IMM Investment is an investment firm headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. It operates as an independent asset manager that makes investments across information technology, healthcare and biotech, and manufacturing sectors, including venture capital, mezzanine, and infrastructure opportunities. The firm serves institutional investors and investment professionals to create value for portfolio companies in these sectors.
Neoply is a venture capital firm based in Seongnam-si, South Korea, specializing in seed-stage investments for local startups. Established in 2008, Neoply focuses on nurturing South Korean entrepreneurs by offering essential resources such as mentoring, networking opportunities, and office space. The firm has successfully incubated over 40 startups, facilitating their growth and development in the competitive market. Neoply is a subsidiary of Neowiz Games, further enhancing its connection to the gaming and tech industries. Notably, one of Neoply's early successes was its investment in SundayToz, which was set to be listed on the KOSDAQ in 2013.
Established in 2005, Korea Venture Investment Corp is a government-backed institution under the Ministry of SMEs and Startups. Based in Seoul with additional offices in California, Shanghai, and Singapore, it invests globally in venture capital funds through its 'Korea Fund of Funds'.
Mega Investment Co., Ltd. is the venture capital division of Megastudy Co., Ltd., established in 2012 and located in Seoul, South Korea. The firm focuses on investing in start-ups within the agricultural food sector, primarily targeting Series A funding rounds. Additionally, it participates in the TIPS program and provides seed-stage investments using its balance sheet. Mega Investment is also committed to making follow-on investments to support its portfolio companies as they grow. Through its strategic investments, the firm aims to foster innovation and create value in the food industry.
Established in 1990, KB Investment is a prominent South Korean venture capital firm with over USD 2.6 billion in assets under management as of December 2023. It is a subsidiary of KB Financial Group, Korea's leading financial group. KB Investment specializes in supporting early-stage and growth-oriented companies across various sectors, including consumer products, healthcare, information technology, life sciences, and clean tech, primarily in the United States, Southeast Asia, and Israel.
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.
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.
Founded in 2008, Capstone Partners is a venture capital firm based in Seoul, South Korea. It focuses on early-stage investments in technology sectors such as information technology, wireless technology, and artificial intelligence, primarily in China and South Korea.
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.
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.
Atinum Investment is a Seoul-based investment firm founded in 1988 that targets small- and mid-sized life sciences, healthcare, and related technology companies across Asia, with investments spanning biotech, medical devices, healthtech, software, SaaS, IT, and other technology sectors.
DSC Investment is a venture capital firm headquartered in Seoul, South Korea, founded in 2012. It focuses on early-stage technology investments and participates in growth-stage and secondary deals. The firm backs startups across sectors including consumer, content, medtech, robotics, artificial intelligence, fintech, hardware, climate tech, platforms and commerce, blockchain, manufacturing, biotechnology, and healthcare.
Established in 1996, LB Investment is a venture capital firm headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. The company focuses on investing in early-stage and growth-stage companies across diverse industries such as technology, healthcare, biotech, media, consumer goods, education, clean tech, and manufacturing.
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.
Strong Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Los Angeles, California, pursuing seed-stage investments across the United States and South Korea. Beyond funding, it offers hands-on guidance, mentorship, and access to an extensive network to help entrepreneurs from Korean, Asian, and global backgrounds build and scale ventures capable of competing in global markets. The firm engages with a broad range of sectors, including software as a service, e-commerce, fintech, health tech, mobility, content, and other technology-enabled industries, emphasizing practical execution, strategic development, and ecosystem value.
SBI Investment is the corporate venture capital arm of SBI Holdings, based in Tokyo, Japan. It funds and supports the growth of private venture companies by managing venture capital funds and attracting capital from institutional partners. The firm backs a broad range of technology-driven sectors, including artificial intelligence, blockchain, fintech, information technology, cybersecurity, e-commerce, biotechnology, life sciences, healthcare, and environmental energy. Through regional operations such as SBI Investment Korea, it engages with startups in Korea and focuses on sectors including healthcare, consumer, ICT, entertainment, information services, and manufacturing. SBI Investment aims to create value by helping portfolio companies scale, form strategic partnerships, and pursue exits via initial public offerings or acquisitions, reinforcing its role in fostering innovation and core industries in the 21st century.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Founded in 1974, Aju IB Investment is a venture capital firm headquartered in Seoul, South Korea, with additional offices in Boston and San Francisco. The company specializes in investing in small to medium-sized startups across various sectors, including information technology, biotechnology, life science, environment, healthcare, and technology.
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.
Wonik Investment Partners is a Seoul-based private equity and venture capital firm founded in 1997. It makes investments across incubation, startup, early and mid-stage companies, growth capital and corporate restructuring, with sector coverage spanning information and communication technology, electronics, computer and telecommunications equipment, energy and machinery, gaming contents, media, and emerging technologies such as electric and autonomous vehicles, Internet of Things, robotics, biotechnology and advanced materials. The firm seeks exits through initial public offerings or mergers and acquisitions.
