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Investment thesis
FuturePlay invests in bold, technology-driven startups with the potential to reshape industries. The firm provides not just capital but comprehensive support across team building, expansion, and market entry, recognizing that transformative companies require more than funding—they require strategic guidance and operational partnership to scale globally.
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Team · 35 people
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Founder mafia
2 people who came through FuturePlay went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 29 of 70 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×17Enterprise Software ×5Medical Devices ×5Robotics ×5SaaS ×5Advanced Manufacturing ×4Biotech ×4Consumer ×4
HQs:South Korea×11United States×5Israel×1Iceland×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 9 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×62 founders×3
Investments · 70 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 102024 · 12023 · 12022 · 12020 · 114 dated
Humelo develops voice AI technology including high-quality voice cloning from short audio samples, emotional text-to-speech (DIVE TTS), speech synthesis, and voice conversion.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechEnterprise SoftwareMedia & Entertainment
Co-investorsKT investment Inc.KT Strategic Investment Fund 4
Carchap operates 'HiCare', an ICT-based platform and cloud ERP solution for hydrogen vehicles and hydrogen charging stations, offering real-time station information, reservations, and smart payments for drivers plus management systems for station operators.
CleantechClimate TechMobility & Transportation
Co-investorsLaguna InvestmentShinhan CapitalMando
VUNO develops AI-based medical device software for hospitals, providing solutions that analyze patient data such as ECG readings, chest X-rays, and fundus images.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthMedical DevicesSeoul, KR
Hyun-Jun Kim(Founder)Kyuhwan Jung(Founder)Yeha Lee(Founder)
Co-investorsSBI Investment Korea Co. Ltd.Korea Investment PartnersSmilegate Investment
1849 bio engineers microorganisms to make metal extraction from low-grade copper and gold ores economically viable for mining operations.
Advanced ManufacturingBiotechClimate TechSan Francisco, US
Jai Padmakumar(CEO)inYongjin Park(Founder)in
PartnerOh-hyoung Kwon· solo GP
Co-investorsCollaborative FundMonte Carlo CapitalNoxo CapitalPositive VenturesSBXiSoma Capital+6 more
Avo operates a marketplace within residential and office buildings that delivers groceries, cleaning services, and other goods to tenants, with building operators handling customer acquisition.
ConsumerE-commerceTel Aviv-Yafo, IL
Dekel Valtzer(CEO)inIdan Hershko(Founder)inNir Smadar(CTO)
Co-investorsInsight PartnersY CombinatorAlleyCorpDunamu & PartnersF2 Venture CapitalFeldsmith Capital+12 more
Avo is a SaaS analytics governance platform that helps product managers, developers, and data scientists plan, track, and govern product analytics.
Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSReykjavík, IS
Stefania Olafsdottir(CEO)inSölvi Logason(Co-Founder / Product & CTO)inArni Hermann Reynisson(Founder)Dekel Valtzer(Founder)inIdan Hershko(Founder)inNir Smadar(Founder)
Co-investorsHeavybitNotable CapitalY CombinatorBackbone AngelsBrunnur Ventures GPCrowberry Capital+11 more
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Avo is a DeFi platform that enables capital allocation through AI trading agents and curated smart indexes, allowing users to allocate funds based on narratives and strategies on Solana.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Fintech
Co-investorsAntlerFront Row VenturesAlleyCorpDunamu & PartnersInsight PartnersJLL Spark+4 more
Avo is a clinical artificial intelligence platform designed to reduce clinician burnout and improve healthcare outcomes by helping doctors practice evidence-based medicine.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechBrooklyn, US
Joongheum Park(Founder / Executive Chairman / CPO)inYair Saperstein(Founder / CEO)inLaurence Coman(Founder / COO)in
BoardOmar Njie(Director)
Co-investors500 GlobalAlleyCorpDunamu & PartnersEpsilon Health InvestorsLas Olas Venture CapitalMana Ventures+9 more
Axiom is a fully managed, petabyte-scale event store and observability platform that ingests schema-less, high-cardinality event data and lets teams query it using its piped query language (APL).
