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Laguna Investment

Venture capital

Seoul ยท Seedโ€“Series B ยท 10 people tracked

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Investment thesis

Laguna Investment draws its identity from the lagoons found across the desert between Uyuni, Bolivia and the Chilean border โ€” small lakes that take on varied colors from mineral-rich streams and sustain flamingos and other life. Just as these lagoons serve as a lifeline for the surrounding desert ecosystem, the firm was founded with the aspiration of becoming a source of support and a haven for the venture ecosystem, helping the startups and founders within it thrive.

Source: firm website, verified Aug 28, 2026.

Stage
Seedโ€“Series B
Check
$741K โ€“ $35M
HQ
Seoul, KR
Instruments
Equity
Tracked investments
151

Team ยท 10 people

from the firm's website
Hyeong Jun Parkยท CEO
Dae Wung Parkยท Vice President
Kyung Mo Kooยท Executive Director
Beomgi Minยท Analyst
Hee Chang Parkยท Senior Manager
Ji A Kimยท Assistant Manager
Nu Ri Jangยท Manager
Sujin Anยท Senior Manager
Ye Na Seoยท Assistant

What they invest in

from 69 of 151 portfolio companies

AI & Machine Learning ร—27Consumer ร—17SaaS ร—15Gaming ร—12Media & Entertainment ร—12Deep Tech ร—9Healthtech ร—9Creator Economy ร—8

HQs:South Koreaร—42United Statesร—4

Who they back

founder profiles across 12 portfolio companies
58%
solo founders
7 of 12 mapped founding teams

Founding team size:solo founderร—72 foundersร—44+ foundersร—1

Investments ยท 151 tracked

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By year:2023 ยท 12021 ยท 12 dated

Universe Stationeryuniversestationery.io๐•โœ“ verified

Universe Stationery Corp. is a South Korea-based company operating in the webtoon and digital content space, working with partners across media, studios, and platforms.

Creator EconomyMedia & EntertainmentBucheon, KR

Park Ho-jun(CEO (๋Œ€ํ‘œ์ด์‚ฌ))

์ง€์—”์—์ด์ปดํผ๋‹ˆ 'Playio'playio.co๐•โœ“ verified

GNA Company develops technology to measure, connect, and reward gameplay, including a game-play measurement engine, ad technology linking games with advertisers, a reward system, and a gamer community.

AdTechAI & Machine LearningConsumerGaming

Co-investorsTBT

์นด์ฐนcarchapapp.comโœ“ verified

Carchap operates 'HiCare', an ICT-based platform and cloud ERP solution for hydrogen vehicles and hydrogen charging stations, offering real-time station information, reservations, and smart payments for drivers plus management systems for station operators.

CleantechClimate TechMobility & Transportation

Co-investorsFuturePlayShinhan Capital

HYBEhybecorp.comApr 2021SEC filingmedium confidence

South Korean music and entertainment group behind BTS, operating multiple labels plus the Weverse fan platform and a games arm.

Seoul

Bang Si-Hyuk(Executive Officer, Director)Park Jiwon(Executive Officer, Director)Lee Jin-Hyung(Executive Officer, Director)Lenzo Yoon(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardPark Youngho(Director)inKim Byunggyu(Director)

Board seatYoungho Parkยท per SEC Form D ยท filed May 2021

Co-investorsKiwoom InvestmentLB InvestmentDaesung Private EquityShinhan Venture Investment

Aclosetacloset.app

Acloset is an AI-powered fashion app that digitizes users' wardrobes to help them organize clothes, rediscover items they own, and generate outfit suggestions.

AI & Machine LearningCircular EconomyConsumerWellness & Fitness

Co-investorsKT investment Inc.

Alsemy Incalsemy.comin

Alsemy builds AI-driven platforms that generate neural network-based device compact models and optimize semiconductor design and manufacturing through process modeling, simulation, and DTCO.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechSemiconductors

Co-investorsAscendo VenturesLG Technology Ventures

Channel Corp Venture Capitalchannel.ioin๐•

Channel.io offers Team Chat, a messaging app for internal team communication that supports direct messages, group chats, and remote team collaboration.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaS

Co-investorsAtinum Investment Co. Ltd.Colopl NextIMM Investment JapanKDDI Open Innovation Fund

Cocohealicocoheali.com

Cocoheali is a kids' cosmetics brand that offers play-based color and beauty products designed to support children's creativity, play experiences, and sense of self-identity.

