Investors in South Korea

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IMM Investment

IMM Investment is a Seoul-based independent private equity and venture capital firm established in 1999. The company engages in mezzanine and growth investments and pursues opportunities in mergers and acquisitions, venture capital, corporate restructuring, private equity, industry consolidation, management buyouts, spin-offs, recapitalizations, and cross-border transactions. It concentrates on medium-sized companies operating in information technology infrastructure, wireless communications, software, contents, and other technology-enabled sectors, with a particular emphasis on information technology, healthcare/biotech, and manufacturing. The firm typically takes an active role in governance and strategic direction and focuses on opportunities within South Korea and cross-border contexts. IMM Investment aims to support portfolio companies through growth, expansion, and consolidation, leveraging its long-standing relationships with institutional investors and investment professionals.
Made 111 investments in South Korea

NEOPLY

NEOPLY is a South Korea–based accelerator and venture capital firm that supports early-stage startups with seed funding, mentoring, networking, and office space. Since 2008 it has incubated dozens of startups and provides follow-on investment opportunities, including consideration of blockchain-focused ventures. The company operates programs to accelerate growth for South Korean startups and helps founders navigate fundraising and go-to-market strategies.
Made 14 investments in South Korea

Korea Venture Investment Corp

KVIC is a government-backed investment institution in South Korea that allocates capital to venture activities by investing in venture capital funds globally and administering the Korea Fund of Funds on behalf of the government. Founded in 2005, the organization operates under the Ministry of SMEs and Startups and supports the country's venture ecosystem through its fund-of-funds activities and public-backed funding. Headquartered in Seoul, KVIC also maintains offices in California, Shanghai, and Singapore to engage with international partners. The company includes a research division that produces monthly reports on venture capital and private equity trends, issues, and policy developments in Korea, complementing its investment mandate with market insight and policy analysis.
Made 16 investments in South Korea

Korea Investment Partners

Korea Investment Partners is a Seoul-based venture capital and private equity firm with decades of experience in funding bold, innovative entrepreneurs. It operates globally with offices in Shanghai, Beijing, and Sunnyvale and manages multiple funds totaling several billions of dollars in assets under management. As the venture capital and private equity arm of Korea Investment Holdings, KIP backs a broad range of sectors including information technology, healthcare, life sciences, manufacturing, mobility and gaming, as it seeks to help companies scale and commercialize new technologies. The firm emphasizes long-term value creation and has built a diversified portfolio across Asia and beyond.
Made 77 investments in South Korea

KB Investment

KB Investment is a venture capital and private equity firm based in Seoul, South Korea, founded in 1990 as the investment arm of KB Financial Group. It manages assets through a venture and growth platform and backs early-stage startups, select buyouts, spinouts, turnaround situations, and growth capital. The firm targets a broad range of sectors, including information technology, biotechnology and life sciences, healthcare, hardware and software, consumer products and services, and clean tech, with a primary focus on South Korea and selective international opportunities. It supports portfolio companies with hands-on guidance in strategy, operations and governance and leverages KB Financial Group’s network to aid growth and value creation. The firm is described as active in social ventures aligned with sustainable development goals, reflecting an emphasis on responsible investing alongside financial returns.
Made 70 investments in South Korea

Mega Investment

Mega Investment is the venture capital arm of Megastudy, based in Seoul, South Korea, founded in 2012. The firm focuses on startups with an emphasis on the agricultural and food sector, investing in Series A through its funds and providing seed-stage support through its balance sheet, including follow-on investments and participation in government-backed programs such as the TIPS program.
Made 14 investments in South Korea

Smilegate Investment

Smilegate Investment is a venture capital and private equity firm headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. Established in 1999 (originally MVP Capital), it engages in venture capital and private equity investments across South Korea, supporting growth-oriented companies. The firm has organized and managed more than 30 funds and invested in over 200 companies, reflecting its broad investment activity and market experience.
Made 49 investments in South Korea

