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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 $26.8M (across 29 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
27
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
36 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 UNASTELLA | Unknown | $24M | Jun 2026 |
| UNASTELLA | Series B | $24M | Jan 2026 |
| RREADi Robust Machine | Series B | $9.7M | Jan 2026 |
| UNASTELLA | Series A | — | Sep 2024 |
| WWeBudding | Unknown | $1.9M | Sep 2023 |
 CellMEAT | Series A | $13M | Jun 2023 |
| UNASTELLA | Series A | — | Jan 2023 |
| CellMEAT | Series A | $8.1M | Apr 2022 |
 Elorea | Seed | $2M | Jan 2022 |
 Streami | Series B | — | Jan 2022 |
 Leadiq Inc | Series B | $30M | Oct 2021 |
 Class101 | Series B | $25.8M | Sep 2021 |
| DDanggeun | Series D | $162M | Aug 2021 |
 Soomgo | Series C | $28.6M | Jun 2021 |
| BBrave Mobile | Series C | $28.6M | Jun 2021 |
| DDanggeun | Series D | $162M | Jan 2021 |
 TomoCredit | Seed | $7M | Jan 2021 |
| 882 Labs | Series A | — | Feb 2018 |
| PPurse | Seed | $1M | Jan 2015 |
 Korbit | Series A | $3M | Aug 2014 |
 Hupo | Series A | $10M | — |
 Ami Paris | Pre-Seed | — | — |
 Inedit corp. | Unknown | $6.3M | — |
 Pillyze | Series A | $9M | — |
 Trillion Labs | Pre-Seed | $4.2M | — |
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Top Co-Investors
Goodwater Capital7 shared
Altos Ventures Management, Inc.7 shared
Korea Development Bank5 shared
DST Global4 shared
BAM Ventures3 shared
Aspex Management3 shared
KT Investment2 shared
Kima Ventures2 shared
Fresco Capital2 shared
Eight Roads2 shared
Cathay Innovation2 shared
Slow Ventures2 shared
SBVA2 shared
IMM Investment2 shared
Atinum Investment2 shared
Digital Currency Group2 shared
Korea Investment Partners2 shared
Woori Venture Partners2 shared
500 Global2 shared
Z Venture Capital2 shared
Last updated: 7 October 2026