Investors in South Korea

South Park Commons (SPC) is a community designed to help technologists, builders, and domain experts transition from the ideation phase to launching their next venture. Founded by individuals from companies like Facebook, Dropbox, Meraki, and Stripe, SPC offers a supportive environment for those exploring startup ideas, validating research pathways, or building conviction in new endeavors. The community emphasizes open-ended exploration, learning, idea testing, and relationship-building, providing a platform for members to discover impactful ways to contribute to the world. SPC operates on a no-membership-fee model, expecting members to actively participate and engage with the community.

With over 100 years of collective professional experience, South Suez offers a unique, diversified investment platform that provides access to African primary, secondary and co-investment markets. A flexible approach to investing, teamwork and information-sharing across these strategies is critical in ensuring sustainable investment success.

Since its founding in 1954, Korea Development Bank has been the backbone of the development of the economy and the financial industry in Korea. In an era of continuing challenge and rapid change, KDB is now transforming its traditional role as Korea’s leading policy finance institution to create an ecosystem for innovative industries, and support the 4th Industrial Revolution.

We partner with the most ambitious, dedicated, hard-working and brave teams that dare to build great companies and disturb the status quo.STRAIGHT TO THE BESTFinancing tech companies on their mission to change the world.With offices in Ljubljana, Zagreb, Belgrade and Skopje, South Central Ventures (SCV) focuses on tech companies in the SE Europe.Our investment strategy is targeted primarily to early stage and growth investments in technology companies. The main purpose of the invested capital is to facilitate the international business expansion and growth of the most promising tech startups that can show traction and prove their potential to “make it big”.

Value Invest Korea Inc. is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in growth capital, buyout, mezzanine, and special situations. For growth capital investments, the firm typically invests in pre-IPO stages. For buyouts, it considers mergers and acquisitions through restructuring. The firm also makes secondary investments. For venture capital investments, it prefers to invest in start-ups. The firm focuses on information technology and communication; media and contents; materials and components; biotechnology and life science; infrastructure; renewable energy industries. It considers investments in small and mid-sized enterprises in South Korea. The firm typically exits through block deals. It also engages in project financing and consultancy services. Value Invest Korea Inc. was founded in 2011 and is based in Seoul, South Korea with additional offices in Busan, South Korea; Gwangju, South Korea; Jeju, South Korea; Daegu, South Korea; Jeonju, South Korea; Ulsan, South Korea; Hong Kong; and Vietnam.

As an affiliate of Korea Investment Holdings which is one of the top financial conglomerate in Korea, Korea Investment Partners (KIP) is a leading venture capital and private equity with ample investment experience. For more than 30 years since 1986, KIP has shown steady and unprecedented investment performances in various industries.From early stage ventures to growth stage companies, KIP’s investments delivers unified goal to create more values by forging strong relationships integral to building business across different industries.It is our mission to be a trustworthy partner for rapidly growing companies through diversified value-enhancing investments, supports on business operation and global expansion.

H&Q Korea Partners Co., Ltd. is a private equity firm specializing in buyouts. The firm considers investments in parts and materials, consumer goods, and new industries. It typically invests between KRW 50 billion (USD 46.69 million) and KRW 100 billion (USD 93.39 million) in equity per transaction in companies with enterprise values between KRW 200 billion (USD 186.77 million) and KRW 700 billion (USD 653.71 million). H&Q Korea Partners Co., Ltd. was founded in 1998 and is based in Seoul, South Korea.

We invest in AI, SaaS, Consumer companies with $10M+ revenue

50 South Capital Advisors, LLC is a financial service arm of Northern Trust Corporation specializing in direct and fund of funds investments. In fund of funds, the firm invests in secondaries. Under private equity capacity, the firm seeks to invest in middle market and lower middle market, early stage with focuses on buyout funds, venture capital funds, mezzanine funds, special situation funds, infrastructure funds, and fund of funds. In direct investments, the firm seeks to make venture capital, buyout, turnaround, growth, credit, real assets, distressed debt, syndicate participation, and mezzanine debt investments. The firm also considers primary, secondary and direct co-investment. It also makes hedge fund investments. The firm focuses on United States, North America, Canada, Europe and Asia Pacific. It seeks to make secondary investments between $1 million and $30 million. 50 South Capital Advisors, LLC was founded in 2014 and is based in Chicago, Illinois and additional office in Indianapolis, Indiana.

SBI Investment Korea Co., Ltd. is a venture capital and private equity firm specializing in seed and growth stage investments, as well as buyouts, takeover bids, corporate restructurings, cross-border transactions, mergers and acquisitions, preIPO, and sell-offs in the Fintech sector. The firm does not invest in apartment-type factory and trading sectors. It prefers to invest in information technology and communication, semiconductor, telecommunication, culture and entertainment, consumer products, digital contents, high technology, biotechnology and healthcare, medical and healthcare equipment, fine chemistry, telecommunications equipment, machinery equipment, game software, electric and electronic, renewable energy, energy efficiency, media contents, auto components, and service sectors. The firm also makes investments in small and medium sized companies, unlisted venture businesses, listed and to-be-listed companies on Korea New Exchange, and entrepreneurs. It seeks investments in South Korea focusing on Seoul, Gyeonggi and Jeonbuk provinces, the U.S., and Pan-Asia region including China, and Hong Kong. It offers financial and management advice in exchange for a major stake in the company. SBI Investment Korea Co., Ltd. was established in 1986 and is based in Seoul, South Korea with additional offices in China, Japan, and the U.S.

