IMM Private Equity

IMM Private Equity is an independent private equity firm based in Seoul, South Korea, founded in 2006. The firm specializes in significant minority investments and middle-market buyouts, focusing on generating substantial growth and returns. Over the past decade, IMM Private Equity has established a strong reputation within Korea's private equity sector, marked by consistent performance and a record of outstanding growth.

Lee C.F.A., Hae-Joon

Partner and Chief Investment Officer

10 past transactions

Bear Robotics

Series B in 2022
Bear Robotics addresses the increased pressure faced by the restaurant industry around wages, labor supply, and cost efficiencies. It aims to revolutionize the restaurant and food service industry using robotics and AI. The company makes robots that help customers receive an improved dining experience, employees with greater job satisfaction, and owners of restaurants with an increase in profits.

APRINOIA Therapeutics

Series C in 2021
APRINOIA is a late-stage biotechnology company committed to protecting patients' brain health and changing outcomes of neurodegenerative diseases through first-in-class and best-in-class diagnostic tools and novel therapies. The company aims to bring precision medicine to neuroscience by identifying and targeting the protein aggregates of tau, alpha-synuclein and other proteins that play a critical role in the pathogenesis of many neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Diseases. The company currently has operations in Hong Kong, Suzhou, Shanghai, Tokyo, and Boston.

Kolmarpharma

Acquisition in 2020
Kolmarpharma is a pharmaceutical company specializing in solids, hard capsules, soft capsules, and external powders.

Korea Kolmar

Acquisition in 2020
Korea Kolmar Co. engaged in the manufacture and sale of cosmetics. The Company operates in two divisions: cosmetics and pharmaceuticals. Its cosmetics division involves in the business of original development and design manufacturing (ODM) and original equipment manufacturing (OEM) of cosmetics including skin care, makeup, hair care, body care and others. Its pharmaceutical division involves in the development and production of pharmaceutical products and quasi-drugs including general medicines, specialized medicines, bioequivalence medicines and others.

CARVI

Series B in 2020
- CARVI is the only company that offers "Vision-based Advanced Driver Assistance System (ADAS) + Contextual Data Platform based on Driver Behaviors and 3D road data“ - CARVI helps safe driving by eliminating the risk of accidents while driving and analyzing/managing the driver's habits. - CARVI also supports Smoke detection, Drunk Driving detection, Parking Violation detection and Keyless lock/unlock solution for Insurance, Fleets and Car-sharing services. - CARVI has experienced vision-based ADAS as an OEM to the car manufacturer, and now focuses on Telematics which has a market share of 100B dollars on 2025. - The "Camera-based driving, driver's habits, road conditions and environment" data acquired by CARVI has core values such as 3D road Map for self-driving cars.

Socar

Series C in 2018
Socar is a Korean eco-friendly car sharing community that allows travelers to share cars with others who are traveling the same route. Socar has raised an $18 million round of funding in 2015 which was one of the highest funding deals for a South Korean startup to date. Most notably, it was led by a US investor: Bain Capital, a private investment firm with $80 billion in assets under management. Socar was founded in March 2012, and it has a website and smartphone apps that let users book cars for their own use. Service has over 1,700,000 registered users, 50,000 of whom use the service each month. Around 80,000 transactions per month — that’s more than one car booking each 30 seconds.

Soomgo

Series A in 2018
Soomgo is South Korea's largest local service marketplace that helps connect customers to providers across over 1,000 services. The company is backed by leading investors in both the US and Korea such as Y Combinator (W17), FJ Labs, IMM, Atinum, and more.

W Concept Korea

Acquisition in 2017
W Concept Korea operates as an online retailer. W Concept, launched in 2008, is one of the top online select shops that sells Korean designer brands such as Low Classic and Jain Song.

Able C&C

Post in 2017
Able C&C Co., Ltd. is a South Korean company that specializes in the manufacture, distribution, retail, and sale of cosmetics and household goods. Established in 2000 and headquartered in Seoul, the company offers a diverse range of products, including skincare, body care, hair care, makeup, cleansing items, and men's cosmetics. Its extensive portfolio features several well-known brands such as MISSHA, A’pieu, and stila, among others. In addition to its core business, Able C&C is also active in e-commerce for cosmetics and provides advertising and public relations services. The company serves markets not only in South Korea but also across Asia, Europe, North and South America, Australia, New Zealand, and the Middle East. Able C&C Co., Ltd. operates as a subsidiary of Leaf & Vine Co., Ltd.

Lezhin Entertainment

Private Equity Round in 2016
Lezhin Entertainment (레진엔터테인먼트) is a Korean startup that offers Lezhin Comics, a webtoon(web comics, online manga) service for mature readers. The Lezhin Comics app allows subscribers to view featured comics for free and create their own cartoon collection in their Android and iOS devices, also on web site http://www.lezhin.com
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