Atinum Investment

Atinum Investment is a Seoul-based venture capital firm founded in 1988 that invests in technology and life sciences companies across Asia. It targets small and mid-sized companies across sectors such as information technology, software and SaaS, platform services, content and gaming, deep tech, materials, biotech, medical devices and healthtech, with emphasis on IT, biotech and healthcare opportunities.
Made 46 investments in South Korea

Capstone Partners

Capstone Partners is a venture capital firm based in Seoul, South Korea, founded in 2008. It concentrates on early-stage technology investments across sectors such as information technology, wireless technology, software, internet services, online gaming, pharmaceuticals, and high-tech fields, with a regional focus on Korea and China. The firm seeks opportunities in artificial intelligence, ICT services, web3, games, and bio healthcare through Capstone Partners Korea, and aims to realize exits primarily via trade sales.
Made 118 investments in South Korea

Altos Ventures

Altos Ventures is a Menlo Park-based venture capital firm, founded in 1996, with an office in Seoul. It concentrates on early-stage investments in consumer and technology companies, including software and TMT, with emphasis on founder-led, capital-efficient businesses. The firm backs companies across the globe, primarily in the United States and Asia, and participates in multiple stages from seed to later rounds, often taking minority stakes and supporting growth through follow-on funding.
Made 90 investments in South Korea

Premier Partners

Premier Partners is a Seoul-based investment firm founded in 2005 that concentrates on venture capital and small-to-mid-sized companies in South Korea. The firm pursues opportunities in mobility, healthcare, e-commerce, and digital content, offering capital and strategic guidance to portfolio companies.
Made 59 investments in South Korea

Strong Ventures

Strong Ventures is a Los Angeles-based investment firm focused on seed-stage opportunities in the United States and South Korea. Operating as a seed fund and venture capital investor, it finances, supports, and mentors entrepreneurs, including Korean, Asian, and global founders, helping them build and scale ventures in global markets. The firm emphasizes hands-on assistance, network access, strategic thinking, and execution collaboration to create tangible value for portfolio companies. Its sector coverage spans software as a service, content, mobility, food technology, e-commerce, healthcare, fashion, fintech, blockchain, travel, gaming, education, community/platform, consumer goods, property technology, life science, beauty, sports, human resource recruiting, and media. Strong Ventures aims to empower founders to grow sustainable businesses across industries.
Made 66 investments in South Korea

Shinhan Venture Investment

Shinhan Venture Investment is a Seoul-based venture capital firm founded in 2000 that backs a broad range of sectors, including healthcare, gaming, industrials, power and energy, consumer and retail, and information and communications technology, with a focus on opportunities influenced by aging populations and disruptive technologies. The firm engages in both early-stage venture investments and later-stage control investments, pursuing opportunities shaped by megatrends such as IT convergence and alternative energy.
Made 113 investments in South Korea

Aju IB Investment

Aju IB Investment is a Seoul-based venture capital and private equity firm established in 1974, offering investments and management consulting services to small and medium-sized enterprises. It pursues venture capital and private equity opportunities across technology and healthcare sectors, including information technology, software, semiconductors, biotechnology, life sciences, and related platforms, and engages in activities such as mezzanine financing, buyouts, and corporate restructuring. The firm seeks both domestic opportunities in South Korea and select international deals, with offices in Boston and San Francisco. It also provides advisory services covering business management, tax, accounting, legal, mergers and acquisitions, funding, marketing, and technology support to SMEs. Aju IB Investment is part of AJU Corporation and aims for exits through IPOs or acquisitions.
Made 35 investments in South Korea

Hana Ventures

Hana Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Hana Financial Group, based in Seoul, South Korea, founded in 2018. It invests in consumer products, consumer services, financial services, healthcare, information technology, and life sciences.
Made 29 investments in South Korea

