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Capstone Partners
Venture capital · Seoul, South Korea · Asia Pacific
Capstone Partners is an early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2008 that invests in startups. It manages 24 funds with AUM of KRW 502.1 billion and has backed companies such as Zigbang, Danggeun Market and Fadu.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningConsumer
In its own wordsearly-stagetechnologystartupsnew collar
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Or find every investor that fitsCapstone Partners lists 6 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 6 funding rounds, 2 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 40% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (46%), Consumer (18%) and Healthcare & Biotech (9%). 80% of its companies are based in South Korea. It invests most often alongside SBI Investment Korea, Alumni Ventures and Antler.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Capstone Partners, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 40% |
| Series A | 20% |
| Series B | 20% |
| Growth | 20% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 1 | 0 |
| '25 | 1 | 1 |
| '26 | 4 | 1 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 8th | 6 companies |
| Recent activity | 82th | 4 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 66th | 40% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 52th | 0% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 80th | 46% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 42th | 2 countries |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| SBI Investment Korea | 2 |
| Alumni Ventures | 1 |
| Antler | 1 |
| Atinum Investment | 1 |
| Cathay Innovation | 1 |
| Coreline | 1 |
| FuturePlay | 1 |
| Innopolis Partners | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers6100%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company00%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 46% | 18% |
| Consumer | 18% | 3% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 9% | 15% |
| Space & Defense | 9% | 3% |
| Education | 9% | 7% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 9% | 7% |
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with SBI Investment Korea
Compare Capstone Partners head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Capstone Partners| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 2 Sept 2026 | Seed | |
| 31 Aug 2026 | Series A | |
| 26 Aug 2026 | Series C+ | |
| 1 Apr 2026 | Round Led | |
| 29 Aug 2025 | Seed Led | |
| 10 Oct 2024 | Series B |
Round details for Capstone Partners
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Capstone Partners' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
6 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The company develops and provides lab automation equipment, including liquid handling robots, to research institutions and companies. | Healthcare & Biotech | Aug 2026Series A | Funding round | |
| FriendliAI provides a cloud platform for deploying and running artificial intelligence models. | AI & Machine LearningSpace & Defense | Aug 2025Seed | Funding round | |
| Intellicia provides AI-based research solutions for businesses, including survey and qualitative research, retail simulation, and new product development acceleration. | AI & Machine LearningConsumer | Sept 2026Seed | Funding round | |
| The company provides AI agents for professionals to enhance workflows in search, academic research, and writing. | AI & Machine LearningEducation | Oct 2024Series B | Funding round | |
| Rapeech provides conversational AI and network infrastructure services, including AI data centers and physical security | AI & Machine LearningIndustrial & Manufacturing | Apr 2026Round | Funding round | |
| The company provides AI services and solutions for businesses and consumers. | ConsumerAI & Machine Learning | Aug 2026Series C+ | Funding round |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- cspartners.co.kr
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 10 Oct 2024
- Companies checked
- 6
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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