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Corporate venture capital in South Korea

Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 4 September 2026.

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Corporate venture capital in South Korea
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# Name Location Investments Lead Exits People
1 Samsung Ventures Seoul, South Korea 314 104 85 0
2 Hana Ventures Seoul, South Korea 249 37 18 0
3 Lotte Ventures Seoul, South Korea 235 21 6 0
4 Deutsche Telekom Strategic Investments Seoul, South Korea 141 30 55 35
5 IBK Capital Seoul, South Korea 112 6 12 0
6 Intops Investment Seoul, South Korea 71 5 16 0
7 CJ Investment Seoul, South Korea 62 14 4 0
8 Kakao Investment Seongnam, South Korea 54 16 5 0
9 Neoplux Seoul, South Korea 34 7 6 0
10 Gyeonggi Creative Economy Innovation Center Seongnam, South Korea 31 15 0 0
11 GS Shop Seoul, South Korea 31 8 6 0
12 SK Holdings Seoul, South Korea 29 12 9 0
13 Signite Partners Seoul, South Korea 26 4 4 0
14 Pearl Abyss Capital Seoul, South Korea 23 6 1 0
15 GS Ventures Seoul, South Korea 19 2 0 0
16 YG Investment Seoul, South Korea 18 0 1 0
17 Saehan Venture Capital Seoul, South Korea 14 5 2 0
18 Hyosung Ventures Seoul, South Korea 13 6 0 0
19 AMOREPACIFIC Ventures Seoul, South Korea 13 3 7 0
20 SGC Partners Seocho, South Korea 13 0 1 0
21 DS Investment Partners Seoul, South Korea 9 3 4 0
22 Krust Universe Seoul, South Korea 8 5 0 0
23 Samyang Chemical Group Seoul, South Korea 8 2 0 0
24 POSCO Venture Partners Seoul, South Korea 7 1 1 0
25 PS Alliance Seongnam, South Korea 4 3 2 0
26 Arche Investment Seoul, South Korea 4 1 1 0
27 Musinsa Partners Seoul, South Korea 4 1 0 0
28 Signite Partners Seoul, South Korea 4 1 0 0
29 Dongkuk Investment Seoul, South Korea 3 1 0 0
30 Clarevoyant Ventures Seoul, South Korea 3 0 0 0
31 Daepyung Seongnam, South Korea 3 0 0 0
32 Daewoong Investment Seongnam, South Korea 3 0 0 0
33 Sirius Investment Seocho, South Korea 2 1 0 0
34 Neo Ecotech Hwasong, South Korea 2 0 1 0
35 Shinhan-Cognitive Start-up Fund Sinhan, South Korea 2 0 0 0
36 Arenacast Seoul, South Korea 1 1 0 0
37 Globit Jeju, South Korea 1 1 0 0
38 RightOn Seoul, South Korea 1 1 0 0
39 Sportswa Ventures Daegu, South Korea 1 1 0 0
40 H Investment Busan, South Korea 1 0 0 0
41 Hancom Investment Seoul, South Korea 1 0 1 0
42 Playgram Seoul, South Korea 1 0 0 0

Table 1. Corporate venture capital in South Korea, by recorded investments. Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 4 September 2026. Base: 42.

Investment stages

Among these 42
Early stage investors31 Seed investors21 Late stage investors18 Venture investors14 Private equity investors4 Debt investors1 Convertible note investors1 Post IPO investors1

Other investors in South Korea

Venture capital firms415 Private equity firms150 Startup accelerators125 Investment partners41 Angel investors28

Corporate venture capital elsewhere

United States562 Japan93 Germany87 United Kingdom85 China75 Singapore66 Brazil51 France49 India40 Spain36 The Netherlands34 Australia33 United Arab Emirates32 Switzerland30 Canada29 Turkey22 Hong Kong20
Cite: FundingWatcher, 42 corporate venture capital in South Korea, 4 September 2026. https://fundingwatcher.com/investors/corporate-venture-capital/south-korea/