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Private equity firms in South Korea

Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 4 September 2026.

150
Private equity firms in South Korea
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Stages recorded
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100 rows
# Name Location Investments Lead Exits People
1 Korea Investment Partners Seoul, South Korea 523 129 69 21
2 KB Investment Seoul, South Korea 423 78 33 16
3 Smilegate Investment Seongnam, South Korea 284 59 19 4
4 Premier Partners Seoul, South Korea 220 22 36 13
5 Aju IB Investment Yeoksamdong, South Korea 181 14 36 10
6 Stonebridge Capital Seoul, South Korea 173 56 30 3
7 LB Investment Seoul, South Korea 168 53 17 7
8 Mirae Asset Capital Seoul, South Korea 137 16 18 0
9 Kolon Investment Seoul, South Korea 122 9 13 0
10 WONIK Investment Partners Seoul, South Korea 110 7 8 1
11 SBI Investment Korea Seoul, South Korea 109 17 13 0
12 Magna Investment Seoul, South Korea 96 14 4 0
13 Daesung Private Equity Seoul, South Korea 69 6 5 1
14 Woori Venture Partners Seongnam, South Korea 62 8 4 6
15 STIC Investment Seoul, South Korea 60 32 15 0
16 Yuanta Investment Seoul, South Korea 60 6 12 5
17 Hana Securities Yongdungpo, South Korea 59 7 5 0
18 BSK Investment Seoul, South Korea 50 5 5 1
19 Quad Asset Management Seoul, South Korea 46 1 6 11
20 SGI Venture Capital Seoul, South Korea 43 5 5 2
21 Korea Omega Investment Seoul, South Korea 41 4 3 2
22 JKL Partners Seoul, South Korea 37 1 6 3
23 Neoplux Seoul, South Korea 34 7 6 0
24 IMM Private Equity Seoul, South Korea 34 6 16 15
25 Crescendo Equity Partners Seoul, South Korea 30 8 7 8
26 SK Networks Seoul, South Korea 26 10 3 3
27 Maple Investment Partners Busan, South Korea 25 1 3 0
28 EastBridge Partners Seoul, South Korea 23 3 6 6
29 TIGRIS investment Seoul, South Korea 23 3 0 0
30 QUAD Investment Management Seoul, South Korea 20 5 6 0
31 Redbadge Pacific Seoul, South Korea 19 2 0 5
32 GU Equity Partners Seoul, South Korea 19 1 2 0
33 LB Private Equity Seoul, South Korea 19 1 3 0
34 Ulmus Investment Seoul, South Korea 19 1 5 0
35 Anchor Equity Partners Seoul, South Korea 18 14 4 6
36 Forest Partners Seoul, South Korea 18 8 2 4
37 Heungkuk Asset Management Seoul, South Korea 17 0 1 2
38 SKS PE Seoul, South Korea 16 6 3 0
39 Widwin Investment Gangneung, South Korea 16 1 3 0
40 Korea Alternative Investment Asset Management Seoul, South Korea 16 0 0 0
41 Shinhan Alternative Investment Management Seoul, South Korea 15 1 1 0
42 IGIS Asset Management Seoul, South Korea 14 2 2 22
43 Paratus Investment Seoul, South Korea 14 2 1 1
44 Songhyun Investment Seoul, South Korea 14 1 4 1
45 Praxis Capital Partners Seoul, South Korea 13 7 4 3
46 Q Capital Partners Seoul, South Korea 13 6 0 5
47 Eugene Asset Management Yongdungpo, South Korea 12 3 1 0
48 Lindeman Asia Investment Yeoksamdong, South Korea 11 6 1 1
49 KDB Investment Yongdungpo, South Korea 10 2 1 3
50 AFW Partners Seoul, South Korea 9 2 1 1
51 MiraeAsset Financial Group Seoul, South Korea 9 2 3 0
52 Medivate Partners Seoul, South Korea 9 1 5 0
53 Noh & Partners Seoul, South Korea 9 1 0 0
54 S2L Partners Seoul, South Korea 9 0 1 0
55 Korean Investment Partners Seoul, South Korea 8 3 0 0
56 ATU Partners Seoul, South Korea 8 2 0 0
