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Crit Ventures

Venture capital

Seoul ยท Pre-Seedโ€“Series A ยท 12 people tracked

Also known as CRIT VENTURES INC.

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Stage
Pre-Seedโ€“Series A
HQ
Seoul, KR
Instruments
Equity
Founded
2020
Last 12 months
1 investment
Private fund assets
$246M
VC funds
7
Tracked investments
93

Team ยท 12 people

from the firm's website

What they invest in

from 56 of 93 portfolio companies

Gaming ร—18AI & Machine Learning ร—14Consumer ร—14Media & Entertainment ร—11Creator Economy ร—8Crypto & Web3 ร—7E-commerce ร—7Marketing Tech ร—6

HQs:South Koreaร—20United Statesร—7Finlandร—1Hong Kongร—1Swedenร—1

Who they back

founder profiles across 8 portfolio companies
50%
solo founders
4 of 8 mapped founding teams

Founding team size:solo founderร—42 foundersร—23 foundersร—14+ foundersร—1

Investments ยท 93 tracked

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By year:2026 ยท 12023 ยท 12016 ยท 13 dated

ใˆœํผ์ฆ๋ชฌ์Šคํ„ฐ์ฆˆpuzzlemonsters.ioโœ“ verified

Puzzle Monsters is a game studio that develops and publishes mobile games, including titles such as Ninja Idle and Ninja Survival.

Gaming

ใˆœ๋กœ์ปค์Šคlocus.com
ใˆœ๋ฐ”์ž‰์Šคํ€˜์–ดbuying-square.com

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.

B2B MarketplacesE-commerceRetail Tech

ใˆœ๋ธŒ๋ ˆ์ด๋ธŒ์ปดํผ๋‹ˆbravecompany.kr
ใˆœ๋ธŒ์ด์—์ด๊ฒŒ์ž„์ฆˆvagames.co.kr๐•

VA Games is a South Korean game developer focused on subculture-style visual games that go beyond animation.

Gaming

Co-investorsAtinum Investment Co. Ltd.Kakao Ventures

(์ฃผ)์ธ๋ดํŠธ์ฝ”ํผ๋ ˆ์ด์…˜indentcorp.comin

Indent Corporation develops technology aimed at helping small or one-person teams build large consumer brands.

AI & Machine LearningMarketing Tech

ใˆœ์ง€์•ค์ง€ํ”„๋กœ๋•์…˜gngpro.co.kr
ใˆœ์ฑŒ๋ฆฐ์ €์Šค๊ฒŒ์ž„์ฆˆchallengersgames.com
ใˆœ์บก์А๋ฏธ๋””์–ดimcapsule.com
ใˆœํฌ์ž‰์ฝ”ํผ๋ ˆ์ด์…˜poing.io
ใˆœํ”ผ์น˜์Šค๊ทธ๋ฃน์ฝ”๋ฆฌ์•„peachesoneuniverse.com

Peaches One Universe is an online store selling apparel and accessories including caps, shorts, jackets, tees, and jerseys, with some products sold in collaboration with adidas Originals.

ConsumerDirect to ConsumerE-commerce

Co-investorsHillspring InvestmentPearl Abyss Capital

1939 Games1939games.comin๐•

1939 Games develops WWII-themed gaming experiences, including KARDS, a free-to-play digital collectible card game that combines traditional CCG mechanics with strategy gameplay set in World War II.

Gaming

Co-investorsCrowberry CapitalSisu Game Ventures

1Self World1self.world

1Self World operates MyB, a digital wallet-based marketing platform that issues users' preference data as encrypted Soulbound Tokens (SBTs) on-chain to form a Web3 identity (W3ID) used for ad targeting and ML-based recommendations.

AdTechCrypto & Web3Marketing Tech

Aark Digitalaark.digital๐•

Aark Digital is a non-custodial perpetual DEX built on Arbitrum, offering up to 1000x leverage across 25+ trading pairs with low trading fees, zero gas fees, and no KYC.

