Strong Ventures is a seed fund, based in California, that finances, supports, and mentors Korean/Asian/Global entrepreneurs, empowering them to build strong ventures and to break successfully into the global market. With proven experience as operators, executives, and entrepreneurs, they provide hands-on assistance and guidance. On top of their financial investment, they aim to provide tangible value to their entrepreneurs, through network reach, strategic thinking, and execution collaboration. And, as they engage together in their venture endeavors, they hope to make the entrepreneurial ecosystem, where they build companies and labor in, a better, stronger, and more fun place for all.
Pay Months is a fintech startup that solves financing problems in e-Commerce.
Noutecompany
Funding Round in 2023
As the non-face-to-face academic environment becomes more common due to COVID-19, the demand for content for tablet writing apps is rapidly increasing around the world. Webudding is a digital stationery content C2C platform that targets this demand and has a vision to grow into the world's largest commerce and community platform in tablet content based on the various contents being sourced from Korea, Japan, the Philippines, and the United States, etc. Webudding is a web-based digital stationery service for content for tablet writing apps, with categories such as diaries, planners, notebooks, and sticker images used in tablet writing. Currently, Webudding has 1,300 sellers (1,000 domestic and 300 overseas) providing 12,000 content products and 100,000 MAUs., being the largest digital stationery in Asia. We try to go to the global market to target 1 billion tablet users worldwide.
Noteing
Seed Round in 2023
Noteing is an e-book platform that focuses on enhancing the reading experience through integrated note-taking capabilities. The application allows users to purchase e-books and read them on a tablet while simultaneously providing a user-friendly dashboard for writing notes. This feature supports various fonts and the inclusion of images and other media, catering to a more personalized and creative approach to reading. By combining e-book access with innovative note-taking tools, Noteing aims to enrich the way individuals engage with literature.
Cacheby
Seed Round in 2023
CacheBy is a bio experimental product distribution platform designed to connect buyers and sellers in a streamlined manner. The company focuses on innovating the traditional distribution model by offering a service that manages the entire process of product search, purchase, and distribution. This approach allows customers to easily access the products they need through an efficient online interface, effectively acting as a bridge between suppliers and consumers.
Lycle
Venture Round in 2022
Lycle is a bicycle rental platform that facilitates the rental of bicycles and outdoor equipment, including camping and skiing gear. It connects customers with various bike shops, allowing them to select their preferred types of bicycles while also enabling retailers to promote and sell their latest models. By leveraging this platform, Lycle enhances the rental experience for consumers and helps bike shops increase their sales and brand visibility.
Black Circle
Series A in 2022
Black Circle operates an online marketplace focused on car-related products, primarily offering tires, batteries, tools, and equipment. The platform aims to streamline the purchasing process by providing comprehensive information on prices, product specifications, and stock availability, allowing customers to meet their automotive needs efficiently.
SQUARES
Seed Round in 2022
SQUARES build commerce sites with no-code and use and manage them with ease.
YOLO
Venture Round in 2022
YOLO operates as a cross-border e-commerce platform, enabling consumers to purchase trendy items from more than 27,000 sellers across 89 countries. By fostering connections between people, culture, and society, YOLO allows users to access a diverse range of overseas products, enhancing the shopping experience while promoting global interaction.
Passengers
Seed Round in 2022
Passengers is a company that innovates the e-commerce market and distribution structure based on sustainable consumption.
Thingngo
Seed Round in 2022
Thingngo is an online store that sells children's toys.
Pay Months
Seed Round in 2022
Pay Months is a fintech startup that solves financing problems in e-Commerce.
Test Valley
Series A in 2021
Test Valley operates an electronics device distribution platform that simplifies the purchasing process for consumers seeking electronic devices. The company offers a wide range of products, including smartphones, tablets, cameras, computers, Bluetooth earphones, smartwatches, and various household appliances. Through its website, Test Valley aims to enhance consumer convenience and utility by providing access to diverse electronic devices.
simplyO
Series A in 2021
simplyO is a marketplace for everyone and offers premium consumer goods at breakthrough prices. All ingredients are carefully weighed and secured, and attractive pricing is available to sell through Simprio's single-channel without multiple distribution steps.
