KB Investment
Corporate VCSeoul · Seed–Series B
What they invest in
from 14 of 15 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×5Fintech ×5Data & Infrastructure ×4Crypto & Web3 ×3Consumer ×2Cybersecurity ×2Developer Tools ×2Media & Entertainment ×2
HQs:South Korea×6United States×4United Kingdom×1Indonesia×1Malaysia×1
Investments · 15 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2025 · 22024 · 22023 · 15 dated
DSRV builds on-chain finance infrastructure for financial institutions, including a platform for tokenization, on-chain payments, embedded wallets, institutional staking, and custody.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintech
Jiyun Kim(Founder)Hyung-Kyu Choi(Founder)in
Co-investorsHashedNaverSamsung NextHan River Partners
DSRV provides on-chain finance infrastructure for financial institutions, including tokenization, on-chain payments, embedded wallets, institutional staking, and custody, alongside multi-chain RPC node services (All That Node) and blockchain validator operations.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintech
Co-investorsSamsung NextHashedNaverTBT
Hypersonic Laboratories is a game studio building HELIX, a sandbox platform with tools that let players create and host their own detailed virtual worlds and games.
Gaming
Co-investorsAppWorksSamsung Next
SoundPlatform is a sound-tech company built on audio mastering technology, offering an AI mastering solution (Munute) trained on real audio data along with a music distribution and audio-equipment retail platform.
AI & Machine LearningMedia & EntertainmentWellness & FitnessDaejeon, KR
Seo Jung-hoon(CEO)
Co-investorsLotte Ventures
WhyNot Media is a South Korean content studio producing web dramas, entertainment shows, and animation for digital and OTT platforms, with over 6.7 million subscribers and more than 147 content IP series.
ConsumerCreator EconomyMedia & Entertainment
Co-investorsKDDI Open Innovation Fund
Advanced ManufacturingDallas, US
Jin Lim(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardVictor Liu(Director)Joshua Speros(Director)Lillian Shattock(Director)
Co-investorsBASF Venture Capital GmbHLG Technology Ventures
Austin, US
Youngmok Yun(Executive Officer, Director)Joshua Duyan(Director)Ilyong Choi(Director)Ashish Deshpande(Director)
Co-investorsKakao VenturesLB Investment
Datumo Eval is an LLM evaluation platform that generates industry-specific question datasets from source documents and assesses LLM models and LLM-powered services using default or custom metrics via an agentic flow of multiple LLM agents.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityData & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools
Michael Hwang(Founder)inMichael (Minyoung) Hwang(Founder)in
Co-investorsACVC PartnersKiwoom InvestmentSalesforce VenturesSBI InvestmentShinhan Venture Investment
Essential AI builds an open platform for AI research and development, providing open models, tooling, and evaluation frameworks designed for global collaboration.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools
Ashish Vaswani(CEO)
Co-investorsConvictionMarch Capital PartnersNVIDIAThrive Capital
Fefifo is a full-stack agri-food company operating "Co-Farming" solutions across Asia Pacific, building smart farms with local B40 communities, governments, and landowners and connecting them through a digital network that gives farmers tools, training, and technology.
AgTechClimate TechFoodTech
Kelveen Soh(Co-Founder & CEO)
Co-investorsMSW VenturesQuest VenturesRHL Ventures
Idfy offers a trust infrastructure platform for identity verification and fraud prevention, providing an interconnected system aimed at stopping fraud at its source.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityFintechSaaS
Ashok Hariharan(Founder)in
Co-investorsElev8 Venture PartnersTenacity VenturesBlume VenturesNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Trifecta Capital AdvisorsTransUnion
Pathalys Pharma is a private biopharmaceutical company developing treatments for kidney disease, including upacicalcet, which is in late-stage development.
BiotechHealthtechResearch Triangle Park, US
Co-investorsCatalys PacificOrbiMedSamsara BioCapitalAbingworth
Qoala is an online insurance platform that lets consumers compare and buy insurance products, including health, life, and car insurance.
ConsumerFintechInsurTech
Harshet Lunani(Founder & CEO)
Co-investorsAppWorks VenturesIndogen CapitalMandiri Capital IndonesiaSTRIVEAppWorksEurazeo+6 more
Seadronix develops AI-based systems for the maritime industry, including autonomous navigation, navigation assistance, and port monitoring, focused on port-vessel connectivity and autonomous shipping.
AI & Machine LearningDefense TechLogistics & Supply Chain
Co-investorsLB InvestmentKorea Development Bank
Crypto & Web3FintechSan Francisco, US
Kristy Kim(Founder)inKevin Irwin(Director)Ashwini Gupta(Director)Dukkyu Park(Director)Soyeon Kim(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsBAM VenturesBeni Venture CapitalBronze InvestmentsLewis & Clark VenturesTechstarsUlu Ventures+3 more
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesDatumo · en.wowtale.net · Aug 3, 2026
Contoro · finsmes.com · Apr 15, 2026
Idfy · m.economictimes.com · Feb 13, 2026
TomoCredit · forbes.com · Feb 6, 2026
ACTion Battery Technologies · globenewswire.com · Sep 4, 2025
Whynot · advox.globalvoices.org · Apr 1, 2025
Seadronix · smartmaritimenetwork.com · Mar 18, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does KB Investment invest at?
- KB Investment invests at the Seed, Series A, Series B stages.
- What is KB Investment's typical check size?
- KB Investment typically writes checks of $743K – $40M.
- What sectors does KB Investment focus on?
- KB Investment focuses on AI & Machine Learning, SaaS.
- Where is KB Investment located?
- KB Investment is headquartered in Seoul, KR.
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