KB Investment

Established in 1990, KB Investment is a prominent South Korean venture capital firm with over USD 2.6 billion in assets under management as of December 2023. It is a subsidiary of KB Financial Group, Korea's leading financial group. KB Investment specializes in supporting early-stage and growth-oriented companies across various sectors, including consumer products, healthcare, information technology, life sciences, and clean tech, primarily in the United States, Southeast Asia, and Israel.

Park Deok-gyu

Director

Seung-gon Hong

Team leader

Seunghwan Kim

Director

Jiae Lee

Executive Managing Director

Kim Won-je

Head

Jung Ho Yoo

Executive Managing Director

Past deals in Robotics

Tesollo

Series A in 2025
Tesollo is a prominent company focused on developing advanced robotic grippers and hand solutions that integrate artificial intelligence and robotics. The company aims to create human-level work systems suitable for diverse applications across multiple industries, including housework, education, and food services. Tesollo specializes in delto grippers, motor controllers, and robotics engineering technology, offering customized automation systems designed to meet the unique requirements of each client. By delivering flexible and stable gripper technology, Tesollo enables its customers to handle a wide range of objects with varying sizes, shapes, and materials efficiently.

Contoro Robotics

Series A in 2025
Contoro Robotics specializes in developing AI-powered robots for safe trailer and container unloading. Their robots autonomously pick up cases, recognize text, and palletize them, minimizing human intervention and robot downtime.

LN Robotics

Series B in 2024
LN Robotics is a technology research company focused on the development of medical robots. The company designs and develops surgical robots for cardiovascular interventions, single-hole oral cavity surgery, and urological endoscopic procedures, with the aim of enabling doctors to address clinical needs. Through its robotic platforms, LN Robotics targets minimally invasive surgery and expanded capabilities for clinicians.

NXN Labs

Pre Seed Round in 2024
NXN Labs specializes in developing and operating custom diffusion model technology. The company empowers individuals and businesses to create sophisticated, indistinguishable human images and videos, fostering creativity and self-expression through personal or virtual personas.

B:eat Corp

Series B in 2023
B: eat is a retail automation platform intended to run a robot-based cafe.

Autonomous a2z

Series B in 2023
Autonomous a2z is a Korea-based developer of AI-driven autonomous driving solutions and related services. Its technology covers perception of surrounding conditions, planning of driving strategies, and automatic vehicle control, and it operates as a driving mobility platform offering autonomous driving services with judgment, recognition, and control capabilities. The company supports testing and commercialization of self-driving technology for vehicles including specialized trucks and tractors. Founded in 2018, Autonomous a2z is headquartered in Gyeongsan-si with additional offices in Anyang-si and Sejong City, South Korea.

Tesollo

Series A in 2023
Tesollo is a prominent company focused on developing advanced robotic grippers and hand solutions that integrate artificial intelligence and robotics. The company aims to create human-level work systems suitable for diverse applications across multiple industries, including housework, education, and food services. Tesollo specializes in delto grippers, motor controllers, and robotics engineering technology, offering customized automation systems designed to meet the unique requirements of each client. By delivering flexible and stable gripper technology, Tesollo enables its customers to handle a wide range of objects with varying sizes, shapes, and materials efficiently.

Contoro Robotics

Seed Round in 2023
Contoro Robotics specializes in developing AI-powered robots for safe trailer and container unloading. Their robots autonomously pick up cases, recognize text, and palletize them, minimizing human intervention and robot downtime.

Bigwave Robotics

Series A in 2023
Bigwave Robotics is a developer of robotics devices designed to automate processes.

Plaif

Seed Round in 2023
Plaif is an artificial intelligence robotics company that designs and develops autonomous industrial robots. Its systems integrate AI-powered vision, sensory capabilities, and action functions to enable fully autonomous operation and human–robot collaboration across industrial settings. Plaif applies deep learning, object recognition, reinforcement learning, and unsupervised learning to enhance perception, decision-making, and control, supporting the automation of robotic tasks and processes in manufacturing and related industries.

Seoul Robotics

Series B in 2022
Seoul Robotics is a company that specializes in developing advanced 3D computer vision devices and software. Their technology is designed to enhance the capabilities of autonomous vehicles, smart cities, and robots. The company's sensor and platform enable these systems to detect, classify, track, and predict targets and objects, thereby allowing autonomous vehicles to perceive and understand their environment effectively. This makes Seoul Robotics a key player in the field of intelligent robotics and self-driving technology.

Neubility

Series A in 2022
Neubility is a company that specializes in self-driving delivery robots, aimed at transforming urban logistics and last-mile delivery services. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Seoul, one of Asia's most densely populated cities, Neubility leverages vision-based localization and path-planning technologies to facilitate autonomous deliveries. The company focuses on providing a reliable and cost-effective delivery solution for businesses and consumers, enabling them to streamline their logistics without human intervention. With thousands of deliveries executed every second, Neubility is redefining the delivery landscape in urban settings.

Hutom

Series B in 2022
Hutom is a surgical service platform that leverages digital innovation to enhance the diagnosis and management of surgical procedures. The company specializes in robotics and laparoscopic surgery, offering an interactive platform that includes analytical diagnosis tailored to individual patient needs. Hutom's technology encompasses surgical video processing, recognition, analysis, and predictive capabilities, allowing for a simulated examination of surgeries. Additionally, it provides 3D anatomical images and AI-based surgical analysis reports, which aid medical professionals in efficiently managing patient complications and improving surgical methods. Through its comprehensive data platform, Hutom aims to positively impact the quality of surgical care.