Stitch-It
Seed Round in 2021
Stitch-It is an online platform that simplifies the clothing production process for garment brands. It serves as a manufacturing firm dedicated to the clothing production market, enabling brands to produce apparel without navigating the complexities typically associated with garment manufacturing. The platform offers data-driven curating services, providing real-time cost guidance, which addresses the information gap between clothing producers and consumers. By streamlining production and enhancing transparency, Stitch-It aims to facilitate a more efficient and accessible clothing production experience for brands.
Karrot Market
Series D in 2021
Karrot is a hyperlocal community app which offers a secondhand marketplace. Karrot supports an eco-friendly lifestyle and local economy by promoting buying and selling secondhand goods locally. Since its launch in 2015, Karrot has become South Korea's largest second-hand marketplace and second-biggest e-commerce company. Karrot is currently available in select cities in four countries outside the home country, including the United Kingdom, Canada, the United States and Japan. As of March 2021, Karrot runs one of the largest and fastest growing consumer-to-consumer (C2C) mobile marketplace, receiving 15 million monthly unique visitors.
Stitch-It
Seed Round in 2021
Stitch-It is an online platform that simplifies the clothing production process for garment brands. It serves as a manufacturing firm dedicated to the clothing production market, enabling brands to produce apparel without navigating the complexities typically associated with garment manufacturing. The platform offers data-driven curating services, providing real-time cost guidance, which addresses the information gap between clothing producers and consumers. By streamlining production and enhancing transparency, Stitch-It aims to facilitate a more efficient and accessible clothing production experience for brands.
Test Valley
Seed Round in 2021
Test Valley operates an electronics device distribution platform that simplifies the purchasing process for consumers seeking electronic devices. The company offers a wide range of products, including smartphones, tablets, cameras, computers, Bluetooth earphones, smartwatches, and various household appliances. Through its website, Test Valley aims to enhance consumer convenience and utility by providing access to diverse electronic devices.
Kidop
Seed Round in 2021
Kidop is an online store specializing in homeschooling and educational kits for children. The company offers a variety of products, including storybooks, science kits, art supplies, and traditional games, all designed to promote cognitive development and enhance learning experiences. Kidop focuses on providing individualized curriculums tailored for infants and toddlers, allowing parents to support their children's education at home. Through its educational kits, Kidop aims to create engaging learning opportunities that combine play and education, fostering a holistic approach to early childhood development.
YOLO
Series A in 2021
YOLO operates as a cross-border e-commerce platform, enabling consumers to purchase trendy items from more than 27,000 sellers across 89 countries. By fostering connections between people, culture, and society, YOLO allows users to access a diverse range of overseas products, enhancing the shopping experience while promoting global interaction.
malang honey (So soft)
Seed Round in 2021
malang honey is an e-commerce platform for childcare products.
Winegraph
Seed Round in 2020
Winegraph is a social networking platform focused on wine search and recommendations. It connects users to a comprehensive wine database while integrating their social network activity to enhance the wine selection process. Through features such as wine search, ratings, postings, and likes, the application provides personalized wine recommendations that align with individual tastes. This allows customers to discover and order wines tailored to their preferences while also sharing their experiences with others in their social circles.
Donggle
Seed Round in 2020
Donggle is an e-commerce platform based in Seoul, South Korea, that connects consumers directly with wholesalers, enabling them to purchase clothing at wholesale prices. By innovating the distribution structure, Donggle eliminates intermediary distribution costs, allowing customers to access fashionable outfits at more affordable rates. The platform aims to enhance the shopping experience by providing a streamlined connection between buyers and suppliers, fostering a more efficient retail environment.
Payple
Seed Round in 2020
Payple is a financial platform operator that specializes in providing innovative payment services aimed at enhancing customer conversion rates. The platform emphasizes straightforward integration and competitive pricing, allowing clients to utilize credit cards and direct transfer payment methods with ease. By analyzing essential data for direct marketing, Payple enables automated payments and transfers through API integration, facilitating seamless transactions for businesses. The company's focus is on simplifying the payment process while helping clients expand their business capabilities.