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.
Union Investment Partners is a venture capital firm based in Seoul, South Korea. It focuses on investments in media and content-related sectors, including films, animations, games, TV dramas, and live concerts, and maintains a broader portfolio across media, mobile, platform technologies, biotechnology and healthcare, brand, distribution, and semiconductors. The firm aims to support growth for venture businesses and the contents industry seeking scale in the global market.
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.
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.
Founded in 2000, Partners Investment is a venture capital firm based in Seoul, South Korea. It focuses on investing in various sectors including software, biotechnology, healthcare services, semiconductors, and telecommunications.
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.
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.
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.
Primer Sazze Partners is an accelerator and early-stage venture capital firm based in San Jose, California, with an additional office in Seoul. It makes investments in startups across the United States, South Korea and Southeast Asia, focusing on consumer technology, marketplaces, e-commerce and related services, mobile solutions, cybersecurity, synthetic biology, artificial intelligence, information technology, SaaS, augmented reality, health tech, life sciences, mobility and other tech-enabled sectors. Typical checks range from $0.5 million to $1.5 million, with openness to larger syndicates or leading rounds, and a separate accelerator program offering about $0.1 million. The firm emphasizes practical, day-to-day execution support for entrepreneurs, aiming to form lasting partnerships as companies grow.
ES Investor is a Seoul-based venture capital firm founded in 2000 that invests in information technology companies across early and growth stages, primarily in Korea. The firm supports portfolio companies with operating and strategy consulting, marketing and promotion assistance, and professional support to help accelerate growth and maximize value.
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.
Founded in 2013, SparkLabs Global Ventures is a global venture capital firm specializing in seed-stage investments. It focuses on emerging technologies and markets, with a particular emphasis on Southeast Asia. The firm invests across various sectors including SaaS, healthcare, fintech, and more, seeking to back exceptional entrepreneurs building category-defining companies at advantageous valuations.
BNH Investment is a venture capital firm based in Seoul, South Korea, founded in 2015, focusing on investments in the healthcare and biotechnology sectors.
BSK Investment is a Seoul-based investment firm that provides private equity and venture capital funding to unlisted companies. Founded in 2010, it targets opportunities in the information technology, chemistry, healthcare, and energy sectors, focusing on companies in the early to pre-IPO stage with strong growth potential.
Founded in 2018, Dayli Partners is a venture capital firm based in Seoul, South Korea. It focuses on investing in bio ventures across various healthcare areas such as therapeutics, life sciences, medical devices, diagnostics, and fintech.
Big Basin Capital is a venture capital investment firm established in 2013 and located in Cupertino, California. The firm focuses on investing in early-stage startups, specifically targeting seed-stage and later-stage companies. Its investment interests span various sectors, including business products, business services, information technology, e-commerce, and food technology. Big Basin Capital primarily operates in the United States and South Korea, aiming to support innovative companies that demonstrate growth potential in these dynamic markets.
ActnerLab is a Seoul-based accelerator and venture capital firm founded in 2012 that focuses on hardware startups, including IoT and biotech, helping early-stage companies establish their initial foothold and pursue growth.
Founded in 2018, STIC Ventures is a venture capital firm headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. It invests in small and mid-sized companies with core technologies and innovative business models across various sectors such as B2B, media, healthcare, information technology, gaming, life science, and materials & resources, primarily focusing on the Asian region.
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.
TBT Partners is a venture capital firm based in Seoul, South Korea, founded in 2018. It invests in Korean companies and leverages its experience in internet and mobile services to help portfolio firms grow and innovate.
Coolidge Corner Investment is a Seoul-based venture capital firm focused on early-stage technology investments in Korea, with a portfolio primarily in internet, communications and technology. Founded in 2010, it targets Seed and Seed+ rounds, supporting portfolio companies with incubation, growth hacking, strategy and networking. While the majority of its investments are in Korea (about 70%), the firm also backs opportunities in China, India and other parts of South Asia.
TheVentures is a venture capital investment firm based in Seoul, South Korea, founded in 2014. It focuses on companies in artificial intelligence, mobility, edtech, and biology, providing both capital and practical support to help them scale. The firm offers portfolio companies access to on-staff experts in recruiting, public relations, marketing, early-stage customer acquisition, fundraising, and strategy, and also provides engineering and design support, co-building products with the founding team, and assistance in hiring early engineers.
Woori Technology Investment is a venture capital firm based in Seoul, South Korea, founded in 1996. It invests in Korean companies across the semiconductor, biotechnology, software, telecommunications, and environmental sectors.