Monthly roundup · South Korea · October 2026
Monthly roundup · South Korea · October 2026Startup funding in South Korea, October 2026: FuriosaAI's $620M Series D leads 24 rounds
We read 24 equity rounds raised in South Korea and announced in October 2026, raising $700M between them: 3% of the rounds we read worldwide that month and 1% of the money. The largest was FuriosaAI's $620M Series D, led by National Growth Fund and National Growth Fund of Korea. The median seed round was $5.0M, against $5.5M over the last twelve months worldwide; at Series A it was $15M.
Equity rounds24raised in South Korea, 8 with an amount
Raised$700Macross those rounds
Lead named29%of rounds say who led
Share of the world3%of rounds; 1% of the money
The biggest rounds
- 1
FuriosaAISeries D · led by National Growth Fund, National Growth Fund of Korea$620M - 2TTriorSeries C$25M
- 3
AIZ EntertainmentSeries A$15M
- 4EEyez EntertainmentSeries A$15M
- 5
NanoForge AISeed · led by Mirae Asset Venture Investment$11M - 6NNationASeries A$6.5M
- 7NNecta GroupSeed · led by Portal Ventures$5.0M
- 8TTraceWeaveSeed · led by Mirae Asset Capital$2.3M
Day by day
Equity rounds raised in South Korea and announced each day of October. The busiest day was 22 October, with 6.
1 October31 October
By stage, against the year
Each stage's median this month beside its twelve-month median: South Korea's own where we hold enough rounds for a benchmark, otherwise the worldwide one.
In what
AI was the busiest sector in South Korea.
Against the world
- Rounds, South Korea24
- Rounds, worldwide733
- Raised, South Korea$700M
- Raised, worldwide$59B
281 roundsUnited States→
74 roundsIndia→
56 roundsUnited Kingdom→
31 roundsChina→
25 roundsJapan→
18 roundsCanada→
17 roundsFrance→