KDB Capital

KDB Capital Corp., a credit specialty company, engages in the investment, corporate loan, lease, auto finance, and commercial card businesses in South Korea. The company offers venture, mezzanine, PE, and project investment services; loans comprising working capital, structured and project financing, factoring, and policy loans; and industrial machinery, medical equipment, and ship lease services. It also provides auto loan and lease services; and purchasing and distribution cards. The company was founded in 1972 and is based in Seoul, South Korea. KDB Capital Corp. is a subsidiary of Korea Development Bank.
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Joon-il Gil

Investment Professional

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Sang-gyu Hwang

Investment Professional

Past deals in South Korea

Humart Company Co., Ltd.

Series A in 2021
Humart Company Co., Ltd. provides mental healthcare service. It offers online counseling service and employee assistance program (EAP). The counselors provide diagnosis and treatment based on online consultation via a mobile application called TROST. It also provides self-analysis tests including psychological test, personality test, depression test, self-esteem, job stress test, employment stress test, and MBTI depression test. The company was incorporated in 2016 and is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.

Skelter Labs

Series B in 2020
Skelter Labs Inc. develops artificial intelligence based applications. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Seoul, South Korea.

Genecast co., ltd.

Series B in 2020
Genecast co., ltd. develops oncology kits. The products include EGFR Mutation Test Kit, BRAF Mutation Test Kit, and JAK2 Mutation Test Kit. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Seoul, South Korea.

Crocus Energy, Inc.

Series A in 2020
Crocus Energy, Inc. develops a software to collect data about electricity consumption at manufacturing facilities, commercial buildings, and university campuses. The company’s solution includes Power Saver, which uses machine-learning techniques to optimize electric distribution system. It provides energy optimization recommendations and maintenance insights to save energy and reduce costs. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Redwood City, California.

FuriosaAI

Series A in 2019
FuriosaAI develops system semiconductors optimized for AI, enabling efficient processing of large amounts of data in a short period of time.

SMARTSTUDY Co., Ltd.

Series A in 2015
SMARTSTUDY Co., Ltd. develops mobile applications for children. It offers applications in the areas of education, mobile VOD, comics, games, and photos. The company was founded in 2010 and is based in Seoul, South Korea.
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.

Seoul Robotics Co.,Ltd.

Seed Round in 2019
Seoul Robotics Co.,Ltd. provides lidar perception software for 3D Object Detection and 3D computer vision. The company provide software for self driving cars. It offers software name, SENSR for detection, classification, tracking, and prediction. Seoul Robotics Co.,Ltd. was founded in 2017 and is based in Seoul, South Korea.

Soomgo

Series C in 2021
Soomgo is service marketplace where customers and local professionals for over 950+ services come together. Their services range from private music lessons and home cleaning to wedding planning and web development among many more. Their team consists of seasoned serial entrepreneurs, and the company is backed by leading institutions in both South Korea and the United States including Primer, Bon Angels, and Y Combinator (W17).

The Clozet

Series A in 2019
THE CLOZET is a fashion sharing service aiming to be Airbnb for fashion. THE CLOZET makes profit by connecting its individual customers with fashion items which are not used often and allows them to borrow the items from other users at reasonable prices. THE CLOZET also gives the concierge service such as delivery, cleaning, maintenance which can make it the most seamless fashion sharing service.

SOS Lab

Series A in 2018
SOS Lab. Co., Ltd. designs, develops, and manufactures optical measurement sensors based on LiDAR technologies for autonomous vehicles. The company's products include SL-1 for self driven cars; GL-3 for drones, robots, or industrial automation systems; and TL-3 for subway screen doors. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Gwangju, South Korea.

Canesta

Venture Round in 2007
Canesta is the inventor of revolutionary, low-cost electronic perception technology that is the foundation for the "other side of 3-D" – true 3-D perception as input to everyday devices, rather than the widely-understood 3-D representational technologies as output. Canesta's 3-D input technology, based upon tiny, CMOS 3-D imaging chips or "sensors", enables fine-grained, 3-dimensional depth-perception in virtually any kind of consumer device such as PCs, TVs, game consoles, and mobile phones, as well as automotive, industrial, and other products. Such products can then react on sight to the actions or motions of individuals and objects in their field of view, gaining levels of functionality and ease of use that were simply not possible in an era when such devices were blind. Numerous applications are under active development by Canesta's OEM customers and partners, including consumer electronics, PC, TV, building automation, security, robotics, automotive, and others. Such customers and partners include Hitachi, Honda, Optex, Optronic, Quanta, SMSC, and others which have yet to be announced. Canesta is located in Sunnyvale, CA. The company has filed in excess of fifty patents, 40 of which have been granted so far The company was founded in 1999 and is based in Sunnyvale, California.

SPD

Venture Round in 2001
SPD developed a technology that uses a thin, flexible film to regulate the amount of light passing through normally clear glass or plastic.

Orum Therapeutics

Series B in 2021
ORUM THERAPEUTICS, INC. engages in the research and development of therapeutic antibodies using cell penetrating antibody platform. Its platform targets specific cell types and adapts to different cell types and different intracellular proteins without chemical modifications. The company develops products for treatment of genetic diseases and cancer. ORUM THERAPEUTICS, INC. was founded in 2016 and is based in Daejeon, South Korea.

Urbanbase

Series A in 2017
We provide a platform of VR and AR tools for architecture and interior design. Urbanbase has patented technology of creating 2D floorplans in 3D, AR and VR, in just a few seconds. Urbanbase offers B2C VR home furnishing platform and AR mobile application for revolutionary interior design experience, as well as B2B sales tool based on internally developed 3D, AR, VR APIs for various types of businesses such as real estate, home designing, retail and many more. Current clients include LG, iLoom, Daelim and over 40 interior / furniture companies.

