Hyun Cheol Tak

Director

129 past transactions

APR

Private Placement in 2018
APR Co.,Ltd manufactures and sells cosmetic products for men and women. The company also offers medical cosmetics and diet products; operates an instant photo booth; and provides caps, sweat shirts, and track tops through its online store. It sells its products under APRILSKIN, medicube, GLAMD, Forment, Photogray ORAZIN, and NERDY brand names. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Seoul, South Korea.

Go2Joy

Series A in 2020
Go2Joy (고투조이) is a mobile O2O platform connecting local hotels & local hotel users in Vietnam. Go2Joy is 1st Hourly/Overnight booking enabled OTA in Vietnam, and No.1 Hourly Hotel Booking app for young Vietnamese with largest user base, largest hourly booking hotel inventory, largest coverage in Vietnam

TAU-PNU MEDICAL

Series B in 2020
TAU is developing state-of-the-art minimally invasive catheter-based surgical methodologies for treating structural heart diseases like Tricuspid Valve Regurgitation (TR), Mitral Valve Regurgitation (MR), Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy (HOCM), and Heart arrhythmia.

Meissa

Series A in 2021
Meissa is a drone-based construction tech startup that provides real-time 3D mapping and modeling.

Dunzo

Series D in 2019
Dunzo Digital Private Limited operates a daily tasks management app dunzo. Its services include groceries and essentials, fruits and vegetables, send packages, meat and fish, food delivery, medicines, pet supplies, health and wellness, bike pool, and gifts and lifestyle delivery services. The company provide its services in Bangalore, Pune, Gurgaon, Hyderabad, New Delhi, Chennai, Jaipur, and Mumbai. Dunzo Digital Private Limited was incorporated in 2014 and is based in Bengaluru, India.

PILAB

Series A in 2022
PILAB is a research-focused blockchain company that develops multipurpose software that enables communication and management of data across different platforms. PILAB is backed by South Korean venture capital firm Korea Investment Partners.

S-Alpha Therapeutics

Seed Round in 2020
S-Alpha Therapeutics Inc., a digital therapeutics company, researches and develops health applications and platform technologies that enable digital devices to treat different diseases. Its products include SAT-001, an ophthalmology related application for eye disease treatment; SAT-002, neurology application for treatment of nervous system disease; SAT-003, oncology application for recovery and treatment of cancer patients; and SAT-008, a public crisis application for overcoming social problems. Additionally, it also develops therapeutic devices. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Seoul, South Korea.

Zikooin Company

Series A in 2021
Zikooin Company produces and supplies vegetable meat made from discarded grains. The company is based in Seoul, South Korea.

VIRNECT

Series B in 2022
VIRNECT CO., LTD. develops augmented reality (AR) solutions for industries. The company offers VIRNECT Remote an AR multi-remote collaboration solution that provides a multi-communication system; VIRNECT Make produces and distributes AR contents and provides additional features that can add tables, graphs, animation, interaction, task lists, and documents to the original non-coding AR contents; VIRNECT View visualizes field information through AR and enables users to write and register task lists; and VIRNECT Workstation is an AR service for integrated management that provides user account settings, AR content lists, and job history management features. VIRNECT CO., LTD. was founded in 2016 and is based in Seoul, South Korea.

AUTOCRYPT

Series B in 2022
AUTOCRYPT is the leading player in mobility security technologies. Recognized by TU-Automotive as the Best Auto Cybersecurity Product/Solution of 2019, and shortlisted in 2020 for Automotive Tech Company of the Year, AUTOCRYPT continues to pave the way in transportation and mobility security through a multi-layered, holistic approach. Through security solutions for V2X/C-V2X, V2G (including Plug & Charge security), in-vehicle security, and Fleet Management, AUTOCRYPT ensures that security is prioritized before vehicles hit the road.

