Korea Value Investment

What Korea Value Investment does

Korea Value Investment Co., Ltd. (한국가치투자주식회사) is a Korea-registered SME Venture Investment Company (중소기업창업투자회사) founded on 2021-11-11 and headquartered in Seoul's Gangnam district, with regional branches in Mokpo (Jeollanam-do) and Iksan (Jeonbuk). The firm operates as a regulated venture capital platform under the Act on Promotion of Venture Investment, executing its proprietary "Solution Capital" investment philosophy built on four pillars: aggressive early-stage investment linked with the TIPS government program, fundamental value investing, ESG/Impact preference, and company-wide post-investment management. Its disclosed platform comprises three fund vehicles — Welltosee-KVI Amundan Fund No. 1 (20 billion KRW, 2022, 16 portfolio companies), Roy-KVI Jeonnam Innovation Fund (13 billion KRW, 2024, 3 portfolio companies), and KVI-Cultureworks Korean Film Investment Fund No. 1 (4.3 billion KRW, 6 film projects) — collectively investing across Bio & Health, Internet & Mobile, Content/Media, Gaming, AI, Renewable Energy, and Korean feature film production.

The firm generates revenue primarily through venture fund management fees and carried interest on its Korean venture investment funds, with secondary returns from capital gains and equity exits on portfolio investments. Distribution is conducted bilaterally with a small set of named limited partners (Roy, Cultureworks Korea, Welltosee) and through direct outreach by its Investment Division, with deal approval by an Investment Review Committee and oversight by a Risk Management Committee and a Compliance Officer. Korea Value Investment formally adopted the Korea Corporate Governance Service Stewardship Code effective 2022-06-01, and operates a public ESG Investment Policy with negative screening, ESG due diligence prior to investment review, ESG KPI reporting clauses in investee contracts, and an anti-bribery/anti-corruption framework aligned with Korean criminal and anti-graft statutes.

The firm has approximately 25 portfolio companies across the three disclosed funds, with named corporate investments including Gonggam Media, Brush Theater, RS Media, Aereum Games, Bukus, Conexio H, Dev Unlimited, and Ace Inventor, and film PF investments including Wild Thing, Concrete Market, Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint, Holy Night: Demon Hunters, Streaming, Big Family, and 4 Minutes 44 Seconds. Its customers are external limited partners supplying fund commitments and early-stage Korean founders receiving equity/quasi-equity capital, board participation, and ongoing post-investment management. No proprietary technology stack is disclosed beyond a standard Korean corporate web presence; the firm itself is not an AI or software developer, though portfolio exposure to AI (Conexio H) and adjacent verticals is observable.

Name

Korea Value Investment

Legal name

Korea Value Investment Co., Ltd. (한국가치투자주식회사)

Website

https://kvi.ai

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Korea Value Investment is a Seoul-headquartered Korean SME Venture Investment Company that manages venture and film investment funds for external limited partners and deploys capital into early-stage Korean startups and Korean feature film projects under a "Solution Capital" companion-investor philosophy.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Venture Capital / Private Equity

NAICS

Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (52394), Other Investment Pools and Funds (5259)

SIC

Investment Advice (6282), Finance Services (6199)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYFSANAAAG

Impact / ESG Venture Capital

Financial & Insurance/Private Equity & Venture Capital/Venture Capital Firms

Keywords

• Venture capital investing
• Early-stage venture funds
• SME venture investment
• Value investing strategies
• ESG-aligned investing

Headquarters

HQ city

Seoul

HQ country

South Korea

HQ region

Asia

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Venture fund management fees and carried interest: Korea Value Investment generates revenue by managing venture investment funds formed under the Act on Promotion of Venture Investment (벤처기업촉진에 관한 법률). It raises capital from external limited partners into fund vehicles (e.g., Roy-KVI Jeonnam Innovation Fund 2024 with 13 billion KRW; KVI-Cultureworks Korean Film Investment Fund No. 1 with 4.3 billion KRW; Welltosee-KVI Amundan Fund No. 1 in 2022 with 20 billion KRW across 16 portfolio companies). Revenue model is recurring via fund management fees with performance-based carried interest over fund lives (3–4 year investment periods referenced).
2. Capital gains / investment returns from portfolio companies: Returns generated through equity / quasi-equity investments in venture and early-stage companies across bio & health, internet & mobile, content/media, gaming, AI, and renewable energy, with exits anticipated over the fund investment period.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Korea Value Investment is a Korea-registered SME venture investment company (중소기업창업투자회사) that raises capital from external limited partners and deploys it as equity and quasi-equity into early-stage Korean startups and Korean feature film projects. It manages three disclosed funds (Welltosee-KVI Amundan Fund No. 1 at 20 billion KRW, Roy-KVI Jeonnam Innovation Fund at 13 billion KRW, and KVI-Cultureworks Korean Film Investment Fund No. 1 at 4.3 billion KRW), applying its proprietary 'Solution Capital' value-investing philosophy and an ESG/Stewardship Code-aligned governance framework.