Crypto & Web3FintechSaaS

Co-investorsHashkey CapitalArkGrowArrington CapitalBlack DragonArrington XRP Capital

ALOHA FACTORYaloha-corp.com

AlohaFactory (Aloha Corp) is a game studio and publisher that develops and publishes casual, intuitive games aimed at a broad global audience.

GamingMedia & Entertainment

Co-investorsLB Investment

AmazeVR Inc.amazevr.com

Produces immersive VR concert content with proprietary cameras and cloud tools.

West Hollywood, US

Jae Bum Lee(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Jaebum Lee(Founder)Jeremy Nam(Founder)Seung Joon (Steve) Lee(Founder)Steve Lee(Founder)Ernest Lee(Executive Officer, Promoter)

Co-investorsDunamu & PartnersGS FuturesLG Technology VenturesWe Ventures

Animoca Brandsanimocabrands.comin๐•

Animoca Brands invests in blockchain and digital asset projects across gaming, infrastructure, culture, and real-world asset categories, with a portfolio of 600+ companies and a focus on Web3 ecosystem development.

B2B MarketplacesCrypto & Web3GamingSector Agnostic

Yat Siu(Founder & CEO)Robby Yungin

Co-investors2080 Ventures500 GlobalA'Z AngelsAdit Ventures Management, LlcAlpha Wave GlobalAppWorks Ventures+37 more

Artes Studio Ltdmatch-cash.com

Match Cash is a skill-based mobile gaming app offering live match-3 puzzle gameplay where players compete against others in multiplayer tournaments for cash prizes.

ConsumerFintechGaming

Build Blockbuildblock.ioin

Build Block provides end-to-end U.S. real estate servicesโ€”development, design and permitting, construction, brokerage, asset management, and investment advisoryโ€”primarily for Korean companies and investors entering the U.S. market.

Advanced ManufacturingConstruction TechPropTech

Co-investorsDunamu & PartnersSazzePrimer Sazze Partners

Carbonatedcarbonated.com๐•

Carbonated develops competitive player-versus-environment gaming experiences for mobile platforms, using AI to drive gameplay mechanics.

AI & Machine LearningGamingEl Segundo, US

Kolbe Launchbaugh(Founder)in

Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzGOAL VenturesGolden Ventures

Chartmetricchartmetric.comin๐•

Chartmetric is a music analytics platform that aggregates streaming, social, and playlist data across services like Spotify, Apple Music, TikTok, YouTube, Shazam, and Soundcloud, with AI-driven insights and a data assistant.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureMedia & EntertainmentSan Mateo, US

Sung Cho(Founder)

Doppler Financedoppler.finance

Institutional-grade transparent yield infrastructure on XRP Ledger

Co-investorsDigital Currency GroupTRIVE

dotdotdotdot3company.com

DOTDOTDOT builds OLOBO, an AI-powered conversational platform that lets businesses create animated avatars for natural interactions.

AI & Machine LearningSaaSSeoul, KR

Joon Soo (JS) Chang(Co-CEO)Yongki Yoon(Co-CEO)Yong Taek (YT) Bae(Co-CEO)

Furiosafuriosa.aiin๐•Jul 2026

FuriosaAI designs AI accelerator chips, including the RNGD NPU for large language models and multimodal workloads and a Vision NPU for computer vision, along with related server and PCIe products and a developer platform.

AI & Machine LearningHardwareSemiconductorsSeoul, KR

June Paik(CEO)inJoon Ho Baek(Executive Officer, Director)Alex LiuinHanjoon Kim(Director)Hyungil Koo(Director)Kyungho Lee(Director)

Co-investorsFuturePlayHan River PartnersIMM Investment Japan

GLASSDOMEglassdomeinc.comMay 2023 ยท $8.6M

Smart factory solution enabling data-driven manufacturing insights.

Co-investorsDunamu & PartnersLotte VenturesSazzePrimer Sazze Partners

Gomblegomble.io

Co-investorsAnimoca BrandsHashed

Intella Xintellax.io
Jadu ARjadu.ar๐•

Jadu is building a consumer platform for spatial imagery โ€” a new medium of volumetric captures that carry sound and can be explored in three dimensions rather than viewed as flat photos or videos.