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsSan Francisco, US
Seif Lotfy(Founder)in
Co-investorsCrane Venture PartnersFly VenturesLocalGlobeMango CapitalKakao Ventures
Axiom Advisors is a California-based government and public affairs firm that provides integrated advocacy, policy strategy, and communications services to companies seeking to influence state regulatory and legislative outcomes.
GovTechSacramento, US
Cassie Gilson(Founder)inJason KinneyKevin SchmidtDustin MooreJared Ficker
Co-investorsSvoboda Capital PartnersKakao VenturesMenlo Ventures
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(Founder)inJoon Ho Baek(Executive Officer, Director)Alex LiuinHanjoon Kim(Director)Hyungil Koo(Director)Kyungho Lee(Director)
PartnerOh-hyoung Kwon· solo GP
Co-investorsCrit VenturesHan River PartnersIMM Investment JapanMarketX VenturesVision VenturesIndustrial Bank of Korea+2 more
FuturePlay is a gaming company that develops mobile games, having released six titles reaching over 120 million players.
ConsumerGaming
Co-investorsHeartcore CapitalLondon Venture Partners
Giftshed builds a single-cell cancer data platform that images billions of cells from whole blood, uses Vision AI and robotics to detect and isolate rare circulating tumor cells, and applies single-cell RNA sequencing and multi-omics to guide precision cancer therapy.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechHealthtech
Co-investorsKakao Ventures
Hyperlounge provides a business analytics dashboard that aggregates key performance indicators across an organization for real-time visibility and decision-making.
Data & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Co-investorsAltara VenturesNextransStonebridge
Index Robotics designs robotic arms and end-effectors for automated manipulation tasks.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechHardwareRobotics
Seunghoon Shinin
Co-investors500 Global
maihub operates maiLink, a platform that connects multiple medical AI solutions into a single clinical workflow using a hybrid on-premise and cloud deployment.
AI & Machine LearningHealthtechMedical Devices
PartnerOh-hyoung Kwon· solo GP
Co-investorsBig Basin Capital
MedinTech develops motorized flexible endoscopes built on AI and robotics, offering precise, lightweight operation and AI-based procedure assistance for physicians.
AI & Machine LearningMedical DevicesRobotics
Myungjoon Kim 님(Founder)in
Co-investorsAtinum Investment Co. Ltd.Hana VenturesIndustrial Bank of KoreaNextransSmilegate Investment
Mediquitous operates over 20 fashion and beauty brands and platforms across more than 10 countries globally, primarily in Korea and Japan.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerE-commerceMarketplacesSeoul, KR
Co-investorsKT investment Inc.KT Strategic Investment Fund 4LB InvestmentSBI Investment Korea Co. Ltd.
Keehyuk Kang(Founder)inAndrew Lee(Founder)in
Co-investorsIMM Investment JapanLotte Ventures
Omios Biologics runs a computational drug discovery platform that analyzes viral-host interactions across more than 270 human viruses to identify disease targets and engineer precision therapeutics.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep Tech
PartnerOh-hyoung Kwon· solo GP
Co-investorsNYU Innovation Venture Fund
RLWRLD develops robotic hand dexterity solutions using proprietary motion capture data and foundation models for industrial automation tasks.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningDeep TechRobotics
Junghee Ryu(Founder)inJung-hee Ryu(Founder)
PartnerOh-hyoung Kwon· solo GP
Co-investorsGlobal BrainHashedKDDI Open Innovation FundZ Venture CapitalHeadlineMirae Asset Venture Investment+1 more
Roadic (로딕) is a South Korean skincare brand focused on sustainable skincare, selling a plasma device alongside supporting products such as a base gel, an anti-aging firming serum, and a calcium barrier cream.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerWellness & Fitness
Co-investorsKakao Ventures
SanaHeal develops soft-material and bioadhesive technologies, such as hemostatic and tissue-regeneration solutions, for medical device applications.
