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Sk Telecom Venture Capital, Llc

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Santa Clara · 1 people tracked

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Investment thesis

SKTA serves as the corporate venture capital investment arm of SK Telecom in the United States, focusing on the future of artificial intelligence. It pursues strategic investments and partnerships in transformative AI technologies, aiming to advance growth opportunities and strategic partnerships for its parent company. The firm targets innovative technologies and companies across the global AI market, including AI/ML, semiconductors, infrastructure, security, mobility, and quantum computing.

Source: firm website, verified Sep 29, 2026.

HQ
Santa Clara, CA, US
Instruments
Equity
Last 12 months
1 investment
Private fund assets
$172.3M
VC funds
1
Tracked investments
21
Unicorns
5
Acquisitions
1

Team · 1 people

from public directories

What they invest in

from 20 of 21 portfolio companies

AI & Machine Learning ×13Consumer ×4Data & Infrastructure ×4Deep Tech ×4Enterprise Software ×4Hardware ×4Cloud Computing ×3Developer Tools ×3

HQs:United States×19

Who they back

founder profiles across 15 portfolio companies
13%
solo founders
2 of 15 mapped founding teams
22%
repeat founders
of 36 founders with career history

Founding team size:solo founder×22 founders×43 founders×54+ founders×4

Where their founders studiedfrom 35 founders with education data

University of California, Berkeley ×8Stanford University ×6Seoul National University ×5Georgia Institute of Technology ×2Harvard University ×2Massachusetts Institute of Technology ×2Novosibirsk State University (NSU) ×2UC San Diego ×2

What their founders studiedfrom 37 founders with field-of-study data

Computer Science ×21Engineering ×7Physics ×7Mathematics & Statistics ×3Business & Management ×2Humanities ×2

Where their founders worked beforefrom 36 founders with career history

Google ×11OpenAI ×9Stanford University ×4Google Deepmind ×3Oracle ×3Duke University ×2Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology ×2RISC-V International ×2

23 founders hold a PhD · 1 hold an MBA (of 38 with degree data)

Investments · 21 tracked

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By year:2026 · 12023 · 12021 · 24 dated

Anthropicanthropic.comin𝕏

Anthropic is an AI safety research company that builds reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

Dario Amodei(Co-founder & CEO)inDaniela Amodei(Co-founder & President)inTom Brown(Co-founder)inJack Clark(Co-founder & Head of Policy)inJared Kaplan(Co-founder & Chief Science Officer)inChris Olah(Co-founder & Interpretability Research Lead)in

Co-investors3Comma Capital7BC Venture Capital7GC & CoA.Capital VenturesAccelAlkeon Innovation+123 more

CelLinkcellinkcircuits.comin𝕏Mar 2021

CelLink manufactures high-conductance flexible harnesses for automotive and battery applications, specializing in lightweight intelligent wiring systems for electric vehicles.

Advanced ManufacturingCleantechEnergyHardwareCalifornia, US

Kevin Coakley(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inMalcolm Brown(VP Engineering & Co-Founder)inMalcom Brown(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardJeff Yu(Director)inJames Cross(Director)Bruce Graham(Director)

Co-investorsBMW i VenturesBosch VenturesDoon CapitalFontinalis PartnersRobert Bosch Venture CapitalFranklin Templeton+4 more

Config Intelligenceconfig.incin𝕏Apr 2026

Config builds data infrastructure and a robot foundation model (CFG-1) for general-purpose, two-handed (bimanual) robotic manipulation.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureRoboticsSan Jose, US

Minjoon Seo(Executive Officer, Director)inHyungmok Son(Founder)inKimin Lee(Founder)inKeug Jae Bang(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investorsGS FuturesHillspring InvestmentKakao VenturesKT investment Inc.LG Technology VenturesMirae Asset Venture Investment

Cuecueup.comacquired by Apple · Oct 2013

Cue aggregates email, contact, and calendar information to help users view and search across their accounts in one place.

ConsumerHealthtechSan Francisco, US

Shai Magzimof(Founder/CEO)inDaniel Gross(Founder/CEO)inRobby Walker(Founder/CTO)inAyub Khattak(Executive Officer, Director)Clint Sever(Executive Officer)in

BoardRohan Oza(Director)

Co-investorsLerer HippeauY CombinatorACME CapitalCAVU Consumer PartnersKnife CapitalSequoia Capital+2 more

Ggwpggwp.comJan 2021

GGWP provides an AI-based content moderation platform that detects and responds to disruptive user behavior and gives moderators automation and workflow tools.

