🇰🇷 Startup investors in South Korea

Startup investors in South Korea

• Kakao Ventures

  VC · Seoul

  Independent early-stage arm of Kakao Corp, the most active seed-stage VC in Korea, known for being exceptionally startup-friendly.

  Offers: investment

• BonAngels Venture Partners

  VC · Seoul

  Korea’s first early-stage VC, founded 2006, 120+ companies backed including Woowa Brothers (Baemin), returning nearly 1000x on that single investment.

  Offers: investment

• Altos Ventures

  VC · Seoul

  Early backer of Woowa Brothers (Baemin) alongside Goldman Sachs and Sequoia China, active across Korean tech.

  Offers: investment

• IMM Investment

  VC · Seoul

  Leading Korean investment firm providing growth capital, backer of Krafton (PUBG) and Coupang.

  Offers: investment

• Korea Investment Partners

  VC · Seoul

  30+ years of venture capital and private equity across biotech, healthcare, media and fintech, portfolio includes Kakao and Naver.

  Offers: investment

• Smilegate Investment

  VC · Seoul

  VC and private equity firm active since 1999, backing companies from seed through later stages.

  Offers: investment

• Korean Business Angels Association (KBAA)

  Angel · Seoul

  The official government-linked trade association for angel investors in South Korea, fostering the angel ecosystem nationwide.

  Offers: investment

• Seoul Business Angels

  Angel · Seoul

  Angel investment group based in Seoul focused on early-stage technology startups.

  Offers: investment

• Mashup Angels

  Angel · Seoul

  Angel investment group supporting startups with innovative business models in the tech sector.

  Offers: investment

• Kim Bong-jin

  Angel · Seoul

  Founder of Woowa Brothers (Baemin), sold to Delivery Hero for $4B in 2019. Since leaving in 2023, active as an investor and serial founder through Grande Clip, taking stakes in Stayfolio, AMCR and Banlife.

  Offers: investment

• Lee Hae-jin

  Angel · Seoul

  Founder and Chairman of Naver Corporation, among the richest people in South Korea with an estimated $1.3B net worth as of December 2024.

  Offers: investment

• BG Chang

  Angel · Seoul

  Co-founder of BonAngels Venture Partners, Korea’s first early-stage VC, active in early-stage investing since 2006.

  Offers: investment

• Kim Taek-jin

  Angel · Seoul

  Co-chairman of NCSoft, the country’s second-largest video game company, among the richest people in South Korea, with a publicly documented angel investing record in machine learning and deep-tech startups.

  Offers: investment

• Daniel Shin

  Angel · Seoul

  Founder of TicketMonster ($3.5B GMV at its peak) and co-founder of Fast Track Asia, a company-builder behind Fast Five and FoodFly. Now founder and CEO of PortOne Global, still actively backing e-commerce and payments founders.

  Offers: investment, mentoring

• Han J. Kim

  Angel · Seoul

  Co-founder of Altos Ventures, called the top investor in Korean unicorns by Seoul-based private equity professionals, and a well-known mentor to Korean founders through his Stanford network.

  Offers: investment, mentoring

• Strong Ventures

  VC · Seoul

  Cross-border seed VC and the most active investor in Korean startups.

  Offers: investment

• Bluepoint Partners

  VC · Daejeon

  Seed deep-tech VC and accelerator with 179 investments.

  Offers: funding, investment

• Big Basin Capital

  VC · Seoul

  Cross-border seed VC.

  Offers: investment

• Schmidt Ventures

  VC · Seoul

  Micro-VC leading seed rounds.

  Offers: investment

• Springcamp

  VC · Seoul

  Seed VC.

  Offers: investment

• Hana Ventures

  VC · Seoul

  Hana Financial's VC, among Korea's most active investors.

  Offers: investment

• Fast Ventures

  VC · Seoul

  Seed and Series A investor.

  Offers: investment

• Series Ventures

  VC · Seoul

  Seed investor.

  Offers: investment

• Stone Bridge Ventures

  VC · Seoul

  Early VC.

  Offers: investment

• Enlight Ventures

  VC · Seoul

  Early VC.

  Offers: investment

• Mashup Ventures

  VC · Seoul

  Pre-seed and seed VC.

  Offers: investment

• SoftBank Ventures Asia (SBVA)

  VC · Seoul

  SoftBank's Seoul-based early-stage VC.

  Offers: investment

• DSC Investment

  VC · Seoul

  Early and growth VC.

  Offers: investment

• Hashed

  VC · Seoul

  Web3 and blockchain VC.

  Offers: investment

• LB Investment

  VC · Seoul

  Korean VC across tech, content and bio.

  Offers: investment