Korea Investment Partners

Korea Investment Partners is a Seoul-based venture capital and private equity firm with more than three decades of investing experience. It operates globally from its Seoul headquarters with offices in Shanghai, Beijing and Sunnyvale, and manages multiple funds that invest across a broad spectrum of sectors including business-to-business services, media, healthcare, information technology, manufacturing, life sciences, oncology, mobile and gaming, augmented reality, industrials, real estate technology, mortgage technology, advertising technology, advanced manufacturing, the Internet of Things and mobility technologies. The firm has backed notable companies such as Kakao, Naver, YG Entertainment, Osstem Implant, Bodyfriend and Didi Chuxing, reflecting its emphasis on innovative entrepreneurs and large-scale opportunities.

Jihyun An

Principal

Shane Ang

Investor

In Jae Baek

Principal

Yer Hyun Baek

President

Haksung Chang

Managing Director and Head, PE

Past deals in Art

The Grim Entertainment

Seed Round in 2023
The Grim Entertainment is a publisher of webtoons, focusing on creating and distributing comic book content online.

Mighty Jaxx

Series A in 2022
Mighty Jaxx is an integrated future culture platform that designs and produces digital and phygital collectibles. It collaborates with renowned artists and global brands to create art figures, toys, and action figurines, enabling collectors to access diverse merchandise and designs. The company ships millions of phygital collectibles to customers in more than 80 countries each year, reflecting its international reach and ongoing collaborations across entertainment and consumer brands.

Mighty Jaxx

Series A in 2022
Mighty Jaxx is an integrated future culture platform that designs and produces digital and phygital collectibles. It collaborates with renowned artists and global brands to create art figures, toys, and action figurines, enabling collectors to access diverse merchandise and designs. The company ships millions of phygital collectibles to customers in more than 80 countries each year, reflecting its international reach and ongoing collaborations across entertainment and consumer brands.

Contents Lab. Blue

Series A in 2021
Contents Lab. Blue is a webtoon production company focused on promoting Korean webtoons in the global market. The company specializes in creating 'novel comics' derived from Internet novels and upcycling existing comic books into webtoons. Additionally, it develops Internet novels to serve as sources for various media adaptations. To cater to a diverse audience, Contents Lab. Blue also translates and localizes popular webtoons for multiple countries, allowing for a broader reach and engagement with animated narratives.

Mighty Jaxx

Series A in 2021
Mighty Jaxx is an integrated future culture platform that designs and produces digital and phygital collectibles. It collaborates with renowned artists and global brands to create art figures, toys, and action figurines, enabling collectors to access diverse merchandise and designs. The company ships millions of phygital collectibles to customers in more than 80 countries each year, reflecting its international reach and ongoing collaborations across entertainment and consumer brands.

WonderWall

Series B in 2021
WonderWall is an online art learning platform that connects artists and facilitates the sharing of practical knowledge across various creative disciplines. The platform provides access to a diverse range of online videos covering areas such as music, acting, directing, art, photography, design, and cooking. By offering these resources, WonderWall enables learners to acquire new skills and insights from the comfort of their homes, fostering a community of artists eager to enhance their craft.

Studio Origin

Series A in 2021
Studio Origin Corp. is a character entertainment company focused on developing intellectual properties and character brands. The company aims to foster a new culture within the character industry by promoting happiness and joy through its creations. Studio Origin specializes in various aspects of character development, including brand development, brand identity, experience design, and character design. By emphasizing the creation of unique and engaging character experiences, the company enables brands to establish a sustainable business ecosystem centered around their intellectual properties.

Tapas Media

Series B in 2019
Tapas Media, Inc. operates Tapastic, an online platform and community designed for independent comic artists and visual storytellers. Founded in 2012 and based in San Francisco, the company provides a space for over 50,000 creators to publish serialized webcomics and novels, attracting more than 2 million unique monthly readers. Users spend a combined total of 70 million minutes on the platform each month, contributing to over 5 billion readings of stories to date. Tapas Media also collaborates with top creators to co-produce original intellectual properties that can be adapted into television series, films, games, or physical books. The platform's audience consists predominantly of female millennials, primarily located in the United States, and the Tapas app has surpassed 2 million downloads, ranking as one of the top-grossing comics apps on both iOS and Android.

Art Together

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Art Together operates a crowdfunding platform that facilitates collective purchases of artwork.

Social Network

Venture Round in 2015
Social Network connects k-culture, possess famous character license, localization, and creative research and development. Trickeye Museum is an AR museum that applies augmented technology to the artworks and offers astonishing experiences to every visitor.
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