AI & Machine LearningGamingSaaSHillsborough, US

George Ng(Co-founder)inKun Gao(Co-founder)inGeorge Xiao(Director)

BoardDennis Fong(Co-founder)in

Co-investorsBitkraft Esports VenturesMakers FundPalm Drive CapitalSony Ventures Corporation

ImpriMedimprimedicine.comin𝕏

ImpriMedicine provides live-cell-based predictive analytics to identify effective drugs for treating blood cancers in dogs and cats, offering patient-specific drug response predictions.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechHealthtech

Co-investorsBlue Bear VenturesDFJ DragonFundDraper AssociatesHan River PartnersPear VCSazze

Inworld AIinworld.aiin𝕏

Inworld AI provides a full-duplex audio streaming platform that enables real-time conversational AI interactions with intelligent turn-taking, function calling, and multi-model routing capabilities for developers building conversational applications.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsMountain View, US

Ilya Gelfenbeyn(Founder)inKylan Gibbs(Founder)inMichael Ermolenko(Founder)in

Co-investorsA-Force VenturesBitkraft Esports VenturesBrave CapitalCRV (Charles River Ventures)Dentsu VenturesDisney Accelerator+16 more

IonQ (IONQ)ionq.comin𝕏

IonQ builds trapped-ion quantum computing systems along with quantum networking, sensing, and security products, offering commercial systems accessible through major cloud providers and integration with common quantum libraries.

Deep TechHardwareQuantum ComputingCollege Park, US

Jungsang Kim(Co-founder)inChris Monroe(Co-founder)in

BoardAndrew Schoen(Director)inDavid Moehring(Executive Officer, Director)inBlake Byers(Director)Ron Bernal(Director)in

Co-investorsNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)ACME CapitalBlueYard CapitalBreakthrough Energy VenturesCambium CapitalCota Capital+6 more

Jerryjerry.aiin𝕏Series A

Jerry is an all-in-one car ownership app that helps drivers find auto insurance and refinancing rates, track vehicle maintenance, and access repair estimators.

ConsumerDirect to ConsumerFintechInsurTechSan Francisco, US

Art Agrawal(Founder/CEO)inMusawir Shah(Founder/CTO)inLina Zhang(Co-Founder)in

Co-investorsAurum Venture PartnersBow CapitalBragiel BrothersFundersClubY CombinatorZillionize+11 more

Lambdalambdalabs.comin𝕏

Lambda provides GPU cloud infrastructure for AI training and inference, offering single-tenant clusters, on-demand instances, and managed AI supercomputers built on NVIDIA GPUs (GB300 NVL72, HGX B300/B200, H200/H100).

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureSan Francisco, US

Stephen Balaban(Founder)inBenhamin Nelson(Executive Officer)Austen Allred(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardJessica Verrilli(Director)John Danner(Director)

Co-investorsAir Street CapitalAlpha Square GroupAlumni VenturesB Capital GroupB4 CapitalBasecamp Fund+20 more

MightyQuizmightyquiz.comDefunct

MightyQuiz hosts a platform for creating, sharing, and taking quizzes, with the ability to embed them as widgets on external sites.

ConsumerGamingSan Francisco, US

Altay Guvench(Founder)inBen Silbermann(Founder)inOlgun Guvench(Founder)in

Co-investorsY Combinator

Moloco Inc.moloco.comin

Moloco offers an AI-based performance advertising platform, built around its CARA compound AI system, for mobile app marketers and retail media businesses to run ROAS-optimized user acquisition and monetization campaigns.

AdTechAI & Machine LearningMarketing TechPalo Alto, US

Ikkjin Ahn(CEO)inDonghwan Jeon(Founder)inSehyuk Park(Founder)in

BoardJeongho Chang(Director)Jaebum Lee(Director)

Co-investorsBright Pixel CapitalGaldana VenturesGroom InvestmentHan River PartnersHomebrewLG Technology Ventures+2 more

Perplexityperplexity.aiMar 2023

An AI-powered answer engine providing accurate, trusted, and real-time answers to questions.

