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TBT Partners
Venture capital · Seoul, South Korea · Asia Pacific
TBT Partners is a venture capital firm that invests in startups and shares hands-on operational experience with founders. Its team of investment and advisory professionals has backgrounds in planning, marketing, development, finance and legal.
Invests inE-commerce & Marketplaces
In its own wordsconsumersocial mediasoftwareglobal
Your fit with TBT Partners
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Or find every investor that fitsTBT Partners lists 59 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 1 funding round. Its most frequent entry is Growth, 100% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are E-commerce & Marketplaces (22%), Enterprise Software (13%) and Healthcare & Biotech (12%). 87% of its companies are based in South Korea. It invests most often alongside InterVest, Springcamp and We Ventures.
Counts come from funding rounds that name TBT 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 TBT Partners' whole history. Rounds on record name 1 company; its own site lists 59. 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 roundTBT 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 | 0% |
| Series A | 0% |
| Series B | 0% |
| Growth | 100% |
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 | 0 | 0 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 88th | 59 companies |
| Recent activity | 59th | 1 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 | 21th | 22% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 70th | 4 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 22% | 6% |
| Enterprise Software | 13% | 8% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 12% | 15% |
| Fintech | 10% | 12% |
| Education | 8% | 7% |
| Media & Entertainment | 6% | 4% |
| Consumer | 6% | 3% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 5% | 18% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| InterVest | 5 |
| Springcamp | 5 |
| We Ventures | 4 |
| Atinum Investment | 3 |
| IMM Investment | 3 |
| SBVA | 3 |
| Kiwoom Investment | 2 |
| SBI Investment Korea | 2 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers5695%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company35%
- 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 TBT Partners head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Portfolio
59 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The company provides a delivery service with optimal routes and reasonable costs. | E-commerce & MarketplacesFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company operates a taxi service with various call options and rewards for frequent use. | Mobility & Logistics | Portfolio page | ||
| The company produces high-quality carbon nanotube, graphene, and carbon black dispersion materials for battery applications. | Industrial & ManufacturingE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| The company sells tires and other automotive products online. | E-commerce & MarketplacesMobility & Logistics | Portfolio page | ||
Industrial & ManufacturingConsumer | Portfolio page | |||
| The company provides a solution for beauty shop management, including customer management and sales analysis. | Healthcare & BiotechE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| DIVE Studios produces original shows, podcasts, and social content focused on Korean entertainment and celebrities | Enterprise SoftwareMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| Dot Inc. develops and manufactures tactile Braille displays and other technology to improve accessibility for the visually impaired. | Healthcare & BiotechRobotics & Hardware | Portfolio page | ||
| DSRV builds the on-chain finance OS that connects global liquidity, assets, and customer networks | FintechCrypto & Web3 | Portfolio page | ||
| The company connects customers with verified video editors for various video editing projects. | Enterprise SoftwareMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| Fancim provides an online service for creators and users to interact and make orders. | E-commerce & MarketplacesEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides financial, educational, and lifestyle services for families. | FintechEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| The company compares and provides estimates for new car leases, long-term rentals, and financing from 35 financial institutions. | FintechE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| The company sells organic feminine hygiene products, such as sanitary pads and tampons, as well as other women's health products. | Healthcare & BiotechE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides education, evaluation, and recruitment services for developers. | EducationHuman Resources | Portfolio page | ||
| The company operates an online shopping platform. | E-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides a health monitoring platform and devices that measure various health indicators, offering personalized health management services. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company offers health checkup services in Korea, allowing customers to book and receive medical checkups with various packages and tests. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides construction solutions and services from planning to completion, including design, construction management, and property management. | Real Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides a smart home and community service platform for apartment residents in South Korea. | Real Estate & ConstructionFintech | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- tbt.partners
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 24 Dec 2025
- Companies checked
- 59
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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