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Laguna Investment

Venture capital

Seoul · Seed–Series B · 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 — 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
Seed–Series B
HQ
Seoul, KR
Instruments
Equity
Founded
2018
Last 12 months
3 investments
Tracked investments
151
IPOs
3

Team · 10 people

from the firm's website
Dae Wung Park· Vice President
Kyung Mo Koo· Executive Director
Beomgi Min· Analyst
Hee Chang Park· Senior Manager
Ji A Kim· Assistant Manager
Nu Ri Jang· Manager
Sujin An· Senior Manager
Ye Na Seo· Assistant

What they invest in

from 70 of 151 portfolio companies

AI & Machine Learning ×27Consumer ×17SaaS ×15Gaming ×13Media & Entertainment ×12Deep Tech ×9Healthtech ×9Creator Economy ×8

HQs:South Korea×46United States×4

Who they back

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

Founding team size:solo founder×72 founders×44+ founders×1

Investments · 151 tracked

founders shown can be your intro path

By year:2026 · 22025 · 32024 · 32023 · 32022 · 22021 · 62020 · 120 dated

Universe Stationeryuniversestationery.io𝕏✓ 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 (대표이사))

지엔에이컴퍼니 'Playio'playio.co𝕏✓ 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

카찹carchapapp.com✓ 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 CapitalMando

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)in

BoardPark Youngho(Director)inKim Byunggyu(Director)

Board seatYoungho Park· per SEC Form D · 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.ioin𝕏

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 NextGlobal BrainIMM 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

박은정(Owner)

Co-investorsAF WPartners

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 (로폼) 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.comin𝕏

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)inDennis Lee(CEO)inRyan Kang(President)in

Co-investorsKakao VenturesSazze

ModHausmod-haus.comin𝕏Nov 2023 · $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(CEO)

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

MyDoctormy-doctor.io

MyDoctor (나만의닥터) 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.comin𝕏

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

Gaming

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

Co-investorsKakao VenturesSumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation

Retenticsretentics.cominOct 2025

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

Co-investorsSazzeKakao VenturesPrimer Sazze PartnersSmilegateValon Capital

Super Rabbit Gamessuperrabbitgames.com

SuperRabbit Games is a game studio developing RPG and hybrid-casual titles using data-driven decision-making, with releases including "Tales of Crown" and an upcoming project.

GamingSeongnam, KR

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

나날이 스튜디오 (Nanalinanali.netin

Nanali Studio (나날이 스튜디오) is a South Korean game developer that creates casual and indie games for families, including mobile, VR, and console titles.

ConsumerGaming

박재환(대표 (CEO))

나니아랩스narnia.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

뉴메틱newmatic.kr

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

더재미thejaemi.com

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

AI & Machine LearningGaming

데일리샷dailyshot.coJan 2025

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-commerceMarketplacesSeoul, KR

Co-investorsWe Ventures

데키스트 '라디오노드'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

도비캔버스dobby-canvas.comin𝕏

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 & EntertainmentGoyang, KR

디딤센서deediim.com

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

Advanced ManufacturingDeep TechHardware

디샤인d-shine.co.kr

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

디오리진theorigin.krJun 2023

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

Co-investorsSchmidtIndustrial Bank of KoreaKiwoom InvestmentKorea Investment PartnersLotte VenturesNH Investment & Securities

딜리버스delivus.teamJul 2024

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

AI & Machine LearningE-commerceLogistics & Supply Chain

Co-investorsHana VenturesHashedKorea Development Bank

딥서치deepsearch.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 InvestmentHyundai Venture Investment Corporation

라이키likey.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

로지브라더스 '코드모스'logibros.com

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

론픽ronfic.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 VenturesThe Ventures Co

리저브홀딩스rsv.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

김찬혁(대표 (CEO))

리조트피플resortpeople.net

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

리터놀 '리터니즈'returneeds.com

Returneeds (리터니즈) 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

마이프랜차이즈myfranchise.kr

Korean franchise-startup platform 마이프차, connecting prospective founders, franchise HQs and suppliers with data and location analytics.

Co-investorsNaver D2SF

마코빌macovill.comApr 2020

Macovill (마코빌) 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

Co-investorsMirae Asset Venture Investment

매니패스트manyfast.ioinJan 2025

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

먼치팩토리hourplace.co.kr

먼치팩토리 operates 아워플레이스, a Korean platform for hourly booking of homes, offices and studios as content shooting locations.

바트v-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

백엔드엑스backendx.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

벗뷰리풀 'truloop'truloop.app

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

AI & Machine LearningConsumerSaaSSocial

브로틴vrotein.co.krMay 2022

Korean sports-tech company developing TOURPUTT, an AI-based golf putting analysis and training system, and distributing custom putters.