Virnect

Series B in 2022
Virnect Co Ltd is a technology company focused on enhancing learning, work, and communication through extended reality (XR) solutions. It specializes in developing innovative XR technologies that address challenges within industrial settings. Virnect offers a range of products and services, including 3D real-time visualization, virtual and augmented reality applications, remote monitoring and operation tools, and telecommunication systems. Its key offerings include VIRNECT Remote, VIRNECT Make, VIRNECT View, VIRNECT Twin, VIRNECT Track, and various XR devices. By leveraging these technologies, Virnect aims to improve operational efficiency and effectiveness in various industries.

Bigwave Robotics

Seed Round in 2021
Bigwave Robotics is a developer of robotics devices designed to automate processes.

Autonomous a2z

Series A in 2021
Autonomous a2z is a Korea-based developer of AI-driven autonomous driving solutions and related services. Its technology covers perception of surrounding conditions, planning of driving strategies, and automatic vehicle control, and it operates as a driving mobility platform offering autonomous driving services with judgment, recognition, and control capabilities. The company supports testing and commercialization of self-driving technology for vehicles including specialized trucks and tractors. Founded in 2018, Autonomous a2z is headquartered in Gyeongsan-si with additional offices in Anyang-si and Sejong City, South Korea.

Hutom

Series B in 2021
Hutom is a surgical service platform that leverages digital innovation to enhance the diagnosis and management of surgical procedures. The company specializes in robotics and laparoscopic surgery, offering an interactive platform that includes analytical diagnosis tailored to individual patient needs. Hutom's technology encompasses surgical video processing, recognition, analysis, and predictive capabilities, allowing for a simulated examination of surgeries. Additionally, it provides 3D anatomical images and AI-based surgical analysis reports, which aid medical professionals in efficiently managing patient complications and improving surgical methods. Through its comprehensive data platform, Hutom aims to positively impact the quality of surgical care.

Seoul Robotics

Seed Round in 2019
Seoul Robotics is a company that specializes in developing advanced 3D computer vision devices and software. Their technology is designed to enhance the capabilities of autonomous vehicles, smart cities, and robots. The company's sensor and platform enable these systems to detect, classify, track, and predict targets and objects, thereby allowing autonomous vehicles to perceive and understand their environment effectively. This makes Seoul Robotics a key player in the field of intelligent robotics and self-driving technology.

Virnect

Series A in 2019
Virnect Co Ltd is a technology company focused on enhancing learning, work, and communication through extended reality (XR) solutions. It specializes in developing innovative XR technologies that address challenges within industrial settings. Virnect offers a range of products and services, including 3D real-time visualization, virtual and augmented reality applications, remote monitoring and operation tools, and telecommunication systems. Its key offerings include VIRNECT Remote, VIRNECT Make, VIRNECT View, VIRNECT Twin, VIRNECT Track, and various XR devices. By leveraging these technologies, Virnect aims to improve operational efficiency and effectiveness in various industries.

Seoul Robotics

Venture Round in 2018
Seoul Robotics is a company that specializes in developing advanced 3D computer vision devices and software. Their technology is designed to enhance the capabilities of autonomous vehicles, smart cities, and robots. The company's sensor and platform enable these systems to detect, classify, track, and predict targets and objects, thereby allowing autonomous vehicles to perceive and understand their environment effectively. This makes Seoul Robotics a key player in the field of intelligent robotics and self-driving technology.

Seoul Robotics

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Seoul Robotics is a company that specializes in developing advanced 3D computer vision devices and software. Their technology is designed to enhance the capabilities of autonomous vehicles, smart cities, and robots. The company's sensor and platform enable these systems to detect, classify, track, and predict targets and objects, thereby allowing autonomous vehicles to perceive and understand their environment effectively. This makes Seoul Robotics a key player in the field of intelligent robotics and self-driving technology.

TIE

Series A in 2018
TIE, founded in 2016 and based in Seongnam, Gyeong-Gi, is a manufacturing company dedicated to revolutionizing the mobility of goods and people through innovative drone technology. The company specializes in developing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and personal aerial vehicles (PAVs) to address the challenges of traditional ground transportation. TIE is committed to creating a cost-effective, safe, and reliable drone delivery service utilizing its in-house developed fully autonomous technology. With a team of experts in aviation, robotics, artificial intelligence, computer vision, machine learning, and logistics, TIE aims to transform daily transportation and enhance mobility solutions. The company's focus on hardware development and engineering projects positions it as a pioneer in next-generation mobility, offering smarter and more stable drone platforms for various applications.

Hutom

Series A in 2018
Hutom is a surgical service platform that leverages digital innovation to enhance the diagnosis and management of surgical procedures. The company specializes in robotics and laparoscopic surgery, offering an interactive platform that includes analytical diagnosis tailored to individual patient needs. Hutom's technology encompasses surgical video processing, recognition, analysis, and predictive capabilities, allowing for a simulated examination of surgeries. Additionally, it provides 3D anatomical images and AI-based surgical analysis reports, which aid medical professionals in efficiently managing patient complications and improving surgical methods. Through its comprehensive data platform, Hutom aims to positively impact the quality of surgical care.
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