San Francisco, US

Andrew D. Konwinski(Executive Officer, Director)Dzianis Yarats(Director)Aravind Srinivas Lakshminarayanan(Director, Executive Officer)Aravind Srinivas(Co-founder & CEO)inDenis Yarats(Co-founder & CTO)

BoardPeter Sonsini(Director)

Co-investors1435 Capital359 Capital7BC Venture CapitalAccelAdvaita CapitalAIX Ventures+54 more

Phantom AIphantom.aiin𝕏

Phantom AI develops a modular, software-based autonomous driving stack, including deep learning computer vision (PhantomVision), sensor fusion (PhantomFusion), and vehicle control (PhantomDrive) for Euro NCAP-compliant ADAS and level 2/3 autonomy.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechMobility & Transportation

Hyunggi ChoinChan Kyu Lee(Founder)in

Co-investorsKT investment Inc.Millennium New HorizonsMillennium Technology Value PartnersQuest Venture PartnersWe VenturesAndreessen Horowitz+2 more

Pindroppindrop.comin𝕏

Pindrop is a cybersecurity company that delivers identity verification and deepfake detection across voice, video, and digital communications in real time.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareAtlanta, US

Paul JudgeinMustaque AhamadinVijay Balasubramaniyan(Founder)in

BoardScott Weiss(Director)Somesh Dash(Director)in

Co-investorsAllegion VenturesAndreessen HorowitzAtlanta Technology AngelsBling CapitalCapitalGCerity Partners Ventures+17 more

SambaNova Systemssambanova.aiin𝕏

SambaNova develops an integrated AI platform designed to help enterprises deploy and manage AI workloads efficiently.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareHardwareSemiconductorsPalo Alto, US

Kunle Olukotun(Co-founder & Chief Technologist)inRodrigo Liang(Co-founder & CEO)in

BoardLip-Bu Tan(Director)in

Co-investorsAtlantic Bridge VenturesBattery VenturesBerkeley FrontierCambium CapitalCelesta CapitalFelicis Ventures+20 more

SiFivesifive.comin𝕏

SiFive develops processor IP based on the open-standard RISC-V instruction set architecture, offering customizable and scalable chip designs.

Deep TechHardwareSemiconductorsSan Francisco, US

Yunsup Lee(Executive Officer, Director)inKrste Asanovic(Director)inAndrew WatermaninStefan A Dyckerhoff(Executive Officer, Director)inNaveed Sherwani(Executive Officer)inPatrick Little(CEO)in

Co-investorsBerkeley SkyDeck FundCoatue ManagementIbex InvestorsIntel CapitalOUP (Osage University Partners)Prosperity7 Ventures+8 more

Together AItogether.aiin𝕏

Together AI builds a full-stack platform for production AI systems, serving teams that need to deploy and scale machine learning models reliably.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsSan Francisco, US

Vipul Ved Prakash(Founder & CEO)inCe Zhang(Founder & CTO)inChris Ré(Founder)Tri Dao(Founder & Chief Scientist)inPercy Liang(Founder)in

Co-investors137 VenturesA.Capital VenturesAlumni VenturesBrave CapitalBrilliant Phoenix CapitalCambium Capital+35 more

Tsumobitsumobi.comDefunct

Tsumobi provides a programming language that runs on mobile devices, allowing developers to deploy and update applications remotely without requiring users to manually install or upgrade versions.

ConsumerSocialBoston, US

Joshua Wilson(Founder)inAdam Bouhenguel(Founder)in

Co-investorsY CombinatorXG Ventures

Twelve Labstwelvelabs.ioin𝕏

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

Aiden Lee(Cofounder)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)in

Co-investorsExpaHan River PartnersHillspring InvestmentHubSpot VenturesIndex VenturesIntel Capital+15 more

올거나이즈allganize.aiin𝕏

Allganize builds AI Coworkers and an enterprise AI platform called Alli, offering vertically integrated tools spanning LLM selection, RAG 2.0 document handling, agent execution, deployment, and security compliance.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSPleasanton, US

Changsu Lee(Executive Officer, Director)in

BoardYoon Kang(Director)Yasuhiko Yurimoto(Director)

Co-investorsAtinum Investment Co. Ltd.KDDI Open Innovation FundLaguna InvestmentLG Technology VenturesFuturePlayIntervest+2 more

Exits · 1

1 acquisitions

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Frequently asked questions

How many investments has Sk Telecom Venture Capital, Llc made?
Sk Telecom Venture Capital, Llc has 21 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited, including 1 dated in the last 24 months.
What sectors does Sk Telecom Venture Capital, Llc focus on?
Sk Telecom Venture Capital, Llc focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Cybersecurity, Mobility & Transportation, Quantum Computing, Semiconductors.
Where is Sk Telecom Venture Capital, Llc located?
Sk Telecom Venture Capital, Llc is headquartered in Santa Clara, US.
Who does Sk Telecom Venture Capital, Llc co-invest with?
Sk Telecom Venture Capital, Llc most often shares deals with Intel Capital, LG Technology Ventures, Cambium Capital, among 137 tracked co-investors.

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