Search Results for: Korea Investment Partners

January 1, 2024 @ 6:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Lightyear announced a strategic investment from two South Korean venture capital funds, Sunbo Angel Partners and Lighthouse Combined Investment. Both funds, with ties to South Korea’s automotive industry and other manufacturing corporate alliances, “have recognized Lightyear’s potential to create the next era of highly efficient… Read More

June 11, 2025 @ 10:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

South Korea’s private markets are navigating a complex landscape, marked by cautious optimism and persistent headwinds. As outlined in PitchBook’s Q1 2025 South Korea Market Snapshot, the nation’s startup ecosystem is in a holding pattern, with venture capital (VC) activity subdued and private equity (PE)… Read More

June 8, 2025 @ 4:52 pm By Michael Wong  |  

South Korea’s NAVER Corp. is launching a new venture investment arm in Silicon Valley, a move that underscores its ambition to expand its global presence and accelerate innovation by backing early-stage startups in North America. The initiative, NAVER Ventures, will focus on identifying and supporting… Read More

March 19, 2025 @ 5:28 pm By JD Alois  |  

Republic, the largest online capital formation platform in the world, has revealed a partnership with Hamilton Lane (Nasdaq: HLNE), which will add exposure to Private Equity (PE) on its marketplace. The “first-ever” infrastructure evergreen fund will now be available to US investors for an initial… Read More

February 23, 2025 @ 7:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CapitaLand Investment Limited (CLI), a real asset manager, closed South Korea private credit fund with a total equity commitment of KRW 180 billion (S$169.2 million), “increasing its funds under management in its focus market of South Korea to S$3.1 billion.” The CapitaLand Korea Investment No…. Read More

January 30, 2025 @ 9:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Zodia Custody, an institution-first digital asset custodian backed by Standard Chartered, SBI Holdings, Northern Trust, National Australia Bank and Emirates NBD, has integrated Wavebridge’s specialized digital asset service offering to its platform. By connecting to Wavebridge’s regulated and innovative services, clients can explore Wavebridge’s potential… Read More

September 5, 2024 @ 11:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ripple, the provider of digital asset infrastructure, announced that Yonsei University in South Korea is the latest partner to join its University Blockchain Research Initiative (UBRI) program. This new partnership with one of South Korea’s academic institutions “marks Ripple’s 58th UBRI partnership globally, and its… Read More

July 13, 2024 @ 5:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BNY (NYSE:BK), the global financial services company, announced a new agreement with AIA and BlackRock as AIA transforms its investment platform, to support the company’s long-term investment program. Through this agreement, AIA will “implement BlackRock’s Aladdin, a technology platform that unifies the investment management process,… Read More

March 11, 2024 @ 10:35 pm By Michael Wong  |  

JB Financial Group announced plans to acquire a minority stake in Vietnamese retail investing application Infina, marking a strategic move to bolster the customer base of its securities affiliate in the fast-growing Southeast Asian market. Under the terms of the strategic partnership, JB Financial will… Read More

February 1, 2024 @ 3:42 pm By JD Alois  |  

OurCrowd, a global online investment platform catering to smaller (accredited) investors, has announced the launch of its Korea-Israel Venture fund – officially labeled NH-OC Global Open Innovation Fund. OurCrowd offers single-company investment opportunities as well as a growing list of sector funds along with its… Read More

October 10, 2023 @ 9:49 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Indonesia- and Southeast Asia-focused venture capital investor East Ventures has partnered with Seoul-based SV Investment to launch the “East Ventures South Korea fund in partnership with SV Investment” with a target corpus of $100 million. The initiative’s primary goal is to bridge the investment avenues… Read More

May 25, 2023 @ 9:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Global blockchain technology company and start-up accelerator Cronos Labs announced that it will participate as the main blockchain network partner of the ‘Seoul Web 3.0 Festival 2023’ (SWF2023), organized by the Seoul Metropolitan Government. SWF2023 aims “to enhance the competitiveness of Korea’s Web3 industry and… Read More

April 3, 2023 @ 8:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Unizen is pleased to announce a partnership with DWF Labs, a global digital asset market maker and multi-stage Web3 investment firm. This collaboration will enhance their mission “to address the challenges faced by Web3 technology and create a seamless, frictionless experience for users by bringing… Read More

February 6, 2023 @ 7:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance, which claims to be the world’s leading blockchain ecosystem and cryptocurrency infrastructure provider, has invested in GOPAX, a South Korean cryptocurrency exchange licensed “to provide fiat-to-crypto services to customers, as part of its Industry Recovery Initiative (IRI).” In November 2022, GOPAX halted “the withdrawal… Read More

November 14, 2022 @ 9:23 pm By JD Alois  |  

ADDX, a Singapore-regulated digital assets exchange for private securities, has received an additional $20 million in new capital as part of a “pre-Series B” funding round. The money came from both existing and new investors – notably, Korea’s largest banking group – KB Financial Group… Read More

August 8, 2022 @ 5:09 pm By JD Alois  |  

Brickken has partnered with Hillstone Finance, Veritas, and Digital Gold Capital to expand its network to three new countries, according to a company release. Brikken is a company that was founded in Spain in 2020 that aims to leverage blockchain technology to tokenize or turn… Read More

December 7, 2021 @ 5:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

bolttech, the fast-growing global Insurtech, has announced that it has welcomed another strategic investor, BRV Capital Management (BRV), an Asia-headquartered investment platform. As mentioned in an update shared with CI, the addition follows bolttech’s announcement of Series A investors including Activant Capital, Tony Fadell –… Read More

October 25, 2021 @ 1:11 pm By JD Alois  |  

If you are a Bitcoin maximalist, times are good. Reports keep rolling in regarding the acceptance and utilization of crypto and more specifically Bitcoin thus helping to drive the price of BTC higher. Today, CNBC is reporting that Mastercard will soon allow banks and merchants… Read More

August 8, 2021 @ 8:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital banking challenger BigPay, which is one of the fastest-growing Fintechs in the ASEAN region, recently revealed that it has acquired $100 million in funding from South Korea’s conglomerate SK Group. As noted by its management: “BigPay [is] on a mission to challenge traditional banking… Read More

July 3, 2021 @ 9:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

KT, one of South Korea’s largest telecom companies, reveals that it will be investing KRW 23.6 billion (appr. $20.9 million) into the operations of Webcash Group. The investment will be part of a plan to form an alliance relationship for the B2B sector. Webcash Group… Read More