ISU Venture Capital
Venture capitalSeoul ยท SeedโSeries A ยท 1 people tracked
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Investment thesis
ISU Venture Capital focuses on several thematic areas. In culture, it provides infrastructure and support across media content, film, and performing arts to help these industries grow. Through global partnerships, it takes a diverse, cross-border approach to developing innovative businesses in both developed and emerging markets, aiming to be a cornerstone investor driving positive corporate growth and social impact. In agrifood, it invests in competitive agriculture-sector companies and offers services to strengthen their global competitiveness. In sports, it backs the growing sports industry as a source of long-term, sustainable, high value-added economic activity.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 27, 2026.
Team ยท 1 people
from public directoriesWhat they invest in
from 24 of 139 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ร9Media & Entertainment ร7Consumer ร4Hardware ร4New Materials ร4Robotics ร4Advanced Manufacturing ร3B2B Marketplaces ร3
HQs:South Koreaร21
Who they back
founder profiles across 9 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founderร82 foundersร1
Investments ยท 139 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathNeuromeka designs and manufactures collaborative robots (cobots) such as its "Indy" line, high-speed delta robots ("LASER" series), and core robot components, and is developing humanoid platforms and AI models for intelligent automation.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningHardwareRobotics
Jonghoon Park(CEO & Founder)
Co-investorsKolon Investment, Inc.KT investment Inc.
AnPolyInc produces Re:ancelยฎ M-CNF Hydrogel, a cellulose nanofiber-based hydrogel material for industrial applications.
Circular EconomyCleantechNew Materials
Co-investorsLotte Ventures
๋์๊น (Brain Study) is a Korean language-learning brand offering a dedicated learning device with a full curriculum for English and Japanese, combining AI pronunciation coaching, image-association memorization, and spaced-repetition review based on the Ebbinghaus forgetting curve.
AI & Machine LearningEdTech
Cellpurics is a South Korean biotech company focused on stem cell technologies, including large-scale gonadal stem cell cultivation and storage, Real-time PCR-based measurement of mesenchymal stem cell anti-inflammatory capacity, and high-tech companion animal diagnostics.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechHealthtechMedical DevicesHwaseong, KR
Classting (Homo Docens) builds AI-based education technology, including a knowledge-tracing engine that tracks in real time what learners know and don't know to personalize learning paths.
AI & Machine LearningEdTechSaaS
Hyun-gu Cho(Founder)inJaesang Yoo(Founder)in
Co-investorsAtinum Investment Co. Ltd.Mistletoe
Culturehero is a media commerce company that produces food-based content, including recipes, kitchen guides, and lifestyle styling, and develops its own premium food products.
E-commerceFoodTechMedia & Entertainment
Co-investorsLotte Ventures
Dankkumi produces educational comic books and apps for elementary school children, featuring Korean and world history, the Three Kingdoms, and mythology presented through stories and characters with music and video content.
ConsumerCreator EconomyEdTech
Co-investorsKiwoom Investment
Designovel builds domain-specific AI for industries that work with unstructured data, offering an end-to-end fashion AI pipeline covering planning, design, materials, and demand forecasting, along with a GEO/AEO solution for brand visibility in AI-driven search.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechRetail TechSeoul, KR
Ki-Young SHIN(Founder)in
IamGround is a Korean platform for booking futsal and soccer fields across the country and organizing team matches.
B2B MarketplacesConsumerMarketplacesSports TechSeoul, KR
INFINIQ builds AURON, an AI operations (AX) platform that connects data, knowledge, AI, and workflows into a single system to speed up decision-making and automate operations.
AI & Machine LearningDefense TechEnterprise Software
Co-investorsKiwoom Investment
ioCrops builds AI-based cultivation software and greenhouse robots to automate farm production, combining IoT sensors, growing solutions, labor management, and autonomous robots into an integrated tech stack for greenhouse operators.
AgTechAI & Machine LearningRobotics
Jinhyung Cho(Founder)in
Kortop Media is a Korean company producing short-form dramas and other entertainment content, and it solicits scripts and synopses from writers for its productions.
Media & Entertainment
Makestar is an online platform for K-pop fans that sells album pre-orders, official merchandise, and hosts fan events such as video calls, meet-and-call sessions, and lucky draws tied to artist releases.
Creator EconomyE-commerceMedia & EntertainmentSeoul, KR
๊น์ฌ๋ฉด(๋ํ์ด์ฌ (CEO))
Monolith (DSM) is a South Korean deeptech company operating in three divisions: intelligent entertainment (spatial game parks combining robotics, AI, and spatial computing), mobility (precision hardware for spatial control in robots and future vehicles), and energy (next-generation supercapacitors).
Deep TechEnergyRobotics
๋ฏธ์คํฐ์๋น (Mr.
AgTechB2B MarketplacesFoodTech
์์ค๋ ฌ(๋ํ (CEO))ํ์คํธ(CIO)
A hardware-based security company that protects lightweight connected devices and IoT products lacking their own operating systems.
CybersecurityHardwareIoT
WAGTI is a Korea-based company that creates brands and content centered on sports and culture, with the aim of sharing inspirational stories.
Media & EntertainmentSports TechSeoul, KR
Hoon Kang(Founder)
Radionode365 makes wireless IoT sensors and cloud data loggers that measure temperature, humidity, gas concentrations (CO, CO2, O2, H2S, and combustible gases), and worker safety events, using WiFi, PoE, and LoRaWAN connectivity.
Co-investorsLaguna Investment
Seongrim Advanced Industry manufactures rare-earth permanent magnets and sintered magnets for applications in automotive motors, hard disk drives, and other industrial sectors.
Advanced ManufacturingHardwareNew MaterialsDaegu, KR
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Co-investorsAju IB Invesment CorporationHyundai Venture Investment CorporationVision VenturesWe Ventures
Arion Flight develops long-range wireless power transmission technology based on millimeter-wave beamforming and RF ranging, enabling efficient energy transfer to small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) and other applications.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDefense TechEnergyHardwareRoboticsDaegu, KR
INGR (์์ด์์ง์) supplies personal care and cosmetic ingredients/raw materials to B2B buyers and manufacturers, and develops skincare brands such as Vegetology (๋ฒ ์งํจ๋ก์ง).
B2B MarketplacesConsumerNew Materials
Jaeho Pyee(Founder)in
Co-investorsHyundai Venture Investment Corporation
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details โ typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
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Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesANPOLY ยท threads.com ยท May 3, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has ISU Venture Capital made?
- ISU Venture Capital has 139 tracked investments.
- What stage does ISU Venture Capital invest at?
- ISU Venture Capital invests at the Seed, Series A stages.
- What sectors does ISU Venture Capital focus on?
- ISU Venture Capital focuses on AgTech, FoodTech, Media & Entertainment, Sports Tech.
- Where is ISU Venture Capital located?
- ISU Venture Capital is headquartered in Seoul, KR.
- Who does ISU Venture Capital co-invest with?
- ISU Venture Capital most often shares deals with Hyundai Venture Investment Corporation, Lotte Ventures, Kiwoom Investment, among 13 tracked co-investors.
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