Original Innovation Group (OINNG)
Seed Round in 2020
We all collect things: shoes, figurines, albums; anything and everything we love. PICKIT introduces new solutions for the global collecting community, welcoming all the different ways to collect thereby enabling the most fun collecting experience possible, starting at our market adaptation with K-POP. We help worldwide K-Pop fandoms to easily and quickly buy, collect, and exchange items digitally. Our mission lies in building the best digital collectibles marketplace where millions of digital goods become the assets of our digital era.
Kidop
Seed Round in 2020
Kidop is an online store specializing in homeschooling and educational kits for children. The company offers a variety of products, including storybooks, science kits, art supplies, and traditional games, all designed to promote cognitive development and enhance learning experiences. Kidop focuses on providing individualized curriculums tailored for infants and toddlers, allowing parents to support their children's education at home. Through its educational kits, Kidop aims to create engaging learning opportunities that combine play and education, fostering a holistic approach to early childhood development.
simplyO
Seed Round in 2020
simplyO is a marketplace for everyone and offers premium consumer goods at breakthrough prices. All ingredients are carefully weighed and secured, and attractive pricing is available to sell through Simprio's single-channel without multiple distribution steps.
YOLO
Seed Round in 2020
YOLO operates as a cross-border e-commerce platform, enabling consumers to purchase trendy items from more than 27,000 sellers across 89 countries. By fostering connections between people, culture, and society, YOLO allows users to access a diverse range of overseas products, enhancing the shopping experience while promoting global interaction.
Payple
Seed Round in 2020
Payple is a financial platform operator that specializes in providing innovative payment services aimed at enhancing customer conversion rates. The platform emphasizes straightforward integration and competitive pricing, allowing clients to utilize credit cards and direct transfer payment methods with ease. By analyzing essential data for direct marketing, Payple enables automated payments and transfers through API integration, facilitating seamless transactions for businesses. The company's focus is on simplifying the payment process while helping clients expand their business capabilities.
Karrot Market
Series C in 2019
Karrot is a hyperlocal community app which offers a secondhand marketplace. Karrot supports an eco-friendly lifestyle and local economy by promoting buying and selling secondhand goods locally. Since its launch in 2015, Karrot has become South Korea's largest second-hand marketplace and second-biggest e-commerce company. Karrot is currently available in select cities in four countries outside the home country, including the United Kingdom, Canada, the United States and Japan. As of March 2021, Karrot runs one of the largest and fastest growing consumer-to-consumer (C2C) mobile marketplace, receiving 15 million monthly unique visitors.
simplyO
Seed Round in 2019
simplyO is a marketplace for everyone and offers premium consumer goods at breakthrough prices. All ingredients are carefully weighed and secured, and attractive pricing is available to sell through Simprio's single-channel without multiple distribution steps.
Trazy
Series B in 2019
Trazy Co., Ltd. is an online travel platform based in Seoul, South Korea, that specializes in helping travelers discover and book activities across Asia. Founded in 2012 by two women who sought to simplify the travel experience for foreigners, Trazy addresses the challenges faced by international visitors in finding engaging experiences in popular destinations like Korea. The platform offers a wide range of services, including travel activities, tours, performance and concert tickets, as well as beauty make-up experiences. By providing convenient access to the latest events and attractions, Trazy aims to enhance the travel experience for its users, ensuring they can easily find and secure the best deals available.
Karrot Market
Series B in 2018
Karrot is a hyperlocal community app which offers a secondhand marketplace. Karrot supports an eco-friendly lifestyle and local economy by promoting buying and selling secondhand goods locally. Since its launch in 2015, Karrot has become South Korea's largest second-hand marketplace and second-biggest e-commerce company. Karrot is currently available in select cities in four countries outside the home country, including the United Kingdom, Canada, the United States and Japan. As of March 2021, Karrot runs one of the largest and fastest growing consumer-to-consumer (C2C) mobile marketplace, receiving 15 million monthly unique visitors.
SnackFever
Seed Round in 2017
SnackFever Inc., founded in 2015 and based in Los Angeles, California, specializes in delivering a variety of snacks, candies, drinks, ramen products, and other treats from Korea on a subscription basis in the United States. The company focuses on providing a unique culinary experience by offering monthly deliveries that cater to fans of Korean culture and cuisine. Through its offerings, SnackFever aims to connect with the global Hallyu community, delivering not just food items, but also a sense of enjoyment and cultural engagement.
