# Kakao Ventures: portfolio, investments and team

> Kakao Ventures is a vc firm based in South Korea. 165 investments on record, 15 in the last 12 months, latest Jul 2026.

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# Kakao Ventures

Last cheque observed Jul 2026; 165 cheques on record.

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Pre-seed Seed Series A Deep Tech Service Digital Healthcare

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**63%** of best year **15** **cheques in 12 months**, 165 on record

Since the last cheque **121** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$3.6M** Cheque size, as they say **$200K – $1.0M** Rounds led **1 of 165** Sole investor **32 rounds** Mostly in **United States, 52%**

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## Kakao Ventures highlights

- 01 15 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Seed and Venture: 57% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 32 rounds, median $848K

## What they do

> Kakao Ventures is a group of the top expert reviewers in the fields of deep tech, services, digital healthcare, and games. Translated from Korean, from their own website

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** $200K – $1.0M as they say
- **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed Series A Series B Growth
- **Sectors:** Deep Tech Service Digital Healthcare
- **Based in:** Seongnam-si, South Korea
- **Cold pitches:** Accepted

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **165 appearances**

- **2026** 8 rounds
- **Jul** **[LinqAlpha](https://millionrounds.com/company/linqalpha)** Series A · US · TechStartups **$22M** With 15 others
- **Jul** **[Magnendo](https://millionrounds.com/company/magnendo)** Series A · US **$18M** With 2 others
- **Jun** **[UVify](https://millionrounds.com/company/uvify)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 2 others
- **May** **[Config](https://millionrounds.com/company/config)** Seed · US **$27M** With 1 other
- **Apr** **[Contoro Robotics](https://millionrounds.com/company/contoro-robotics)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 3 others
- **Feb** **[Polestar Games](https://millionrounds.com/company/polestar-games)** Venture **Undisclosed** Sole investor
- **Feb** **[UVify](https://millionrounds.com/company/uvify)** Venture · US **$42M** With 1 other
- **Jan** **[Runbear](https://millionrounds.com/company/runbear)** Seed · US **$1.1M** Sole investor
- **2025** 23 rounds
- **Dec** **[Portrai](https://millionrounds.com/company/portrai)** Series B **$9.9M** With 1 other
- **Dec** **[Goi](https://millionrounds.com/company/goi)** Series A **$6.1M** With 2 others
- **Nov** **[Timetree](https://millionrounds.com/company/timetree)** Series F · JP **$10M** With 3 others
- **Nov** **[Return Zero](https://millionrounds.com/company/return-zero)** Series C · KR **$3.5M** With 5 others
- **Nov** **[Buffett Seoul](https://millionrounds.com/company/buffett-seoul)** Series B · KR **$6.8M** With 3 others
- **Nov** **[Parallax Worlds](https://millionrounds.com/company/parallax-worlds)** Seed · US **$4.0M** With 5 others
- **Nov** **[vibers.ai](https://millionrounds.com/company/vibers-ai)** Seed · KR **$750K** Sole investor
- **Oct** **[Trillion Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/trillion-labs)** Venture · KR **Undisclosed** With 3 others
- **Sept** **[Home & Co](https://millionrounds.com/company/home-and-co)** Grant **$362K** Sole investor
- **Sept** **[Rebellions](https://millionrounds.com/company/rebellions)** Series C · KR **$250M** With 2 others
- **Sept** **[Smart Radar System](https://millionrounds.com/company/smart-radar-system)** Venture **Undisclosed** Sole investor
- **Aug** **[Tzafon](https://millionrounds.com/company/tzafon)** Pre-seed · US **$3.0M** With 2 others
- **Aug** **[Flonics](https://millionrounds.com/company/flonics)** Seed · KR **$717K** Sole investor
- **Aug** **[JNPMEDI](https://millionrounds.com/company/jnpmedi)** Venture **Undisclosed** With 2 others
- **Jul** **[Cutback](https://millionrounds.com/company/cutback)** Seed **$2.5M** With 2 others
- **Jul** **[Techtaka](https://millionrounds.com/company/techtaka)** Venture **Undisclosed** With 3 others
- **Jun** **[23rd Century Children](https://millionrounds.com/company/23rd-century-children)** Seed **$2.8M** With 3 others
- **Apr** **[breezm](https://millionrounds.com/company/breezm)** Series B · KR **$5.6M** With 3 others
- **Apr** **[Grepp](https://millionrounds.com/company/grepp)** Venture · KR **$2.7M** With 2 others
- **Apr** **[SeedN](https://millionrounds.com/company/seedn)** Series A **$4.5M** With 2 others
- **Mar** **[Contoro Robotics](https://millionrounds.com/company/contoro-robotics)** Series A · US **$14M** With 3 others
- **Feb** **[Connecteve](https://millionrounds.com/company/connecteve)** Seed **$9.7M** With 3 others
- **Feb** **[Bind](https://millionrounds.com/company/bind)** Series A **$2.7M** With 2 others
- **2024** 23 rounds
- **Dec** **[Neutune](https://millionrounds.com/company/neutune)** Seed · KR **$1.4M** With 3 others
- **Dec** **[Emocog](https://millionrounds.com/company/emocog)** Series B **$15M** With 2 others
- **Dec** **[Argo](https://millionrounds.com/company/argo)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 2 others
- **Nov** **[Artificial Society](https://millionrounds.com/company/artificial-society)** Venture **$543K** With 3 others
- **Nov** **[Kompass](https://millionrounds.com/company/kompass)** Seed · US **$1.6M** With 1 other
- **Aug** **[Trillion Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/trillion-labs)** Seed · KR **$4.2M** With 4 others
- **Aug** **[Market Stadium](https://millionrounds.com/company/market-stadium)** Seed · US **$1.1M** With 3 others
- **Aug** **[Iskra](https://millionrounds.com/company/iskra)** Venture · SG **Undisclosed** With 3 others
- **Jul** **[Floatic](https://millionrounds.com/company/floatic)** Venture **Undisclosed** With 3 others

