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DSRV Labs provides infrastructure for managing digital assets and transactions on-chain, including wallet services, payment settlement, and treasury management for institutions and applications.

AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintechSaaSSeoul, KR

Co-investorsSASamsung NextHAHashedNANaverTBTBT

Hypersonic Laboratories is a game development studio with a distributed team of developers and artists building original games.

Gaming

Co-investorsAPAppWorksSASamsung 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-investorsLOLotte 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-investorsKDKDDI Open Innovation Fund

AB180 provides full-stack AI solutions for marketing and advertising technology, including deep linking, attribution, product analytics, customer engagement, and intelligent monetization capabilities.

AdTechAI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSeoul, KR

Roi Nam(Co-Chief Executive Officer (Co-founder))inHunjae Jung(Co-Chief Executive Officer)in

Co-investorsATAtinum Investment Co. Ltd.STStorm VenturesINIndustrial Bank of KoreaKOKorea Development BankZ Z Venture Capital

Korean startup making biopolymer-based artificial organs for medical device testing and surgical training simulators.

SPSteve Park(Founder)in

Co-investorsASAscendo VenturesDADAYLI PartnersKOKorea Investment Partners

Korean drug discovery startup developing oral small-molecule therapeutics for immune and allergic diseases.

Co-investorsATAtinum Investment Co. Ltd.

Banksalad is a financial comparison platform that matches consumers with personalized banking products and services based on their financial profiles.

B2B MarketplacesFintechMarketplacesSeoul, KR

Co-investorsATAtinum Investment Co. Ltd.DUDunamu & PartnersKIKiwoom InvestmentWEWe VenturesBABass InvestmentCOCompany K Partners+4 more

Cakap is an Indonesian online learning platform offering interactive, two-way language classes in English, Mandarin, Japanese, Korean, and Indonesian taught by certified local and foreign teachers, including classes for children and corporate clients.

EdTechFuture of Work

TYTomy Y.(Founder)inTomy Yunus(Founder)

Co-investorsMAMandiri Capital IndonesiaMDMDI Ventures

CoBX Bio is a drug discovery company working in chemical proteomics.

BiotechDeep Tech

Co-investorsATAtinum Investment Co. Ltd.KIKiwoom InvestmentCOCompany K PartnersKOKorea Investment PartnersSOSolidus Investment

Contoro Robotics builds AI-powered, teleoperation-assisted robotic arms that unload floor-loaded truck trailers and containers.

Austin, US

YYYoungmok Yun(Executive Officer, Director)inJoshua Duyan(Director)Ilyong Choi(Director)Ashish Deshpande(Director)

Co-investorsKAKakao VenturesLBLB Investment

Coxwave builds AI-based solutions including an analytics engine for generative AI products that uses user behavior analysis and feedback to quantitatively evaluate and improve conversational AI, alongside consulting services that help companies design and build AI products across industries.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSeoul, KR

Gijung Kim(Founder)Joowon Kim(Founder)Joowon Kim Gijung Kim(Founder)

Dable is an AI company that turns audience data into revenue through recommendation, advertising, and analytics products built on a single feedback-driven AI engine.

AdTechAI & Machine LearningMarketing Tech

Co-investorsKAKakao Ventures

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

MHMichael Hwang(Founder)inM(Michael (Minyoung) Hwang(Founder)inDavid J. Kim(Founder)

Co-investorsACACVC PartnersKIKiwoom InvestmentSASalesforce VenturesSBSBI InvestmentSHShinhan 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 ToolsSan Francisco, US

AVAshish Vaswani(Founder)inNiki Parmar(Founder)inJames Montgomery(Director)

Co-investorsBLBlue Ivy VenturesCOConvictionMAMarch Capital PartnersAMAMD VenturesNVNVIDIATHThrive Capital

Fefifo operates a farm-to-shelf regenerative food business built around smart co-farms, providing greenhouse spaces, irrigation, IoT sensors, and hydroponic/aquaponic infrastructure for aspiring farmers.

AgTechClimate TechFoodTechIoT

KSKelveen Soh(Co-Founder & CEO)in

Co-investorsMSMSW VenturesQUQuest VenturesRHRHL Ventures

Glife is a Singapore-based food supply chain company that sources produce from smallholder farmers and delivers it to business buyers.

Logistics & Supply Chain

CWCaleb WuinJoe ChenJustin Chou ZqWGWayne GohinYun Laiin

Co-investors50500 GlobalQUQuest VenturesGLGlobal Founders CapitalHEHeliconia CapitalRHRHL VenturesTITin Men Capital

HabitFactory provides tools that support the insurance workflow from consultation to contract completion, and helps users through loan processes by reducing paperwork and interest-rate comparison using AI-based tools and expert consultation.

AI & Machine LearningFintechInsurTech

Co-investorsWEWe VenturesZ Z Venture CapitalKOKolon Investment, Inc.KOKorea Development BankSHShinhan Venture InvestmentSMSmilegate Investment

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

AHAshok Hariharan(Founder)inVineet Jawa(Founder)

Co-investorsELElev8 Venture PartnersTETenacity VenturesBLBlume VenturesNENew Enterprise Associates (NEA)TRTrifecta Capital AdvisorsTRTransUnion

D'CENT produces a biometric hardware wallet for managing and securely storing cryptocurrency assets, with offline key storage and fingerprint authorization for transactions.

Crypto & Web3Hardware

Co-investorsKIKiwoom InvestmentKDKDB CapitalL&L&S Venture Capital

Liner is an AI research agent and search engine that provides source-cited answers, aiming to minimize hallucinations.

