Korea Investment Partners

Korea Investment Partners is a prominent venture capital and private equity firm based in Seoul, South Korea, with over 30 years of experience in the investment sector. Founded in 1986, the firm focuses on supporting bold and innovative entrepreneurs across various industries, including biotechnology, healthcare, interactive content, media, consumer internet, financial technology, information and communication technology, digitalization, semiconductor, and industrial sectors. Korea Investment Partners has established a strong track record by investing in notable companies such as Kakao, Naver, YG Entertainment, Bodyfriend, and Didi Chuxing. The firm manages more than 20 venture and private equity funds, with total assets under management amounting to approximately $1.8 billion. In addition to its headquarters in Seoul, Korea Investment Partners has offices in Shanghai, Beijing, and Sunnyvale, allowing it to operate on a global scale.

Kim Jong -hyun

Director

Jihyun An

Principal of Venture Group 2

Shane Ang

Vice President, Singapore

Yer Hyun Baek

President

In Jae Baek

Principal of Venture Group 1

Haksung Chang

Managing Director and Head, PE

Henry Choi

Principal

Yan Hao Chong

Principal, Singapore

Yeong Mok Gil

Senior Principal

Hudson Kyung-sik Ho

Head of KIP China / Executive Director

Jingzhi Hu

Managing Partner

Man Soon Hwang

CEO

Joon Hyun

Vice President

Sang Hyuk Jang

Principal

Soon Ouk Jung

Executive Director of Venture Group 2

Stephanie Kang

Principal

Kun Ho Kim

Principal

Jae Hong Kim

Executive Director

Yong Jae Kim

Executive Director

Min Q Kim

Director

Yunjoon Kim Ph.D

Managing Director of Venture Group 1

Dong Yeob Kim

Executive Director and Chief Investment Officer

Su Chan Kwon

Principal of Venture Group 2

Sang Jin Lee

Principal

Young Tak Lee

Director, Private Equity

Ji soo Lee

Director of Venture Group 1

Michael Lee

Executive Director of Venture Group 1

Min Sik Park

Director

Sang Ho Park

Executive Director

Deok Joon Shin

Director

Dong Hyun Song

Principal

Benjamin Hyun Mok Song

Principal of Venture Group 2

Ping Wang

Associate Partner

Jerry Xu

Director and Principal

Clara Yoon

Principal

Past deals in Video

Twelve Labs

Series A in 2024
Twelve Labs specializes in a multimodal artificial intelligence platform designed to enhance video understanding across various applications. The platform enables businesses and developers to analyze video content by integrating visual and auditory data, facilitating the creation of intelligent video applications. It offers APIs for functions such as searching, generating, and classifying video content, allowing users to deploy solutions on any cloud, customize models, and fine-tune with their own data. Twelve Labs serves diverse industries, including technology, media, entertainment, and security, empowering clients to harness complex video information for a range of downstream tasks.

Twelve Labs

Series A in 2024
Twelve Labs specializes in a multimodal artificial intelligence platform designed to enhance video understanding across various applications. The platform enables businesses and developers to analyze video content by integrating visual and auditory data, facilitating the creation of intelligent video applications. It offers APIs for functions such as searching, generating, and classifying video content, allowing users to deploy solutions on any cloud, customize models, and fine-tune with their own data. Twelve Labs serves diverse industries, including technology, media, entertainment, and security, empowering clients to harness complex video information for a range of downstream tasks.

Twelve Labs

Seed Round in 2023
Twelve Labs specializes in a multimodal artificial intelligence platform designed to enhance video understanding across various applications. The platform enables businesses and developers to analyze video content by integrating visual and auditory data, facilitating the creation of intelligent video applications. It offers APIs for functions such as searching, generating, and classifying video content, allowing users to deploy solutions on any cloud, customize models, and fine-tune with their own data. Twelve Labs serves diverse industries, including technology, media, entertainment, and security, empowering clients to harness complex video information for a range of downstream tasks.

DotDotDot

Venture Round in 2023
DotDotDot is a South Korean company founded in 2018 that specializes in creating animated video content for social media platforms using 3D avatars. The company has developed a unique social media platform that enhances communication by allowing users to express emotions through 3D backgrounds and characters. This innovative technology enables users to create and share short-form video comics, providing a novel way to tell stories that transcends traditional photo, video, and text-based formats. By focusing on user-generated content, DotDotDot aims to transform social interaction and storytelling in the digital space.

Rizzle AI

Series B in 2022
Rizzle AI specializes in transforming text content and podcasts into engaging videos for businesses and publishers. By leveraging advanced AI technology, Rizzle enhances storytelling with professional images and natural-sounding voices, aiming to captivate audiences and facilitate content monetization. The platform offers tools for seamless video creation, including custom thumbnails, short-form content, and interactive maps, making the storytelling process efficient and impactful. Rizzle distinguishes itself through end-to-end simplicity, allowing users to produce videos quickly without complex editing. Its partnerships with media providers ensure high-quality visuals and sound, while extensive syndication options enable broad distribution and monetization through platforms like MSN and Yahoo. Rizzle provides flexible solutions tailored to individual needs, whether through self-service or managed options, allowing businesses and creators to focus on strategy and creativity.

DotDotDot

Seed Round in 2021
DotDotDot is a South Korean company founded in 2018 that specializes in creating animated video content for social media platforms using 3D avatars. The company has developed a unique social media platform that enhances communication by allowing users to express emotions through 3D backgrounds and characters. This innovative technology enables users to create and share short-form video comics, providing a novel way to tell stories that transcends traditional photo, video, and text-based formats. By focusing on user-generated content, DotDotDot aims to transform social interaction and storytelling in the digital space.

Wave

Series B in 2020
Wave Corporation, founded in 2018 and based in South Korea, develops a mobile video chat application designed to enhance social interactions among users. The application enables individuals to create chat rooms where they can engage in group video chats, play live party games, watch video clips, read webtoons, and share photos. By facilitating these activities, Wave aims to reduce the distance between people, allowing friends to connect and interact in a more engaging and entertaining manner.

Santa

Series A in 2020
Santa is pushing content creation to new limits. Didicast, an easy to use video editing software developed by Santa, is made for content creators that are determined to produce polished videos for anything from education to entertainment. By leveling the learning curve and throwing out the expenses required in traditional content creation, Santa is helping creators from around the world change the world.

Zamface

Series A in 2020
Zamface is operated by Zackdang Company and serves as a beauty video application designed to assist users in analyzing cosmetics and their compatibility with individual skin types. The platform offers features such as personal color diagnosis, makeup tutorials, and product reviews, along with recommendations from beauty influencers. By providing these resources, Zamface aims to help users select beauty products that complement their unique coloring and preferences.

Zamface

Seed Round in 2019
Zamface is operated by Zackdang Company and serves as a beauty video application designed to assist users in analyzing cosmetics and their compatibility with individual skin types. The platform offers features such as personal color diagnosis, makeup tutorials, and product reviews, along with recommendations from beauty influencers. By providing these resources, Zamface aims to help users select beauty products that complement their unique coloring and preferences.

LinearHub (Roundee.io)

Series A in 2017
We help users focus on the meeting and eliminate the time lost in post meeting follow up's. Roundee.io is a smart video meeting service with hassle free recording and rich post recording. Meeting information is not lost anymore. Roundee.io is integrated with commercial collaboration tools like Slack and Microsoft Teams(not launched yet), bringing all the meeting information in one place.
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