Venture-Backed Startups

Mana ("마나부") is a content service operated by South Korean company DieEnde Co., Ltd., which distributes copyright-protected content.

1 investor

Alice in Builderland is an interior remodeling service that pairs customers with designers to plan and execute home renovations within their budget and scope. It offers tiered construction packages and handles the full process from initial design through post-completion after-sales service.

1 investor

LiveX runs an on-demand platform for beauty professionals, providing salon space, equipment, operations, and marketing services along with online beauty education and consumer beauty products. It operates several brands spanning premium salons, beauty training, and cosmetics, with a focus on the Korean and Japanese markets.

1 investor

A South Korean company involved in television drama production, with credits on series aired by broadcasters including MBN, Channel A, MBC, KBS2, and tvN.

1 investor

RachelBlue, Inc. is a South Korean company focused on sustainability through technology, operating a value-driven consumption platform called SFORE that lets users swap and reuse eco-friendly products. It also provides Green IT consulting and solutions, as well as settlement and administrative business-support services for corporate and institutional clients.

1 investor

RangeX makes a camera-based golf launch monitor that uses its triple-camera system and patented eXact Raw algorithm to measure ball and clubhead data such as speed, launch angle, spin, and club path. It is sold as an all-in-one system that also includes swing cameras, a PC, a kiosk, an automatic ball tee-up unit, marking balls, and impact mats for golf training and practice facilities.

1 investor

Reppley (레플리) is an AI chat app that lets users create their own custom chatbot characters with configurable personas and teach them conversational style by importing chat history from social media. It offers immersive, emotionally expressive AI conversations tailored to each user's preferences.

1 investor

AirSupply offers a procurement platform for multi-location businesses that reduces the time and cost of purchasing supplies for offices, stores, and factories, including product search, approval and payment workflows, and settlement. It targets companies managing multiple branches in South Korea.

1 investor

ReadNumber (리드넘버) builds an AI-based tax and accounting workflow system for tax and accounting firms, helping them manage multiple business clients, data requests, schedules, and communications in a single flow. Its offering connects tax professionals and their clients, integrating functions such as automated Hometax data retrieval, work dashboards, and AI-assisted client communication analysis.

1 investor

Maetel is a Korea-based consulting team that helps companies expand overseas by building and running their LinkedIn presence for lead generation, partner discovery, and buyer outreach. It designs and executes B2B sales and growth strategies tailored to each client, serving Korean businesses such as climate tech startups and manufacturers seeking international buyers.

1 investor

Moais develops deep learning–based 2D and 3D markerless posture recognition technology that can identify human motion in difficult video conditions such as blurred, backlit, or twisted footage. The technology works with single or multiple cameras and is built on an in-house pipeline for data collection, processing, model development, and optimization.

1 investor

론프라(Loanfra) is a software platform for South Korean moneylending (대부업) businesses that automates interest calculation, debt collection records, SMS and certified-mail dispatch, and regulatory reporting to the Financial Supervisory Service. It also keeps compliance workflows updated automatically as lending laws change, serving licensed consumer-lending operators.

1 investor

Banana.parts operates an online marketplace for electronic components, letting users search for parts, sellers, and distributors, and manage buying and selling activities such as part listings, quote requests, and purchase/sales orders. The platform appears aimed at the Korean market, with a Korean-language interface and pricing in KRW.

1 investor

Buying Square is a B2B platform for the luxury goods market that lets buyers download brand linesheets, source from verified suppliers, and manage purchasing, payment, and delivery. It uses an in-house ERP to handle order submission, payment tracking, and distribution management across fashion and health & beauty categories.

1 investor

BrainOK (브레인오케이) is a mobile self-assessment app that adapts over 50 hospital-grade neuropsychological tests (such as TMT, Stroop Test, Digit Span, and Symbol Coding) to measure attention, memory, language, visuospatial, and executive function and to detect early signs of dementia and mild cognitive impairment. It serves individuals doing regular self-checks, at-risk groups, and medical, welfare, and cognitive-health research settings.

1 investor

Breeding is a South Korean service that connects dog owners with professional trainers through in-home, group, and video classes covering behavior correction, puppy training, and socialization. It also offers AI-based tools for behavior diagnosis and translation, along with self-training programs and yard/lodging rentals for dogs.

1 investor

Bridge provides financing and capital access for growing businesses, including direct lending and debt advisory for hotel groups and franchise owners, and supplier growth financing for vendors within large US retail networks. A 2023 spinout from Citi, it serves hospitality operators and consumer-goods suppliers across brands like Walmart, Hilton, and Chipotle in the United States.

1 investor

Fanable Esports is an agency that partners with esports organizations and clients on global esports services and projects.

1 investor

Giverny is a Korean beauty brand that sells cosmetics and skincare online, including foundations, tone-up bases, lip tints, cleansing gels, sunscreens, and moisturizing creams. Its product range spans base and color makeup as well as daily hydration and skin-care items.

1 investor

British Education Korea (BEK) runs English-curriculum schools and learning centres in South Korea, teaching the National Curriculum of England and British early-years framework from pre-nursery through secondary. It serves young learners preparing for IGCSE, A Level, and university or international school admissions across campuses in Bundang, Dongtan, Yeoksam, Yongsan, and Yangjae.

1 investor

Sound Republica is a music company offering artists services including distribution, marketing, music and video production, and publishing. It serves as the official Korean partner of Abbey Road Studios in the UK, providing recording, mixing, and mastering services in London to Korean artists.

1 investor

Seoul Bund is an online marketplace selling curated craft and lifestyle goods such as tableware, kitchenware, tea ware, and traditional crafts, featuring works from individual makers and artisans. The site highlights maker interviews and exclusive products for consumers interested in handcrafted design items.

1 investor

ScatterLab builds Zeta, an AI-native entertainment app where users co-create interactive story experiences with AI characters in real time, powered by its own fun-optimized AI model Spotwrite-1. The company serves consumer entertainment audiences primarily in South Korea and Japan, positioning Zeta against platforms like YouTube, Netflix, and Roblox.

2 investors

An online learning platform offering subscription-based classes across categories such as drawing, design, development, business, and lifestyle, taught by creators. It serves learners seeking skill-building and hobby courses.

1 investor