SBI Investment

SBI Investment is the corporate venture capital arm of SBI Holdings, based in Tokyo, Japan. It specializes in venture capital and growth capital investments, supporting the development and growth of private companies through fund investments and management of venture funds. The firm targets technology-driven sectors including information technology, artificial intelligence, fintech, blockchain, security, e-commerce, biotechnology and healthcare, life sciences, environmental energy, and related areas, with selective cross-border opportunities in China and Southeast Asia. Since its founding in 1996, it has invested in hundreds of companies, and many investments have exited through IPOs or mergers and acquisitions. The firm seeks long-term value creation by partnering with entrepreneurs at various stages and by providing strategic and financial support to scale operations.
Made 43 investments in South Korea

CRIT Ventures

Established in 2020, CRIT Ventures is a venture capital firm headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. It focuses on investing in technology companies at various stages of development.
Made 27 investments in South Korea

Samsung Electronics

Samsung Electronics is a global technology company based in South Korea that designs, manufactures, and sells a wide range of electronics and device solutions. Its portfolio spans consumer electronics (mobile devices, televisions, home appliances, cameras), information technology products (PCs, peripherals, printers), semiconductors, memory and storage, and display technologies. The company also provides telecommunications infrastructure and related services, and conducts extensive research and development to advance core technologies. With a global footprint across Korea, China, the Americas, Europe, and the Asia Pacific, Samsung Electronics is a leading supplier of smartphones, memory chips, and displays, and it coordinates significant manufacturing and supply chain activities to support its varied product lines.
Made 32 investments in South Korea

Yuanta Investment

Yuanta Investment is a venture capital investment firm founded in 1989 and based in Seoul, South Korea, focused on investments in healthcare, consumer-focused sectors, oncology and life sciences.
Made 16 investments in South Korea

LB Investment

LB Investment is a Seoul-based private equity and venture capital firm, founded in 1996, that specializes in buyouts, seed and expansion capital, and cross-border investments in Korea and China. It supports companies across technology, information and communication technology, media, consumer, education, biology and healthcare, clean technology, software, and related sectors, with a focus on early-stage to growth opportunities. The firm typically makes equity investments in the hundreds of millions of Korean won up to a few billion won and generally takes minority stakes around 10 to 15 percent, with limited active management involvement. Its cross-border orientation and diversified sector scope position LB Investment to assist companies expanding between Korea and China and other parts of Asia.
Made 34 investments in South Korea

DAYLI Partners

DAYLI Partners is a Seoul-based venture capital firm and accelerator that concentrates on early-stage biotechnology and healthcare companies. It backs ventures across therapeutics, life sciences, medical devices, diagnostics, and related healthcare sectors, and also engages in fintech investments. The firm considers later-stage opportunities, including series A and pre-IPO, and supports companies pursuing international expansion, investing across diagnostic platforms, new pharmaceutical development, healthcare, and medical equipment at all stages through its funds.
Made 22 investments in South Korea

BonAngels Venture Partners

BonAngels Venture Partners is a venture capital firm based in Seoul, South Korea, that focuses on early-stage startups by providing initial investment and operational support. The firm backs companies across Korea, Japan, the United States, and Southeast Asia, with interest in business and consumer products and services, healthcare, gaming, blockchain and cryptocurrency, wellness, robotics, wearables, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and other technology-driven sectors.
Made 49 investments in South Korea

Springcamp

Spring Camp is a venture capital firm based in Seoul, South Korea, specializing in early-stage investments. Established in 2015, the firm focuses primarily on startups within the gaming and entertainment sectors. In addition to providing capital, Spring Camp offers an acceleration program designed to support the growth and development of its portfolio companies, helping them navigate the challenges of the startup landscape. Through its targeted investment strategy and comprehensive support, Spring Camp aims to foster innovation and drive success in the South Korean startup ecosystem.
Made 46 investments in South Korea

Kolon Investment

Kolon Investment is a Seoul-based venture capital and private equity firm founded in 2000. It invests across seed to growth stages with emphasis on healthcare and technology sectors, and has experience in buyouts, mezzanine, corporate restructuring, growth capital, and turnaround opportunities. The firm targets South Korea, focusing on Seoul, Gyeonggi, Incheon, and Gyeongbuk, with investment interest in electronics components, energy, computing, and telecommunications equipment.
Made 29 investments in South Korea

