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Q Capital Partners

Private equity

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Investment thesis

The firm pursues profit maximization for all stakeholders through diverse investment structures ranging from control/buy-out acquisitions to minority equity stakes. It emphasizes transparency and trust, aiming for the simultaneous satisfaction of all related parties. Value creation is driven by maximizing corporate value and generating consistent returns through systematic post-investment management and disciplined risk control. The team combines long-term investment experience with operational expertise and accumulated private equity know-how.

Invests inSector AgnosticAsia-PacificSouth Korea

Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.

Stage
Seed
Instruments
Equity
Tracked investments
83
IPOs
1

Team ยท 29 people

from the firm's website
Kyounghoon Kwonยท Chairman

Chairman of Q Capital Partners and QCP Group.

Jaehyeon Kimยท Managing Director

Managing director previously at Mirae Asset Capital and Hyundai Capital; Yonsei University graduate.

Yun-Jung Jinยท Managing Director

Managing director previously with TG Ventures; Hannam University graduate.

Da Yeon Leeยท Senior Staff

Senior staff member; Myongji College graduate.

Eung Beom Kimยท Manager

Manager with prior experience at KPMG; KICPA and Sungkyunkwan University graduate.

Hyeongjun Haยท Manager

Manager with a background at Bain & Company and KPMG; Yonsei University graduate.

Hyun Je Wooยท Senior Manager

Senior manager with a background at KPMG and Deloitte Anjin; KICPA and Korea University graduate.

Jun Yong Ahnยท Senior Managerin

Senior manager previously at KPMG and Deloitte Anjin; KICPA and Yonsei University graduate.

Kang Sunbaeยท Non-executive Director

Non-executive director previously at KB Kookmin Bank; studied at Kookmin and Ajou Universities.

Sam Chan Moonยท Senior Manager

Senior manager previously at KPMG; KICPA and Seoul National University graduate.

Yang Dong Giยท Non-executive Director

Non-executive director with a background at Smilegate Holdings; Yonsei University.

Ye Joon Kimยท Manager

Manager previously at KPMG; KICPA and Korea University graduate.

Yong Hoe Chungยท Senior Manager

Senior manager with prior experience at KPMG and PwC; Yonsei University graduate.

What they invest in

from 16 of 83 portfolio companies

Advanced Manufacturing ร—6Hardware ร—6AI & Machine Learning ร—5Enterprise Software ร—3Healthtech ร—3Cleantech ร—2Consumer ร—2Deep Tech ร—2

HQs:South Koreaร—14United Statesร—1

Investments ยท 83 tracked

founders shown can be your intro path
Airsmedairsmed.comin

AIRS Medical develops AI software for radiology centers, including MRI image quality enhancement and longitudinal reporting tools grounded in peer-reviewed research and clinical validation.

AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechMedical Devices

Co-investorsDunamu & PartnersPremier PartnersTA Associates

DAWON MEDIAdaewonmedia.com๐•

This page contains financial statements in Korean, appearing to be investor relations or financial disclosure content from Daewon Media.

Media & Entertainment

Co-investorsAtinum Investment Co. Ltd.

Fine Technixfinetechnix.com

Fine Technix is a global LED lighting manufacturer that supplies fixtures and lighting solutions for commercial, industrial, and public infrastructure applications including street lighting, tunnel lighting, and sports facilities.

Advanced ManufacturingCleantechDeep TechEnergyHardwareAnyang, KR

์‹ฌ์ฒ ๊ตฌ(๋Œ€ํ‘œ์ด์‚ฌ (CEO))Shim Cheol-gu(CEO)

HANCOMhancom.com

Hancom is a South Korean software company that develops office productivity software (Hancom Office) and AI-based tools such as intelligent document authoring and document-based question-answering solutions.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSeongnam, KR

HOWSERhowser.co.kr

HOWSER is a Korean furniture logistics company offering forwarding, storage, installation and after-sales service on one IT platform.

