit boards products in South Korea. The company offers single side, double side, multi-layer, rigid, optical, embedded, and build-up and IVH flexible printed circuit boards, as well as metal printed circuit boards. Its products are used in the connector cables and sub boards, cell phones, laptops, TVs, and LEDs. NewFlex Technology Co., Ltd. was founded in 1992 and is based in Ansan, South Korea.

NuriPlan

Private Placement in 2019
Nuriplan Co., Ltd. provides landscape lighting and landscape facility services in South Korea. The company offers landscape lighting for bridges, architectures, and parks, as well as other lightings, including fountains, overpasses, soundproof walls, and other places. It also provides landscape facilities, such as vehicle protection fences, soundproof walls, design railings, design fences, sculptures, bridges, bridge overpasses, exterior materials, other bridges and road facilities, etc.; and wood-walled soundproof walls. In addition, the company offers construction/hypotheses soundproof walls, fences, etc.; counter fog systems comprising fog dissipating, fog damage prevention, fog visibility measurement, and fog dispersion systems; white smoke removal devices; and high directional speakers and intelligence analysis systems. Further, it is involved in the U-city, EMP, and LED fluorescent lamp businesses. The company was formerly known as Daesang Ganggeon Co., Ltd. and changed its name to Nuriplan Co., Ltd. in July 2001. Nuriplan Co., Ltd. was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Gimpo, South Korea.

Sekonix

Private Placement in 2019
SEKONIX Co., Ltd. develops, manufactures, and sells optical electronic components primarily in South Korea. It offers micro/mobile camera lens, automotive cameras, optical and LED lens, optical films, projectors/pico projectors, and head-up displays. The company was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Dongducheon, South Korea.

CTCBIO

Private Placement in 2018
CTCBIO Inc. provides various pharmaceutical products in South Korea and internationally. It offers animal and human pharmaceuticals; feed additives and ingredients; and functional food products. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.

mPLUS Corp. (KOSDAQ:A259630)

Private Placement in 2020
mPLUS Corp. manufactures and sells secondary battery manufacturing equipment in South Korea. It offers notching, stacking, tab welding, packaging, and degassing equipment, as well as swaging and E/L filling equipment; and fuel cell systems comprising MEA laminating, hot press, punching, stacking, and inspection equipment. The company was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Cheongju, South Korea.

LEED

Merger/Acquisition in 2017
Leed Corporation develops and sells LCD and semiconductor manufacturing equipment in South Korea and internationally. The company offers LCD equipment, including panel CST auto model change products, auto module test inspection products, glass edge crack detection units, indexers, thermal recycling units, temperature and humidity chambers, and in-line products. It also provides semiconductor equipment, including PLC monitoring, and fault detection and classification equipment. The company was founded in 2000 and is based in Seongnam, South Korea.

Outin Futures Co., Ltd (KOSDAQ:A227610)

Private Placement in 2020
Outin Futures Co., Ltd operates as a design and cosmetic development company worldwide. It provides package design solutions, product development, and research and development services to the beauty and health industry. The company offers professional ODM services for sheet masks. It also provides emotional, beauty, and health branding services ranging from concept development to delivering final products. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.

Hoang Huy Investment Services

Private Placement in 2019
Hoang Huy Investment Financial Services Joint Stock Company manufactures and sells medium and heavy trucks under the Dongfeng brand in Vietnam. The company also invests in large scale real estate projects. Hoang Huy Investment Financial Services Joint Stock Company is based in Haiphong, Vietnam.

Kumkang Kind

Private Placement in 2018
Kumkang Industrial Co Ltd is a Korean based company operating in the steel industry. The firm is engaged in manufacturing and sale of steel pipes for construction material industry. Its product portfolio includes steel pipe, formwork, scaffold and modular.

MakinaRocks

Private Placement in 2020
Founded in December 2017, MakinaRocks is a startup specializing in industrial machine intelligence solutions. Our anomaly detection model and intelligent control algorithm analyze sensor and numeric data to provide intelligent control, improve product quality, and detect anomalies in manufacturing equipment. We deliver our industrial AI solutions to manufacturing industries such as semiconductor, automotive, battery, and energy.