AI & Machine LearningEdTechFuture of WorkSaaS

BWBrian(Chanmin) Woo(Founder)in

Co-investorsATAtinum Investment Co. Ltd.INIndustrial Bank of KoreaINIntervestKBKB SecuritiesKOKorea Development BankLBLB Investment+2 more

MORAI builds a digital twin simulation platform for developing, validating, and certifying ADAS and autonomous systems, enabling engineering teams to generate reproducible, regulator-aligned validation evidence.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDefense TechMobility & TransportationSeoul, KR

JJJiwon Jung(CEO & Co-Founder)inJun Hong(CEO)

Co-investorsATAtinum Investment Co. Ltd.KAKakao VenturesNANaver D2SFKOKorea Development BankKOKorea Investment Partners

Orum is a global biopharmaceutical company developing cancer therapies that combine protein degraders with antibodies.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechHealthtech

SLSJ Lee(CEO)inOCOlaf Christensen(CMO)inChad May(CSO)in

Co-investorsACAcrew CapitalATAtinum Investment Co. Ltd.CLClocktower VenturesIMIMM Investment JapanLBLB InvestmentSOSolidus Investment+3 more

Pathalys Pharma is a biotechnology company developing and improving therapeutic treatments for patients with chronic kidney disease.

BiotechHealthtechResearch Triangle Park, US

BSBT Slingsby(Co-Founder & Executive Chairman)in

Co-investorsABAbingworthCACatalys PacificOROrbiMedSASamsara BioCapital

Postype (포스타입) is a South Korean creator platform where writers, artists, and other creators monetize content — including paid or subscriber-only posts, commissioned works (Request), AI character chats, channel memberships, and community boards.

Creator EconomyMedia & EntertainmentSocial

Co-investorsATAtinum Investment Co. Ltd.WEWe VenturesSHShinhan Venture Investment

Qoala is an online insurance platform that lets consumers compare and buy insurance products, including health, life, and car insurance.

ConsumerFintechInsurTech

Harshet Lunani(Founder)Harshet Lunani Tommy Martin(Founder)Tommy Martin(Founder)

Co-investorsAPAppWorks VenturesINIndogen CapitalMAMandiri Capital IndonesiaMDMDI VenturesSTSTRIVEABAbac Capital Manager S.G.E.I.C.,+10 more

Robros develops full-stack humanoid robots designed to work alongside humans in industrial environments, building both the hardware and AI intelligence required for autonomous collaboration.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechHardwareRoboticsSeoul, KR

Co-investorsLOLotte VenturesSASazze

Seadronix develops AI-powered solutions for maritime navigation, including autonomous navigation systems, navigation assistance, and vessel monitoring for the shipping and logistics industry.

AI & Machine LearningDefense TechHardwareIoTLogistics & Supply Chain

Byeolteo Park(CEO, Ph.D.)inKNKyongsoo Noh(COO)inDonghoon Kim(CTO, Ph.D.)Hankeun Kim(CTO, Ph.D.)

Co-investorsLBLB InvestmentKOKorea Development Bank

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-investorsFUFuturePlayARArtesianKDKDB CapitalKOKorea 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-investorsACAccess VenturesARArtesianFUFuturePlayKDKDB Capital

San Francisco fintech offering a no-credit-check, fee-free Mastercard that underwrites consumers on cash flow instead of FICO scores.

Crypto & Web3FintechSan Francisco, US

KKKristy Kim(Founder)inKevin Irwin(Director)Ashwini Gupta(Director)Dukkyu Park(Director)Soyeon Kim(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investorsBABAM VenturesBEBeni Venture CapitalBRBronze InvestmentsLELewis & Clark VenturesTETechstarsULUlu Ventures+6 more

Tovala provides prepared meals delivered weekly that are cooked in a proprietary WiFi-connected smart oven, requiring minimal preparation and cooking time.

ConsumerFoodTechHardwareIoTChicago, US

DRDavid Rabie(Founder)inBryan Wilcox(Founder)

Co-investorsBEBeringeaCACaruso VenturesCOComcast VenturesDYDYDX CapitalEVEvolution VC PartnersFJFJ Labs+24 more

VIRNECT develops integrated Physical AI solutions combining extended reality, artificial intelligence, and robotics to enhance worker productivity and safety in industrial settings.

Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareRobotics

Co-investorsLOLotte VenturesMAMagna InvestmentKTKTB NetworkSTSTIC Ventures

Voithru provides an end-to-end platform for content globalization and distribution, supporting translation, localization, dubbing, subtitles, and file management for webtoons and video content creators seeking international markets.

AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyMarketing TechMedia & EntertainmentSaaSSeoul, KR

이상헌(대표자 (CEO))

Co-investorsTBTBTHAHashed

XL8 offers MediaCAT, a cloud-based AI machine translation and localization platform for media and entertainment content, providing transcription, translation, subtitling, and quality checks.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareMedia & EntertainmentSaaSSan Jose, US

Young Hoon Jung(Executive Officer)Jinhyung Park(Founder)inTim(Founder & CEO)Jay(Co-Founder & CTO)

Co-investorsATAtinum Investment Co. Ltd.

MarketDesigners is a South Korean company that operates multiple service brands, including the Ringle (Lingora) English education service and Daisa, a moving/relocation service.

ConsumerEdTech

Co-investorsKIKiwoom InvestmentSOSolidus InvestmentDSDSC InvestmentLBLB InvestmentNHNH Investment & SecuritiesPRPremier Partners

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

CLChangsu Lee(Founder)in

BoardYoon Kang(Director)Yasuhiko Yurimoto(Director)

Co-investorsATAtinum Investment Co. Ltd.KDKDDI Open Innovation FundLALaguna InvestmentLGLG Technology VenturesSKSk Telecom Venture Capital, LlcSPSpark Labs Korea Accelerator Fund 4+5 more