FuturePlay
FuturePlay is an accelerator and early-stage investor specialized in deep tech startups. Founded in 2014 in Seoul, South Korea, FuturePlay have invested in 55 deep tech, mainly South Korea's startups and about one third of them are US-based startups. FuturePlay is expanding target regions to Southeast Asia like Singapore, Vietnam, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. It also plays a role of LP of some tech-focused funds like 500 Kimchi (500Startups' Korean Fund) and Zeroth.ai (http://zeroth.ai/). FuturePlay is venture-backed mainly from global enterprises such as CISCO, DeNA, LG, NHN, SK Planet. FuturePlay has two acceleration program, TechUP and TechUP+. TechUP is annual batch program which is a kind of company-building with deep tech engineers. TechUP+ is a co-acceleration program with large enterprise specialized in a particular industry like food, beauty, energy, etc. The first TechUP+ is sponsored by AmorePacific, the number one cosmetic company in Asia, and is running now with 5 beauty tech startups. Per Crunchbase, FuturePlay has made 258 investments, 63 as lead investor across 193 portfolio companies, with 8 exits including 3 IPOs.
Investing activity
FuturePlay has made 258 investments according to Crunchbase across 193 portfolio companies, and has led 63 rounds and seen 8 exits, 3 of them by IPO.
FuturePlay appears in 4 AI deals tracked by the Lounge deals desk, rounds totalling $31M, and led 1 of them. The rounds are mostly Seed and Pre-seed, with a median round size of $31M. The most recent are Sume (Pre-seed, Aug 2026), Neuble AI (Seed, $269K, Jul 2026) and Asteromorph (Seed, $31.3M (KRW 47,000.0M), May 2026).
FuturePlay most often invests alongside Founders Fund, Bass Investment, Kakao Ventures and BonAngels Venture Partners, and the companies it backs on Lounge are mostly in AI.
Deals
Frequently asked questions about FuturePlay
What AI companies has FuturePlay invested in?
FuturePlay's AI investments include Sume, Neuble AI, Asteromorph and Search OS. The 4 rounds on Lounge are listed on this page with amounts, dates and co-investors.
Where is FuturePlay based?
FuturePlay is based in Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea.
What stage does FuturePlay invest at?
In the rounds tracked on Lounge, FuturePlay has invested at Seed and Pre-seed, with a median round of $31M. FuturePlay led 1 of those rounds.
Who does FuturePlay co-invest with?
FuturePlay's most frequent co-investors on Lounge are Founders Fund (1 deal), Bass Investment (1 deal), Kakao Ventures (1 deal), BonAngels Venture Partners (1 deal) and SV Investment (1 deal).
How can founders reach FuturePlay?
Founders on Lounge can see FuturePlay's contact details in AI Investor Contacts (paid plans), check for a warm introduction through members who worked with the firm under Warm Paths, and add FuturePlay to their Investor Pipeline to track the conversation.