AUTOCRYPT

Series B in 2021
AUTOCRYPT is the leading player in mobility security technologies. Recognized by TU-Automotive as the Best Auto Cybersecurity Product/Solution of 2019, and shortlisted in 2020 for Automotive Tech Company of the Year, AUTOCRYPT continues to pave the way in transportation and mobility security through a multi-layered, holistic approach. Through security solutions for V2X/C-V2X, V2G (including Plug & Charge security), in-vehicle security, and Fleet Management, AUTOCRYPT ensures that security is prioritized before vehicles hit the road.

wadiz

Series C in 2019
Wadiz Corp. operates a crowdfunding platform for start ups. The company was incorporated in 2012 and is based in Seongnam, South Korea.

EcoTruck

Series A in 2021
EcoTruck Technology Joint Stock Company develops shared economy software application for logistics industry. The application helps businesses transport goods by trucks, cars, and tractors. It also offers vehicle liability insurance for vehicles. The company was founded in 1977 and is headquartered in Phu Nhuan, Vietnam.

Sparkplus

Series B in 2019
Sparkplus designs and manages real estate contracts, interior design, construction, and furniture arrangements for offices. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Seoul, South Korea.

UserHabit

Series A in 2018
UserHabit helps app makers increase user satisfaction by automatically analyzing user behavior and advising how apps can be improved.

S-Alpha Therapeutics

Private Placement in 2020
S-Alpha Therapeutics Inc., a digital therapeutics company, researches and develops health applications and platform technologies that enable digital devices to treat different diseases. Its products include SAT-001, an ophthalmology related application for eye disease treatment; SAT-002, neurology application for treatment of nervous system disease; SAT-003, oncology application for recovery and treatment of cancer patients; and SAT-008, a public crisis application for overcoming social problems. Additionally, it also develops therapeutic devices. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Seoul, South Korea.

SANDBOX

Private Placement in 2020
Sandbox Network, Inc. is a digital entertainment company that provides multi-channel network services for digital contents. Sandbox Network, Inc. was founded in 2015 and is based in Seoul, South Korea.

Space Walk

Private Placement in 2020
Space Walk CO.,LTD. develops big data and artificial intelligence architectural design technologies to the real estate development market. It offers Landbook that collects and analyzes big data for investment decisions to solve the asymmetric problem of real estate information. The company was incorporated in 2016 and is based in Seoul, South Korea.

Selecxine

Venture Round in 2020
Selecxine is a biopharmaceutical development company specialized in the field of immunotherapeutics. Selecxine strives to develop immunotherapeutics a new paradigm of pharmaceuticals– through a specialized antibody development process, using an innovative platform technology of functional antibody screening and development.

Onegene Biotechnology

Venture Round in 2022
Onegene Biotechnology is a biotechnology company that develops highly potent tri- or intraspecific protein-based drugs. It allows an unlimited combination of different types of molecules, such as Fab fragment, scFv, sdAb, peptide, cytokines, agonist/antagonist, or enzymes. The unprecedented design flexibility with optimized physical properties opens new design space for multispecific protein drugs with CMC feasibility.

ENF Technology

Venture Round in 2008
ENF Technology Co., Ltd. produces and sells process chemicals, fine chemicals, and color pastes for semiconductor and display production in South Korea and internationally. The company offers process chemicals, such as etchants, strippers, thinners, developers, and cleaners. Its fine chemicals, including monomers and polymers for photoresists, photo acid generators, anti reflective coating monomers and polymers, additives, raw materials for hard masks, monomers, and binders. The company also produces color pastes for use in note PCs, large TVs, and wOLED TVs. ENF Technology Co., Ltd. was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Yongin, South Korea.

SSenStone

Venture Round in 2018
SSenStone, founded in November 2015, has started from password-less user authentication to prevent privacy information leakage and provide safe and convenient user login process. The integrated authentication platform, called ‘StonePASS’, has been certified by FIDO (Fast Identity Online). Now, we expand our inventive idea to the card industry and launch VOTC, which will completely change the card transaction landscape for secured payments.

