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Smart Study Venture creates $28.4 million Baby Shark Tourism Fund
Jan 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
Document tool company Business Canvas secures Series A2 round
Business Canvas, a South Korean SaaS (software as a service) startup that services the global document tool "Typed," announced on Tuesday that it has...
Jan 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Disclosure obligations of venture capital accelerators to be strengthened
The Ministry of SMEs and Startups said on Monday that an amendment to the Venture Capital Investment Promotion Act, which will strengthen the disclos...
Jan 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea’s big bio startups to launch $39 mn investment fund
South Korea’s four leading biotech firms plan to launch an investment fund of up to 50 billion won ($39 million) to support smaller domestic bi...
Dec 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Daol Financial Group to let go of VC affiliate, hit by liquidity crunch
The Daol Financial Group is widely expected to let go of its venture capital arm in the midst of a worsening liquidity crunch. The VC firm Daol Inves...
Dec 06, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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VC firms rake in profit of up to 6 times principal from Raemongraein
Venture capital firms that invested in media production company Raemongraein Co. raked in significant profit from the surge in popularity of the TV s...
Dec 02, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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KEB Hana secures 6% stake in Onmind, part of SK Square's porfolio
SK Square Co. announced on Monday that Onmind Inc., one of its portfolio companies, raised 2 billion won ($1.5 million) from KEB Hana Bank. The activ...
Nov 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate VC veterans pinpoint their best investments
South Korean conglomerates in recent years have ramped up their investment in startups, yielding positive returns. Hyundai Motor Co. Vice President ...
Nov 03, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean VCs look for next Grab, Gojek startups in Singapore
South Korea’s leading venture capital companies with at least 1 trillion won ($711 million) in assets under management are looking for promisin...
Sep 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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S.Korea's fund of funds to form new fund worth $215 mn with VCs in the US
NEW YORK – The South Korean government is poised to tap into its fund of funds to form a joint investment fund with venture capital firms in th...
Sep 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Growing Korean corporate VCs provide silver lining to startups
South Korean companies are rushing to set up their own venture capital units, so-called corporate venture capital firms, to seek new growth engines i...
Sep 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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South Korean government slashes fund of funds budget by 40% on-year
The South Korean government is facing a backlash from the startup and venture capital sectors after slashing next year’s fund of funds budget. ...
Aug 31, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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KB to raise $150 mn India, SE Asia-focused VC fund
KB Investment Co., a venture capital arm of KB Financial Group, is seeking to raise more than 200 billion won ($150 million) in its second global fun...
Jul 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Temasek VC unit CEO sees recent downturn as investment opportunity
Vertex Venture Holdings, a venture capital unit of Singapore state investor Temasek Holdings, expects the recent global downturn to offer investment ...
Jun 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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South Korean startups raise record-high Series A funding
South Korea's early stage startups raised a record amount of funding in the last 12 months.Even though venture capital firms at home and abroad are t...
Jun 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fabless startup Rebellions raises $50 mn in Series A
South Korea’s leading fabless startup Rebellions Inc. announced Friday it raised 62 billion won ($50 million) in Series A or the first round of...
Jun 03, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital heavyweights tighten belts after 13-year spending spree
Venture capital firms at home and abroad are tightening their belts, following growing concerns over inflation and continued interest hikes by major...
May 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Humbling experience leads to VC success – LG Tech Ventures CEO
Kim Dong-su, CEO of Silicon Valley-based LG Technology Ventures said that the failures he experienced while working at a boutique investment firm hav...
May 24, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Koreans' fractional investing craze spreads to cows
Investment rights for dozens of Korean calves, worth a combined 10 million won ($7,900), sold out within one minute after each of the three investmen...
Apr 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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S.Korean accelerators FuturePlay and Bluepoint Partners rev up for IPOs
South Korea’s two well-known accelerators FuturePlay and Bluepoint Partners are preparing for initial public offerings, buoyed by record high p...
Apr 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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KDB resumes global venture IR event in Singapore
South Korea’s state-run Korea Development Bank (KDB) said on Thursday that KDB NextRound, the bank’s venture investment platform, will ho...
Apr 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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South Korean conglomerates race to establish CVCs
One after another, South Korea’s household name conglomerates are establishing corporate venture capital (CVC) firms under their holding compan...
Apr 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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US and German startups funded by Mirae Asset join ranks of unicorns
Mirae Asset Venture Investment Co. is forecast to rake in more than 400 billion won ($325 million) for its investment in Moloco Inc. Mirae Asset pou...
Apr 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capitalists in S.Korea enjoy record salaries in 2021
South Korea’s venture capitalists put record high investments into startups last year. Thanks to positive returns on investments, a number of ...
Apr 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Blockchain VC Hashed forecasts emergence of protocol economy
Blockchain-focused venture capital firm Hashed says it is determined to show how pervasive the digital ledger technology is in our society – th...
Mar 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Live commerce platforms like Grip to keep growing in Asia Pacific: Google
In April 2021, there were some 200 unicorns in the Asia Pacific region, second only to the United States which had 290 startups each valued at $1 bil...
Feb 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Blurring lines between accelerators and VCs with record fundings
Sopoong Ventures Corp. is poised to create a fund worth 10 billion won ($8 million) that specializes in early stage investment, industry insiders sai...
Feb 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean VCs bet big on pet care startups
Startups in the pet industry are gaining traction on the back of a rising number of pet owners in South Korea. Industry insiders say several pet tech...
Feb 10, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shopping platform Queenit receives $43 mn funding from VC juggernauts
Online shopping platform Queenit recently received 36 billion won ($30 million) from Kakao Ventures Corp., SoftBank Ventures Korea Corp. and more, a...
Feb 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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AI startup OnePredict gears up for $25 mn funding round
South Korean AI solutions provider OnePredict is set to begin a 30 billion won ($25 million) funding round. The Seoul-based startup provides industri...
Feb 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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