ConsumerDirect to ConsumerE-commerceSeoul, KR

๋ฐ•์€์ •(Owner)

Fluffy Duckfluffyduck.co.kr

Fluffy Duck Co., Ltd. is a Korean company; the page is primarily a recruiting/branding message and does not describe a specific product or service.

Media & EntertainmentBusan, KR

IdeaHubideahub.co.kr

Seoul-based patent licensing and monetization company that lets individual and institutional investors invest in patent rights.

Sector Agnostic

Co-investorsGroom Investment

Lawformlawform.io

Lawform (๋กœํผ) is a legal AI platform that verifies legal requirements rather than generating text probabilistically, offering document generation, analysis, and compliance in a connected workflow.

AI & Machine LearningLegalTechSaaS

Lyclelycle.kr

Lycle operates an online marketplace for bicycles and personal mobility products, offering road bikes, mini velos, electric bikes, electric scooters, kickboards, and delivery accessories, along with bike recommendation guides and Q&A features.

E-commerceMarketplacesMobility & TransportationSeoul, KR

Kim Baek-beom(CEO / Representative)

Co-investorsLotte Ventures

Market Stadiummarketstadium.comin๐•

Market Stadium offers a real estate analytics and urban intelligence platform that scores US locations at census tract-level granularity, providing current, growth, and forecast scores drawn from hundreds of real estate data sets.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureFintechPropTechSaaSNew York City, US

Martin Seongsoon Park(Founder)Dennis Lee(CEO)Ryan Kang(President)

Co-investorsKakao Ventures

ModHausmod-haus.comin๐•Nov 2023 ยท $8M

Modhaus is a K-pop entertainment agency that operates as an open architecture platform, aiming to create a fan-centered music industry ecosystem by incorporating blockchain and metaverse technologies.

Creator EconomyMedia & EntertainmentSeoul, KR

Jaden Jeong

Co-investorsAtinum Investment Co. Ltd.Global BrainKDDI Open Innovation FundLB InvestmentNonagonReflexive Capital+2 more

MyDoctormy-doctor.io

MyDoctor (๋‚˜๋งŒ์˜๋‹ฅํ„ฐ) is a South Korean telemedicine platform offering 24/7 phone-based consultations with medication pickup at nearby pharmacies, plus tools to compare non-covered treatment prices across hospitals and clinics.

Digital HealthHealthtechMarketplaces

Polestarpolestargames.comin๐•

Polestar Games develops online multiplayer games and MMORPGs, focusing on open-world fantasy experiences for global players.

Gaming

Dongkyou Lee(CEO & Co-founder)Jongkuk Cho(CTO & Co-founder)

Co-investorsKakao Ventures

Retenticsretentics.comin

Retentics is a Shopify app that integrates with Klaviyo to build AI-driven email flows for ecommerce brands, predicting when each customer will reorder and generating personalized product recommendations and send timing.

AI & Machine LearningE-commerceMarketing Tech

SHOH
Steinfeldsteinfeld.co
Webtoon Todaywebtoon.today

Webtoon Today is a webtoon studio and agency that offers data analytics for webtoons, a free self-publishing platform for creators to post work and gauge reader response, and marketing tools for insights, ad campaign execution, and performance measurement.

Creator EconomyData & InfrastructureMedia & Entertainment

Co-investorsCrit Ventures

๋‚˜๋‚ ์ด ์ŠคํŠœ๋””์˜ค

Maker of ์›์‹œ์ „์Ÿ, ํฌ๋ ˆ์ŠคํŠธ์•„์ผ๋žœ๋“œ and others

๋‚˜๋‚ ์ด ์ŠคํŠœ๋””์˜ค (Nanalinanali.netin

Nanali Studio (๋‚˜๋‚ ์ด ์ŠคํŠœ๋””์˜ค) is a South Korean game developer that creates casual and indie games for families, including mobile, VR, and console titles.

ConsumerGaming

๋ฐ•์žฌํ™˜(๋Œ€ํ‘œ (CEO))

๋‚˜๋‹ˆ์•„๋žฉ์Šคnarnia.ai

Narnia Labs builds AslanX, a generative and agentic AI platform for manufacturing that automates the repeated design, simulation, and evaluation steps of product development.

Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningDeep Tech

๋‰ด๋ฉ”ํ‹ฑnewmatic.kr

Korean Unreal Engine game studio building PC, console and XR titles including Hidden Pictures: Agent Q and The Strange City.

๋”์žฌ๋ฏธthejaemi.com

THEJAEMI is a game development company where cross-functional teams of five to ten people build games together.