Suprema

Venture Round in 2004
Suprema is a global leader in biometrics and securities technology. By combining world renowned biometric algorithms with superior engineering, Suprema is able to continually develop and manufacture reliable industry leading products. Suprema’s extensive portfolio of products include biometric access control systems, time & attendance devices, fingerprint/live scanners and embedded fingerprint modules. Suprema supports world wide sales network that spans across more than 133 countries around the world and was the first biometrics company listed on Korea's stock market.

FORCS

Venture Round in 2013
Eliminate paper from all business processes with OZ e-Form. Begin by converting paper forms to electronic forms with our intuitive form designer. Turn existing forms in Microsoft Word or PDF formats into Smart e-Form to do business faster. Reduce the number of forms and automate form updates to achieve improved work efficiencies. Our clients tell us they measured increased efficiency ranging from 32% to 60% by executing tasks faster and releasing employees of repetitive tasks.

Genic

Venture Round in 2006
Genic Co., Ltd. researches and develops, manufactures, and sells hydrogel mask packs in South Korea and internationally. The company was founded in 2001 and is based in Seongnam, South Korea.

Ybrain

Venture Round in 2020
Ybrain Inc., a brain signal based wearable device company, manufactures neuroscience technology based wearable devices for Alzheimer’s and mild cognitive impairment patients. Its development focuses on addressing the complexities of brain disorders and mental well being using electrical signals. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Seoul, South Korea.

Sangwha

Venture Round in 2023
Sangwha Co., Ltd designs and produces above the line(ATL) and below the line(BTL) advertisement to the use of robots for museums, exhibitions, and global launching shows. Sangwha Co., Ltd is based in Seoul, South Korea.

Wonik Materials

Venture Round in 2011
WONIK Materials Co Ltd is a Korean company which is engaged in manufacturing and sale of specialty gases for semiconductors. Its products are the pure gas which contains specific impurities and it is used for carrier gas for various analyzers, electric bulb and for research and development purpose; and mixture gas.

T3 Entertainment

Venture Round in 2019
T3 Entertainment Inc is a professional game developer with development technology for various game platforms such as PC games, mobile games, and console games.

PinotBio

Venture Round in 2018
Pinot Bio is a biotechnology company that specializes in developing new generation anticancer treatments.

Millie

Series C in 2019
Book Club Millie Co., Ltd. provides an e-book subscription platform. The company is based in Seoul, South Korea.

Reality MagiQ

Venture Round in 2018
Reality MagiQ Inc., a game developer, develops virtual reality e-sports game titles for various atmospheres ranging from small VR cafes to larger VR theme parks. The company is based in South Korea.

Yusin

Venture Round in 2013
Yusin Holding Corp is engaged in the production of the automotive brake system and related parts. It manufactures and sells vehicle's Brake master cylinders, Brake cylinders, Clutch master cylinders, Brake calipers, Clutch slave cylinders, and other products. Geographically, the group sells its products in Asia, North America, Central and South America, Europe and other countries.

Fount

Series B in 2020
Fount Inc. Is an asset management Robo-Advisor startup founded in 2015. Their investing algorithm based on BigData Technology helps you plan for every event of your life. fount team believes in passive investing, which takes the right level of risk for your goal's time horizon, and allows their advanced computer algorithms do all the work.

L & C BIO

Venture Round in 2016
L & C Bio Co., Ltd. is making the health and happiness of mankind based on their mission to improve the quality of human life and to give better value to their customers. And the efforts of L & C Bio Co., Ltd. start with the business philosophy of 'respecting customers', 'grasping needs' and 'providing the best products and services

MELFAS

Venture Round in 2006
MELFAS Inc. develops, produces, and supplies touch controller ICs, touch screen modules, and touch key modules based on capacitive touch sensing technology in South Korea and internationally. Its products are used in smart phone, feature phone, tablet PC, monitor, digital camera, MP3 player, and PMP applications. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Seongnam, South Korea.