Co-investorsAtinum Investment Co. Ltd.Hyundai Venture Investment Corporation

In The Smart ์ธ๋”์Šค๋งˆํŠธ medical technology ์˜๋ฃŒ๊ธฐ๊ธฐitsnuh.com

Nuh develops medical imaging and diagnostic devices, including fluorescence endoscopes, dual image sensor systems, parathyroid exoscopes, and surgical lasers, along with a range of patient monitoring and diagnostic instruments.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDigital HealthHardwareHealthtechMedical DevicesSeoul, KR

K-ONE ์ผ€์ด์› lumber business ์›๋ชฉ๋ชฉ์žฌ์—…timbers.co.kr

Timbers manufactures wood products and building materials including plywood, MDF, and sawwood for the construction and building supply industry.

Advanced ManufacturingB2B MarketplacesConstruction TechLogistics & Supply ChainNew MaterialsIncheon, KR

์ •๊ธฐํ›ˆ (Ki-hoon Jung)

LINKFLOWlinkflow.co.kr

LinkFlow (๋งํฌํ”Œ๋กœ์šฐ) develops wearable body cameras and IP/wireless video transmission devices, along with dedicated software and apps for monitoring, real-time streaming, and conferencing.

Defense TechHardwareIoTSeoul, KR

Jun-se Kim(Founder)

Co-investorsLotte Ventures

Lunar Energylunarenergy.comin

Lunar Energy develops home energy technology that converts and stores solar power to provide continuous clean electricity for residential customers.

CleantechClimate TechEnergyHardwareMountain View, US

Mark Holveck(Founder)inKunal Girotra(Founder)in

Co-investorsACTIVATE CAPITAL PARTNERSAlumni VenturesB Capital GroupB4 CapitalDCVC (Data Collective)Leitmotif+5 more

MindsLabmaum.ai

maum.ai is a Physical AI company offering products called SUDA, MAAL, and WoRV that automate business tasks and improve enterprise productivity.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareRobotics

Co-investorsGroom InvestmentLB Investment

NATURAL WAYnaturalway.co.kr

Leading ODM company for health functional foods with differentiated packaging capabilities

Co-investorsHyundai Venture Investment CorporationReverent Partners

NFC ์—”์—ํ”„์”จ cosmetic ํ™”์žฅํ’ˆ ์ œ์กฐ์—…nfccosmetic.co.kr

NFC Corporation is a Korean cosmetics manufacturer that develops and produces skincare and beauty products based on its materials technology.

Advanced ManufacturingConsumerNew MaterialsIncheon, KR

S-Connect ์—์Šค์ฝ”๋„ฅ IT components IT๋ถ€ํ’ˆs-connect.co.kr

S-Connect (Esconnec, KOSDAQ 096630) is a South Korean manufacturer operating in secondary (rechargeable) battery components and anti-drone system development, with additional environmental technology work.

Advanced ManufacturingDefense TechHardwareGwangju-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR

SECO Automotive ์„œ์ง„์˜คํ† ๋ชจํ‹ฐ๋ธŒ car parts manufacture ์ž๋™์ฐจ๋ถ€ํ’ˆ์ œ์กฐsecoautomotive.com

Seojin Automotive (Seco Automotive) is an automotive company; the available page is only its privacy policy and provides no concrete details about its products or services.

Advanced ManufacturingMobility & Transportation

seoulpharmaseoulpharma.com

South Korean pharmaceutical manufacturer specializing in orally disintegrating film (ODF) formulations for domestic and export markets.

Co-investorsAtinum Investment Co. Ltd.

T&F Globaltnfglobal.co.kr

T&F Global (ํ‹ฐ์•ค์—ํ”„๊ธ€๋กœ๋ฒŒ) develops and manufactures automotive electronics components, focusing on core technologies for the vehicle electrical/electronic (์ „์žฅ) industry.

Advanced ManufacturingHardwareMobility & Transportation

THE NOLBALnolbal.com

Nolbal operates an online booking platform for leisure and travel activities in South Korea, offering deals on hotels, resorts, theme parks, water parks, pensions, glamping, cruises, and cultural experiences.

