Smilegate is a corporate venture arm. Team members are concentrated in Seoul, South Korea. The known portfolio counts 10 companies, including True Balance, Appcharge, Fount, Absurd Ventures, Casual Steps and Postcard Game Studio.
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Who to pitch at Smilegate
Smilegate portfolio companies (10)
- True Balance
- Appcharge
- Fount
- Absurd Ventures
- Casual Steps
- Postcard Game Studio
- Quantit
- Starbreeze Entertainment
- That's No Moon
- VCAT.AI
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About Smilegate
The firm's listing covers sectors AI, Consumer and FinTech, and focus areas Entertainment, Game Studios, Gaming and Machine Learning; known deals cluster at Growth, Seed and Series A.
Steve Han (Affiliated) and Smilegate Investment (스마일게이트) are listed as the contacts to pitch at Smilegate.
Smilegate shares portfolio companies with 18 other investment firms, among them Grow Money Capital, Paly Ventures and Play Ventures.
Frequently asked questions
What is Smilegate?
Smilegate is a corporate venture arm whose team is concentrated in Seoul, 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 Smilegate invest in?
Listed sectors include AI, Consumer and FinTech; listed focus areas include Entertainment, Game Studios, Gaming and Machine Learning. 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 Smilegate invest at?
The known deals of Smilegate include Growth, Seed and Series A 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 Smilegate?
Both people on file at Smilegate are listed as contacts for the firm, each with their own profile page.
How do I contact Smilegate?
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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