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Startup accelerators in South Korea

Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 4 September 2026.

125
Startup accelerators in South Korea
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# Name Location Investments Lead Exits People
1 CNTTECH Seoul, South Korea 303 164 4 2
2 Springcamp Seoul, South Korea 277 76 5 5
3 BonAngels Venture Partners Seoul, South Korea 262 95 20 0
4 FuturePlay Seoul, South Korea 256 63 8 13
5 SparkLabs Accelerator Seoul, South Korea 237 36 12 12
6 Lotte Ventures Seoul, South Korea 235 21 6 0
7 Bluepoint Daejeon, South Korea 209 85 2 9
8 Aju IB Investment Yeoksamdong, South Korea 181 14 36 10
9 The Invention Lab Seoul, South Korea 165 74 3 2
10 Sopoong Ventures Seoul, South Korea 148 40 5 5
11 Schmidt Seoul, South Korea 140 23 5 2
12 NAVER D2SF Seocho, South Korea 137 57 4 1
13 Primer Seoul, South Korea 133 36 7 2
14 ActnerLab Seoul, South Korea 113 4 4 3
15 Korea Investment Accelerator Daechidong, South Korea 111 56 1 1
16 New Paradigm Investment Seoul, South Korea 99 62 2 1
17 Bigbang Angels Seoul, South Korea 98 45 2 5
18 Sunbo Angel Partners Busan, South Korea 78 3 3 2
19 Y&Archer Seoul, South Korea 60 24 0 2
20 C&Venture Partners Seoul, South Korea 57 6 4 0
21 Center for Creative Economy and Innovation Chungbuk, South Korea 54 21 0 0
22 Digital Healthcare Partners Seoul, South Korea 51 21 2 4
23 POSTECH Holdings Pohang, South Korea 51 17 0 0
24 ENSL Partners Seoul, South Korea 46 23 0 0
25 Kingsley Ventures Seoul, South Korea 42 15 1 1
26 Kim Gisa Lab Seoul, South Korea 41 11 0 0
27 NEOPLY Bundangdong, South Korea 41 6 2 0
28 KRYPTON Seoul, South Korea 40 12 0 3
29 Klim Ventures Seoul, South Korea 36 15 0 3
30 Genaxis Seoul, South Korea 34 23 1 0
31 IPS Ventures Seocho, South Korea 33 4 0 0
32 ETRIHOLDINGS Daejeon, South Korea 28 6 0 0
33 Korea Social Investment Foundation Seoul, South Korea 28 5 0 0
34 Korea University Holdings Seoul, South Korea 26 5 1 0
35 Kingospring Seongnam, South Korea 25 8 0 0
36 Lotte Accelerator Seoul, South Korea 25 5 3 0
37 BlissVine Ventures Yongsan, South Korea 25 4 0 2
38 Commax Venturus Seoul, South Korea 25 4 0 0
39 Mark & Company Seocho, South Korea 24 2 0 4
40 Gangwon Creation Economic Innovation Center Seoul, South Korea 21 12 0 0
41 Plan H Ventures Seocho, South Korea 21 3 0 0
42 K-Startup Grand Challenge Seongnam, South Korea 20 14 0 0
43 JL Partners Seoul, South Korea 20 11 4 0
44 Impact Square Seongdong, South Korea 20 9 0 4
45 Mint Venture Partners Seoul, South Korea 20 2 4 3
46 Nvestor (Korea) Seoul, South Korea 20 2 1 1
47 Next Challenge Foundation Jeju, South Korea 18 14 0 0
48 Sherpa Ventures Seoul, South Korea 18 4 3 0
49 Incheon Center for Creative Economy and Innovation Incheon, South Korea 17 7 0 0
50 TAP Angel Partners Seocho, South Korea 17 3 1 1
51 KOISRA Seed Partners Seoul, South Korea 17 0 2 3
52 CNT Tech-DB Dream Big Investment Association Seoul, South Korea 16 13 0 0
53 ZD Ventures Seoul, South Korea 16 8 0 6
54 History Venture Investment Seoul, South Korea 15 4 0 0
55 Ulsan Creative Economy Innovation Center Ulsan, South Korea 14 9 0 0
