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Kakao Ventures' AI portfolio
Kakao Ventures has backed 20 AI startups in rounds we track, $768M between them, shown by the stage each has reached. The best-funded is Rebellions.
Funding by segment
- Pre-seed and seed$24M10
- Stage not reported$31M4
- Series C and later$675M3
- Series A$39M3
Where they are based
- United States11$66M
- South Korea9$702M
United States
South KoreaFounded
3 without a founding year on record.
Total raised
- Under $1M1
- $1M to $10M15
- $10M to $50M3
- $50M to $250M0
- $250M to $1B1
- $1B and over0
Each dot is a startup: the year it was founded across, the total it has raised up (each line is ten times the one below). Pick a segment to pick it out.
17 of 20 startups shown; the rest have no founding year or amount on record.
- 1 to 2
- 3 to 7
- 8 to 24
- 25 to 99
- 100 and more
- United States11
- South Korea9
Startups by country, 2 countries in all.
Segment by segment
Pre-seed and seed
10 startups · $24M raised
ConnecteveCONNECTEVE is a South Korean med-tech startup founded in 2021, focused on advancing orthopedic care through AI-powered software anSouth Korea$9.7M
TzafonTzafon is an AI research and development company dedicated to advancing machine intelligence through scalable systems and multimodal models.United States$3.0M
ArgoArGo is an India-based blockchain company that offers serverless application deployment and decentralized hosting services for businesses.United States$2.5M
SqueezeBitsSqueezeBits builds ecosystem for designing, training, and deploying compressed neural networks.South Korea$1.9M
RunbearRunbear is an AI-based IT operation automation service provider.United States$1.8M
NeutuneNeutune is a music creation company that provides content creation solutions with AI technology such as artificial intelligence, and audio.South Korea$1.4M
DeepMetricsDeepMetrics is an AI-driven company focused on automating intensive care unit (ICU) processes.United States$1.3M
MakeDashyMakeDashy AI based business tools analyzes customer lifecycle values, retention rates to increase customer loyalty.United States$1.1M
Stage not reported
4 startups · $31M raised
Contoro RoboticsContoro Robotics is an Austin-based startup focused on automating the unloading of floor-loaded shipping containers and trailers uUnited States$14M
Skelter LabsSkelter Labs is an artificial intelligence company based in Seoul, founded in 2015 by Ted Cho, a former engineering site director South Korea$9.3M
Trillion LabsAt Trillion Labs, we're reshaping the future of AI for Korea, starting with building the most powerful (yet compute-efficient) fouSouth Korea$4.2M
BlueSpace.aiBlueSpace.ai is an autonomous driving software company based in Silicon Valley, founded in 2019.United States$3.5M
Series C and later
3 startups · $675M raised
RebellionsRebellions is a South Korean fabless semiconductor company founded in September 2020.South Korea$650M
StandigmStandigm is a workflow AI-driven drug discovery company based in Seoul, South Korea, founded in 2015.South Korea$22M
Return ZeroAI, ASR, Diarization, Speech, MLSouth Korea$3.5M
Series A
3 startups · $39M raised
How this map is made. Every startup here works in AI and has raised money in a round we track that names Kakao Ventures as an investor. Each sits under the stage of its latest round. Rebuilt nightly; updated 15 November 2026.
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