FuturePlay

Founded in Seoul, South Korea in 2014, FuturePlay is an accelerator and early-stage investor focused on deep tech startups. It has invested in over 55 companies, primarily based in South Korea, with a third operating in the U.S. FuturePlay also expands its reach to Southeast Asia and acts as a limited partner for funds like 500 Kimchi and Zeroth.ai. The company offers two acceleration programs: TechUP and TechUP+, providing resources and support to help startups grow sustainably.

Choi Jae-woong

Director

Yongsuk ku

Senior Associate

Kwon Oh-hyung

Partner

Past deals in Industrial Automation

Loas

Seed Round in 2025
Loas is a technology company that specializes in AI-driven acoustic inspection systems. It has developed the world's first visualization-based AI system for industrial environments, utilizing acoustic cameras, automated robots, and abnormal noise diagnosis to enhance operational efficiency and safety for its clients.

Raion Robotics

Seed Round in 2024
Raion Robotics specializes in manufacturing quadruped robots for industrial use. Their flagship product, the Libo 2, leverages reinforcement learning technology to enable walking robots for applications in surveillance, disaster relief, and exploration, with potential in defense, construction, and logistics sectors.

Wirobotics

Series A in 2024
WIRobotics is a developer of innovative wearable robot technology aimed at enhancing musculoskeletal health. The company's products are designed to fit closely to the body, utilizing flexible robotic mechanisms and high-performance actuators. This technology not only reduces physical strain on users but also facilitates active movement. Additionally, WIRobotics incorporates data-driven task monitoring and analysis to quantify labor intensity, providing valuable insights for organizations seeking to improve workplace conditions and promote smart work care. By focusing on the intersection of robotics and health, WIRobotics addresses the physical demands of work environments, ensuring safer and more efficient operations.

ROBOS

Series A in 2024
Robos is a robotics company that specializes in developing and implementing robotic systems for various industries. It combines self-developed biomaterial machine vision technology with robotics to create innovative solutions for manufacturing, food processing, and medical sectors. The company offers a range of services, including robot product hardware and software development, robot-applied system design, and custom design, as well as web and mobile system development. By doing so, Robos helps businesses enhance their productivity and efficiency through the integration of robotics technology.

IDeAOcean

Seed Round in 2023
IDeAOcean specializes in automating and digitally transforming the engineering design process for a wide array of machines and robotics. The company's core product is an autonomous design platform that leverages artificial intelligence to streamline the complex task of 3D computer-aided design-based engineering. This platform enables manufacturers and R&D departments to efficiently create and build custom-designed machinery and mechanisms, optimizing their operation.

Sequor Robotics

Seed Round in 2023
Sequor Robotics specializes in advanced robotics software solutions integrated with proprietary mobile hardware platforms. Their versatile technology supports various robots like mobile, quadruped, and humanoid forms, enabling operation across diverse environments.

CLE

Seed Round in 2023
CLE specializes in computer vision-based automation systems for industrial environments. Their solutions integrate edge AI and real-time video analytics to automate visual inspection, process monitoring, and operational intelligence, enhancing efficiency and decision-making for manufacturing and logistics sectors.

Tefa Robotics

Seed Round in 2023
Tefa Robotics aims to address the shortage of qualified robotics engineers by developing a low-code solution for industrial robots. This enables simpler and more effective deployment, overcoming technical limitations that hinder adoption.

Wirobotics

Seed Round in 2023
WIRobotics is a developer of innovative wearable robot technology aimed at enhancing musculoskeletal health. The company's products are designed to fit closely to the body, utilizing flexible robotic mechanisms and high-performance actuators. This technology not only reduces physical strain on users but also facilitates active movement. Additionally, WIRobotics incorporates data-driven task monitoring and analysis to quantify labor intensity, providing valuable insights for organizations seeking to improve workplace conditions and promote smart work care. By focusing on the intersection of robotics and health, WIRobotics addresses the physical demands of work environments, ensuring safer and more efficient operations.

Navifra

Seed Round in 2023
Navifra develops autonomous logistics robot software, transforming traditional human-driven logistics into machine-led operations. Their solution enables existing automated guided vehicles to achieve full autonomy via a control tower that manages multiple robots with minimal sensors.