AI & Machine LearningGaming

๋ฐ์ผ๋ฆฌ์ƒทdailyshot.co

Dailyshot is an alcohol-shopping platform and app that lets consumers browse a wide range of liquors, compare prices across stores nationwide, and order for pickup at partner shops, liquor stores, or convenience stores (CU, Emart24), as well as home delivery and overseas purchasing.

ConsumerE-commerceMarketplaces

Co-investorsWe Ventures

๋ฐํ‚ค์ŠคํŠธ

Operator of the '๋ผ๋””์˜ค๋…ธ๋“œ' (RadioNode) product.

๋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-investorsISU Venture Capital

๋„๋น„์บ”๋ฒ„์Šคdobby-canvas.comin๐•

Dobby Canvas is an interactive entertainment company that builds a generative-AI platform where users create their own stories and content rather than only consuming them.

AI & Machine LearningConsumerMedia & Entertainment

๋””๋”ค์„ผ์„œdeediim.com

Deediim develops machine vision sensors for surface inspection, using free-illumination and surface-property-imaging technology to detect defects.

Advanced ManufacturingDeep TechHardware

๋””์ƒค์ธd-shine.co.kr

Seoul-based Korean company operating in outdoor and exhibition advertising, also offering responsive website design and maintenance services.

๋””์˜ค๋ฆฌ์ง„theorigin.kr

Korean content IP startup that develops 'multi-usable' original IP and expands it across games, media and other content formats.

๋”œ๋ฆฌ๋ฒ„์Šคdelivus.team

Delivus is a technology-focused logistics company that builds systems to deliver packages faster and more accurately.

AI & Machine LearningE-commerceLogistics & Supply Chain

Co-investorsHashed

๋”ฅ์„œ์น˜deepsearch.com

DeepSearch builds financial data infrastructure and AI agents that perform tasks such as company research, investment analysis, and valuation for finance professionals.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureFintech

Co-investorsAju IB Invesment CorporationHyundai Venture Investment Corporation

๋ผ์ดํ‚คlikey.me

Likey is a platform where content creators build paid communities for their fans, offering monthly membership payments, exclusive communities, online classes, live video fan meetings, virtual gifts, and messaging.

Creator EconomyMedia & EntertainmentSocial

๋กœ์ง€๋ธŒ๋ผ๋”์Šค

Operator of the '์ฝ”๋“œ๋ชจ์Šค' (Codmos) product.

๋กœ์ง€๋ธŒ๋ผ๋”์Šค '์ฝ”๋“œ๋ชจ์Šค'logibros.com

Korean edtech company Logibros operates Codmos, an online block-coding learning platform for elementary students.

๋ก ํ”ฝronfic.com

Ronfic combines AI exercise/movement data with robotic hardware to build integrated training systems, targeting sports, medical, fitness, and senior-care users.

AI & Machine LearningHardwareHealthtechRoboticsSports TechIncheon, KR

Co-investorsLotte Ventures

๋ฃฉ์ฝ”

Operator of the '์—์ดํด๋กœ์ ฏ' (Acloset) product.

๋ฆฌ์ €๋ธŒํ™€๋”ฉ์Šคrsv.club

Reserve Holdings operates offline talk sessions ("Vision & Voice") that connect people's experiences, along with a social space for enjoying music, beer, and gatherings with friends.

ConsumerSocialSeoul, KR

๊น€์ฐฌํ˜(๋Œ€ํ‘œ (CEO))

๋ฆฌ์กฐํŠธํ”ผํ”Œresortpeople.net

Korean wellness company operating premium fitness, yoga and pilates brands inside department stores and shopping malls.

๋ฆฌํ„ฐ๋†€

Operator of the '๋ฆฌํ„ฐ๋‹ˆ์ฆˆ' (Returnies) product.

๋ฆฌํ„ฐ๋†€ '๋ฆฌํ„ฐ๋‹ˆ์ฆˆ'returneeds.com

Returneeds (๋ฆฌํ„ฐ๋‹ˆ์ฆˆ) operates a dedicated reverse-logistics center that handles product returns for e-commerce brands, including automated pickup, vision-AI-based inspection with high-resolution photos, and restocking or disposal.

AI & Machine LearningLogistics & Supply ChainRetail Tech

๋งˆ์ดํ”„๋žœ์ฐจ์ด์ฆˆmyfranchise.kr

Korean franchise-startup platform ๋งˆ์ดํ”„์ฐจ, connecting prospective founders, franchise HQs and suppliers with data and location analytics.

