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    Strong Ventures

    Los Angeles, California, United StatesFounded 2012
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    Strong Ventures is a bi-continental venture capital firm headquartered in Los Angeles and Seoul, backing early-stage startups with a focus on Korean and global founders. Founded in 2012, the firm operates as a generalist investor across sectors including consumer, AI, enterprise software, defense, and robotics.

    Average disclosed round size is $23.2M (across 16 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    20

    Fund Size

    $93.8M

    Top Stage

    Series A

    Last 12 Mo

    1

    Team

    JC

    Jiyun Cho

    Director

    JS

    Joseph Shin

    Senior Associate

    KB

    Kihong Bae

    Investor

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    20 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    UNASTELLA logoUNASTELLASeries B$24MJan 2026
    WWeBuddingUnknown$1.9MSep 2023
    CCellMEATSeries A$8.1MApr 2022
    LeadIQ logoLeadIQSeries B$30MOct 2021
    Class 101 logoClass 101Series B$25.8MSep 2021
    Soomgo logoSoomgoSeries C$28.6MJun 2021
    BBrave MobileSeries C$28.6MJun 2021
    882 LabsSeries A—Feb 2018
    PPurseSeed$1MJan 2015
    Korbit logoKorbitSeries A$3MAug 2014
    Hupo logoHupoSeries A$10M—
    AMI Paris logoAMI ParisPre-Seed——
    Inedit corp. logoInedit corp.Unknown$6.3M—
    Pillyze logoPillyzeSeries A$9M—
    Tapas Media logoTapas MediaSeed$1.4M—
    Interior Teacher logoInterior TeacherSeries A——
    Jubilee Media logoJubilee MediaUnknown$1.1M—
    STREAMI INC. logoSTREAMI INC.Series B——
    LLeadiq IncSeries B$30M—
    DDanggeun Market (Karrot)Series D$162M—

    Top Co-Investors

    Goodwater Capital4 shared
    Korea Development Bank3 shared
    DST Global2 shared
    Fresco Capital2 shared
    Eight Roads2 shared
    Cathay Innovation2 shared
    Altos Ventures Management, Inc.2 shared
    IMM Investment2 shared
    Atinum Investment2 shared
    Korea Investment Partners2 shared
    Collaborative Fund1 shared
    January Capital1 shared
    Khosla Ventures1 shared
    KT Investment1 shared
    Mirae Asset1 shared
    Kima Ventures1 shared
    Slow Ventures1 shared
    R7 Partners1 shared
    Pantera Capital1 shared
    SBVA1 shared

    Last updated: 8 September 2026