Korea-China Startup Challenge Meets in Shenzhen
The Ministry of SMEs and Startups held the final round of the 2026 Korea-China Startup Challenge in Shenzhen on September 3.. The event was organized in partnership with Tsinghua University Science Park (TusPark). The Challenge is a pitch competition for promising...
Able Labs Raises KRW 12.1 Billion Series A for Lab Automation Robotics
Able Labs, a South Korean robotics-based laboratory automation company, has closed a Series A round of KRW 12.1 billion ,exceeding the KRW 10 billion target it had set when the raise opened. The round was led by Innopolis Partners, with...
Wrtn Technologies Raises KRW 100 Billion Series C, Becomes Korea's First AI Service Unicorn
Wrtn Technologies, a South Korean generative AI service company, has closed a Series C round of KRW 100 billion, pushing its valuation past KRW 1 trillion and making it the first Korean AI service startup to reach unicorn status. The...
AI agent startup Liner Raises KRW 50 Billion Series C
Liner, a South Korean AI agent startup, has closed a Series C round of KRW 50 billion, bringing its cumulative funding to about KRW 94 billion. The round comes roughly one year and ten months after its previous raise, and...
Solivis Raises KRW 23 Billion Series C
Solivis, a South Korean solid electrolyte specialist, has closed a Series C round of KRW 23 billion (approximately $17 million), bringing its cumulative capital raised since founding to KRW 65.2 billion. The round drew participation from Openwater Investment and Seulgi...
iHW Raises KRW 52 Billion Series A for Ultra-Low-Power AI Chips
iHW, a fabless AI semiconductor company with a Korean subsidiary, has closed a Series A round of KRW 52 billion, bringing its cumulative funding to KRW 64 billion. The round reportedly values the company at over KRW 300 billion. Deal...
Deep.Fine Raises KRW 10 Billion Series B
Deep.Fine, a South Korean industrial AI platform company built on spatial AI technology, has closed a Series B round of KRW 10 billion, bringing its cumulative capital raised to about KRW 18 billion. The round drew participation from Hyosung Ventures,...
Enterprise AI data infrastructure GraphAI Secures KRW 17 Billion Series A
GraphAI, a South Korean enterprise AI data infrastructure company, has closed a Series A round of KRW 17 billion , bringing its cumulative capital raised to KRW 20.6 billion. The round was led by K2 Investment Partners, with A Ventures...
AI data-center infrastructure Point2 Technology Closes $136M Series B
Point2 Technology, a South Korean deep-tech startup born out of a KAIST research lab, has completed an extension of its Series B funding round led by Korean venture capital firm LB Investment, with UK chipmaker Arm joining as a new...
Awesomeray Raises KRW 7.5 Billion Series B
Awesomeray, a South Korean advanced materials company developing carbon nanotube (CNT)-based technology, has secured KRW 7.5 billion in a Series B bridge round. The round drew participation from S&S Investment, Wonik Investment Partners, Hanwha Investment & Securities, Re Investment, L&S...
Webtoon Entertainment Acquires 60% of RI Games Holdings for $100 Million to Turn Webtoon IP Into Games
Webtoon Entertainment, the Nasdaq-listed U.S. parent company of Naver Webtoon, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire a 60% stake in South Korean game developer RI Games Holdings for approximately $100 million (roughly KRW 142 billion), marking the company’s first...
N.Light Raises KRW 15 Billion to Scale Physical AI Data Infrastructure
N.Light, a South Korean physical AI data company, has secured KRW 15 billion in new funding. The round was led by the Korea Development Bank (KDB). Existing investors Naver D2SF, IMM Investment, and Capstone Partners returned with follow-on investments, while...
Bunker Kids Raises KRW 15 Billion Series A for AI Character Chat Platform WHIF
Bunker Kids, a South Korean company that operates AI character chat service WHIF, has secured KRW 15 billion (approximately $11 million) in Series A funding. The round drew participation from eight investors: Kolon Investment, Kakao Ventures, Mirae Asset Capital, We...
Cross boarder Commerce Startup SAZO Raises KRW 15.2 Billion Series A
SAZO, a South Korean-founded, Nagoya-based AI cross-border commerce startup, has closed a Series A round of KRW 15.2 billion, and combined with additional credit-based financing from major Japanese financial institutions, has secured total funding of KRW 29.5 billionin this round....
Eyewear startup Coptiq Raises KRW 10 Billion Pre-IPO Round
Coptiq, a South Korean company behind personalized eyewear brand Breezm, has secured KRW 10 billion in Pre-IPO funding from Seven Bridge Private Equity, bringing its cumulative capital raised to KRW 29 billion. The investment was structured as KRW 7 billion...
Blue Elephant Raises KRW 100 Billion Series A
Blue Elephant, a South Korean contemporary eyewear brand, has secured KRW 100 billion in Series A funding from global private equity firm Affinity Equity Partners Korea, valuing the company at roughly KRW 400 billion. Blue Elephant signed a stock purchase...