VIRNECT

Venture Round in 2021
VIRNECT CO., LTD. develops augmented reality (AR) solutions for industries. The company offers VIRNECT Remote an AR multi-remote collaboration solution that provides a multi-communication system; VIRNECT Make produces and distributes AR contents and provides additional features that can add tables, graphs, animation, interaction, task lists, and documents to the original non-coding AR contents; VIRNECT View visualizes field information through AR and enables users to write and register task lists; and VIRNECT Workstation is an AR service for integrated management that provides user account settings, AR content lists, and job history management features. VIRNECT CO., LTD. was founded in 2016 and is based in Seoul, South Korea.

Golfzon

Venture Round in 2008
GOLFZON is not just a golf simulator manufacturer, but is a golfer's lifetime partner. As a total golf culture company, GOLFZON provides integrated services in all areas of enhancing, enjoying, and sharing the golf.Their mission is to make golf more enjoyable for everyone. At GOLFZON, they're growing the popularity of golf through their products, services and technology. GOLFZON’s simulators have made the playing of indoor “screen golf" a sensation in South Korea. GOLFZON has extensive top-level, global technology experience. About 50 percent of GOLFZON’s employees are Research and Development Engineers.

Unlimeat

Venture Round in 2021
Unlimeat is a company that produces plant-based meat. Its plant-based meat can be used in a wide range of dishes, ensuring that its plant-based meats are ideal for both Eastern and Western cuisine. It transforms perfectly edible but unloved produce that would otherwise go to waste due to size, blemishes, or cosmetic imperfections into delectable plant-based foods. The company is proud to be a member of the Upcycled Food Association.

Neosapience

Series B in 2022
Neosapience, Inc. develops an artificial intelligence based software that learns voice features of a certain person and generates speech that mimics the voice identity, prosody, and emotion of the person. Its products include Icepeak.AI, an online platform that learns the voice feature and generates speech with the same voice identity; and ICEPEAK, a mobile application that allows its users to select the character and speak anything, then the character repeats what the users said. The company’s application is compatible with Android and iOS. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.

S-Alpha Therapeutics

Series A in 2021
S-Alpha Therapeutics Inc., a digital therapeutics company, researches and develops health applications and platform technologies that enable digital devices to treat different diseases. Its products include SAT-001, an ophthalmology related application for eye disease treatment; SAT-002, neurology application for treatment of nervous system disease; SAT-003, oncology application for recovery and treatment of cancer patients; and SAT-008, a public crisis application for overcoming social problems. Additionally, it also develops therapeutic devices. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Seoul, South Korea.

KB-Element

Series A in 2021
KB-ELEMENT Co., Ltd. develops and manufactures graphene powder and carbon nano tube (CNT) coating solutions. Its products include anti-static agents, coating machines, conductive pastes, heat-releasing material, CNT/graphene powder, and functional material. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Suwon-si, South Korea.

42dot

Series A in 2021
42dot is a technology company pioneering frictionless transportation services. Central to these efforts is the development of the Urban Mobility Operating System (UMOS) a cloud-based mobility platform that will accelerate the transition to autonomous transportation-as-a-service (aTaaS) with diversified self-driving ground and airborne vehicles. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Seoul.

Sparkplus

Private Placement in 2019
Sparkplus designs and manages real estate contracts, interior design, construction, and furniture arrangements for offices. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Seoul, South Korea.

Phantom AI

Series A in 2020
Phantom AI is democratizing the use of advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) to reduce accidents, save lives and make driving more enjoyable, while delivering tomorrow’s self-driving technology. The company provides a comprehensive autonomous driving platform featuring computer vision, sensor fusion and control capabilities. Phantom AI has created the most accurate and highest-performing AI solutions available today that meet car manufacturer requirements, at a much lower price than existing solutions. Delivered through a modular, software-based vehicle stack, OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers can select the components they wish to integrate and customize the configuration for unparalleled flexibility.

Curocell Co., Ltd.

