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Top 100 South Korean Startups 2026

The most-funded private companies headquartered in South Korea, ranked by total capital raised.

Known total funding for 100 of 100 ranked companies: $17.3B.

Showing top 100 matching companies · Ranked by total funding raised

Use company data through the API.
Example request
curl "https://indexed.vc/api/v1/companies?countries=South+Korea&operatingStatus=active&sort=total_funding_raised&order=desc&limit=100" -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

The API has no company type filter, so public companies can appear; this list counts private companies only.

The API cannot leave out companies whose latest round is a grant, private equity or debt financing; this list does.

Data from Indexed.vcUpdated

Methodology: up to 100 active companies matching this list's filters are ordered by disclosed total funding in USD. Companies whose latest round is one of: Grant, Private Equity, Debt Financing are excluded. Totals include recorded grants and other qualifying funding, not just equity. Open a company profile for its funding summary and available detail. How this data is built.

1
Yanolja

Yanolja is a global travel technology company and unicorn providing AI-powered enablement platfor...

Seoul, South Korea5001–10000SaaS, Travel & Hospitality
Venture RoundTotal funding$1.9BJul 2021
2
Toss

Korean financial super-app by Viva Republica offering over 40 financial services including peer-t...

Seoul, South Korea501–1000Fintech, Payments
Series G+Total funding$1.1BDec 2022
3
Kakao Mobility

South Korea's leading mobility platform offering ride-hailing, designated driving, parking, navig...

Seongnam, South Korea1001–5000SaaS
Corporate RoundTotal funding$953.0MDec 2021
4
Rebellions

South Korean AI semiconductor company designing purpose-built NPU chips for high-performance, ene...

Seongnam, South Korea201–500Semiconductors, Artificial Intelligence
Venture RoundTotal funding$923.5MMar 2026
5
Market Kurly

Market Kurly is a food delivery and logistics platform that enables users to order food via the w...

Seoul, South Korea201–500Delivery, E-Commerce
Series G+Total funding$764.0MMay 2023
6
FuriosaAI

FuriosaAI designs high-efficiency AI accelerator chips that run advanced models for data-center i...

Seoul, South Korea51–200Artificial Intelligence, Semiconductors
Series DTotal funding$745.0MOct 2026
7
MEGAZONE

South Korea's leading cloud managed service provider and AWS Premier Partner, delivering cloud mi...

Seoul, South Korea1001–5000Cloud, Developer Tools
Series CTotal funding$708.3MAug 2022
8
SK ecoplant

Environment-focused energy company

Seoul, South Korea5001–10000Climate Tech
Venture RoundTotal funding$500.0MJul 2022
9
Musinsa

South Korea's leading fashion e-commerce marketplace, connecting over 10,000 brands with 16 milli...

Seoul, South Korea1001–5000Fashion, E-Commerce
Series CTotal funding$467.0MJul 2023
10
KREAM

KREAM operates an online marketplace where individual sellers list products, with product inspect...

Seongnam, South Korea51–200E-Commerce
Extension RoundTotal funding$415.2MDec 2023
11
Woowa Brothers

Woowa Brothers operates Baedal Minjok (Baemin), South Korea's largest food delivery platform, and...

Seoul, South KoreaAdtech, Mobile
Venture RoundTotal funding$356.0MDec 2018
12
Bespin Global

Cloud-specialized managed service provider (MSP)

Seoul, South Korea501–1000SaaS
Corporate RoundTotal funding$280.0MDec 2022
13
WRTN

Wrtn Technologies operates a consumer AI writing and chat platform with GPT-5-powered tools for b...

Seoul, South Korea51–200Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
Series CTotal funding$265.8MAug 2026
14
RIDI

South Korea's leading digital content platform offering e-books, webtoons, web novels, and animat...

Seoul, South Korea201–500E-Commerce, Media
Growth EquityTotal funding$254.4MMar 2022
15
ZigBang

South Korea's largest mobile and web platform for rental property search, connecting millions of ...

Seoul, South Korea201–500Marketplace, PropTech
Series FTotal funding$254.0MMay 2025
16
Bucketplace

South Korean home-and-lifestyle super-app operating 오늘의집 (Ohouse), connecting inspirational conte...

Seoul, South Korea501–1000Design Tools, E-Commerce
Series DTotal funding$252.0MMay 2022
17
Riiid

Riiid is an AI-powered education company applying machine learning to deliver personalized learni...

Seoul, South KoreaArtificial Intelligence
Series ETotal funding$246.1MMay 2021
18
Danggeun

Danggeun connects neighbors through secondhand trading and local community experiences, bringing ...

Seoul, South Korea201–500E-Commerce, Marketplace
Series DTotal funding$241.0MAug 2021
19
Rainbow Robotics

Rainbow Robotics provides robot technology to various industrial fields, focusing on robot platfo...

Daejeon, South Korea51–200Artificial Intelligence
Corporate RoundTotal funding$240.0MDec 2024
20
Upstage

AI startup accelerating enterprise AI transformation

Seoul, South Korea51–200Artificial Intelligence, Developer Tools
Series CTotal funding$223.9MApr 2026
21
Musicow

MUSIC COPYLIGHT SHARING PLATFORM

Seoul, South Korea51–200Fintech
Venture RoundTotal funding$213.7MMay 2023
22
Zepeto

ZEPETO is an avatar-based social platform that lets users create virtual personas, connect with o...

Seongnam, South Korea201–500E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence
Venture RoundTotal funding$202.0MSep 2023
23
Bithumb

Bithumb is a privately held financial services company in Seoul, Republic of Korea, operating a g...

Seoul, South Korea201–500Crypto & Web3, Fintech
Series ATotal funding$200.0MApr 2019
24
MetisX

AI chip architecture for energy-efficient inference

Seongnam, South Korea51–200Artificial Intelligence
Series BTotal funding$185.0MApr 2026
25
Wavve

Korean OTT streaming service

Seoul, South Korea201–500SaaS
Growth EquityTotal funding$179.0M