Fast Ventures
Venture capitalSeoul · Pre-Seed–Series A
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Investment thesis
Fast Ventures believes that a venture capital firm should itself be a driver of innovation. Rather than operating as a conventional investment company, it seeks to reinvent the venture capital model and become an agent of change within the industry.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
What they invest in
from 5 of 6 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×4Developer Tools ×2Enterprise Software ×2SaaS ×2Advanced Manufacturing ×1Biotech ×1Gaming ×1Marketing Tech ×1
HQs:United States×2Finland×1South Korea×1
Investments · 6 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2024 · 22023 · 12021 · 14 dated
ActNova develops "ActVerse", a web-based software that analyzes videos of animal experiments to automatically and accurately assess animal behavior.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechSaaS
Co-investorsKakao VenturesHana Ventures
Liberty Labs acquires profitable small and medium-sized businesses with stable cash flow and holds them permanently rather than reselling.
Sector Agnostic
Co-investorsSazzeBass InvestmentPrimer Sazze Partners
Speechly provides an API that performs speech recognition and language understanding directly on user devices, reducing costs for applications that need to analyze spoken interactions in real time.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareHelsinki, FI
Otto Soderlund(Founder)inHannes Heikinheimo(Founder)inCollin Borns(Head of Business Development)Mandi Galluch(Head of Marketing)Janne Pylkkönen(Chief Scientist)
Co-investorsCherry VenturesJoyance PartnersSNÖ VenturesTq Ventures LlcY Combinator10X Capital+7 more
Syncly is an AI-native platform that monitors brand mentions and sentiment across video social platforms like TikTok, Reels, and Shorts, and identifies creators for influencer marketing campaigns.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSSocialSan Francisco, US
Joseph Lee(Founder)inJongsoo Keum(Founder)inKwan Yoon(Founder)inAlex Hongin
Co-investors500 GlobalCelero Ventures Ltd.Y CombinatorRebel FundSBVASoftBank Vision Fund+1 more
Waddle Labs provides an API that connects to robots and, from a natural-language prompt, uses AI agents to generate a control policy for the robot to carry out the requested task.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsRoboticsBoston, US
Yiding Song(Founder)inHanming Ye(Founder)in
Co-investorsA*Y CombinatorZero IndexAudaciousBain Capital VenturesBonAngels Venture Partners+12 more
Wonder Squad is a game studio that develops warbot.io, a 3D robot action io-game supporting up to 100 simultaneous players with Free for All, Last One Standing, and offline Practice modes.
GamingSeoul, KR
Co-investorsLaguna Investment
Exits · 1
1 acquisitionsSpeechlyacq. by Roblox
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesWaddle Labs · ycombinator.com · Jul 27, 2026
Syncly · ycombinator.com · Apr 1, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Fast Ventures made?
- Fast Ventures has 6 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited.
- What stage does Fast Ventures invest at?
- Fast Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What sectors does Fast Ventures focus on?
- Fast Ventures focuses on E-commerce, Healthtech.
- Where is Fast Ventures located?
- Fast Ventures is headquartered in Seoul, KR.
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