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
Top South Korean Venture Capital Startups
Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.
TESSA
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Alternative investment platform for the purchase, sale and trade of fractionalized ownership interests in investment-grade blue-chip artwork
STIC Investment
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STIC Investments is a private equity firm that invests in management buy-outs, acquisitions, restructuring other corporate situations.
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.
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.
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.
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
NEOPLY
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NEOPLY is a startup accelerator based in South Korea.
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.
Yellowdog
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Yellowdog invests in startups that will achieve growth by approaching various environmental and social problems.
L&S Venture Capital
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L&S Venture Capital is a venture capital firm.
UNO Investment
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UNO Investment is an investment management and financial service provider company.
SBI Investment Korea
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Korea Technology Investment Corporation is a venture capital and private equity firm.
Q Capital Partners
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Q Capital Partners is a Korean company engaged in venture investment business and financial services.
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
IBK Securities
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IBK Securities is a subsidiary of Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK)
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.
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
Pitch-it
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Pitch-it is a platform that connects early startups to Angel Investors, Accelerators and VCs.
MEracle One
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MEracle One engages in investment, corporate restructuring, and consulting services.
500v
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500v consists of field experts and investors that execute the Alliance Business Model via MandA.
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.
Ilshin Investment
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Ilshin Investment is a venture capital firm producing cotton yarn for small and medium enterprise establishments act.
Startup-X
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Startup-X is a global business development, angel investors, and investment company.
NIB Research
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NIB Research Blockchain Accelerating & Digital Asset Management
EHoo Law Group
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EHoo Law Group specializes in providing legal services for corporate governance and finance sectors.
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,
TAP Angel Partners
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TAP Angel Partners provides accelerator programs, venture investment, and corporate innovation.
Intervalue Partners
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InterValue Partners is a financial investment firm that provides venture capital, corporate venture capital, and other investment services.
Rainier Partners
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Rainier Partners is a stage agnostic investing firm that empowers various entrepreneurs.
Mirae Asset Life Insurance
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Mirae Asset provides life insurance, investment-linked insurance.
Private Equity Korea
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Breaking News & Deal Opportunities for Private Equity and Venture Capital Investors.
Global One Asset Management
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Global One Asset Management is an asset management and private equity firm.
Hankook Capital
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Hankook Capital offers credit, lease, factoring, corporate restructuring services.
CTI China Renaissance
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CTI China Renaissance Financial Services