57 ARGES Private Equity Seocho, South Korea 7 3 0 0
58 MBK Partners Seoul, South Korea 7 3 3 25
59 VIG Partners Seoul, South Korea 6 4 1 11
60 AIM Investment Seoul, South Korea 6 3 1 0
61 Korea Investment Private Equity Seoul, South Korea 6 2 2 0
62 Elohim Partners Seoul, South Korea 6 1 0 0
63 SkyLake Incuvest Seoul, South Korea 6 1 1 0
64 BNW investment Yeoksamdong, South Korea 6 0 0 0
65 Suprema Investment Seoul, South Korea 6 0 1 0
66 H&Q Korea Seoul, South Korea 5 4 2 1
67 SG Private Equity Seoul, South Korea 5 4 1 0
68 Keistone Partners Yeoksamdong, South Korea 5 3 3 0
69 Sky Lake Investment Seoul, South Korea 5 3 1 0
70 Hastings Asset Management Seoul, South Korea 5 1 1 0
71 J&M Partners Seoul, South Korea 5 1 0 0
72 Simone Investment Managers Seoul, South Korea 5 1 2 2
73 Intelligence eXchange Venture Lab Seoul, South Korea 5 0 0 0
74 loftyrock investment Seoul, South Korea 5 0 0 0
75 Penta Stone Investment Seoul, South Korea 5 0 0 0
76 Xoloninvest Seoul, South Korea 5 0 2 0
77 IMM Holdings Seoul, South Korea 4 4 2 23
78 PS Alliance Seongnam, South Korea 4 3 2 0
79 Ace Equity Partners Seoul, South Korea 4 0 2 0
80 Brave New Investment Seoul, South Korea 4 0 1 0
81 Game Changer Investment Seoul, South Korea 4 0 1 0
82 Golden Oak Seoul, South Korea 4 0 0 0
83 Gravity Private Equity Seoul, South Korea 4 0 0 0
84 Krossroad Partners Seoul, South Korea 4 0 0 0
85 Nautic Investment Seoul, South Korea 4 0 0 0
86 Platform Partners Asset Management Seoul, South Korea 4 0 0 2
87 Seven Tree Equity Partners Seongnam, South Korea 4 0 1 0
88 Woori Private Equity Asset Management Company Seoul, South Korea 4 0 1 8
89 E and F Private Equity Seoul, South Korea 3 2 1 0
90 PacificBridge Asset Management Seoul, South Korea 3 2 0 0
91 Meritz Financial Group Seoul, South Korea 3 1 1 0
92 Alpha Asset Management Seoul, South Korea 3 0 1 5
93 Clarevoyant Ventures Seoul, South Korea 3 0 0 0
94 DAWON Asset Management Yongdungpo, South Korea 3 0 1 0
95 Everbest Partners Seoul, South Korea 3 0 1 0
96 Helios Private Equity Seoul, South Korea 3 0 0 0
97 Lakebridge Equity Partners Seoul, South Korea 3 0 1 0
98 NPX Capital Seoul, South Korea 3 0 1 6
99 Pebbles Investment Seoul, South Korea 3 0 1 0
100 Shinhan Private Equity Seoul, South Korea 3 0 1 25

Table 1. Private equity firms in South Korea, by recorded investments. Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 4 September 2026. Base: 150.

Investment stages

Among these 150
Private equity investors101 Early stage investors75 Late stage investors45 Seed investors27 Venture investors20 Post IPO investors8 Convertible note investors4 Non equity assistance1

Other investors in South Korea

Venture capital firms415 Startup accelerators125 Corporate venture capital42 Investment partners41 Angel investors28

Private equity firms elsewhere

United States4,112 China844 United Kingdom656 Canada286 France277 Germany240 India202 Singapore173 Hong Kong163 Switzerland152 Australia134 The Netherlands134 United Arab Emirates110 Spain97 Sweden94 Brazil93 Italy90 South Africa81 Israel75 Japan72 Luxembourg64 Belgium51 Russian Federation44 Mexico42
Cite: FundingWatcher, 150 private equity firms in South Korea, 4 September 2026. https://fundingwatcher.com/investors/private-equity-firms/south-korea/