38 Top South Korean Venture Capital Companies and Startups

October 14, 2021

This article showcases our top picks for the best South Korean based Venture Capital companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Venture Capital industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.

We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.

We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:

  • Innovation
    • Innovative ideas
    • Innovative route to market
    • Innovative product
  • Growth
    • Exceptional growth
    • Exceptional growth strategy
  • Management
  • Societal impact

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Top South Korean Venture Capital Startups

Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.

Primer

Primer

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Startup Accelerator in Korea from Jan 2010

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Alternative investment platform for the purchase, sale and trade of fractionalized ownership interests in investment-grade blue-chip artwork

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STIC Investment

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STIC Investments is a private equity firm that invests in management buy-outs, acquisitions, restructuring other corporate situations.

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KT investment Inc.

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KT Investment Inc. is a venture capital arm of KT Corporation. The firm was founded in 2015 and is based in Seoul, South Korea.

HG Ventures

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blockchain investment based in Korea

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TheVentures

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TheVentures is a company-building company and a venture capital firm that specializes in providing seed-stage funding to tech companies.

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TBT

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TBT utilizes its industry knowledge and experience to help companies build services and products that can make the world a better place.

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Ascendo Ventures LLC

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Ascendo Ventures invests in top Korean and global startups with a focus on supporting their growth via cross-border business development

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NEOPLY

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NEOPLY is a startup accelerator based in South Korea.

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Coolidge Corner Investment

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Coolidge Corner Investment (CCVC) provides Seed and Seed+ funding to the most innovative tech startup companies in Korea.

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Yellowdog

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Yellowdog invests in startups that will achieve growth by approaching various environmental and social problems.

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L&S Venture Capital

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L&S Venture Capital is a venture capital firm.

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UNO Investment

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UNO Investment is an investment management and financial service provider company.

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SBI Investment Korea

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Korea Technology Investment Corporation is a venture capital and private equity firm.

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Q Capital Partners

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Q Capital Partners is a Korean company engaged in venture investment business and financial services.

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AirPlug

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AirPlug, a privately held venture company backed by Silicon Valley venture capitals, focuses on addressing key pain points in today’s

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IBK Securities

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IBK Securities is a subsidiary of Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK)

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Kaist Venture Investment Holdings

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Kaist Venture Investment Holdings is a startup company that invests in startups that solve social problems through innovative technologies.

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M-Venture Investment

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M-Venture Investment Inc. is a venture capital firm specializing in investments in small and medium companies in startup stage. The firm

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THE VC

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Korea Venture Capital Database

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Pitch-it

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Pitch-it is a platform that connects early startups to Angel Investors, Accelerators and VCs.

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MEracle One

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MEracle One engages in investment, corporate restructuring, and consulting services.

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A Ventures

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Venture capital

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500v

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500v consists of field experts and investors that execute the Alliance Business Model via MandA.

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Atinum Partners

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Atinum Partners is a venture capital firm that invests in the growth stage startups in the IT, biotech, and healthcare sectors.

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Ilshin Investment

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Ilshin Investment is a venture capital firm producing cotton yarn for small and medium enterprise establishments act.

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Startup-X

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Startup-X is a global business development, angel investors, and investment company.

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NIB Research

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NIB Research Blockchain Accelerating & Digital Asset Management

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EHoo Law Group

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EHoo Law Group specializes in providing legal services for corporate governance and finance sectors.

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Crosstrade Group

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The company operates a website, gazhoo.com, which is a user generated content marketplace that allows users to buy and sell documents,

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TAP Angel Partners

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TAP Angel Partners provides accelerator programs, venture investment, and corporate innovation.

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Intervalue Partners

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InterValue Partners is a financial investment firm that provides venture capital, corporate venture capital, and other investment services.

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Rainier Partners

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Rainier Partners is a stage agnostic investing firm that empowers various entrepreneurs.

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Mirae Asset Life Insurance

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Mirae Asset provides life insurance, investment-linked insurance.

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Private Equity Korea

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Breaking News & Deal Opportunities for Private Equity and Venture Capital Investors.

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Global One Asset Management

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Global One Asset Management is an asset management and private equity firm.

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Hankook Capital

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Hankook Capital offers credit, lease, factoring, corporate restructuring services.

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CTI China Renaissance

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CTI China Renaissance Financial Services

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