Isu Abxis

Merger/Acquisition in 2020
Isu Abxis provides value-added treatment methods based on biotechnology to improve the quality of life of refractory patients suffering from cancer and rare diseases , provide members with opportunities for self-realization, They are constantly striving to become a company that can contribute to society through management .
AeroSpace Technology of Korea Inc. manufactures and sells aircraft parts in South Korea. Its products include air frame products and metallic parts. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Sacheon, South Korea.

Mgenplus Co.,Ltd. (KOSDAQ:A032790)

Private Placement in 2018
Mgenplus Co.,Ltd. manufactures and sells toner cartridges. The company also offers services in the fields of transgenic/xenotransplantation/human disease model research. In addition, it develops, produces, and sells ODM based video phones, camera door phones, and switches; and communication services. The company was formerly known as Giblue Co., Ltd. and changed its name to Mgenplus Co.,Ltd. in April 2015. Mgenplus Co.,Ltd. is based in Seoul, South Korea.

Nextchip

Private Placement in 2018
NEXTCHIP Co., Ltd. produces and sells semiconductors for the video security industry in South Korea. The company offers image signal processors, AHD and SoC products, and advanced driver assist systems. Its products are used in business, security, automotive, and consumer applications. The company was formerly known as NEXTCHIP Solution Co., Ltd. and changed its name to NEXTCHIP Co., Ltd. in January 2005. NEXTCHIP Co., Ltd. was founded in 1997 and is based in Seongnam, South Korea.
People & Technology Inc. offers coating, calendaring, slitting, automation, and other machineries. The company’s products, includes electrode, MLCC, OCA and PDLC film, micro lens and protective film, composite optical and window film, silicone and adhesive, release and prism film, polaroid adhesive film, hard and diffuser film back, horizontal and vertical separator, FCCL casting, micro and ultra-filtration membrane, and reverse osmosis membrane coating machines, as well as MLCC printing machines. It also provides electrode calendaring, and polaroid film and FCCL laminating machines; electrode, OCA and window film, release and capacitor fil, primary, thermal paper, label, aramid and ceramic separator, copper foil, FCCL, filter, and non-woven fabric slitting machines; and LED die bonder, CSP LED taping, OIS VCM assembly line, mandrel cutting, wearable device tape attaching, and spreading machines. In addition, the company offers electrode notching, polaroid film rotary cutting and slitting, film traverse and separator winding, electrolytic copper foil depositing and post treatment, electrolytic copper foil drum roll grinding, copper foil cutting, FCCL plating and inspection, FCCL plazma treatment, non-woven fabric traverse winder and auto-turret winding, folding & rolling, trimming and end cap assembly, and filter inspection machines. The company was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Gumi, South Korea.

Neuros Co., Ltd. (KOSDAQ:A126870)

Private Placement in 2018
Neuros Co., Ltd. researches, develops, manufactures, and sells gas turbine engines in South Korea. The company offers turbo blowers and turbo compressors that are applied in aeration for waste water treatment plant and water treatment plants, transfer of powder materials, desulfurization process, air knife for manufacturing semiconductors/LCD (LED) and for continuous galvanizing line, and textile mills. It also provides pumps for waste water treatment plant, and drainage or transportation of sewage and waste water; and aerospace turbo machinery that include air cycle machines, cryogenic blowers, turbine engines, and projects. Neuros Co., Ltd. was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Daejeon, South Korea.