AI & Machine LearningConsumerCreator EconomyLos Angeles, US

ASAD MALIK(Executive Officer)Asad J. Malik(Founder)in

Co-investorsBain Capital CryptoCoinbase VenturesLG Technology VenturesPosition VenturesGaingelsGeneral Catalyst+3 more

KAI MEDIAkaimediagroup.com๐•
Ktxktx.finance

Co-investorsBitDAOMantle NetworkHashed

Lagood Company Globalmybias.me
Locoloco.gg

Co-investorsKube VC3one4 CapitalHashed

MetaverseGo Metaversemetaversego.gg๐•

C168 (C168.COM) is an online gambling platform offering live casino, fish shooting games, slots, cockfighting, sports betting, and lottery to bettors, primarily in the Vietnamese and broader Asian market.

Gaming

Co-investorsEmoote

Metaworld Entertainmentmetaworldentertainment.io
MG Innovation Lab, Inc.globaleur.com

Globaleur is a travel-tuned AI infrastructure platform that ingests first-party traveler signals and emits personalized recommendations, commerce actions, and service experiences across digital touchpoints such as apps, kiosks, and agent consoles.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareTravel & Hospitality

David C. Lee(Founder)in

Co-investorsSazzeZ Venture CapitalPrimer Sazze Partners

MONDAY OFFmondayoff.me

MondayOFF is a mobile gaming company that develops and publishes casual games and partners with external game developers to publish their titles.

Gaming

Co-investorsAtinum Investment Co. Ltd.Play Ventures

NABU STUDIOmetabora.io

METABORA develops video games that incorporate blockchain technology, aiming to combine Web3.0 features with gameplay for players.

ConsumerCrypto & Web3GamingDubai

Danny Sangjoon Wooin

Co-investorsAtinum Investment Co. Ltd.Dunamu & Partners

Order Of Metaorderofmeta.comin

Order of Meta is a game development studio made up of professional game creators focused on mid-core and hardcore genres.

GamingEspoo, FI

Alexey Kuzin(Founder)

Co-investorsPlay VenturesThe Games Fund

PEAQ Networkpeaq.network๐•

peaq provides a blockchain stack that lets robots and machines act as autonomous economic actors, enabling developers to activate, finance, and build omnichain applications around machines.

Crypto & Web3Deep TechRobotics

Co-investorsAdvanced BlockchainBorderless VentureCeras VenturesDelta BlockchainFOMO VenturesGenerative Ventures+11 more

Pixelversepixelverse.xyz๐•

PixelVerse is a social gaming platform built on Web3, offering a connected ecosystem of skill-based games where popular memecoin characters (such as Pudgy, Toshi, Brett, and MEW) are playable.

Crypto & Web3GamingSocial

Pudgy Penguinspudgypenguins.com

Co-investors1k(x)1kxDigital Finance GroupPentos VenturesPuzzle VenturesYat Siu+1 more

Sagasaga.xyz๐•Oct 2016

Saga is a platform for building persistent character AI agents that let studios, creators, and brands turn characters, brands, and worlds into digital personalities that engage users across social platforms, messaging apps, and online communities.

AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyGamingLas Vegas, US

Rebecca Liao(Co-Founder & CEO)Jin Kwon(Co-Founder & CSO)Bogdan Alexandrescu(Co-Founder & VP of Engineering)Ryan Robert Dean(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardKevin Dale Klassen(Director)

Co-investorsD1 VenturesFigmentHypersphere VenturesLongHash VenturesPlaceholder VCSamsung Next+3 more

Silverlabs Technologies Inc.rizzle.tvin๐•

Rizzle is a platform that converts publishers' text articles into videos, combining AI-generated storyboards with human video editors, and handles distribution and monetization across aggregators like MSN, Yahoo News, and NewsBreak.

AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechMedia & Entertainment

Snowprint Studiossnowprintstudios.comin๐•Acquired

Snowprint Studios develops mobile mid-core free-to-play games for everyday gamers, including turn-based tactical strategy titles such as Warhammer 40,000: Tacticus, Legend of Solgard, and Rivengard.

