Kakao Ventures
Kakao Ventures Corp. operates as a venture capital company. The Company engages in startups investment and early-stage investment. Kakao Ventures conducts investment businesses in Indonesia, Japan, Germany, South Korea, and other countries and regions.
Investing activity
Kakao Ventures appears in 6 AI deals tracked by the Lounge deals desk, rounds totalling $27M, and led 1 of them. The rounds are mostly Seed and Pre-seed, with a median round size of $3M and the largest at $27M. The most recent are Sume (Pre-seed, Aug 2026), Modpick (Seed, Jul 2026) and MODEPICK (Seed, Jul 2026).
Kakao Ventures most often invests alongside Mirae Asset Venture Investment, Founders Fund, FuturePlay and Bass Investment, and the companies it backs on Lounge are mostly in AI.
Deals
Frequently asked questions about Kakao Ventures
What AI companies has Kakao Ventures invested in?
Kakao Ventures's AI investments include Sume, Modpick, MODEPICK, DeepGrov, Config and Tynapse. The 6 rounds on Lounge are listed on this page with amounts, dates and co-investors.
Where is Kakao Ventures based?
Kakao Ventures is based in Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea.
What stage does Kakao Ventures invest at?
In the rounds tracked on Lounge, Kakao Ventures has invested at Seed and Pre-seed, with a median round of $3M. Kakao Ventures led 1 of those rounds.
Who does Kakao Ventures co-invest with?
Kakao Ventures's most frequent co-investors on Lounge are Mirae Asset Venture Investment (2 deals), Founders Fund (1 deal), FuturePlay (1 deal), Bass Investment (1 deal) and Ewha Womans University Technology Holdings (1 deal).
How can founders reach Kakao Ventures?
Founders on Lounge can see Kakao Ventures'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 Kakao Ventures to their Investor Pipeline to track the conversation.