Firstec

Private Placement in 2018
FIRSTEC Co., Ltd designs, manufactures, and sells firing control, guidance control, actuation, environmental control, wire harness, and various precision systems worldwide. The company offers environmental control systems for POD, air data systems, throttle quadrant systems, NVIS and cockpit panels, MFD, attitude control systems, landing/search lights, FADEC, wire harness/electrical kits, simulators, control display units, combined systems, fire extinguishing systems, and air data systems for the aerospace industry. It also provides guided weapon products, including actuation systems, guidance control systems, fire control systems, fuel propulsion systems, cables, valves, and electrical parts used in surface-to-air missiles, anti-submarine missiles, ship-to-ship missiles, LOGIR applications, etc. In addition, the company offers driver panel units, driving systems, speed sensor kits, slip rings, cables and electrical kits, chutes, control panels, A/Z indicators, firing interrupters, instrument panels, gear boxes, automatic fire extinguishers, winches, radar components, etc., as well as develops projects for military intelligent robots and ranger robots. Further, it provides rocking arms assemblies, safety firing gear assemblies, mine laying controllers and systems, signal ejectors, and deceiving systems against torpedo for use in warship guns, minelayers ships, submarines, etc. Additionally, the company offers unmanned ground vehicles for demonstration of explosives, and ordnance disposal and reconnaissance; UAV, such as fuel systems, full-scale structure test products, and ground support equipment; and ground control systems, de-icing devices, navigation devices, and docking stations for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance applications, as well as face recognition solutions. FIRSTEC Co., Ltd was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in Changwon, South Korea.

Kasa

Series A in 2019
KASA KOREA CO.,LTD. develops a digital securities blockchain platform for the real estate market. Its platform allows the users to buy and trade securitized commercial real estate assets in the form of asset-backed securities. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Seoul, South Korea.

Madup

Series C in 2020
Since a number of smartphone users reached 40 million, a numerous number of fine quality mobile applications came out for them. However, there are few that still being loved. Nowadays, not only strategic planning and development are important, but also mobile app marketing takes a huge part of success. They provide accurate and optimal mobile app marketing plan to advertisers. They extract reliable data from tracking tools, and apply them to a variety of services, such as app marketing consulting, platform management, advertisement planning, etc. They have performed reward marketing, CPI marketing, CPA marketing, and CPM marketing, and also they have worked with major companies with highest sales in commerce, real estate, education, games, and more. They proudly work with their own character as a startup and passionate team members. Together, they have figured mobile app map, mobile app market flow, mobile app trend, successful app revenue model and marketing strategies, and in 2016, they are still growing for brighter future.

Ziptoss

Series A in 2019
Ziptoss Co., Ltd. operates an online platform that helps to find out rental properties in South Korea. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.

Creatrip

Series B in 2021
Creatrip, a platform where local tourism courses and information can be accesses has succeeded in attaining a US$172K (KRW 200m) investment from KAIST Venture Investment. The platform is aimed at foreign visitors that prefer to freely travel domestically after gathering and assessing the available local tourism information.

Neo Technical System

Private Placement in 2019
Neo Technical System Co., Ltd. manufactures and sells micro drill and router products in Korea. Its products include micro bit products, such as micro drill bits, router bits, and end mills; and power windows, sun- roofs, tooth worms, power seats, double worms, slide doors, and insert type whirling shafts, as well as whirling type shafts. The company was founded in 2000 and is based in Anseong, South Korea.

Anapass

Private Placement in 2019
AnaPass Inc. operates as a system-on chip semiconductor provider in display panel market worldwide. It designs and produces IC products applied to flat panel display and mobile devices based on its high-speed serial link technologies. The company’s flat panel display solutions include Timing Controller, an IC that receives video signal from the system interface and generates/transmits control signal/date to the source driver ICs and gate driver ICs that drives a LCD panel. Its mobile display solutions comprise Mobile Serial Link, an IC, which reduces power consumption, EMI noise, and cost; and Mobile Display Controller, an IC that is applied on mobile devices to process complex data signals and transmit them to display parts. The company was formerly known as Anachips, Inc. and changed its name to AnaPass Inc. in March 2004. AnaPass Inc. was founded in 2002 and is based in Seoul, South Korea.

K-Top Reits

Merger/Acquisition in 2015
K-TOP REITS co.Ltd. is a real estate investment trust. K-TOP REITS co.Ltd. is based in Seoul, South Korea.