ConsumerGamingStockholm, SE

Co-investorsHiro CapitalSisu Game Ventures

Spaceportspaceport.xyzin๐•

Spaceport offers a platform to measure, manage, and monetize intellectual property and creative assets, connecting IP holders, builders, and capital partners across the IP lifecycle.

Creator EconomyGamingMedia & Entertainment

Co-investorsArca FundsDecasonicDiaspora VenturesNextView VenturesBlocktower Capital

STUDIO SAMICKsamickmall.com

Samickmall operates an online store selling home furniture, including beds, mattresses, wardrobes, sofas, recliners, living room and kitchen furniture, student/kids furniture, dressers, and home dรฉcor.

ConsumerE-commerceRetail Tech

STUDIO SKYstudiosky.co.kr
uh2samarketuh2samarket.comin

Uh2Samarket (์–ด์ด์‚ฌ๋งˆ์ผ“) is a B2B wholesale sourcing platform that lets online clothing sellers buy apparel and lifestyle goods from Chinese markets, offering daily purchasing and shipping, image-based product search, 1688 link-to-listing registration, and Guangzhou sourcing tours.

B2B MarketplacesE-commerceRetail Tech

Unlimeat Venture Capitalunlimeat.com๐•

A food company that produces alternative meat products with a focus on carbon reduction.

Climate TechFoodTech

Co-investorsIMM Investment Japan

Uplandmeupland.me๐•

Upland is a free-to-play virtual property game where players ("Architects") claim, develop, and trade digital properties mapped to real-world addresses in 50+ cities, earning in-game currency (UPX) and attracting digital residents ("Uppies").

ConsumerCrypto & Web3Gaming

Co-investorsOnePiece LabsRed Beard VenturesTransform VenturesAnimoca Brands

Webtoon Todaywebtoon.today

Webtoon Today is a webtoon studio and agency that offers data analytics for webtoons, a free self-publishing platform for creators to post work and gauge reader response, and marketing tools for insights, ad campaign execution, and performance measurement.

Creator EconomyData & InfrastructureMedia & Entertainment

Co-investorsLaguna Investment

xangle Venture Capitalxangle.io๐•

Co-investorsIMM Investment Japan

๊ฐค๋Ÿญ์‹œ์ฝ”ํผ๋ ˆ์ด์…˜galaxyuniverse.ai

Co-investorsKiwoom Investment

๊ฒŒ์ž„ํ…Œ์ผ์ฆˆgametales.net
๋„›์ง€ํ—ฌ์Šค์ผ€์–ดใˆœcashwalk.com

Cashwalk is a South Korean health rewards app that lets users earn digital cash rewards for walking, running, and completing fitness challenges.

ConsumerDigital HealthWellness & Fitness

๋…ธ๋จธ์Šคwonderwall.kr
๋‹ฅํ„ฐ๋‚˜์šฐdrnow.co.kr

Co-investorsHashedPrimer Sazze Partners

๋”๊ทธ๋ฆผ์—”ํ„ฐํ…Œ์ธ๋จผํŠธptjcomics.kr

Korean webtoon studio, known as Park Tae-joon Comics, producing and licensing serialized comics IP for Naver Webtoon.

Co-investorsAtinum Investment Co. Ltd.

๋ฐ์ด์›์ปดํผ๋‹ˆday1company.co.kr
๋””์˜ค๋””dayonedream.com

DayOneDream is a Korea-based entertainment company that builds a full value chain around music and artist IP, spanning artist management, music and content production, live events, and IP commerce.

AI & Machine LearningConsumerMedia & Entertainment

Co-investorsHashed

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Frequently asked questions

How many investments has Crit Ventures made?
Crit Ventures has 93 tracked investments, including 1 dated in the last 24 months.
What stage does Crit Ventures invest at?
Crit Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
What sectors does Crit Ventures focus on?
Crit Ventures focuses on Consumer, Data & Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Media & Entertainment, SaaS.
Where is Crit Ventures located?
Crit Ventures is headquartered in Seoul, KR.
Who does Crit Ventures co-invest with?
Crit Ventures most often shares deals with Atinum Investment Co. Ltd., We Ventures, Dunamu & Partners, among 106 tracked co-investors.

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