Smilegate Investment is a private equity and venture capital firm in South Korea that focuses on investing in tech-sector and Bio/Healthcare-sectors. The company specializes in investments in merger and acquisition deals, buyout, early and mezzanine stages. Founded 1999 in Seongnam, Kyonggi-do, South Korea, it invests in early stage ventures, late stage ventures, and private equity. Its portfolio companies include Lozi, Coinplug, D&D Pharmatech, Orum Therapeutics, AmazeVR, Cashfree, Mathpresso, Vuno, WELT, and Neuraly. As of March 2020, Smilegate Investment has made 22 investments. Their most recent investment was on October 30, 2019 with Lozi.
Timeline
Funded Companies
Mathpresso is a Seoul-based company offering a mobile application which can answer questions from a picture.
MOLOCO empowers mobile apps to run their own advertising business by providing all of the required components as a cloud service.
D&D Pharmatech is a clinical-stage global biotech company that funds the development of revolutionary medicines through disease-specific subsidiary companies founded and guided by top-tier medical research faculty.
People
Insoo Paik
Principal
Sangsun Park
COO/Executive Vice President
Further reading
Documentaries, videos and podcasts
Companies
AmazeVR
D&D Pharmatech
Cashfree
Coinplug
Lozi
Orum Therapeutics