Korea First Venture Capital Corp. is a venture capital firm specializing in venture capital, mezzanine, project financing, development or expansion stage, early, mid and late venture, emerging growth. The firm does not invest in lodging and restaurants, financial and insurance, real estate, martial arts operation, golf and ski course operation, gambling, personal care services, non manufacturing sectors. The firm typically invests in information technology, software development, semiconductor, biotechnology, entertainment, materials, travel and tourism services, publishing and education, distribution of agricultural and marine products, fiber manufacturing, environment, machinery and machine parts, electric and electronics, and internet sectors. Korea First Venture Capital Corp. was established on May 24, 1990, and is based in South Korea.

South Branch Capital Partners, LLC is a private equity firm specializing in management buyouts, acquisitions, industry consolidation, recapitalizations, distressed, equity and debt investments in lower middle market companies. The firm only invests in companies headquartered or located in the Chicagoland Area. Its typical bite size ranges between $1 million to $50 million in companies with revenues of $10 million to $100 million. The firm may take non-control, control and strategic partnerships. It holds its investments for three years to strategic exit or evergreen. The firm only seeks minority and majority stakes. South Branch Capital Partners, LLC is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois and Burr Ridge, Illinois.

South Asia Technology Partners, LLC, is a venture capital firm specializing in seed and growth capital investments, from seed through the Series B funding round.. The firm focuses on the logistics, transportation, e-commerce and related technology sectors. It seeks to make investments in companies that are operating in South Asia primarily in India and Bangladesh. The firm prefers to invest in companies that have annual revenues above $1 million. South Asia Technology Partners, LLC is based in Oak Ridge, North Carolina.

South Dakota Innovation Partners, LLC is a venture capital firm specializing in pre-seed and early stage investments. As a lead investor, it seeks to invest in regional start-up or early-stage companies. It typically makes investments in companies in South Dakota and Midwest in the United States. The firm invests in science and technology based companies with a focus on energy, health sciences, and engineering-based technology. It typically invests between $100,000 and $500,000 preceding a subsequent capital round or exit strategy. South Dakota Innovation Partners, LLC is based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

The CDTI is governed by private law in its relations with third parties. This allows it to offer companies agility and flexibility in their services to support the development of R&D business projects, the international exploitation of technologies developed by the company and the realization of offers for technological-industrial supplies to scientific and technological organizations. Consequently, the CDTI grants the company its own financial aid and facilitates access to that of third parties (Grants from the EU R&D Framework Programme, for example) for the implementation of both national and international research and development projects. It also provides support to the company to develop in international cooperation, for which it offers aid to innovation and technology transfer projects, its external network and multilateral cooperation projects (Eureka and Iberoeka) and bilateral with Canada, Japan, China, South Korea, India and South Africa. Additionally, the CDTI has been empowered as the competent body to issue binding reasoned reports on the projects to which it has granted aid in any of its lines (Royal Decree 2/2007). These documents will provide Spanish companies that have an approved project and with public aid granted by the CDTI greater legal certainty when obtaining tax relief for the expenses incurred in the R&D activities of these projects. Finally, the CDTI manages and supports the achievement, by Spanish companies, of industrial contracts of high technological content generated by different national and European organizations, such as the European Space Agency (ESA), the European Laboratory for Particle Physics (CERN), the European Synchrotron (ESRF), Hispasat and Eumetsat.

DGSK, established in 2013, is a private equity fund with investment focus in small and medium size enterprises in Turkey. Targeting companies with high growth potential and sustainable competitive advantages, DGSK will support them not only financially; but also strategically, operationally and management wise. DGSK is a joint venture of Doğuş Group and SK Group of South Korea and is registered to the Capital Markets Board of Turkey . DGSK’s initial committed fund size is USD 100 million.

Hashed is a global team of blockchain experts and builders based in Seoul, Singapore, Bengaluru, Silicon Valley, and Abu Dhabi. They partner with entrepreneurs innovating on blockchain and Web3, providing ecosystem support through subsidiaries like Hashed Emergent and UNOPND, and co-hosting major events like Korea Blockchain Week.

Blocore is a Web3-focused investment firm and builder that specializes in gaming, social, IP, and technology through in-house projects, joint ventures, and post-investment management.

Blockchain VC fund & Accelerator, founded by ICON & AD4th. We aim to accelerate the global digital economy.

GS SHOP, which launched TV shopping in Korea for the first time in 1994, provides an online shopping service that provides the most enjoyable and convenient shopping anytime, anywhere by reflecting customers' lifestyles, including TV, catalog, Internet and mobile, satellite and IPTV. A variety of shopping channels that transcend time and space constraints enrich customers' lives.

KRYPTON is an accelerator, private equity and venture capital firm. The firm considers investments in incubation, start-ups, public firms, and middle market. It considers investments in all industries with focus on: biotechnology, biomedical, beauty commerce, artificial intelligence, education, and new pharmaceuticals. The firm typically invests in Jeju, South Korea. KRYPTON was founded in 2000 and is based in Seoul, South Korea.

BioXClan is a venture capital firm specializing in biotechnology and synthetic biology companies from pre-seed to series A stages. The firm primarily invests in South Korea. BioXClan was founded in 2018 and is based in Seoul, South Korea.

Our mission is to be a catalyst for blockchain technologies to realize their potentials to innovate the status quo & telling their stories to the general public to adopt the same innovations to the mass.

Coreline is a venture capital firm specializing in early stage investments. The firm focuses on companies based in US, Japan and South Korea. Coreline is based in San Francisco, California with additional office in Tokyo, Japan.