DSC Investment

DSC Investment is a Seoul-based venture capital firm founded in 2012 that backs early-stage technology startups and selective growth-stage opportunities. It invests across diverse sectors, including consumer, content, biotech, medtech, robotics, artificial intelligence, fintech, hardware, climate tech, platform, commerce, blockchain, manufacturing and healthcare, as well as software and data-intensive industries. The firm also pursues secondary and follow-on investments and seeks opportunities aligned with the fourth industrial revolution, ICT, electronics, and other technology-enabled areas. By focusing on young companies with high growth potential, DSC Investment supports portfolio companies through multiple stages, with emphasis on scalable business models and innovation-driven markets.
Made 49 investments in South Korea

Partners Investment

Partners Investment is a venture capital firm based in Seoul, South Korea, founded in 2000. It invests across software, media and entertainment, information technology services, biotechnology, medical devices and equipment, healthcare, electronics, instrumentation, semiconductors, telecommunications, industrials and energy, aiming to support long-term growth in its portfolio. The firm has pursued initiatives to promote venture investment, including establishing and operating business incubators and facilitating foreign technology and investment, and it provides constructive support to portfolio companies.
Made 22 investments in South Korea

STIC Ventures

STIC Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Seoul, South Korea, and the venture capital arm of STIC Investments. It focuses on early to growth-stage investments in small and mid-sized venture companies that possess core technologies and new business models. The firm seeks opportunities across sectors including business-to-business, media, consumer, healthcare, information technology, gaming, life sciences, and materials and resources, with a focus on companies in the Asian region.
Made 38 investments in South Korea

We Ventures

We Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2019 and based in Seoul, South Korea, investing in artificial intelligence, data, consumer, deep tech, bio, health, and digital content sectors.
Made 12 investments in South Korea

Hyundai Venture Investment Corporation

Hyundai Venture Investment Corporation is a Seoul-based venture capital firm established in 1997 that targets small and mid-sized technology companies in South Korea, with an investment scope extending across Asia. It partners with technology-driven startups and provides portfolio support, including management oversight, technology consulting, and financial assistance to help firms scale. The firm backs a broad range of sectors such as consumer products and services, information technology, healthcare and life sciences, manufacturing, e-commerce, oncology, TMT, mobile commerce, and ad tech.
Made 19 investments in South Korea

Bluepoint Partners

Bluepoint Partners is a venture capital firm and accelerator based in Daejeon, South Korea, with offices in Daejeon and Seoul. It supports high-tech entrepreneurs by providing accelerator programs and early-stage funding, helping them launch, grow, and raise capital through connections to investors, strategic partnerships, talent, advisors, and media exposure, and by facilitating potential exits. The firm focuses on biotechnology, medical tech, cleantech, data, artificial intelligence, food tech, healthcare, technology, and industrial tech.
Made 14 investments in South Korea

HB Investment

HB Investment is a venture capital firm based in Seoul, South Korea, founded in 1999. It provides venture funding across a broad range of sectors, including technology, healthcare, artificial intelligence, big data, cloud, fintech, e-commerce, education technology, gaming, IoT, and related areas, targeting both B2B and B2C opportunities. The firm maintains a diversified portfolio spanning high-tech and consumer industries, including semiconductors, LCD, smartphones, biotechnology, and health care, and offers consulting support to portfolio companies to help them grow.
Made 51 investments in South Korea

Murex Partners

Murex Partners is a Seoul-based venture capital firm founded in 2017 that pursues thesis-driven investments across enterprise, healthcare, and consumer sectors, with emphasis on technology-enabled areas such as digital health, mobility, fintech, AI, smart city, and digital content.
Made 25 investments in South Korea

