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ISU Venture Capital

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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.

Stage
Seedโ€“Series A
HQ
Seoul, KR
Instruments
Equity
Founded
2000
Tracked investments
139

Team ยท 1 people

from public directories
Hongkyu Chungยท CEO

What they invest in

from 24 of 139 portfolio companies

AI & Machine Learning ร—9Media & Entertainment ร—7Consumer ร—4Hardware ร—4New Materials ร—4Robotics ร—4Advanced Manufacturing ร—3B2B Marketplaces ร—3

HQs:South Koreaร—21

Who they back

founder profiles across 9 portfolio companies
89%
solo founders
8 of 9 mapped founding teams

Founding team size:solo founderร—82 foundersร—1

Investments ยท 139 tracked

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(์ฃผ)๋‰ด๋กœ๋ฉ”์นดneuromeka.com

Neuromeka 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.

ANPOLYanpolyinc.com

AnPolyInc produces Re:ancelยฎ M-CNF Hydrogel, a cellulose nanofiber-based hydrogel material for industrial applications.

Circular EconomyCleantechNew Materials

Co-investorsLotte Ventures

Brain Studybrain-study.co.kr

๋‡Œ์ƒˆ๊น€ (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

Cellpuricscellpurics.com

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

Classtingclassting.com

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

Cultureheroculturehero.net

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

Dankkumidankkumi.com

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

Designoveldesignovel.comin

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

Enrcorpenrcorp.co.krin

ENR produces materials used in footwear, apparel, and accessories, qualified as an approved vendor material by global brands that conduct their own audits and RSL testing.

Advanced ManufacturingNew Materials

Hello82hello82.tv๐•

An online store selling merchandise for K-pop and J-pop artists including ATEEZ, P1Harmony, LE SSERAFIM, ENHYPEN, and TOMORROW X TOGETHER, with country-specific product availability and shipping.

ConsumerE-commerceMedia & Entertainment

Iamgroundiamground.kr

IamGround is a Korean platform for booking futsal and soccer fields across the country and organizing team matches.

B2B MarketplacesConsumerMarketplacesSports TechSeoul, KR

Infiniqinfiniq.co.krin

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

Iocropsiocrops.comin

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

Its Newidits-newid.comin๐•

NEW ID provides AI-powered post-production services for media and entertainment, including automated content removal, upscaling, dubbing, and packaging for OTT distribution across global platforms.

AdTechAI & Machine LearningMedia & Entertainment

Kortopmediakortopmedia.co.kr

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

Makestarmakestar.co

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

๊น€์žฌ๋ฉด(๋Œ€ํ‘œ์ด์‚ฌ (CEO))

Monolithmonolith.co.kr

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

Papamarketpapamarket.kr

๋ฏธ์Šคํ„ฐ์•„๋น (Mr.

AgTechB2B MarketplacesFoodTech

์„œ์ค€๋ ฌ(๋Œ€ํ‘œ (CEO))ํ—ˆ์ค€ํ˜ธ(CIO)

Rd101rd101.co.kr๐•

RD101 (Road One One) is a visual effects studio that produces high-quality CG imagery, offering one-stop services including conceptual design, pre-visualization, on-set supervision, 3D animation, motion graphics, digital matte painting, compositing, and FX.

Media & Entertainment

Securityplatformsecurityplatform.co.kr

A hardware-based security company that protects lightweight connected devices and IoT products lacking their own operating systems.

CybersecurityHardwareIoT

WAGTIwagti.com

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)

๋ฐํ‚ค์ŠคํŠธ '๋ผ๋””์˜ค๋…ธ๋“œ'radionode365.comin

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

์„ฑ๋ฆผ์ฒจ๋‹จ์‚ฐ์—…sgtech.co.kr

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

์•„๋ฆฌ์˜จ (Arion)arionflight.comin

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

์•„์ด์—”์ง€์•Œingr.kr

INGR (์•„์ด์—”์ง€์•Œ) supplies personal care and cosmetic ingredients/raw materials to B2B buyers and manufacturers, and develops skincare brands such as Vegetology (๋ฒ ์ง€ํ†จ๋กœ์ง€).

B2B MarketplacesConsumerNew Materials

Jaeho Pyee(Founder)in

Co-investorsHyundai Venture Investment Corporation

์ผ€๋‚˜์ฆˆ (Kenaz)kenaz-re.com๐•

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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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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