KB Investment

KB Investment Co., Ltd. (KBIC) is a prominent venture capital and private equity firm established in 1990 and headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. As a subsidiary of KB Financial Group, it manages over USD 2.6 billion in assets as of December 2023. KBIC focuses its investments on a diverse range of sectors, including consumer products and services, healthcare, information technology, materials, resources, industrials, life sciences, and clean technology, with a geographic emphasis on the United States, Southeast Asia, and Israel. The firm is recognized for its industry thought leadership and extensive network of relationships, enabling it to provide active guidance and support to its portfolio companies in areas such as team building, strategy, operations, and governance.

Park Deok-gyu

Director

Seunghwan Kim

Director

Jiae Lee

Executive Managing Director

Jung Ho Yoo

Executive Managing Director

Past deals in Search Engine

LBox

Series B in 2022
LBox is a developer of a platform designed to simplify online legal information lookup. Its digital platform functions as a search engine, allowing legal professionals to efficiently access and analyze case law, legal papers, and publications for case-related information.

LINER

Series B in 2022
LINER is a pioneering company in the field of artificial intelligence, specifically focusing on enhancing productivity through its AI-powered search engine. Known as Asia's first AI agent, LINER's platform utilizes large language model technology to perform a variety of complex tasks, streamlining the research process for users. Its unique highlighter database allows for efficient information management, significantly reducing research time from hundreds of minutes to mere seconds. Serving a global user base, with over 94% of its clientele located outside Korea, LINER operates in more than 100 countries. The company aims to help users collect and develop insights more effectively, thereby improving overall productivity.

LBox

Series A in 2021
LBox is a developer of a platform designed to simplify online legal information lookup. Its digital platform functions as a search engine, allowing legal professionals to efficiently access and analyze case law, legal papers, and publications for case-related information.

Tripstore

Venture Round in 2021
Tripstore is an O2O platform that makes it easy to search overseas trips. The company has more than one million international travel products from seventy countries around the world, where the users can easily check out their desired overseas travel products.

LINER

Series A in 2020
LINER is a pioneering company in the field of artificial intelligence, specifically focusing on enhancing productivity through its AI-powered search engine. Known as Asia's first AI agent, LINER's platform utilizes large language model technology to perform a variety of complex tasks, streamlining the research process for users. Its unique highlighter database allows for efficient information management, significantly reducing research time from hundreds of minutes to mere seconds. Serving a global user base, with over 94% of its clientele located outside Korea, LINER operates in more than 100 countries. The company aims to help users collect and develop insights more effectively, thereby improving overall productivity.

Odd Concepts

Seed Round in 2016
Odd Concepts Inc. is a technology company specializing in computer vision and artificial intelligence solutions. Founded in 2012 and based in Seoul, South Korea, it offers a comprehensive portfolio of image recognition and search technologies delivered as a cloud-based API service. The company's innovative platform is designed to meet diverse customer needs by allowing for the tuning and combination of analysis engines to achieve optimal results. Additionally, Odd Concepts develops software for video content searches, facilitating connections between offline retail businesses and online markets. This enables clients to conduct product data analysis and provide personalized product recommendations, enhancing the overall shopping experience.
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