BiotechHealthtechMedical DevicesNew Materials
Hyunwoo Yuk(Founder & CTO)Patrick Rivelli(President & CEO)
PartnerOh-hyoung Kwon· solo GP
Co-investorsArcherman CapitalTaihill VentureThe E14 Fund
Searchdoc is an enterprise AI layer that structures a company's proprietary documents and domain knowledge—including clauses, tables, attachments, drawings, and revision/approval relationships—to enable search, analysis, validation, generation, and operation across the document lifecycle.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Joonsun Baek(Founder)in
Co-investorsAsia2G Capital
Seoul Robotics develops autonomous vehicle fleet control technology for industrial logistics operations including automotive factories, ports, and distribution hubs.
AI & Machine LearningLogistics & Supply ChainRoboticsSeoul, KR
Co-investorsArtesianKB InvestmentKDB CapitalKorea Credit Guarantee Fund
South Korean 3D computer vision company building sensor-agnostic LiDAR perception software for autonomy, smart cities and logistics.
Hanbin Lee(Founder)
Co-investorsAccess VenturesArtesianKB InvestmentKDB Capital
Sume operates a platform that brings foundation models for video, image, audio, and language into a single workflow, letting users pick a model, submit a prompt or reference, and generate output without switching between providers.
AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomySaaS
David Im(Founder)in
Co-investorsKakao VenturesFounders
UpcycleX builds modular chemical production plants housed in shipping containers, offering distributed manufacturing that can be deployed at customer sites with lower upfront capital than traditional plants.
Advanced ManufacturingCleantechNew Materials
Wren Lee, Ph.D.(Founder)in
Co-investorsDorm Room
VUNO develops AI-based medical software for healthcare professionals, including an early warning system that predicts in-hospital cardiac arrest and patient deterioration among inpatients in general wards.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthMedical Devices
PartnerOh-hyoung Kwon· solo GP
WithPoints develops 3D robot vision solutions and automation platforms, including its WENECT platform and custom one-stop automation services for industrial applications.
Advanced ManufacturingHardwareRoboticsDaejeon, KR
Cho Dong-gyun
Co-investorsCrit VenturesWe Ventures
Allganize builds AI Coworkers and an enterprise AI platform called Alli, offering vertically integrated tools spanning LLM selection, RAG 2.0 document handling, agent execution, deployment, and security compliance.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSPleasanton, US
Changsu Lee(Founder)in
BoardYoon Kang(Director)Yasuhiko Yurimoto(Director)
Co-investorsAtinum Investment Co. Ltd.KDDI Open Innovation FundLaguna InvestmentLG Technology VenturesSk Telecom Venture Capital, LlcSpark Labs Korea Accelerator Fund 4+5 more
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Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
23i33031Advanced Machine Intelligence Labs (AMI Labs)AmouslyAsteromorphbiobricksBNSRBonjakBUTFITSEOULCelliazDayondreamDemafDewCellEternoxflashomicsInnospaceLOASLunetronic Inc.Marine Drone TechMETA FARMERSmugungiNanoForge AINeoArcRoboticsneurophetNEW OFFOncoLabORTHO CAREPositive HotelQstemROAIRosotaSearchOS AISOS LABTidepoolX-Sentry
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesRLWRLD Inc. · globenewswire.com · Feb 26, 2026
FuriosaAI · finsmes.com · Jul 31, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has FuturePlay made?
- FuturePlay has 70 tracked investments, including 10 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does FuturePlay invest at?
- FuturePlay invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Growth stages.
- What sectors does FuturePlay focus on?
- FuturePlay focuses on Deep Tech, Mobility & Transportation, Robotics, Space Tech.
- Where is FuturePlay located?
- FuturePlay is headquartered in Seoul, KR.
- Who does FuturePlay co-invest with?
- FuturePlay most often shares deals with Crit Ventures, Kakao Ventures, Collaborative Fund, among 32 tracked co-investors.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
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[리얼퓨처] 2026년의 공포, 지금 창업 안 하면 ‘영원히’ 못 할 수도 : ep 15-2
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[리얼퓨처] 10조 AI 가능? 경계가 무너진 2025, 성장 전략을 리셋하라 : ep 15-1
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[리얼퓨처] 전쟁 같은 글로벌 시장, 강대국이 싸울 때 한국은 돈 번다 : ep 14-3
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[리얼퓨처] 중국 찍먹 버전 홍콩: 한국 스타트업, 중국 어렵다면 홍콩부터! : ep 14-2
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