Co-investorsISU Venture Capital

브릿지웍스 '캐시모어'cashmore.kr

Cashmore is a mobile rewards app where users photograph any offline purchase receipt and receive cash back paid directly to their bank account, with higher cashback at partner stores plus a pedometer feature.

AI & Machine LearningConsumerFintechSeoul, KR

Co-investorsThe Ventures Co

브이드림vdream.co.krFeb 2022

Vdream operates Vwork, an HR platform for remote-work employment of people with disabilities, using AI-based job matching to handle recruiting, attendance, payroll, and labor-compliance documentation.

AI & Machine LearningHR TechSaaS

블리몽키즈velymonkeys.comin𝕏Aug 2024

Vely Monkeys (블리몽키즈) operates a retail platform that helps Korean beauty (K-beauty) brands enter the Indian market, connecting some 1,300 vetted brands from listing through local distribution via a proprietary AI system.

AI & Machine LearningE-commerceMarketplacesSeoul, KR

Co-investorsSchmidtCompany K PartnersMashup VenturesQuad VenturesSmilegate Investment

서지넥스surginex.com

Surginex develops lipid nanoparticle and RNA platforms for therapeutic applications, serving pharmaceutical and biotech companies in drug development.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechMedical DevicesSan Francisco, US

Co-investorsKiwoom Investment

선시안suncyan.com

SUNCYAN is a game studio that develops The Spike, a 2D volleyball sports game with fast-paced gameplay and stylized characters, which has reached tens of millions of downloads worldwide.

ConsumerGamingSports Tech

셀레브레인cellebrain.comDec 2021

Cellebrain is a biotech company developing stem cell-based gene therapies for intractable diseases that currently lack pharmacological treatments.

BiotechDeep TechHealthtech

스콘scon.company𝕏Mar 2026

SCON is a Korean media-tech company that creates entertainment content using virtual characters and 3D content technology.

ConsumerCreator EconomyGamingMedia & Entertainment

기준수(대표 (CEO))

Co-investorsSM Culture PartnersCrit VenturesNaver D2SFQuad Ventures

스페이스오디티spaceoddity.meSep 2024

Space Oddity is a music creative group that supports artists and musicians with creative and campaign work in the music industry.

Creator EconomyMedia & Entertainment

Co-investorsKiwoom InvestmentSBI Investment Korea Co. Ltd.

시냅스에이아이cnaps.aiin𝕏

CNAPS.AI is a no-code visual AI platform that lets users build multimodal automated workflows by combining specialized open-source AI models instead of relying on a single large model.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsSaaS

신지게임즈shinzigames.com

Shinzi Games is a game development studio founded in 2023 by veteran developers creating games based on Korean IP, starting with an adaptation of the long-running webtoon "Yeolbul Kangho" (열혈강호).

GamingJeonju, KR

Kim Min-seok(CEO)

씨드모젠cdmogen.com

CDMOgen (씨드모젠) is a contract development and manufacturing organization specializing in viral vector- and mRNA-based gene therapies and vaccines, offering CDO, CMO, and CRO services including GMP manufacturing and quality/analytical testing.

Advanced ManufacturingBiotechHealthtech

아데나소프트웨어adenasoft.com

ADENASOFT provides IT solutions and white-label turnkey software for the financial services industry, serving fintech clients such as FX brokers, crypto exchanges, and payment service providers.

Crypto & Web3FintechSaaSSeoul, KR

Co-investorsAtinum Investment Co. Ltd.Korea Investment PartnersPremier Partners

아도바adoba.net

Platform for multi-channel content management, distribution, and monetization for creators expanding into China.

Co-investorsAscendo VenturesWe Ventures

어딩eoding.com

Eoding is a Korean SaaS platform providing website building, ERP and distribution tools for travel agencies.

에스디티sdt.incin

SDT Inc. is a Korean quantum technology company working across quantum computing, quantum cloud, quantum communication, and quantum sensing, including development of a full-stack quantum computer and quantum-AI hybrid computing systems.

CleantechDeep TechHardwareQuantum ComputingSeoul, KR

Jiwon Yune(CEO)inJiwon Yoon(Founder & CEO)

Other

Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.

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Rows marked “SEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.

Frequently asked questions

How many investments has Laguna Investment made?
Laguna Investment has 151 tracked investments, 3 of which have exited, including 5 dated in the last 24 months.
What stage does Laguna Investment invest at?
Laguna Investment invests at the Seed, Series A, Series B stages.
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.
Does Laguna Investment lead rounds?
Laguna Investment has led 12 of the 36 rounds where its role is on record.
Who does Laguna Investment co-invest with?
Laguna Investment most often shares deals with Atinum Investment Co. Ltd., Kakao Ventures, Kiwoom Investment, among 34 tracked co-investors.

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