YoungWoo DSP

Private Placement in 2019
YoungWoo DSP Co.,Ltd. provides inspection equipment for OLED, LCD, semiconductor, solar, and LED products. The company was founded in 2004 and is based in Cheonan, South Korea.

PeopleFund

Series B in 2019
PeopleFund is Korea’s leading tech-based financial platform that is opening doors to financial freedom through affordable loans and attractive alternative investment products. It is the fastest growing marketplace lender in Korea and uniquely positioned as the first and only Korean marketplace lending platform to fully integrate with a top-tier commercial bank to process personal and business loans that are government approved. PeopleFund is also the first fintech platform to offer investment products directly on KakaoTalk, Korea’s most popular messaging app, which has allowed the company to grow and scale up its business. PeopleFund was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Seoul, Korea.

Daewon

Private Placement in 2018
Daewon Co., Ltd. operates as a construction company in South Korea and internationally. The company constructs houses; and roads, bridges, and dams. It also produces yarns, fabrics, and student cloths. The company was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Cheongju, South Korea.

People Fund Loan Co.,Ltd.

Private Placement in 2018
People Fund Loan Co.,Ltd. develops and operates a peer-to-peer, online lending platform. The company offers lending services in partnership with banks to process loans through bank-integrated systems. People Fund Loan Co.,Ltd. was founded in 2016 and is based in Seoul, South Korea.

ThumbAge

Private Placement in 2019
ThumbAge is a Korea-based company that engages in the development of role playing and action games for mobile devices. The company’s products consists of Hero For Kakao, Ultimate Hero, and INTERPLANET which all can be played on mobile devices. ThumbAge was founded in April 2013 and is headquartered in Seongnam, South Korea.

Samhwa Paint

Private Placement in 2018
Samhwa Paints Industrial Co Ltd is a Korea based company engaged in the paint business. It offers DIY paints to architectural paints, heavy-duty coatings, marine paints and special industrial coatings such as PCM coatings, car coatings, plastic coatings, UPE coatings, UV coatings and powder coatings, among other products. In addition, the company also produces high-tech functional paints.

NANO Co., Ltd. (KOSDAQ:A187790)

Private Placement in 2019
NANO Co., Ltd. manufactures and sells SCR DeNOx catalysts to remove nitrogen oxide and dioxin primarily in Korea, the United States, Europe, Japan, and China. It provides honeycomb type and plate type SCR catalysts. The company offers its products for the use in thermal power plants, industrial boilers and plants, vessels, incinerators, chemical plants, and ships. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Sangju, South Korea.

MOTREX

Private Placement in 2018
Motrex Co., Ltd engages in the vehicle infotainment business in South Korea and internationally. It develops and provides in vehicle infotainment products, including audio visual navigation and video, around view monitor, head up display, and rear seat entertainment products. The company also provides remote vehicle controls, fleet management systems, driver state monitoring products, and automotive intelligent docking adaptors; DashCam, a device that records events outside the vehicle; and display wireless transmission and interactive flat panel display solutions for remote meetings and training. Motrex Co., Ltd was incorporated in 2001 and is based in Seongnam-si, South Korea.

ATGen Co. Ltd. (KOSDAQ:A182400)

Private Placement in 2020
NKMAX CO., Ltd. manufactures and supplies proteins and monoclonal antibodies worldwide. The company provides anti-cancer immunotherapy treatment that activates the immune cells in body to kill the cancer cells; natural killer cell activity test for cancer patients; and health supplements. It also engages in the development of new immunotherapies. The company was formerly known as ATGen Co and changed name to NKMAX CO., Ltd. in 2019. NKMAX CO., Ltd. was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Seongnam, South Korea.

Utopia Pipeline Project

Merger/Acquisition in 2019
Utopia Pipeline Project comprises gas pipelines. The asset is located in the United States.

