Kakao Ventures

Investment firm

Kakao Ventures

Corporate VC, Venture capital

WebsiteCrunchbase profileSouth Korea10known portfolio companies2people tracked20co-investors

Kakao Ventures is a corporate venture arm and venture capital firm. Based in Seongnam-si, South Korea. Among the 10 companies in the known portfolio are Parallax Worlds, Bind, Buffett Seoul, Portrai, 23rd Century Children and Apollo Studios.

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Investment focus

Who to pitch at Kakao Ventures

Kakao Ventures portfolio companies (10)

  • Parallax Worlds
  • Bind
  • Buffett Seoul
  • Portrai
  • 23rd Century Children
  • Apollo Studios
  • Tynapse
  • YejiX
  • SemiAI
  • Vibers.ai

Co-investors

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About Kakao Ventures

The firm's listing covers sectors AI, Commerce, Consumer and Education, and focus areas 3D Technology, Computer Vision, Crypto and Data Analytics; known deals cluster at Seed, Series A and Series B.

Hyunik Mike Cho (Principal) and Justin Shin (Principal) are listed as the contacts to pitch at Kakao Ventures.

Kakao Ventures shares portfolio companies with 20 other investment firms, among them Murex Partners, BASS Ventures and Spacecadet.

Frequently asked questions

What is Kakao Ventures?

Kakao Ventures is a corporate venture arm and venture capital firm based in Seongnam-si, South Korea, with a known portfolio of 10 companies. The portfolio comes from public investment records rather than from the firm, so deals that never surfaced publicly are not in it.

What does Kakao Ventures invest in?

Listed sectors include AI, Commerce, Consumer and Education; listed focus areas include 3D Technology, Computer Vision, Crypto and Data Analytics. Those tags come from the portfolio attached to the firm, so they describe what has been backed rather than a stated mandate for what comes next.

What stage does Kakao Ventures invest at?

The known deals of Kakao Ventures include Seed, Series A and Series B rounds. Check that against your own round before reaching out: stage mismatch is the most common reason a well matched sector still goes nowhere.

Who should I pitch at Kakao Ventures?

Both people on file at Kakao Ventures are listed as contacts for the firm, each with their own profile page.

How do I contact Kakao Ventures?

Any email address on file for the firm is masked on this page and readable inside RaiseHunt after you create an account. The 2 people attached to the firm have their own pages, each showing whether an address is on file for them.

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