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Kiwoom Investment
Venture capital · Seoul, South Korea · Asia Pacific
Kiwoom Investment is a Korean venture capital firm that manages funds across Korea, Japan and Singapore. It has formed 48 funds in Korea with cumulative AUM of KRW 18,706 billion, one fund in Japan and one in Singapore.
Invests inHealthcare & BiotechIndustrial & Manufacturing
In its own wordsventure capitalfintechbiohealthcontentsecondarym&a
Your fit with Kiwoom Investment
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Or find every investor that fitsKiwoom Investment lists 183 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 10 funding rounds, 1 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Series A, 50% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Healthcare & Biotech (19%), Industrial & Manufacturing (17%) and AI & Machine Learning (14%). 80% of its companies are based in South Korea. It invests most often alongside Atinum Investment, IMM Investment and We Ventures.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Kiwoom Investment, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not Kiwoom Investment's whole history. Rounds on record name 10 companies; its own site lists 183. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundKiwoom Investment does not state its stages on its site, so only what it does is shown.
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| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 10% |
| Series A | 50% |
| Series B | 40% |
| Growth | 0% |
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 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 2 | 0 |
| '26 | 8 | 1 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 98th | 183 companies |
| Recent activity | 94th | 9 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 55th | 10% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 58th | 3% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 13th | 19% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 91th | 8 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare & Biotech | 19% | 15% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 17% | 7% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 14% | 18% |
| Enterprise Software | 12% | 8% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 7% | 5% |
| Consumer | 5% | 3% |
| Fintech | 5% | 12% |
| Media & Entertainment | 5% | 4% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Atinum Investment | 18 |
| IMM Investment | 15 |
| We Ventures | 11 |
| SBI Investment Korea | 9 |
| Quantum Ventures Korea | 7 |
| Laguna Investment | 5 |
| Schmidt | 5 |
| InterVest | 4 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers17696%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company74%
- 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.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with Atinum Investment
Compare Kiwoom Investment 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 Kiwoom Investment| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 4 Nov 2026 | Series A Led | |
| 14 Aug 2026 | Series A | |
| 13 Aug 2026 | Series A | |
| 29 May 2026 | Series B | |
| 19 May 2026 | Series B | |
| 22 Apr 2026 | Series A | |
| 25 Feb 2026 | Series B | |
| 20 Nov 2025 | Series A |
Round details for Kiwoom Investment
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Kiwoom Investment's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
183 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eleven Corporation is a company that operates global beauty brands | Consumer | Portfolio page | ||
| The company designs and creates semiconductor products, including memory companion ICs. | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides 3D printing services and solutions for ceramic products | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Adriel is the AdOps platform that helps marketers monitor, manage and scale their digital advertising efforts for higher ROI. | Media & EntertainmentEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| The company develops and provides AI-based healthcare solutions for eye disease diagnosis and chronic disease management | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides industrial AI platform products and AI solutions to implement a self-improving Learning Factory with minimal human intervention. | AI & Machine LearningIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| The company produces and sells steel materials with various printing and coating technologies. | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Algorix Corp builds digital intelligence and artificial intelligence solutions for businesses | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Aug 2026Series A | Funding round | |
| Allra provides a financial management service for sellers, allowing them to receive payment immediately after a sale is completed | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company sells various food products, including sugar substitutes, olive oil, and other specialty foods. | Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| Appota Group is the pioneering company in providing technology solutions and digital entertainment content in Vietnam. | Enterprise SoftwareEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| The company develops and sells beauty and healthcare products, including cosmetics, skincare, and medical devices. | Healthcare & BiotechConsumer | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| The company provides SoC, design, and production services for system semiconductors. | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| The company develops and applies laser, AI, and robotics technologies to various industries, including mobility and semiconductor manufacturing. | Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Banksalad helps users compare and select financial products, such as loans and insurance, and also offers health-related services | FintechHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| BGFecomaterials develops and proposes customized engineering materials for various customer groups in sectors such as automotive, secondary batteries, electrical/electronic, and industrial materials | Industrial & ManufacturingE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides AI and data analysis services, including AI-based data analysis, AI-driven business system construction, and AI supply chain management. | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| BIONEER develops and manufactures products for molecular biology and diagnostics, including PCR and RT-PCR instruments, nucleic acid synthesis, and gene expression analysis tools. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- kiwoominvest.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 12 Aug 2025
- Companies checked
- 183
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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