Product overview

Korea Value Investment (한국가치투자주식회사) is a single, unified asset-management business — a Korea-registered SME venture investment company (중소기업창업 투자회사) — rather than a multi-product software platform. Its core offering is fund management and venture-capital investing, packaged around its proprietary "Solution Capital" investment philosophy (Solution Capital 투자철학) and ESG investment policy (ESG 투자정책). Operationally it is a platform-plus-modules architecture at the fund level: three venture/cultural-investment funds — 로이-KVI 전남혁신 투자조합 (Roy-KVI Jeonnam Innovation Fund), 웰투시-KVI 아문단펀드 1호 (Well-to-see-KVI Amun Dan Fund No. 1), and 케이브이아이-컬처웍스한국영화투자조합1호 (KVI-Cultureworks Korean Film Investment Fund No. 1) — collectively invest across two portfolio channels: the 기업투자 포트폴리오 (Corporate Equity Investment Portfolio) of bio/health, internet/mobile, and other venture companies, and the PF투자 포트폴리오 (Project Finance Film Investment Portfolio) of Korean film projects. The funds implement the company's governance and stewardship commitments, including adoption of the Korea Corporate Governance Institute's Stewardship Code and a formal anti-corruption framework.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Roy-KVI Jeonnam Innovation Fund (로이-KVI 전남혁신 투자조합) Venture investment fund established in 2024 with a total commitment of 13.0 billion KRW over a 4-year investment period; currently operating with 3 portfolio companies. Co-managed with Roy (로이) as a Korean regional innovation fund for Jeollanam-do.
• Welltosee-KVI Amundan Fund No. 1 (웰투씨-KVI 아문단펀드 1호) Venture investment fund established in 2022 with a total commitment of 20.0 billion KRW over a 3-year investment period; holds 16 portfolio companies. Co-managed with Welltosee (웰투씨), operating as KVI's primary venture investment vehicle under the early-stage, value-investing, ESG-tilted strategy.
• KVI-Cultureworks Korean Film Investment Fund No. 1 (케이브이아이-컬처웍스한국영화투자조합1호) Cultural-content (Korean film) investment fund managed by Korea Value Investment, with a total commitment of 4.3 billion KRW and 6 portfolio film projects. Co-managed with Cultureworks Korea (컬처웍스) and supports Korean feature film PF investments.

Quantifiable outcome

• ~37.3 billion KRW (~USD ~28 million) committed across 3 disclosed funds
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core - referenced as a primary investment pipeline partner and core - governance framework provider.

• TIPS (Tech Incubator Program for Startup) operatorscore - referenced as a primary investment pipeline partnerStrategic or Co-development PartnerPer the company's Philosophy page, KVI conducts active early-stage investments linked to the TIPS program as part of its investment strategy. TIPS is a Korean government-backed startup incubation program, and KVI's partnership enables co-investment and pipeline access for early-stage startups.
• Korea Corporate Governance Service (한국기업지배구조원)core - governance framework providerOthersKorea Value Investment formally adopted and publicly disclosed the Korea Corporate Governance Service's Stewardship Code 'Principles on Fiduciary Responsibilities of Institutional Investors' effective 2022-06-01, implementing all seven principles across its operations.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• STIC Ventures (스틱인베스트먼트): Korean VC with multi-fund platform investing in early- to growth-stage Korean startups across internet, mobile, content, and deep tech. Comparable to KVI in being a multi-fund Korean VC with similar sector breadth and stage profile.
• Smilegate Investment (스마일게이트 투자): Korean VC arm of Smilegate group investing across gaming, content, and broader Korean startups. Comparable to KVI in sector focus (especially gaming and content overlap with KVI's portfolio) and early-stage orientation.
• Capstone Partners (캐피스톤파트너스): Established Korean VC with broad exposure to early- and growth-stage Korean startups. Comparable to KVI in being a Korea-domiciled VC investing across multiple sectors, though operating at a larger AUM scale.
• Mashup Ventures (매쉬업벤처스): Korean early-stage VC with a portfolio spanning internet/mobile, content, gaming, and AI startups. Comparable to KVI in target sectors, stage focus, and the role it plays in seeding Korean TIPS-adjacent startups.
• LB Investment (LB투자): Seoul-headquartered Korean VC managing multiple early- and growth-stage venture funds. Directly comparable to KVI in being a multi-fund Korean SME venture investment company with a diversified sector mandate.
• Primer (프라이머): Seoul-based early-stage Korean VC focused on TIPS-linked and pre-Series A startups across content, gaming, and internet/mobile. Closest comparable to KVI in fund size, deal-stage focus, and government-program-linked deal sourcing.

Broad incumbents

• Korea Investment Partners (한국투자파트너스): One of Korea's oldest and largest VC firms with institutional-scale AUM and broad sector coverage. Comparable to KVI as a Korea-domiciled multi-fund VC, though operates at materially greater scale and brand recognition.
• KTB Network (KTB네트워크): One of Korea's larger venture capital platforms with significant AUM and broad sector coverage. Comparable to KVI in sector mandate and fund structure but operates at substantially greater scale and institutional reach.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments3 records

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