Mathpresso, Inc.

Series C in 2021
Mathpresso, Inc. develops and offers Qanda, a data-based educational platform sourced from artificial intelligence technology. Its product offers free pool searching and answering all the questions based on artificial intelligence based optical character recognition (OCR) technology. Mathpresso, Inc. was incorporated in 2015 and is based in Seoul, South Korea.

Mesh Korea

Series B in 2016
Mesh Korea is an IT-based logistics startup, which established Korea's first last-mile logistics network and became the primary provider of integrated logistics services with in-house logistics solutions. VROONG, Mesh Korea's logistics brand, creates new value not only by providing delivery services, but also by connecting information. Currently, VROONG provides four services; premium delivery services, 'VROONG Prime', integrated logistics management solution, 'VROONG TMS', premium fresh food delivery services, 'VROONG Fresh', and premium delivery magazine, 'VROONG Collection.' With more than 80 VROONG Stations and 13,000 riders across the nation, VROONG provides faster and more accurate delivery services.

ExoCoBio

Series B in 2018
ExoCoBio Inc. develops biopharmaceuticals and cosmeceuticals based on stem cell-derived exosomes for skin and tissue regeneration. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in South Korea.

Skelter Labs

Series B in 2019
Skelter Labs Inc. develops artificial intelligence based applications. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Seoul, South Korea.

Canesta

Venture Round in 2005
Canesta is the inventor of revolutionary, low-cost electronic perception technology that is the foundation for the "other side of 3-D" – true 3-D perception as input to everyday devices, rather than the widely-understood 3-D representational technologies as output. Canesta's 3-D input technology, based upon tiny, CMOS 3-D imaging chips or "sensors", enables fine-grained, 3-dimensional depth-perception in virtually any kind of consumer device such as PCs, TVs, game consoles, and mobile phones, as well as automotive, industrial, and other products. Such products can then react on sight to the actions or motions of individuals and objects in their field of view, gaining levels of functionality and ease of use that were simply not possible in an era when such devices were blind. Numerous applications are under active development by Canesta's OEM customers and partners, including consumer electronics, PC, TV, building automation, security, robotics, automotive, and others. Such customers and partners include Hitachi, Honda, Optex, Optronic, Quanta, SMSC, and others which have yet to be announced. Canesta is located in Sunnyvale, CA. The company has filed in excess of fifty patents, 40 of which have been granted so far The company was founded in 1999 and is based in Sunnyvale, California.

bitsensing

Seed Round in 2018
bitsensing develops products and solutions based on radar technology. It offers Traffic Radar, a device to monitors real-time traffic information, including vehicle numbers, speed, and emergency situations; Virtual Fence, a device that detects real-time intrusion without using physical fence; and 4D Imaging Radar that enables autonomous driving. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Seoul, South Korea.

HomeSaeng

Venture Round in 2017
HomeSaeng is the developer of the home service app Daeri Jubu. Daeri Jubu provides aid with various home services including housekeeping, cooking, cleaning, packing, and babysitting. Unlike other home service apps, Daeri Jubu provides conditions, ratings, and prices beforehand and enables customers to compare with other services before deciding. The app has gained widespread attentions for its customized service and understanding of the needs of household services.
Kryptos Biotechnologies, Inc. provides life science tools that captures status of cell to present unbiased genomic characteristics. It offers Photonic PCR, a technology that enable users to create photothermal heating and utilizes optical thin film to convert light to heat using light-emitting diode. Kryptos Biotechnologies, Inc. was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Hayward, California.

IGAWorks

Series B in 2012
IGAWorks is an full stack ad-tech company founded on 2006, and we are a group of industry-leading global services for the smart success of digital marketing and mobile businesses. We provide full-stack of ad-tech services which follows: ‘Tradingworks’, agency trade desk offering media, audience, performance as total advertisement service; ‘adbrix’, an all-in-one data platform which leads the growth of mobile businesses with data based on the ad performance and user data; ‘adPOPcorn’, the biggest ad network in Korea; ‘Mobile Index‘, mobile app market analytics platform; ‘Campaign Intelligence’, reporting tool which dramatically lessens marketer’s reporting workload. Today, more than 30,000 mobile apps are utilizing the solutions of IGAWorks for their growth of businesses.

SOS Lab

Series A in 2020
SOS Lab. Co., Ltd. designs, develops, and manufactures optical measurement sensors based on LiDAR technologies for autonomous vehicles. The company's products include SL-1 for self driven cars; GL-3 for drones, robots, or industrial automation systems; and TL-3 for subway screen doors. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Gwangju, South Korea.

PeLeMed

Series A in 2020
PeLeMed is a drug development company working on the discovery of anti-cancer drugs. The company's innovative therapeutic candidates through type 1 kinase inhibitor development platform.

HomeSaeng

Venture Round in 2015
HomeSaeng is the developer of the home service app Daeri Jubu. Daeri Jubu provides aid with various home services including housekeeping, cooking, cleaning, packing, and babysitting. Unlike other home service apps, Daeri Jubu provides conditions, ratings, and prices beforehand and enables customers to compare with other services before deciding. The app has gained widespread attentions for its customized service and understanding of the needs of household services.

CLO Virtual Fashion Inc.

Seed Round in 2011
CLO Virtual Fashion Inc. provides three dimensional (3D) visualization technologies for the fashion industry. The company provides CLO3D, a fashion design software solution for garment simulation; and CLO innovation, an enterprise solution that facilitates interdepartmental process optimization through the use of 3D technology. It offers its services to companies ranging from licensed sportswear corporations to luxury leather goods brands worldwide. The company was founded in 2009 and is based in Seoul, South Korea with an additional office in Munich, Germany.