ConsumerMarketplacesTravel & Hospitality

WISEAIwiseai.co.kr

WISE AI operates an AI-based revenue growth platform that uses a large language model reasoning engine to analyze voice and text in real time, handling customer inquiries, consultations, and bookings automatically.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHealthtechSaaSSales TechSeongnam, KR

ํฌ๋ฆฌ์—์ดํ‹ฐ๋ธŒ๋ฆฌ๋”์Šค๊ทธ๋ฃน์—์ดํŠธgroup8.co.kr

Group8 is a South Korean entertainment company that develops and produces original dramatic content, including pre-produced television dramas and other media adaptations.

Creator EconomyMedia & EntertainmentSeoul, KR

Other

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

AeroSpace Technology of KoreaANYFIVEASIANA AIRLINESASIANA AIRLINES ์•„์‹œ์•„๋‚˜ํ•ญ๊ณต air transport business ํ•ญ๊ณต์šด์†ก์—…BALAANBALAAN (์ฃผ)๋ฐœ๋ž€ e-commerce retail brokerage ์ „์ž์ƒ๊ฑฐ๋ž˜ ์†Œ๋งค ์ค‘๊ฐœ์—…BlissPackBlisspack Venture CapitalCRB MEDIACREATIVE LEADERS GROUP8CUROKYUNGGI CCDAEILDaejinDICDONG IN ENTECHDongbu ExpressDongyang MagicDoosanDoosan Engineering & ConstructionEยทLAND RETAILEยทLAND RETAIL ์ด๋žœ๋“œ๋ฆฌํ…Œ์ผ Distribution ์œ ํ†ตFarm HannongFarm Hannong ๋™๋ถ€ํŒœํ•œ๋† Pesticide manufacturing ๋†์•ฝ ์ œ์กฐ์—…FRESHICOfundGENESIS BBQGENESIS BBQ ์ œ๋„ˆ์‹œ์Šค ๋น„๋น„ํ wholesale business ์ƒํ’ˆ๋„๋งค์—…Gwangju Doowon SteelHANKUK CARBONHUVEXELIn The SmartINNOPIAIRISBRIGHTJ-3K-ONEkakao VXKG MobilityKG Mobility ์ผ€์ด์ง€๋ชจ๋นŒ๋ฆฌํ‹ฐ(์ฃผ) automobile manufacturing ์ž๋™์ฐจ ์ œ์กฐ์—…KIPCOLogispotLogispot (์ฃผ)๋กœ์ง€์ŠคํŒŸ transport business ์ผ๋ฐ˜ ํ™”๋ฌผ ์ž๋™์ฐจ ์šด์†ก์—…MantiscoNFCNorangfoodNorangfood ๋…ธ๋ž‘ํ‘ธ๋“œ(๋…ธ๋ž‘ํ†ต๋‹ญ) Wholesale business ๋„๋งค์—…Onse TelecomOnse telecom ์˜จ์„ธํ…”๋ ˆ์ฝค communication ํ†ต์‹ S-ConnectSAMWOOSECO AutomotiveSHOE MARKERSK ecoplantStar ChemicalSTARCOLLABOT3 EntertainmentT3 Entertainment T3 ์—”ํ„ฐํ…Œ์ธ๋จผํŠธ Game ๊ฒŒ์ž„Taihan FiberopticsWINIA AIDWOOJIN ELECTRIC MACHINERYYANADOO Kakao KidsyanadookidsYOUNGPOONG PAPER์•„์ด๋ฆฌ์Šค๋ธŒ๋ผ์ดํŠธ์ดˆ๋ก๋ฑ€๋ฏธ๋””์–ด

Portfolio news

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Frequently asked questions

How many investments has Q Capital Partners made?
Q Capital Partners has 83 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited.
What stage does Q Capital Partners invest at?
Q Capital Partners invests at the Seed stage.
What sectors does Q Capital Partners focus on?
Q Capital Partners focuses on Sector Agnostic.
Who does Q Capital Partners co-invest with?
Q Capital Partners most often shares deals with Atinum Investment Co. Ltd., Dunamu & Partners, Hyundai Venture Investment Corporation, among 21 tracked co-investors.

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