CG Pharmaceuticals

Private Placement in 2018
CrystalGenomics is a leading structural chemoproteiomics-based drug discovery and development company headquartered in Seoul, Korea with a US presence (CG Pharmaceuticals, Inc.) in Emeryville, California for multi-national clinical management.
ENERGY&MACHINERY KOREA Co.,Ltd. engages in tunnel boring machine (TBM), energy/environment, defence/aerospace, machine tool, and power generation businesses in South Korea. It manufactures and sells small and medium sized TBMs for use in the construction of communication pipes, gas pipes, wire-ways, water and sewer pipes, freeways, underground, high-speed railroad and deep underground tunnels, etc.; semi-shield TBMs; and shield TBMs. The company also engages in developing and supplying water electrolysis type commercialized hydrogen stations; storing and transforming hydrogen to electric power through fuel cell system; manufacturing ballast water treatment system that protects marine ecological system from destruction and disturbance; and recycling industrial organic waste, as well as in the on-site supply of hydrogen to metal refining industry. In addition, it manufactures components for aircraft, including door actuator parts, landing gear parts, and hydraulic reservoirs; components for ground weapons; and equipment for ground, naval, and air force based on high precision machining technology. Further, the company produces CNC lathes; and components for machine tools, such as tool lock and head stock assemblies; develops and manufactures parts for high capacity and high efficiency, and super critical power plants. ENERGY&MACHINERY KOREA Co.,Ltd. was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Changwon, South Korea.

Inovio Pharmaceuticals

Private Placement in 2019
INOVIO is a biotechnology company focused on rapidly bringing to market precisely designed DNA medicines to treat, cure, and protect people from diseases associated with HPV, cancer, and infectious diseases. INOVIO is the first and only company to have clinically demonstrated that DNA medicine can be delivered directly into cells in the body via a proprietary smart device to produce a robust and tolerable immune response. Specifically, INOVIO's lead candidate VGX-3100, currently in Phase 3 trials for precancerous cervical dysplasia, demonstrated it destroyed and cleared high-risk HPV 16 and 18 in a Phase 2b clinical trial. High-risk HPV is responsible for 70% of cervical cancer, 90% of anal cancer, and 69% of vulvar cancer.

Oncorus

Private Placement in 2019
Oncorus, Inc. is a lean early-stage biotechnology company developing a next-generation immunotherapy platform to treat cancer. Oncorus was founded MPM Managing Director Mitch Finer, a well-known biotechnology entrepreneur. Oncorus is a leader in corporate philanthropy, and has taken a pledge to donate a portion of product sales to fund promising cancer research and to support cancer care in the developing world.

Daewon

Private Placement in 2019
Daewon Co., Ltd. operates as a construction company in South Korea and internationally. The company constructs houses; and roads, bridges, and dams. It also produces yarns, fabrics, and student cloths. The company was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Cheongju, South Korea.

Sejong

Private Placement in 2019
Sejong Industrial Co., Ltd. engages in the research and development, production, and supply of automotive parts in South Korea and internationally. The company offers exhaust systems, including exhaust manifold, catalytic converter, selective catalytic reduction (SCR), sub resonator, and main resonator products for passenger and commercial vehicles. It also provides electronic devices, such as hydrogen sensor, pressure sensor, pressure relief valve-H2, and water trap components of driving devices for hydrogen fuel cell vehicles; electromechanical parts and functions modules related to the exhaust systems comprising nitrogen oxide sensors, temperature sensors, differential pressure sensors, oxygen sensors, particulate matter sensors, and urea-SCR systems; and wheel speed sensors. In addition, the company develops green energy products, such as portable fuel cell system, which uses hydrogen energy; and power generator that changes liquefied petroleum gas into hydrogen gas and converts it into electricity. Sejong Industrial Co., Ltd. was founded in 1976 and is based in Ulsan, South Korea.

Fasoo

Private Placement in 2018
Fasoo provides persistent and reliable protection of the documents that run your business with effective file encryption, permission control and audit trail technologies. The Fasoo Data Security Framework compliments traditional enterprise security solutions by providing a data -centric security with people-centric policies on unstructured data. The components of the Fasoo Data Security Framework consist of Fasoo Data Radar, Fasoo Enterprise DRM and Fasoo RiskView. Fasoo Data Radar discovers and classifies sensitive data, Fasoo Enterprise DRM (FED) enforces security policy on data and Fasoo RiskView helps manage risks holistically on the data. Its products enable companies to keep their intellectual property protected from insiders, hackers, APTs and other unauthorized users.

