TBT
Venture capitalSeoul ยท Pre-SeedโLate Stage
Investment thesis
TBT positions itself as an 'Adventure Capital' partner that goes beyond assessing risk to build the bigger picture alongside founders. The team, drawing on 20+ years building major internet and mobile services (social networks, communities, a selfie camera used by 200M people globally), invests in service-driven, ambitious startups aiming for global markets. TBT focuses on consumer trends and sectors its members know deeply, sees opportunity in Korea's distinctive market conditions, and concentrates on Series A while investing across stages from Pre-A to Pre-IPO regardless of amount. It emphasizes follow-on support, sharing practical know-how in strategy, product, marketing, and global expansion.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 7, 2026.
What they invest in
from 12 of 58 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ร4Consumer ร4SaaS ร4Enterprise Software ร3Advanced Manufacturing ร1AgTech ร1B2B Marketplaces ร1Construction Tech ร1
HQs:South Koreaร7United Statesร1
Investments ยท 58 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathDSRV provides on-chain finance infrastructure for financial institutions, including tokenization, on-chain payments, embedded wallets, institutional staking, and custody, alongside multi-chain RPC node services (All That Node) and blockchain validator operations.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintech
Swatchon provides an in-stock catalog of fabric colors and materials for apparel manufacturers and designers to verify samples, test print quality, and scale production with transparent quotes from vetted mills.
Advanced ManufacturingB2B Marketplaces
HowBuild provides consultation and planning services for construction projects in South Korea, serving building owners, architects, and construction companies.
Construction TechEnterprise SoftwareSeoul, KR
Shapl is an HR and workforce management platform that provides attendance tracking, scheduling, leave management, work assignment, and internal communication tools for employees across various shift-based industries including retail, hospitality, F&B, and manufacturing.
Enterprise SoftwareHR TechSaaS
Two Slash Four (ํฌ์ฌ๋์ํฌ) is a color cosmetics and makeup brand selling products such as glitter, face cubes, lip chillers, blushes, cushions, and eye palettes.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerE-commerce
Upstage builds enterprise AI for document processing, including tools to convert PDFs, scans, and emails into machine-readable text (Document Parse), extract structured data from invoices, claims, and contracts (Information Extract), and its Solar LLM language model family.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Voithru provides content localization servicesโincluding translation, subtitling, dubbing, masking, rendering, and designโfor webtoons and video content, along with end-to-end content distribution covering licensing, localization, data management, promotion, and revenue settlement.
AI & Machine LearningMedia & EntertainmentSaaSSeoul, KR
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Playio is a gaming rewards platform where users play from a catalog of over 4,000 games and earn in-app currency (gems and coins) based on playtime, which can be exchanged for rewards and products.
ConsumerGaming
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesSoomgo ยท kedglobal.com ยท Jun 18, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does TBT invest at?
- TBT invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Growth, Late Stage stages.
- What sectors does TBT focus on?
- TBT focuses on Consumer, EdTech, Enterprise Software, FoodTech, Healthtech, Media & Entertainment, Retail Tech, SaaS, Sector Agnostic, Social.
- Where is TBT located?
- TBT is headquartered in Seoul, KR.
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