STIC Investments

STIC Investments is a Seoul-based private equity and venture capital firm founded in 1999 that operates across Asia. The firm focuses on mid-market companies in sectors including industrials, business services, information and communication technology, healthcare, biology, consumer and technology-enabled industries, with activity in South Korea and the wider Asia Pacific region. It pursues growth capital, buyouts, restructurings and turnarounds, and also engages in secondary investments and cross-border transactions. STIC prefers non-leveraged management buyouts in sectors aligned with Korean policy objectives, and it targets investments in late-stage mid-market companies with capital needs ranging from tens to hundreds of millions of dollars depending on strategy. The company maintains offices in Asia and North America and seeks exits through initial public offerings or trade sales to support growth and prosperity in Asian economies through its investments.
Made 16 investments in South Korea

D3 Jubilee

D3 Jubilee, headquartered in Seoul and San Francisco, focuses on impact investing that supports entrepreneurial innovation with social and environmental benefits, channels capital to ICT start-ups delivering high socio-environmental value to improve the lives of low-income families, women, and immigrants, and advances environmental sustainability across Korea, the United States, South America, Africa, and India.
Made 23 investments in South Korea

Devsisters Ventures

Devsisters Ventures is the venture capital arm of Devsisters, based in Seoul, South Korea, and founded in 2015. It concentrates on early-stage investments, typically around Series A, across sectors including gaming, digital healthcare, mobile, information and communications technology, IT services, and high-tech industries such as healthcare/biotech.
Made 24 investments in South Korea

Nvestor (Korea)

Nvestor (Korea) is a venture capital firm based in Seoul, South Korea, founded in 2015. It focuses on technology-driven investments across internet, mobile, games, biotechnology, aviation, space, and related sectors, seeking opportunities with high growth potential and sizable addressable markets. The firm backs both early-stage companies (seed and Series A) and growth-stage opportunities (pre-IPO, mergers and acquisitions, buyouts), aiming to support companies as they scale and expand internationally.
Made 7 investments in South Korea

InterVest

InterVest Co. is a Seoul-based venture capital firm that funds startups from seed to growth stages and provides pre-IPO financing through mezzanine and bridge transactions. It backs technology-driven companies in Korea and international markets across artificial intelligence, fintech, semiconductors, healthcare and biotech, energy, mobility, and digital platforms, as well as emerging fields such as metaverse, space tech, NFTs, and decentralized finance. The firm focuses on early- to later-stage investments and supports portfolio companies through financing that enables scaling and an eventual transition toward public markets.
Made 22 investments in South Korea

BNK Venture Capital

BNK Venture Capital is a Seoul-based venture capital firm founded in 2009 that makes early-stage investments in Korean companies. It targets information technology, healthcare, services, and new growth sectors, including semiconductors, displays, cell phone components, sensors, medical equipment, digital health services, education, software and content, renewable energy, LED applications, and robotics. The firm primarily invests in startups in South Korea, with Seoul as a key market, and provides capital plus strategic support to help them develop and scale.
Made 11 investments in South Korea

Mashup Ventures

Mashup Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Seoul, Korea, founded in 2014. Led by Taekkyung Lee, co-founder of Daum Communications, the firm focuses on AI, SaaS, and IT. It invests in early-stage startups and supports their growth through a network of founders.
Made 14 investments in South Korea

Bass Investment

Bass Investment is a venture capital firm based in Seoul, South Korea, founded in 2018. It focuses on information technology and SaaS companies, investing across multiple stages including seed, early, pre-A, Series A and B, and growth rounds.
Made 9 investments in South Korea

CJ Investment

CJ Investment is the corporate venture capital arm of CJ Corp, based in Seoul, South Korea. The firm focuses on investments across information and communications technology, food and distribution, and media and entertainment including films, drama, and animated shows, as well as biotechnology.
Made 6 investments in South Korea

