IDG Ventures Korea

The Pirates Co., Ltd. specializes in the development and operation of a mobile application that serves both wholesale and retail markets for seafood products. Established in 2018 and headquartered in Seoul, South Korea, the company also operates an aquatic market news platform that delivers information on fresh seafood offerings. This platform connects consumers with suppliers, providing essential insights into the quality of marine products and facilitating informed purchasing decisions. Through its innovative approach, The Pirates aims to enhance the seafood purchasing experience by bridging the gap between consumers and the fish market.

Cardoc Inc. is a South Korean company founded in 2013 that specializes in automotive repair services through a mobile application. The app allows users to upload photographs of their vehicle's exterior damage, facilitating real-time quotations, consultations, and repair options from selected car body shops. Users can receive their first estimate within an average of seven minutes and compare multiple estimates without the need to register personal information. Cardoc has demonstrated significant growth, with registered stores experiencing monthly increases of 30-100%. The company also offers additional vehicle management services, including car inspections, washes, and renewal services, which can be reserved online or at car centers. The founding team comprises automotive enthusiasts who have benefited from support from a startup incubation organization.

Plugger solves the dead phone problem. Plugger offers battery swapping & portable chargers at local convenience stores. For only $3, costumers can have their dead battery swapped for a newly charged one. For Apple devices (non-removable batteries), we provide a portable-battery sharing membership. Costumers join our service by purchasing our branded portable batteries, which can be swapped out for $3. Plugger currently has over 100 service locations in Seoul, Korea. By the end of 2015, Plugger will be in over 600 locations in Korea. Our partner stores continue to request the expansion of our service to their storefronts. Our goal for 2016 is to expand into new Asian markets, which will help us reach $10M in sales. We will continue to develop and roll-out new services, including Plugger branded smartphone accessories. We will use our established partner-store relationships as our distribution channel for new product launches. We're fundraising! Please contact us to meet.

Cardoc Inc. is a South Korean company founded in 2013 that specializes in automotive repair services through a mobile application. The app allows users to upload photographs of their vehicle's exterior damage, facilitating real-time quotations, consultations, and repair options from selected car body shops. Users can receive their first estimate within an average of seven minutes and compare multiple estimates without the need to register personal information. Cardoc has demonstrated significant growth, with registered stores experiencing monthly increases of 30-100%. The company also offers additional vehicle management services, including car inspections, washes, and renewal services, which can be reserved online or at car centers. The founding team comprises automotive enthusiasts who have benefited from support from a startup incubation organization.

Plugger solves the dead phone problem. Plugger offers battery swapping & portable chargers at local convenience stores. For only $3, costumers can have their dead battery swapped for a newly charged one. For Apple devices (non-removable batteries), we provide a portable-battery sharing membership. Costumers join our service by purchasing our branded portable batteries, which can be swapped out for $3. Plugger currently has over 100 service locations in Seoul, Korea. By the end of 2015, Plugger will be in over 600 locations in Korea. Our partner stores continue to request the expansion of our service to their storefronts. Our goal for 2016 is to expand into new Asian markets, which will help us reach $10M in sales. We will continue to develop and roll-out new services, including Plugger branded smartphone accessories. We will use our established partner-store relationships as our distribution channel for new product launches. We're fundraising! Please contact us to meet.

Touchring is a cloud based web telephony platform. Touchring has its own network backend (IP PBX, billing, etc.) and is completely SIP compatible. This allows for an unlimited range and scope of mashups with any device, OS, site, app, service, media, and data to occur on a distributed, inbound, and outbound basis Touchring has utilized this platform to provide multi-device/OS rich media-infused consumer and business oriented services. Touchring is available on any browser with Touchring Web, on any computer OS with Touchring Desktop, and as an app for smartphones with Touchring Mobile. Touchring also uses data like social graphs, social APIs within the Touchring service itself. This is used to allow not only data linking (Facebook Connect, media & feed aggregation)with services like Facebook but allows one's social graph to become one's social phonebook. Touchring itself can be distributed through major social network channels or simply embedded in any website through the sharing of Ring.Me URL's which are Touchring's substitutes for phone numbers or the YouTube-like embedding of the Touchring Webphone. Throughout all devices and features, Touchring is focused on personalization, simplicity of use, and being wherever a user requires phone services online. Touchring has also utilized their technology on behalf of clients like Coca Cola and Korea Telecom and has only recently launched their own service.

XRONet, Inc. is a semiconductor company based in SeongNam, South Korea, specializing in the development and manufacturing of mobile communication system on chips (SOC) for mobile terminals. Founded in 2005, the company focuses on creating advanced modem algorithms and offers products such as the XRO3000, a radio frequency transceiver, and the XRO7000, a modem SOC. Through its innovative technologies, XRONet aims to enhance mobile communication capabilities in various applications.