Recently Funded Series B Startups in South Korea
Updated Oct 2026
Funded Series B startups in South Korea number 30 in FundedIQ, tracked with their funding rounds, amounts, investors, industries, locations and company details. This page provides an overview of the Series B startup funding landscape in South Korea, along with the 30 most recently funded Series B startups in South Korea.
The median disclosed round is $7.8M, with the middle half of rounds falling between $5.2M and $14M. Artificial Intelligence, Agentic AI and Apps hold the most companies by sector. Seoul and Seongnam hold the deepest concentrations of these companies. Series B startups in South Korea closed 30 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 27 of them in the last 12 months, and raised $423M in disclosed capital.
Seoul based firms in Artificial Intelligence and Apps dominate this stage. Backing from the TIPS Program and D·CAMP indicates a profile of scaling organizations. These companies have moved beyond seed stages into larger operations. This makes them suitable targets for enterprise vendors and institutional partners seeking established entities in Manufacturing or Agentic AI.
Series B funded startup statistics in South Korea
Most recent funding round on record: Sep 2026. Investors appearing most often across South Korea funding rounds: TIPS Program, BNK Venture Capital, D·CAMP, Korea Development Bank, Korea Investment Partners.
30 most recently funded Series B startups in South Korea
30 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.
Series B startup funding trends in South Korea
Funding activity
Series B startups in South Korea closed 30 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 27 of them in the last 12, adding up to $423M in disclosed capital.
Round sizes
The median disclosed round is $7.8M, with the middle half running from $5.2M to $14M. 27 of 30 rounds disclosed an amount.
Sectors
Artificial Intelligence, Agentic AI and Apps hold the most companies, led by Artificial Intelligence at 13. The most common headcount band across the segment is 11-50.
Investors
TIPS Program, BNK Venture Capital and D·CAMP appear most often across funded Series B startups in South Korea on record.
Industries with the most funded Series B startups in South Korea
Sector counts across all 30 tracked companies in South Korea. A company assigned more than one industry is counted in each.
Where are funded Series B startups located in South Korea?
Where funded Series B startups in South Korea are based, by the city on the company record.
Top investors in Series B startups in South Korea
The investors named most often across funded Series B startups in South Korea.
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 Series B startup funding data in South Korea
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 30 funded Series B startups in South Korea currently tracked. Round counts, capital totals and the median round are computed over a trailing 24 months. Rounds whose amount was not disclosed (3 of 30 in that period) are counted as rounds but excluded from capital totals and from the median. The most recent round on record for funded Series B startups in South Korea is dated Sep 2026.
The table above shows the 30 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 Series B startups are there in South Korea?
FundedIQ tracks 30 funded Series B startups in South Korea. This page lists the 30 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 Series B startups in South Korea raised?
Series B startups in South Korea tracked by FundedIQ have raised $423M in disclosed capital across 30 funding rounds over the last 24 months, including 27 rounds in the last 12 months. 27 of those 30 rounds disclosed an amount; undisclosed rounds are excluded from the capital total.
What industries have the most funded Series B startups in South Korea?
Artificial Intelligence has the most, with 13 companies, followed by Agentic AI (2), Apps (2) and Biopharma (2). Sector counts include every company assigned that industry, and a company can carry more than one.
Which cities have the most funded Series B startups in South Korea?
Seoul leads with 12 companies, then Seongnam (4), Seocho (3) and Busan (1).
Which investors back the most Series B startups in South Korea?
TIPS Program, BNK Venture Capital, D·CAMP, Korea Development Bank and Korea Investment Partners appear most often across funded Series B startups in South Korea 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 Series B startups in South Korea?
The median disclosed round over the last 24 months is $7.8M, and the middle half of rounds fall between $5.2M and $14M. Round sizes vary widely by stage, so the seed and later-stage bands sit well either side of that figure.
How often is the Series B startup funding data in South Korea 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 Series B startups in South Korea is dated Sep 2026. Counts and totals on this page are recomputed on every refresh.
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