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Mashup Ventures
Venture capital · South Korea · Asia Pacific
Mashup Ventures is a Korean early-stage investor that makes first institutional investments in startups, typically writing checks of up to KRW 500 million at the seed stage. It supports portfolio companies with follow-on investment connections, one-on-one office hours through its growth network, and regular sessions on go-to-market, global expansion and fundraising.
Invests inAI & Machine Learning
In its own wordsaideep techdigital healthcommercelifestyleseed
Your fit with Mashup Ventures
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Or find every investor that fitsMashup Ventures lists 112 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 3 funding rounds, 2 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 100% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (18%), Enterprise Software (13%) and E-commerce & Marketplaces (12%). 61% of its companies are based in South Korea. It invests most often alongside Big Basin Capital, FuturePlay and SBI Investment Korea.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Mashup Ventures, 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 Mashup Ventures' whole history. Rounds on record name 3 companies; its own site lists 112. 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 roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 100% |
| Series A | 0% |
| Series B | 0% |
| 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 | 1 | 0 |
| '26 | 2 | 2 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 96th | 112 companies |
| Recent activity | 69th | 2 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 100th | 100% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 54th | 2% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 8th | 18% 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 18% | 18% |
| Enterprise Software | 13% | 8% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 12% | 6% |
| Media & Entertainment | 9% | 4% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 9% | 15% |
| Consumer | 7% | 3% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 5% | 7% |
| Education | 5% | 7% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Big Basin Capital | 6 |
| FuturePlay | 5 |
| SBI Investment Korea | 4 |
| Schmidt | 4 |
| TheVentures | 4 |
| Antler | 3 |
| Springcamp | 3 |
| Atinum Investment | 2 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers11098%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company22%
- 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 Big Basin Capital
Compare Mashup Ventures 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 Mashup Ventures| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 9 Jun 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 1 Mar 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 6 Aug 2025 | Seed |
Round details for Mashup Ventures
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Mashup Ventures' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
112 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The company provides advertising services on Instagram, including organic view ads and influencer marketing | Media & EntertainmentE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides a carbon neutrality platform for businesses. | Space & DefenseClimate & Energy | Portfolio page | ||
| Aiden Lab provides online marketing and e-commerce operation services in Japan | E-commerce & MarketplacesMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| AIM Intelligence provides enterprise AI security solutions, including automated AI red teaming and real-time guardrails, to control and secure AI agents and prevent data leaks. | CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning | Aug 2025Seed | Page + round | |
| Airbility develops and builds counter-drone systems and interceptors using AI technology | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| AlohaFactory creates and publishes games | Enterprise SoftwareMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| Arslon provides a care process for heart health, including screening tests and predictions for coronary artery disease. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Artaud Ai develops and provides on-device voice AI technology for industrial and defense fields | AI & Machine LearningIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Fairy provides a control center platform for AI-native companies to manage and track decisions made by AI agents | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides administrative services, including visa applications and business registration, to help entrepreneurs and businesses manage their time and focus on their core activities. | Legal & ComplianceHuman Resources | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| BeBridge is a market maker that quotes tokenized stocks and ETFs on decentralized exchanges | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Beeble provides AI-powered visual effects tools for filmmakers and studios. | Enterprise SoftwareMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| Bitblue provides services and solutions for individuals and companies to expand their IP and content into the Web3 ecosystem. | Enterprise SoftwareMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| Bluesignum develops and provides mental health technology, including a global mood tracker and AI emotional guide. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| BubbleShare helps brands win discovery across AI engines, search engines, and global markets through GEO, SEO, and localization | AI & Machine LearningE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| The company connects users with inspirational content and commerce to help them create their desired lifestyle. | E-commerce & MarketplacesMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| Chartmetric provides music data intelligence for the music industry by monitoring audience behavior and connecting various data sources | Enterprise SoftwareMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| Conportlab develops and provides AI-based manufacturing operation management solutions | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- mashupventures.co
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 6 Aug 2025
- Companies checked
- 112
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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