ID Ventures

ID Ventures is the venture capital arm of Intellectual Discovery, based in Seoul, South Korea. It concentrates on investments anchored in intellectual property, including technology development and transfer, as well as commercialization of IP by startups and SMEs. The firm backs tech-based ventures with high IP value, including university IP commercialization, and supports projects in IP creation, purchase and utilization, along with IP services. Its focus areas include marine biotechnology, bio-energy, aquaculture, high value-added materials, and related industries. Founded in 2012, ID Ventures aims to advance innovative IP-driven businesses through early to emerging-growth investments.
Made 13 investments in South Korea

SparkLabs Group

SparkLabs Group is a venture capital firm and global accelerator network based in Palo Alto, California, founded in 2013. It funds and mentors early-stage startups through its own investments and accelerator programs, aiming to help entrepreneurs develop, grow, and scale internationally. The group operates a global ecosystem that supports startups across multiple continents, providing mentorship, networking, and access to resources to navigate global markets.
Made 53 investments in South Korea

SL Investment

SL Investment is a venture capital firm based in Seoul, South Korea, established in February 2000. The firm focuses on investing in small and medium-sized companies across various sectors, including biotechnology, healthcare, semiconductors, display technologies, renewable energy, and artificial intelligence. SL Investment has a strong track record, having achieved positive financial results for 12 consecutive years without incurring any debt. The firm not only provides capital but also actively supports the management of its portfolio companies to enhance their value. Over the years, SL Investment has successfully facilitated the listing of 31 companies on the KOSDAQ market, helping them to become leaders in their respective industries.
Made 25 investments in South Korea

L&S Venture Capital

Established in Seoul, South Korea in 2006, L&S Venture Capital is a venture capital firm focusing on incubation, seed, early, and expansion stage investments. The company primarily invests in South Korean technology sectors such as semiconductors, materials, components, equipment, artificial intelligence, internet of things, cloud, big data, mobile & network, medicine, medical devices, and e-healthcare.
Made 12 investments in South Korea

FuturePlay

FuturePlay is a startup accelerator and early-stage investor based in Seoul, South Korea, founded in 2014. It operates an accelerator that provides funding, hands-on management support, and access to a collaborative ecosystem in exchange for a small stake to help deep tech ventures launch and scale. The firm specializes in deep tech startups, has invested in dozens of companies primarily in Korea with a growing share from the United States, and is expanding into Southeast Asia including Singapore, Vietnam, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. It runs two programs, TechUP and TechUP+, the latter a co-acceleration with large enterprises focused on specific industries; TechUP+ has sponsorships from major brands such as AmorePacific and is fostering beauty tech ventures. FuturePlay also participates as a limited partner in tech-focused funds like 500 Kimchi and Zeroth.ai and receives backing from global corporations including Cisco, DeNA, LG, NHN, and SK Planet.
Made 33 investments in South Korea

Dunamu & Partners

Dunamu & Partners is the corporate venture capital arm of Dunamu, a Seoul-based South Korean fintech company known for Upbit and StockPlus. It invests across fintech, blockchain, artificial intelligence and data, and related sectors, with a broad mandate not limited by size, industry, geography or technology. The firm aims to support early and growth-stage companies through strategic partnerships and capital, aligning with Dunamu's fintech and digital services ecosystem.
Made 9 investments in South Korea

HG Initiative

HG Initiative is an impact investment firm headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. Founded in 2014, it funds and develops ventures that generate social impact through sustainable innovations, aiming to address diverse social issues by supporting scalable, environmentally and socially responsible solutions.
Made 8 investments in South Korea

Goodwater Capital

Goodwater Capital is a California-based venture capital firm founded in 2014 and headquartered in Burlingame. It focuses on early-stage investments in consumer technology and related sectors, including housing, financial services, software, healthcare, education, and entertainment. The firm seeks to empower exceptional entrepreneurs solving pressing problems and believes consumer technology can reshape culture and the global economy. By backing founders who create products and platforms that consumers love, Goodwater aims to drive significant, scalable impact and improve billions of lives.
Made 23 investments in South Korea

BNH Investment

BNH Investment is a venture capital firm based in Seoul, South Korea, founded in 2015, focusing on investments in the healthcare and biotechnology sectors.
Made 6 investments in South Korea