Trymoon
Seed Round in 2017
TryMoon is a women's shoe brand based in Seoul, South Korea, offering a unique free home try-on service that allows customers to find their ideal footwear. Currently operating in stealth mode, the company emphasizes convenience and customer satisfaction by enabling individuals to test shoes in the comfort of their own homes before making a purchase. For inquiries, TryMoon provides telephone and contact numbers to assist potential customers.
Karrot Market
Series A in 2016
Karrot is a hyperlocal community app which offers a secondhand marketplace. Karrot supports an eco-friendly lifestyle and local economy by promoting buying and selling secondhand goods locally. Since its launch in 2015, Karrot has become South Korea's largest second-hand marketplace and second-biggest e-commerce company. Karrot is currently available in select cities in four countries outside the home country, including the United Kingdom, Canada, the United States and Japan. As of March 2021, Karrot runs one of the largest and fastest growing consumer-to-consumer (C2C) mobile marketplace, receiving 15 million monthly unique visitors.
Trymoon
Seed Round in 2016
TryMoon is a women's shoe brand based in Seoul, South Korea, offering a unique free home try-on service that allows customers to find their ideal footwear. Currently operating in stealth mode, the company emphasizes convenience and customer satisfaction by enabling individuals to test shoes in the comfort of their own homes before making a purchase. For inquiries, TryMoon provides telephone and contact numbers to assist potential customers.
Trazy
Series A in 2016
Trazy Co., Ltd. is an online travel platform based in Seoul, South Korea, that specializes in helping travelers discover and book activities across Asia. Founded in 2012 by two women who sought to simplify the travel experience for foreigners, Trazy addresses the challenges faced by international visitors in finding engaging experiences in popular destinations like Korea. The platform offers a wide range of services, including travel activities, tours, performance and concert tickets, as well as beauty make-up experiences. By providing convenient access to the latest events and attractions, Trazy aims to enhance the travel experience for its users, ensuring they can easily find and secure the best deals available.
POPRAGEOUS
Venture Round in 2016
POPRAGEOUS is an American printed apparel brand inspired by art, pop culture, and its customers. It manufactures and commercializes printed apparel for women. The company offers premium leggings, suspender leggings, dresses, onesie swimsuits, skater skirts, crop tops, and gift cards. POPRAGEOUS was founded in December 2012 and is based in Los Angeles, California.
SnackFever
Seed Round in 2016
SnackFever Inc., founded in 2015 and based in Los Angeles, California, specializes in delivering a variety of snacks, candies, drinks, ramen products, and other treats from Korea on a subscription basis in the United States. The company focuses on providing a unique culinary experience by offering monthly deliveries that cater to fans of Korean culture and cuisine. Through its offerings, SnackFever aims to connect with the global Hallyu community, delivering not just food items, but also a sense of enjoyment and cultural engagement.
SnackFever
Seed Round in 2015
SnackFever Inc., founded in 2015 and based in Los Angeles, California, specializes in delivering a variety of snacks, candies, drinks, ramen products, and other treats from Korea on a subscription basis in the United States. The company focuses on providing a unique culinary experience by offering monthly deliveries that cater to fans of Korean culture and cuisine. Through its offerings, SnackFever aims to connect with the global Hallyu community, delivering not just food items, but also a sense of enjoyment and cultural engagement.
Purse
Seed Round in 2014
The biggest challenge to Bitcoin commerce is the lack of consumer incentive to spend. Purse generates this incentive in the form of 15% discounts on Amazon. Buyers can purchase bitcoins with a credit card as easily as checking out on Amazon, thus solving the last mile problem.
Brandboom
Seed Round in 2013
Brandboom is a developer of a cloud-based order management platform that modernizes B2B commerce and wholesale markets. The platform provides tools for creating presentations, managing orders, tracking inventory, and analyzing sales, allowing wholesalers to effectively monitor sales goals and generate detailed production reports. Brandboom also offers innovative features such as cloud-based Line Sheets, Ordering and Invoicing tools, and the Brandboom Link, which has become a standard in the industry. Additionally, its Connect Marketplace utilizes artificial intelligence to match brands with retailers, enhancing wholesale marketing efforts. With the introduction of shipping and financial services through flowfy, Brandboom positions itself as a comprehensive solution for businesses looking to grow and thrive in the B2B sector.
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