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LG Group invests $21 mn in vegan egg maker Eat Just
Jan 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Stonebridge Ventures to set up $168 mn new fund in H1
Stonebridge Ventures Inc., South Korea’s most profitable venture capital firm, plans to establish a fresh fund of $168 million, the largest in ...
Jan 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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AmazeVR receives $15 mn from Korean VCs
AmazeVR Inc. received a total of $15 million from leading South Korean venture capital firms. The virtual reality platform allows users to experienc...
Jan 12, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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SoftBank invests $146 mn in AI startup Qraft
SoftBank Group Corp. is investing $146 million in South Korea’s artificial intelligence company Qraft Technologies, Inc. The investment include...
Jan 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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GS launches corporate VC firm
GS announced the establishment of a corporate venture capital (CVC) firm Sunday, the first of its kind for a holding company in Korea. The announceme...
Jan 09, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Indian startups: Korean VCs' new target after China
South Korean venture capital firms and online giants are flocking to startups in India, a country with the world's second-largest population and lowe...
Dec 22, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mirae Asset joins $260 mn funding for food delivery startup Jokr
Mirae Asset Global Investment Co., South Korea’s leading asset manager, has participated in a $260 million Series B funding for Jokr, a New Yo...
Dec 03, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea Venture Investment creates global fund worth $2 billion
Korea’s government-backed fund of funds (FOF) management institution announced its latest selection of funds late last month, which would benef...
Dec 02, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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KTB Network to list at bottom of price range
KTB Network Co., South Korea's first-generation venture capital firm, priced its public offering price at the bottom of the guidance range as the res...
Dec 02, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Homegrown VCs turn to Korean American startups in search of unicorns
Korean venture capital firms are ramping up their investments in Korean American-owned startups in the United States, mostly in Silicon Valley.The aim...
Nov 25, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fractional investing platforms for art to Rolex lure VCs
The growing popularity of fractional investment in celebrated artworks, music copyrights and luxury items has spurred a flurry of venture capital inv...
Nov 17, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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KDB opens VC in US to aid Korean startups' US entry
South Korea’s state-run bank Korea Development Bank (KDB) launched its venture capital (VC) operations in California's Silicon Valley on Novem...
Nov 17, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel startups draw new funds amid digital transformation
As South Korea loosened social distancing measures for a gradual return to normal life this week, investors are rekindling their interest in travel s...
Nov 05, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean VC firms expand investment in Southeast Asia
South Korean venture capital firms are expanding their investment in Southeast Asia, where startups grow rapidly based on a large population.KB Inve...
Oct 18, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Stonebridge Ventures, Capstone prepare for 2022 IPOs
Stonebridge Ventures, South Korea's most profitable venture capital firm, will submit its application for an initial public offering this month to li...
Oct 07, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea VC firms reap big rewards for investing in early-stage startups
When KNet Investment Partners LLC, a South Korean venture capital company, invested 9.9 billion won ($8.6 million) in Krafton Inc. in 2009, the game ...
Sep 05, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Premium OnlyBlockbuster startup IPOs curb NPS' VC diversification
South Korean startups' blockbuster initial public offerings over the past year, including Krafton Inc. and HYBE Co., have left the National Pension S...
Sep 03, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea's top VC says NFTs to emerge as promising investments
Non-fungible tokens (NFT) are poised to emerge as promising investments in the era of digital transformation once the global pandemic settles down, a...
Aug 11, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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LG expands VC portfolio to industrial cyber security
LG Technology Ventures, a venture capital arm of South Korea's LG Group, has diversified its portfolio into the industrial cybersecurity market with ...
Jul 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Indonesia's HappyFresh draws half of new funding from Korea
Indonesia's online grocery platform HappyFresh will receive another $33 million from South Korean investors, including the Asian startup fund of Nave...
Jul 09, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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NPS joins in TPG-led $125 mn funding for Kakao Mobility
The National Pension Service has committed $100 million to a TPG consortium that recently raised $116.8 million to invest in Kakao Mobility Co., Sout...
Jun 10, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea FoF manager widens offshore VC pool into UAE, Vietnam
The Korea Venture Investment Corp. (KVIC), a quasi-government agency established to support South Korean startups and venture capital industry, has d...
Jun 08, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Vision Fund loss slashes Masayoshi Son’s 2020 salary by 52%
SoftBank Group founder and CEO Masayoshi Son’s salary more than halved last year, according to the group’s regulatory filing on May 28.Th...
May 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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LG Electronics, Mirae Asset to launch $90 mn fund to invest in startups
South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc. and Mirae Asset Group have agreed to launch a 100 billion won ($90 million) joint venture-capital fund to hel...
Apr 30, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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VC firms queue up for IPOs as startup valuations soar
A slew of South Korean venture capital firms are knocking on the doors of the domestic stock market, with startup investments hitting the jackpot ami...
Apr 23, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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GS Galtex to partner with Kakao for mobility services
South Korea's GS Caltex Corp., aiming to become a logistics platform, will invest around 30 billion won ($26 million) in Kakao Mobility Corp. to stre...
Mar 31, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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KTB Network wins jackpot from Korean delivery app sale
KTB Network Co., a South Korean venture capital firm, has pocketed a double-digit return, or 62.5 billion won ($55 million) from the sale of its stak...
Mar 30, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Seed investors shy from investing in early stage startups amid pandemic
Early stage startups are almost always risky ventures, promising but unprofitable, and far from market-ready – often making it challenging to r...
Mar 03, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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S.Korea’s VC fundraising hits all-time high in 2020
Venture capital funds in South Korea have raised their largest-ever amount of 6.6 trillion won ($6 billion) last year, supported by government policy...
Jan 14, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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S.Korea to back $18 bn domestic VC fund plan by 2025
The South Korean government will inject 1 trillion won ($924 million) into homegrown venture capital funds this year, with a plan to launch three VC ...
Jan 04, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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