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

## The team

We hold **11** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

## What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

**1** of 5 we have independently watched raise

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Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.

## The cheque

Pre-seed Seed Series A

Median round joined **$3.6M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$848K**

Led 1 of 165 rounds **1%**

- **Said size:** $200K – $1.0M
- **Sole investor:** 32 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Jul 2026

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Seed said *49*
- Venture *39*
- Series A said *34*
- Series B said *24*
- Series C *5*
- Series D *4*
- Pre-seed said *-*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Nov 2023 Oct 2026

Often in the room with

- [Korea Tech Incubator Program For Startup](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tips-program) 38
- [Shinhan Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shinhan-capital) 13
- [Korea Development Bank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/korea-development-bank) 12
- [Bass Investment](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bass-investment) 11
- [KB Investment](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kb-investment) 11
- [NAVER D2SF](https://millionrounds.com/fund/naver-d2sf) 10

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Kakao Ventures. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**Korea Tech Incubator Program For Startup** Government **38** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tips-program)[**Shinhan Capital** VC firm **13** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shinhan-capital)[**Korea Development Bank** Government **12** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/korea-development-bank)[**Bass Investment** VC firm **11** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bass-investment)[**KB Investment** VC firm **11** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kb-investment)[**NAVER D2SF** Accelerator **10** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/naver-d2sf)[**Atinum Investment** VC firm **9** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/atinum-investment)[**Korea Investment Partners** VC firm **8** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/korea-investment-partners)[**BonAngels Venture Partners** Accelerator **7** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bon-angels)[**FuturePlay** Accelerator **7** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/futureplay)[**Smilegate Investment** Growth equity **7** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/smilegate-investment)[**Altos Ventures** VC firm **6** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/altos-ventures)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Kakao Ventures put money into.

[**LinqAlpha** $22M · Jul 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/linqalpha)[**UVify** Jun 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/uvify)[**Config** $27M · May 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/config)[**Contoro Robotics** Apr 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/contoro-robotics)[**Polestar Games** Feb 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/polestar-games)[**Runbear** $1.1M · Jan 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/runbear)

## Quick answers about Kakao Ventures

### What does Kakao Ventures invest in?

Kakao Ventures invests most often at Seed and Venture (57% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Deep Tech, Service and Digital Healthcare.

### How active is Kakao Ventures?

165 investments on record, 15 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 1. The most recent was in Jul 2026.

### What has Kakao Ventures invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: LinqAlpha (Series A, Jul 2026), Magnendo (Series A, Jul 2026) and UVify (Venture, Jun 2026).

### How big are Kakao Ventures's cheques?

The median round it joins is $3.6M. It says it writes cheques of $200K to $1.0M.

### Does Kakao Ventures lead rounds?

Sometimes: it led 1 of its 165 investments on record (1%).

### Where does Kakao Ventures invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (52%) and South Korea (40%).

### Is Kakao Ventures investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 15 investments in the last 12 months.

### Who does Kakao Ventures invest alongside?

Most often Korea Tech Incubator Program For Startup (38 rounds together), Shinhan Capital (13 rounds together) and Korea Development Bank (12 rounds together).

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