SHINHAN SECURITIES VIETNAM Co., Ltd.

Merger/Acquisition in 2015
SHINHAN SECURITIES VIETNAM Co., Ltd. is a security company that provides security brokerage services to individuals and institutions in Vietnam. It offers securities trading account opening, securities custody, securities investment advisory, financing services, and margin lending services for individuals; and shareholder book management, financial advisory services, corporate advisory, capital raising, equitization consultancy, listing consultancy, and valuation services for institutions. The company also offers investment banking services, such as merger and acquisition advisory; capital arrangement advisory (corporate shares, bonds); and debt capital management services. SHINHAN SECURITIES VIETNAM Co., Ltd. was formerly known as Nam An Securities Joint Stock Company and changed its name to SHINHAN SECURITIES VIETNAM Co., Ltd. in February 2016. The company was founded in 2007 and is based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. As of July 16, 2015, SHINHAN SECURITIES VIETNAM Co., Ltd. operates as a subsidiary of Shinhan Investment Corp.

KIWOOM SECURITIES

Private Placement in 2018
Kiwoom Securities Co., Ltd., Investment Arm is a private equity firm specializing in buyouts and growth capital investments. The firm considers investments small to medium sized companies with enterprise value range between KRW 20 billion (USD 18.68 million) and KRW 240 billion (USD 224.11 million). It also makes mezzanine investments. The firm considers investments in China and other emerging markets in Asia. Kiwoom Securities Co., Ltd., Investment Arm is based in Seoul, South Korea.

Soribada

Private Placement in 2018
Soribada is online music service provider and provides the users with music downloading service to computers and portable devices. Soribada also develops, processes, and sells custom blended soil mixes for the agricultural industry.

KB-Element

Series A in 2021
KB-ELEMENT Co., Ltd. develops and manufactures graphene powder and carbon nano tube (CNT) coating solutions. Its products include anti-static agents, coating machines, conductive pastes, heat-releasing material, CNT/graphene powder, and functional material. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Suwon-si, South Korea.

ICK Co., Ltd. (KOSDAQ:A068940)

Private Placement in 2019
ICK Co., Ltd. provides payment solutions worldwide. The company offers smart card platform, as well as banking, ID, and premium cards; IT solutions comprising PKI and micro S/D; and issuing systems solutions. It also develops chip software, as well as provides smart card management solutions. The company was formerly known as Ic Korea co., Ltd. changed its name to ICK Co., Ltd. in 2011. ICK Co., Ltd. was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Daegu, South Korea.

STCube

Private Placement in 2018
STCube, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, develops therapies to treat novel immune evasion mechanisms in cancer in South Korea. Its platforms include STGlyTarget that is used for the identification and development of immunomodulatory proteins; Immunomodulator Discovery Platform, a proprietary technology to screen for immunomodulatory proteins; Glyco-Specific Antibody Development Platform, a technology designed to screen for antibodies that selectively mask specific sites of target proteins; and Glyco-Specific Antibody Characterization and Optimization Platform, a technology designed to optimize characteristics exerted by antibodies that mask specific sites of target proteins. The company’s product pipeline consists of various anti-cancer drugs, including programmed death ligand 1, a type of protein, which is expressed in cancer cells and interferes with the natural tumor killing of immune cells; programmed death-1, a type of protein that is expressed in T cells; and cytotoxic T-lymphocyte associated protein 4, a protein that inhibits the activity of T-cells that can kill cancer cells. Its product pipeline also comprises lymphocyte-activation gene 3, a type of protein, which exists in the cell membrane of immune cells, such as T-cells and NK cells. The company was formerly known as Schem Co., Ltd. and changed its name to STCube, Inc. in April 2008. STCube, Inc. was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.