CLE

Seed Round in 2022
CLE specializes in computer vision-based automation systems for industrial environments. Their solutions integrate edge AI and real-time video analytics to automate visual inspection, process monitoring, and operational intelligence, enhancing efficiency and decision-making for manufacturing and logistics sectors.

Seoul Robotics

Series B in 2022
Specializes in developing advanced LiDAR perception software for autonomous vehicles and robots. Its technology enables infrastructure-based autonomous driving, featuring controlled area navigation and obstacle detection across varied environments.

Embotech

Series A in 2021
Founded in 2013, Embotech develops decision-making software solutions for autonomous systems. Its flagship product, FORCES Pro, enables complex control system design across industries such as automotive, energy, and robotics. Applications include wind turbine control, drone motion planning, advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), spacecraft landing, and reusable rocket returns.

WeGo Robotices

Seed Round in 2021
WeGo Co., Ltd. develops machine learning, deep learning, and reinforcement learning solutions through artificial intelligence (AI) on its autonomous driving and collaborative robot platforms and applies Internet of Things (IoT) technology through AR/VR solutions. As a solution company that provides action items for and thus saves time and money, various efforts are being made to develop engineering technology that can become field engineers in the future through the expansion of master's/doctoral level manpower related to this. is not neglecting.

Kaier

Seed Round in 2020
Kaier is a technology company specializing in AI-driven visual anomaly detection. It develops deep learning techniques to analyze images, videos, and big data, supporting industries with optimized processing and decision-making tools. The company manages manufacturing, production, logistics, and facilities, offering solutions that enhance work efficiency by extracting valuable information from data. Kaier focuses on accumulating and advancing the latest AI technology to provide clients with suitable optimization tools.

Seoul Robotics

Series A in 2020
Specializes in developing advanced LiDAR perception software for autonomous vehicles and robots. Its technology enables infrastructure-based autonomous driving, featuring controlled area navigation and obstacle detection across varied environments.

Seoul Robotics

Venture Round in 2018
Specializes in developing advanced LiDAR perception software for autonomous vehicles and robots. Its technology enables infrastructure-based autonomous driving, featuring controlled area navigation and obstacle detection across varied environments.

Seoul Robotics

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Specializes in developing advanced LiDAR perception software for autonomous vehicles and robots. Its technology enables infrastructure-based autonomous driving, featuring controlled area navigation and obstacle detection across varied environments.

SOS Lab

Series A in 2018
SOS Lab is a specialized company that develops and manufactures LiDAR technology, which utilizes lasers to measure distances and shapes of surrounding environments. The company focuses on creating innovative solutions for self-driving cars, highlighted by its hybrid LiDAR system, the SL-1. This long-range system combines traditional motor scanning with a solid-state MEMS mirror, offering a more affordable option compared to existing products in the market. In addition to the SL-1, SOS Lab provides two other LiDAR products, the GL-3 for factory automation and robotics, and the TL-3 for security and automatic doors. The company aims to enhance its offerings by integrating hardware-based sensors with AI-driven object recognition and tracking technologies, using 3D point cloud data. SOS Lab collaborates with automotive electronics partners and global semiconductor firms to advance its next-generation Solid-State LiDAR. With research and development centers in Seoul and Gwangju, alongside business operations in Silicon Valley, SOS Lab seeks to expand its global presence and contribute to the self-driving and advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) markets.

SOS Lab

Seed Round in 2017
SOS Lab is a specialized company that develops and manufactures LiDAR technology, which utilizes lasers to measure distances and shapes of surrounding environments. The company focuses on creating innovative solutions for self-driving cars, highlighted by its hybrid LiDAR system, the SL-1. This long-range system combines traditional motor scanning with a solid-state MEMS mirror, offering a more affordable option compared to existing products in the market. In addition to the SL-1, SOS Lab provides two other LiDAR products, the GL-3 for factory automation and robotics, and the TL-3 for security and automatic doors. The company aims to enhance its offerings by integrating hardware-based sensors with AI-driven object recognition and tracking technologies, using 3D point cloud data. SOS Lab collaborates with automotive electronics partners and global semiconductor firms to advance its next-generation Solid-State LiDAR. With research and development centers in Seoul and Gwangju, alongside business operations in Silicon Valley, SOS Lab seeks to expand its global presence and contribute to the self-driving and advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) markets.
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