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Naver D2SF

Corporate VC

Seongnam · Pre-Seed–Series C · 11 people tracked

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Investment thesis

NAVER D2SF is NAVER's corporate venturing team, backing early-stage startups and creating synergy between them and NAVER. Rather than focusing on immediate metrics, it prioritizes the value of the problem a startup addresses, the potential of its technology, and the team's growth potential. It concentrates on technologies capable of changing daily life across AI/data, healthcare, spatial computing, mobility, robotics, and blockchain. Beyond financial returns, it pursues joint R&D, shared market insights, mutual customer relationships, and alliances with its portfolio companies. It keeps its doors open to founders without referrals or networks and commits to responding to everyone who reaches out.

Source: firm website, verified Sep 27, 2026.

Stage
Pre-Seed–Series C
HQ
Seongnam, KR
Instruments
Equity
Founded
2015
Tracked investments
23
Acquisitions
1

Team · 11 people

from the firm's website
Andre S. Yoon· Founder

Founder of MakinaRocks, an industry-specific AI company for manufacturing founded in 2017.

Byeoli Choi· Founder

Founder of MOVIN, a real-time markerless motion capture company founded in 2023.

Hojin Cho· Founder

Founder of GenGenAI, an AI synthetic data generation company founded in 2022.

Jaewon Kim· Founderin

Founder of Elice, an AI-based online education SaaS company founded in 2015.

Jinyoung Park· Founder

Founder of NdotLight, a 3D asset creation SaaS company founded in 2020.

Jiwon Jung· Founder

Co-founder of MORAI, an autonomous driving simulation company founded in 2017.

Jun Hong· Founder

Co-founder of MORAI, an autonomous driving simulation company founded in 2017.

Minbong Lee· Founder

Founder of KRISTIN COMPANY, a data-driven shoe manufacturing platform founded in 2019.

Schuyler Cullen· Founder

Founder of Summer Robotics, a laser event sensor-based robot vision company founded in 2020.

Youngjae Jang· Founder

Founder of DAIM Research, an AI-driven smart manufacturing factory solution company founded in 2020.

What they invest in

from 18 of 23 portfolio companies

AI & Machine Learning ×14Advanced Manufacturing ×6Deep Tech ×5Robotics ×4SaaS ×3Cloud Computing ×2Data & Infrastructure ×2Enterprise Software ×2

HQs:South Korea×9United States×2

Investments · 23 tracked

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By year:2024 · 12021 · 12019 · 13 dated

Aim Intelligenceaim-intelligence.com

AIM Intelligence provides an AI security platform combining automated red teaming for discovering model vulnerabilities and hallucinations with real-time guardrails that block malicious prompts and mask sensitive data.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise Software

Clobotclobot.co.krin

Clobot is a Korean robotics service provider that builds software for autonomous and heterogeneous robots, including CHAMELEON for general-purpose autonomous driving robots and CROMS, a cloud-based fleet management and operations system.

Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningLogistics & Supply ChainRoboticsSaaSSeongnam, KR

Kim Chang-gu(CEO (대표이사))

Co-investorsKorea Development BankNaverShinhan Venture InvestmentAtinum Investment Co. Ltd.Groom InvestmentLotte Ventures+1 more

Cloneclone.is

Clone offers a control panel for managing goals in one place.

SaaS

Daimresearchdaimresearch.comin

DAIM (Daim Technology / Daim Research) provides a Physical AI-based robot orchestration platform for autonomous manufacturing and unmanned factories, covering logistics automation from design and simulation to deployment and operation.

AI & Machine LearningLogistics & Supply ChainRobotics

Co-investorsAtinum Investment Co. Ltd.

ELICEelice.io

Elice is an AI full-stack company providing AI infrastructure, cloud services, and industry-specific solutions, including modular AI data centers ("Elice AI PMDC"), the learning and practice platform "Elice LXP," the "Helpy" industry-specialized AI model series, and MLOps pipelines.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingEdTechGangneung, KR

Jae Won Kim(CEO)inSuin Kim(Chief Research Officer (CRO))in

Co-investorsLB Investment

Floaticfloatic.ioJan 2021

Seoul-based robotics startup building Floware, an AMR and software system that automates e-commerce warehouse picking.

Co-investorsKakao VenturesBSK InvestmentIndustrial Bank of KoreaKorea Development Bank

GenGenAIgengen.ai

GenGenAI builds domain-specific generative AI that creates synthetic training data and annotations for vision AI models, addressing data scarcity for scenarios that are rare or costly to capture in the real world.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeep Tech

KRISTIN COMPANYkristincompany.com

Kristin Company is a footwear tech company that connects planning, design, sampling, and production through AI-driven shoe design and manufacturing platforms.

Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningRetail Tech

Laplaceteclaplacetec.com

Laplace Analytics is a data analytics platform that automatically integrates data from ad channels, online stores, ERP, and CRM into a single platform, using an ontology-based AI agent to measure metrics like ROAS and LTV and detect anomalies.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureRetail Tech

Co-investorsLotte Ventures

MakinaRocks (IPO)makinarocks.aiin

Runway is an AI operating system that helps enterprises deploy, scale, and manage specialized AI models across their infrastructure while optimizing GPU resource utilization.

Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeep TechEnterprise SoftwareSeoul, KR

Co-investorsLG Technology VenturesWe VenturesXquared VC

Moraimorai.aiin

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

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

Co-investorsAtinum Investment Co. Ltd.Kakao VenturesKB InvestmentKorea Development BankKorea Investment Partners

MOVINmovin3d.comin𝕏

MOVIN makes MOVIN TRACIN, a single-device, markerless full-body and hand motion capture system that uses on-device AI and LiDAR to deliver real-time mocap data at 60fps with low latency.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechGamingHardwareMedia & Entertainment

Co-investorsAtinum Investment Co. Ltd.

Ndotlightndotlight.comin

NDotLight develops AI-powered 3D CAD design automation and simulation-ready data generation tools for manufacturers.

Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningDeep TechSeongnam-si, KR

Jinyoung Park (박진영)(Founder)

Co-investorsIMM Investment JapanKrew Capital VentureIMM InvestmentOurCrowdStonebridge

Plcoplco.pro

Plco (플코) offers a data-driven sports training platform that analyzes athletes' physical data to provide personalized training programs and remote management, aimed at preventing injuries and improving performance.

AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthSports Tech

Podonospodonos.comin

Podonos provides a platform for evaluating and analyzing voice AI models across multiple languages and locales.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper Tools

Co-investorsSerac VenturesKaist Venture Investment Holdings

Rembrandrembrand.comin𝕏

Rembrand provides virtual placement technology for advertisers to integrate non-intrusive, contextually relevant ads into content and media, scaling programmatically across digital channels.

AdTechAI & Machine LearningPalo Alto, US

Omar Tawakol(Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer)inAhmed Saad(Founder)inRishav Jalan(Founder)inSameh Khamis(Founder)in‪Abdelrahman Mohamed(Founder)

Co-investors2.12 AngelsFPVGood FriendsGreycroftOmega Venture Partnerssuper{set}+3 more

Safeticssafetics.ioAug 2024

Safetics develops safety intelligence technology for collaborative robots, letting them operate at speed near people without fences, sensors, or stops.

Advanced ManufacturingRoboticsSaaS

Co-investorsBig Basin CapitalMashup Ventures

Sazosazo.kr

A cross-border purchasing and shipping service that lets Korean shoppers buy Japanese pop-culture and anime merchandise—such as figures, plush toys, and trading cards—directly, with proxy-purchase fees and initial international shipping waived.

ConsumerE-commerceMarketplaces

Squeezebitssqueezebits.cominAcquired

Seoul-based AI inference optimization startup whose compression and quantization software cuts the cost of running AI models.

Co-investorsKakao VenturesSamsung NextPOSCO CAPITAL

Summer Roboticssummerrobotics.aiin

Summer Robotics builds laser-event sensing technology, a camera-free perception system that lets industrial robots recognize, track, measure, and adapt to parts in real time with 100-micron precision and fast reaction times.

Advanced ManufacturingHardwareRoboticsCampbell, US

Gerard Dirk Smits(Director)Schuyler Alexander Cullen(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investorsAju IB Invesment CorporationApplied VenturesNaverSolasta Ventures

마이프랜차이즈myfranchise.krJan 2019

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

Co-investorsLaguna Investment

Other

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

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Frequently asked questions

How many investments has Naver D2SF made?
Naver D2SF has 23 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited.
What stage does Naver D2SF invest at?
Naver D2SF invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C stages.
What sectors does Naver D2SF focus on?
Naver D2SF focuses on Advanced Manufacturing, AI & Machine Learning, Crypto & Web3, Cybersecurity, Data & Infrastructure, Deep Tech, Defense Tech, E-commerce, EdTech, Fintech, Healthtech, Mobility & Transportation, Robotics.
Where is Naver D2SF located?
Naver D2SF is headquartered in Seongnam, KR.

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