Korea Investment Partners
Venture capitalSeoul · Seed–Late Stage · 17 people tracked
Investment thesis
Korea Investment Partners is a South Korea-based venture capital firm that invests across multiple stages from early-stage startups through growth and buyout transactions, including venture debt and mezzanine financing. The firm operates across venture capital, middle market, and growth equity investment categories.
Team · 17 people
from public directories
What they invest in
from 9 of 10 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×5Data & Infrastructure ×2Deep Tech ×2Fintech ×2Healthtech ×2Biotech ×1Cleantech ×1Climate Tech ×1
HQs:South Korea×3United States×3China×1United Kingdom×1Singapore×1
Investments · 10 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 42024 · 12023 · 12021 · 17 dated
CareMedi is a South Korean medical device company, founded as a university spinout from Sogang University in 2015, that develops wearable drug-delivery devices based on its proprietary plate electroosmotic pump (PEOP) technology.
Digital HealthHealthtechMedical Devices
Woon Sup Shin(Founder & CEO)
Co-investorsAtinum Investment Co. Ltd.
Machbase (Machbase Inc., formerly Infiniflux) develops a high-speed time-series database engine and solutions for collecting, storing, and analyzing real-time data in IoT applications such as smart cities and smart factories.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureIoTSeoul, KR
Co-investorsSmilegateKT investment Inc.
01.AI builds full-stack enterprise and sovereign AI solutions, including foundation models, industry agents, and decision-support applications for CEOs, executives, investment teams, and B2B/government sales organizations.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechEnterprise SoftwareBeijing, CN
Guoyin Wang(Founder)in
BoardKai-Fu Lee(Founder)in
Co-investorsSinovation VenturesIndex VenturesLux CapitalNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Quadrille CapitalRadical Ventures
HyperAccel designs AI semiconductors, including its LPU (an AI-specialized processor) and products such as the Bertha 500 chip, Forte 55X accelerator card, and HX-F55X on-premise inference server, aimed at accelerating LLM inference from edge devices to cloud datacenters.
AI & Machine LearningHardwareSemiconductors
Co-investorsAsia2G CapitalLB Investment
Jenfi offers revenue-based financing to digital businesses across Asia, tying repayment obligations to customer revenue.
FintechSingapore, SG
Jeffrey Liu(Founder)inJustin Louie(Founder)in
Co-investorsICU VenturesTaurus VenturesY CombinatorMonk's Hill Ventures
Monese offers mobile money accounts and cards along with financial tools such as credit-building, lending, and budgeting products for consumers managing everyday finances.
ConsumerFintech
Norris Koppel(Founder)in
Co-investorsHSBCAnthemis VentureKinnevikOutward VCQVenturesSpecialist VC+2 more
Rgenta develops orally available small molecule therapies that target RNA to address diseases previously considered undruggable, with programs in oncology (targeting proteins such as MYB in solid tumors and hematologic cancers) and central nervous system repeat expansion disorders like Huntington's disease.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechHealthtechCambridge, US
Travis Wager(Co-founder, President and CSO)Hualin Simon Xi(Executive Officer, Director)Zhiping Weng(Co-founder)Simon Xi(Co-founder and CEO)Jackie Walling(CMO)Debasish Roychowdhury(Director)
Co-investorsDelos CapitalVivo CapitalAMR Action FundLilly Asia Ventures
Seoul-based online luxury retailer selling new and pre-owned goods authenticated in its own inspection centre.
Seoul, KR
KyungHoon Park(Founder)
Co-investorsAju IB Invesment CorporationAtinum Investment Co. Ltd.IMM Investment JapanLB InvestmentIMM InvestmentSL Investment Ltd.
Twelve operates AirPlant One, a commercial-scale eManufacturing facility in Moses Lake, Washington, that converts CO2, water, and renewable electricity into products including E-Jet fuel and E-Naphtha, a chemical building block.
CleantechClimate TechNew MaterialsMoses Lake, US
Nicholas Flanders(Cofounder)
Co-investorsDesigner FundGVA CapitalRanch VenturesCapricorn Investment GroupIndex VenturesNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)+2 more
Twelve Labs develops AI technology for video understanding, enabling machines to comprehend and analyze video content for applications in human-machine interaction and perception.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureMedia & EntertainmentSan Francisco, US
Jae Sung Lee(Executive Officer, Director)Seung Joon Lee(Executive Officer, Director)Jin Woo Chung(Executive Officer, Director)Soyoung Lee(Executive Officer, Director)inAiden L.(Founder)inDong Shin Kim(Director)
Co-investorsExpaHan River PartnersHillspring InvestmentHubSpot VenturesIndex VenturesIntel Capital+12 more
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
01 · startuptalky.com · Jul 15, 2026
Twelve Labs · news.crunchbase.com · Jul 2, 2026
Twelve · pymnts.com · Jul 1, 2026
HyperAccel · biz.chosun.com · May 29, 2026
Monese · finsmes.com · Apr 23, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does Korea Investment Partners invest at?
- Korea Investment Partners invests at the Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Growth, Late Stage stages.
- What is Korea Investment Partners's typical check size?
- Korea Investment Partners typically writes checks of $973K – $50M.
- What sectors does Korea Investment Partners focus on?
- Korea Investment Partners focuses on Advanced Manufacturing, Biotech, Consumer, Data & Infrastructure, Energy, FoodTech, Hardware, Healthtech, Media & Entertainment, Medical Devices, Mobility & Transportation, New Materials, Retail Tech, SaaS, Semiconductors.
- Where is Korea Investment Partners located?
- Korea Investment Partners is headquartered in Seoul, KR.
Co-investors · 1
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