๋งˆ์ฝ”๋นŒmacovill.com

Macovill (๋งˆ์ฝ”๋นŒ) is a South Korean entertainment content company that creates original character IP and produces animation, games, and comics through a media-mix strategy.

ConsumerGamingMedia & Entertainment

Lee Joohyun(Founder)in

๋งค๋‹ˆํŒจ์ŠคํŠธmanyfast.ioin

Manyfast is an AI-assisted product planning tool that turns rough ideas into planning documents such as PRDs, feature specifications, user flows, and wireframes.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsFuture of WorkSaaS

๋จผ์น˜ํŒฉํ† ๋ฆฌhourplace.co.kr

๋จผ์น˜ํŒฉํ† ๋ฆฌ operates ์•„์›Œํ”Œ๋ ˆ์ด์Šค, a Korean platform for hourly booking of homes, offices and studios as content shooting locations.

๋ฉ”๋ผํ‚คํ”Œ๋ ˆ์ด์Šค

Operator of the '๋‚˜๋งŒ์˜ ๋‹ฅํ„ฐ' (My Doctor) product.

๋ชจ๋“œํ•˜์šฐ์Šค

Operator of the '์ฝ”์Šค๋ชจ' (Cosmo), 'TripleS', and 'ARTMS' products.

๋ฐ”์ธ๋“œ

Operator of the '์• ์Šฌ๋Ÿฌ' (Athler) product.

๋ฐ”์ธ๋“œ '์• ์Šฌ๋Ÿฌ'athler.kr

Co-investorsKakao Ventures

๋ฐ”์นดํ‹ฐ์˜ค

Operator of the 'ํŒŒ์ธํ˜ธ์ŠคํŠธ' (Pinehost) product.

๋ฐ”์นดํ‹ฐ์˜ค 'ํŒŒ์ธํ˜ธ์ŠคํŠธ'finestays.com
๋ฐ”ํŠธv-art.kr

V-Art manufactures proprietary display components and decorative materials for appliances, mobile devices, automotive electronics, and building materials.

Advanced ManufacturingHardwareYongin, KR

Kim Ji-woong

๋ฐฑ์—”๋“œ์—‘์Šคbackendx.ai

BackendX provides managed backend systems that handle deployment, server operation, monitoring, and traffic usage tracking so developers can build and launch applications without managing backend infrastructure themselves.

Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsSaaS

๋ฒ—๋ทฐ๋ฆฌํ’€

Operator of the 'truloop' product.

๋ฒ—๋ทฐ๋ฆฌํ’€ 'truloop'truloop.app

truloop is a mobile app that consolidates the scattered parts of organizing a get-together โ€” planning, scheduling, and photo sharing โ€” into a single thread, letting users create one invite and share a link.

AI & Machine LearningConsumerSaaSSocial

๋ณผ๋“œํ”Œ๋ ˆ์ด๊ฒŒ์ž„์ฆˆ

Maker of ๋ธ”๋ž™ ์Šคํ‹ฐ๊ทธ๋งˆ (Black Stigma)

๋ธŒ๋ ˆ์ด๋ธŒ์—”ํ„ฐํ…Œ์ธ๋จผํŠธ

Home of artists '์šฉ๊ฐํ•œ ํ˜•์ œ' (Brave Brothers) and '๋‹คํฌ๋น„' (DKB).

๋ธŒ๋ ˆ์ด๋ธŒ์—”ํ„ฐํ…Œ์ธ๋จผํŠธ '์šฉ๊ฐํ•œ ํ˜•์ œ' & '๋‹คํฌ๋น„'bravesound.com

Rows marked โ€œSEC filingโ€ are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D โ€” public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.

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Frequently asked questions

How many investments has Laguna Investment made?
Laguna Investment has 155 tracked investments.
What stage does Laguna Investment invest at?
Laguna Investment invests at the Seed, Series A, Series B stages.
What is Laguna Investment's typical check size?
Laguna Investment typically writes checks of $741K โ€“ $35M.
What sectors does Laguna Investment focus on?
Laguna Investment focuses on Crypto & Web3, Gaming, SaaS, Sector Agnostic.
Where is Laguna Investment located?
Laguna Investment is headquartered in Seoul, KR.
Who does Laguna Investment co-invest with?
Laguna Investment most often shares deals with Atinum Investment Co. Ltd., Lotte Ventures, Hyundai Venture Investment Corporation, among 24 tracked co-investors.

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