Private Placement in 2020
Curocell Co., Ltd. develops CAR-T cell treatment and chimeric antigen receptor-engineered T cell therapies. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Daejeon, South Korea.

Bluepoint Partners

Venture Round in 2018
Bluepoint Partners is a partnership-driven startup accelerator and early stage VC fund that concentrates on bridging talented high tech entrepreneurs to launching progressive startups with real global solutions. Our partners and accelerating experts work hand-in-hand with entrepreneurs enabling them to build, make key connections, launch, grow, and raise capital to continue their company’s vision and journey. Our family of offices in Deajeon (Tech Valley) and Seoul (Gangnam) keeps us very close and committed to the multi faceted high tech communities. We host workshops and private events designed to bring our entrepreneurs closer to our family of networks that includes strategic relationships to VCs, partnerships, talent, advisors, press, and key introductions for M&A. We form deep relationships with our entrepreneurs so we can venerate their unique qualities and play to their strengths. Together we make a Bluepoint Family.

Winia Mando

Private Equity Round in 2011
Winia Mando is is a premier specialty household appliance manufacturer in Korea.

Classting

Venture Round in 2020
Classting aspires to solve one of the most critical problems that have existed for more than a century: A teacher has to teach many students of varying levels in a classroom. We equip teachers with an effective Learning Management System (LMS) tool and a social platform for classrooms to facilitate communication among teachers, students, and parents. We also offer an AI-based learning platform that provides a personalized learning experience to students in- and outside of the school. Partnering with 20+ content providers, we are helping students all over the world to learn more effectively and efficiently. Classting is based in Seoul.

LUNASOFT

Venture Round in 2022
LUNASOFT INC. develops chatbots and an integrated management platform for customer support. The company develops Luna Plus, a courier exchange platform; Luna Plus Mobile, a real time business consultation solution; Luna Plus CTI, a customer counselling platform that integrates phone counselling, intelligent chat counselling; and customer consultation chatbots for the Naver and Kakao platforms. LUNASOFT INC. was founded in 2016 and is based in Seoul, South Korea.

Cancer Rop

Venture Round in 2012
Develops and commercializes molecular diagnostic techniques for various genetic diseases in South Korea.

HaplnScience

Venture Round in 2020
HaplnScience is a pharmaceutical company that focuses on anti-aging therapies that can reverse tissue and organ degeneration. The company contributes to the health and happiness of the elderly through the development of anti-aging therapy that can reverse tissue and organ degeneration. They developing new medicines with HAPLN1, a new protein that can reverse tissue degeneration with strengthening the extracellular matrix. HalpnScience was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea.

Kakao Kids

Venture Round in 2014
Kakao Kids is a smart educational service and platform for children. Its software offers an animated mobile platform for children's games, using animal characters to build skills in physical exercise, language, social relationships, art, and nature. Kakao Kids was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.

Vieworks

Venture Round in 2006
Vieworks Co. Ltd. designs, develops, manufactures, and sells camera systems and digital imaging systems for digital radiography, digital fluoroscopy, and angiography systems. It offers TFT flat panel detectors for general radiography and fluoroscopy, veterinary, dental, mobile C-arm, and mammography and industrial applications, as well as software products, such as VXvue with PureImpact, a digital radiography acquisition viewer; VXvue Mammo with PureImpact M, a digital mammography acquisition viewer; Slimpac II plus, a digital radiography and fluoroscopy viewer; and QXLink 3, a streamlined picture archiving and communication system. The company also provides industrial cameras and accessories. In addition, it offers In vivo systems comprising VISQUE InVivo Smart-LF and VISQUE InVivo Elite, which are preclinical fluorescent and bioluminescent imaging and analysis systems; VISQUE InVivo Smart, a preclinical in vivo florescent imaging and analysis system; and VISQUE CleVue, an In vivo signal detection and intelligent image analysis software. The company was formerly known as Raysis Co., Ltd. and changed its name to Vieworks Co., Ltd. in November 2006. Vieworks Co., Ltd. was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Anyang, South Korea.