56 HYU Holdings Seoul, South Korea 14 8 0 0
57 Company B Seongnam, South Korea 13 9 1 0
58 JNP-AVENTURES Daejeon, South Korea 13 9 0 0
59 Awesome Ventures Mapo, South Korea 12 2 0 2
60 Aventures Incheon, South Korea 12 0 0 0
61 New Kids Investment Seoul, South Korea 11 11 0 0
62 First Gate Seoul, South Korea 11 7 0 0
63 ROWE Partners Gangneung, South Korea 11 1 0 0
64 BUSAN UNITED HOLDINGS Haeundae, South Korea 10 3 0 0
65 Busan Regional University Joint Technology Holdings Haeundae, South Korea 10 2 0 0
66 Gentium Partners Seoul, South Korea 10 0 0 1
67 1Billion Partners Seoul, South Korea 9 3 0 2
68 Jones & Rocket Investments Seoul, South Korea 9 1 0 0
69 KOC Partners Seoul, South Korea 9 1 0 1
70 Star Ventures Seoul, South Korea 9 1 1 0
71 Daegyeong Regional University Joint Technology Holdings Seongnam, South Korea 9 0 0 0
72 Hexagon Ventures Seoul, South Korea 8 7 0 0
73 Company A Daejeon, South Korea 8 6 0 0
74 Find US Seoul, South Korea 8 2 0 0
75 N15 Partners Seoul, South Korea 8 1 0 0
76 Chungbuk Creative Economy Innovation Center Cheongju, South Korea 8 0 2 0
77 New Flight Seoul, South Korea 7 3 0 0
78 Venture Box Seongnam, South Korea 7 2 0 0
79 Company X Seoul, South Korea 7 1 0 1
80 SAG KOREA Daegu, South Korea 6 1 0 0
81 nonce Classic Seoul, South Korea 6 0 1 2
82 Startup-X Seoul, South Korea 5 1 0 0
83 Intelligence eXchange Venture Lab Seoul, South Korea 5 0 0 0
84 MiraKle Lab Seoul, South Korea 5 0 2 0
85 Startup Research Seongnam, South Korea 5 0 0 0
86 TAIL Daejangdong, South Korea 5 0 0 2
87 AC:DC Seongnam, South Korea 4 4 0 0
88 PG Ventures Seongnam, South Korea 4 4 0 0
89 Regent Partners Seoul, South Korea 4 2 0 4
90 The Seed Group Kangnam, South Korea 4 2 0 0
91 Xentree Ventures Seoul, South Korea 4 1 0 0
92 Company D Seocho, South Korea 4 0 0 0
93 Shinhan Future's Lab Seoul, South Korea 4 0 0 0
94 Altoran Ventures Seoul, South Korea 3 3 0 0
95 Collz Dynamics Seoul, South Korea 3 3 0 0
96 Wise Planet Company Seoul, South Korea 3 2 0 0
97 Spacejump Seoul, South Korea 3 1 0 0
98 The Innovators Seoul, South Korea 3 1 0 0
99 Chungnam Creative Economy Innovation Center Gyeongsan, South Korea 3 0 0 0
100 Clarevoyant Ventures Seoul, South Korea 3 0 0 0

Table 1. Startup accelerators in South Korea, by recorded investments. Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 4 September 2026. Base: 125.

Investment stages

Among these 125
Seed investors108 Early stage investors76 Venture investors15 Late stage investors9 Convertible note investors5 Private equity investors3 Post IPO investors2 Non equity assistance2

Other investors in South Korea

Venture capital firms415 Private equity firms150 Corporate venture capital42 Investment partners41 Angel investors28

Startup accelerators elsewhere

United States1,021 United Kingdom206 India140 Canada99 Germany90 France87 Spain77 Singapore73 Brazil61 Australia58 Italy58 Switzerland49 United Arab Emirates44 The Netherlands43 Japan38 Israel37 Hong Kong25 Turkey25 Poland24 Russian Federation24 Belgium23 Portugal23 China21 Mexico21
Cite: FundingWatcher, 125 startup accelerators in South Korea, 4 September 2026. https://fundingwatcher.com/investors/accelerators/south-korea/