Investors / South Korea / KNET Investment Partners
KNET Investment Partners
Venture capital · Seoul, South Korea · Asia Pacific
KNET Investment Partners is a venture capital firm that has been investing since 2008, with 14 funds formed and KRW 518.2 billion raised in total, backing 153 portfolio companies. It discovers promising companies and connects them with capital, markets, industry partners and follow-on funding, and works alongside founders after investment.
Invests inHealthcare & BiotechEnterprise Software
In its own wordshealthcaredeep techartificial intelligencematerialscontentdefense
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Or find every investor that fitsKNET Investment Partners lists 11 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 3 funding rounds, 1 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 67% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Healthcare & Biotech (31%), Enterprise Software (19%) and AI & Machine Learning (13%). 100% of its companies are based in South Korea. It invests most often alongside 500 Global, Ascendo Ventures and Atinum Investment.
Counts come from funding rounds that name KNET Investment Partners, 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 KNET Investment Partners' whole history. Rounds on record name 3 companies; its own site lists 11. 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 roundKNET Investment Partners does not state its stages on its site, so only what it does is shown.
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| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 67% |
| Series A | 0% |
| Series B | 33% |
| 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 | 0 | 0 |
| '26 | 3 | 1 |
Investor profile
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| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 27th | 11 companies |
| Recent activity | 76th | 3 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 80th | 67% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 52th | 0% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 55th | 31% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 20th | 1 country |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare & Biotech | 31% | 15% |
| Enterprise Software | 19% | 8% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 13% | 18% |
| Media & Entertainment | 13% | 4% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 6% | 7% |
| Fintech | 6% | 12% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 6% | 6% |
| Food & Agriculture | 6% | 3% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| 500 Global | 1 |
| Ascendo Ventures | 1 |
| Atinum Investment | 1 |
| CKD Venture Capital | 1 |
| CRIT Ventures | 1 |
| Dayli Partners | 1 |
| Envisioning Partners | 1 |
| Global Health Investment Corporation | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers11100%
- 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.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare KNET Investment 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 KNET Investment Partners| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 7 Sept 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 26 Aug 2026 | Seed | |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Series B |
Round details for KNET Investment Partners
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in KNET Investment Partners' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
11 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The company crafts carbon nanotubes into breakthrough innovations and provides materials and equipment for various industries, including semiconductors and X-ray technology. | Industrial & ManufacturingHealthcare & Biotech | Aug 2026Series B | Funding round | |
| The company sells food products online | E-commerce & MarketplacesFood & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| Credos Partners provides integrated digital infrastructure for private investment and RWA operations | Fintech | Sept 2026Seed | Funding round | |
| The company provides lab automation solutions and develops medical devices for diagnostic purposes. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company develops and supplies vaccines globally, including oral cholera vaccines and typhoid conjugate vaccines. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company manufactures and supplies machined, forged, and cast parts for industries such as drones, satellites, ships, and robots. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Aug 2026Seed | Funding round | |
| IntoCell is a biotech company that researches and develops new drugs | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| MuzLive creates and provides digital content for smart devices through its KiT technology | Enterprise SoftwareMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| Proteina analyzes protein-protein interactions to support the development of effective treatments | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company owns copyrighted content | Enterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Ylab is involved in various business areas including video, games, and brand webtoons. | Enterprise SoftwareMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 7 Nov 2026- Site
- knetinvestment.com
- Last read
- 7 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 7 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 10 Aug 2026
- Companies checked
- 11
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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