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SL Investment
Venture capital · Seoul, South Korea · Asia Pacific
SL Investment is a Korean venture capital firm established in February 2000. It invests in small and medium venture companies with core competitiveness in innovative growth fields and operates early-stage and growth funds on a two-track basis.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningHealthcare & BiotechIndustrial & Manufacturing
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Or find every investor that fitsSL Investment lists 13 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 6 funding rounds. Its most frequent entry is Series B, 50% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (30%), Healthcare & Biotech (20%) and Industrial & Manufacturing (15%). 90% of its companies are based in South Korea. It invests most often alongside SBI Investment Korea, Atinum Investment and InterVest.
Counts come from funding rounds that name SL 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 SL Investment's whole history. Rounds on record name 6 companies; its own site lists 13. 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 | 0% |
| Series A | 33% |
| Series B | 50% |
| Growth | 17% |
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 | 0 | 0 |
| '26 | 5 | 0 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 33th | 13 companies |
| Recent activity | 86th | 5 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 54th | 0% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 52th | 0% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 52th | 30% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 42th | 2 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 30% | 18% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 20% | 15% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 15% | 7% |
| Robotics & Hardware | 10% | 1% |
| Gaming | 5% | 1% |
| Human Resources | 5% | 1% |
| Mobility & Logistics | 5% | 1% |
| Cybersecurity | 5% | 4% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| SBI Investment Korea | 6 |
| Atinum Investment | 4 |
| InterVest | 3 |
| Kolon Investment | 2 |
| LB Investment | 2 |
| ATEL Ventures | 1 |
| Bigbang Angels | 1 |
| BonAngels Venture Partners | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers13100%
- 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 togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with SBI Investment Korea
Compare SL 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 SL Investment| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 30 Oct 2026 | Series C+ | |
| 5 Aug 2026 | Series A | |
| 13 Jul 2026 | Series A | |
| 5 Jun 2026 | Series B | |
| 9 Feb 2026 | Series B | |
| 10 Oct 2024 | Series B |
Round details for SL Investment
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in SL Investment's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
13 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The company develops and publishes various games, including the Cookie Run series. | Gaming | Portfolio page | ||
| Ettifos connects everything in motion for a safer, smarter, and greener driving experience through V2X technology | Mobility & LogisticsCybersecurity | Oct 2026Series C+ | Funding round | |
| Galux develops a pioneering protein therapeutics design platform that integrates artificial intelligence and physical principles | Healthcare & Biotech | Feb 2026Series B | Funding round | |
| The company builds robots to take on repetitive physical work | Robotics & HardwareIndustrial & Manufacturing | Jul 2026Series A | Funding round | |
| JLK develops and applies innovative artificial intelligence data analysis technology for stroke workflow and other medical solutions | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides AI agents for professionals to enhance workflows in search, academic research, and writing. | AI & Machine LearningEducation | Oct 2024Series B | Funding round | |
| The company makes and operates an AI called Liner. | AI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| The company creates AI technology for healthy aging, including AI software for osteoporosis diagnosis and muscle/fat segmentation. | Healthcare & BiotechAI & Machine Learning | Jun 2026Series B | Funding round | |
| Shafferon develops new drugs, including inflammasome inhibitors and nano-antibodies, using AI-based technology for immune therapy | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides welding machines, cutting machines, and other industrial equipment and services. | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| The company designs sensors and develops software, including LiDAR products and data solutions. | Industrial & ManufacturingRobotics & Hardware | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides mechanical engineering and vibration isolation solutions. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Aug 2026Series A | Funding round | |
| The company provides an AI-based HR tech platform for recruitment, AX, and global services | AI & Machine LearningHuman Resources | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 7 Nov 2026- Site
- slinvestment.com
- Last read
- 7 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 7 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 10 Oct 2024
- Companies checked
- 13
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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