Recently Funded Startups in Daejeon
Updated Oct 2026
FundedIQ holds 18 funded startups in Daejeon and keeps their funding rounds, amounts, investors, industries, locations and company details up to date. This page provides an overview of the startup funding landscape in Daejeon, along with the 18 most recently funded startups there.
Startups in Daejeon closed 18 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 15 of them in the last 12 months, and raised $286M in disclosed capital. The median disclosed round is $5.4M, with the middle half of rounds falling between $2.5M and $11M. Biotechnology, Healthcare and Aerospace hold the most companies by sector.
Biotechnology and Healthcare dominate this region, though Aerospace and Manufacturing create a heavy industrial tilt. Korea Credit Guarantee Fund appears frequently across these sectors. Filtering for mid-sized teams reveals a concentration of specialized technical firms. This mix means a search for software alone misses the primary drivers of local growth.
Daejeon funded startup statistics
Most recent funding round on record: Sep 2026. Investors appearing most often across Daejeon funding rounds: Kakao Ventures, Korea Credit Guarantee Fund, TIPS Program.
18 most recently funded startups in Daejeon
18 shownOrdered by the date of the latest funding round. Each row gives the company, its location and industry, what it does, the stage and date of that round, and the disclosed amount.
Daejeon startup funding trends
Funding activity
Startups in Daejeon closed 18 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 15 of them in the last 12, adding up to $286M in disclosed capital.
Round sizes
The median disclosed round is $5.4M, with the middle half running from $2.5M to $11M. 13 of 18 rounds disclosed an amount.
Sectors
Biotechnology, Healthcare and Aerospace hold the most companies, led by Biotechnology at 3. The most common headcount band across the segment is 11-50.
Investors
Kakao Ventures, Korea Credit Guarantee Fund and TIPS Program appear most often across funded startups in Daejeon on record.
Industries with the most funded startups in Daejeon
Sector counts across all 18 tracked companies in Daejeon. A company assigned more than one industry is counted in each.
Top investors in Daejeon startups
The investors named most often across funded startups in Daejeon.
Counts companies in this segment that name the firm as a backer. Investor names entered the pipeline in July 2026, so they cover the companies funded since.
About the FundedIQ Daejeon startup funding data
FundedIQ tracks announced startup funding rounds and organises them by company, funding date, stage, amount, industry, location and investor. The dataset is refreshed weekly, and new rounds are normalised and de-duplicated before they are published, so the same round reported twice on different dates is recorded once.
Figures on this page cover the 18 funded startups in Daejeon currently tracked. Round counts, capital totals and the median round are computed over a trailing 24 months. Rounds whose amount was not disclosed (5 of 18 in that period) are counted as rounds but excluded from capital totals and from the median. The most recent round on record for funded startups in Daejeon is dated Sep 2026.
The table above shows the 18 most recently funded companies. Full funding histories, investor lists and founder contacts across the whole dataset open on a FundedIQ plan.
Frequently asked questions
How many funded startups are there in Daejeon?
FundedIQ tracks 18 funded startups in Daejeon. This page lists the 18 most recently funded of them, ordered by the date of their latest round, and the full set is available on a FundedIQ plan.
How much funding have startups in Daejeon raised?
Startups in Daejeon tracked by FundedIQ have raised $286M in disclosed capital across 18 funding rounds over the last 24 months, including 15 rounds in the last 12 months. 13 of those 18 rounds disclosed an amount; undisclosed rounds are excluded from the capital total.
What industries have the most funded startups in Daejeon?
Biotechnology has the most, with 3 companies, followed by Healthcare (3), Aerospace (2) and Artificial Intelligence (2). Sector counts include every company assigned that industry, and a company can carry more than one.
Which investors back the most startups in Daejeon?
Kakao Ventures, Korea Credit Guarantee Fund and TIPS Program appear most often across funded startups in Daejeon in the FundedIQ dataset. The count is the number of tracked companies naming each firm as a backer, so it reflects the companies on record rather than every deal a firm has ever done.
What is a typical funding round size for startups in Daejeon?
The median disclosed round over the last 24 months is $5.4M, and the middle half of rounds fall between $2.5M and $11M. Round sizes vary widely by stage, so the seed and later-stage bands sit well either side of that figure.
How often is the Daejeon startup funding data updated?
The dataset is refreshed weekly. New rounds are normalised and de-duplicated before they are published, and the most recent round currently on record for funded startups in Daejeon is dated Sep 2026. Counts and totals on this page are recomputed on every refresh.
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