When was Kingsley Ventures founded?

Kingsley Ventures was founded in 2016.

Where is Kingsley Ventures' headquarters located?

Kingsley Ventures' headquarters is located in Seoul (South Korea).

How big is Kingsley Ventures' investment team?

Kingsley Ventures has a team of 7, including 3 partners.

How many companies has Kingsley Ventures invested in?

Kingsley Ventures has invested in 17 companies, including Meissa & Oncocross.

Which companies has Kingsley Ventures invested in lately?

Biobytes & Lumiglu are the latest investments by Kingsley Ventures.

How many exits has Kingsley Ventures been involved in?

Kingsley Ventures' portfolio has seen 2 IPOs and 1 acquisition.

Kingsley Ventures - 2026 Investor Profile, Portfolio, Team & Investment Trends

Kingsley Ventures, an accelerator and incubator program founded in 2016, is based in Seoul, South Korea. With a presence in 3 countries, it has supported around 17 startups in sectors like Enterprise Applications, Life Sciences. As of Sep 2026, Kingsley Ventures has witnessed 3 portfolio exits. Most notable companies in its portfolio include Meissa, Oncocross and Pet Friends. The program is backed by a team of 7 people who primarily support Seed startups based in South Korea. Its latest investment was a $427K Seed round in Biobytes on Nov 14, 2024, which also saw participation from sopoong and CNT Tech.

Key Metrics

Founded Year

2016

Location

Seoul, South Korea

Portfolio Companies

Meissa, Oncocross & 15 more

Sectors of Investment

Enterprise Applications, Life Sciences & 12 more

Stages of Investment

Seed

Locations of Investment

South Korea, Sweden & 1 more

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Kingsley Ventures has a portfolio of 17 companies. Their most notable investments are in ROCKET TO THE MOON and Meissa.Their portfolio spans across South Korea, Sweden and United States. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, Life Sciences, Consumer and 11 other sectors, across stages such as Seed stage. Here is the list of top investments by Kingsley Ventures:

1. Meissa

Provider of drone-based geospatial analytics platform for construction industries. It offers software to capture, analyze, and map geospatial data for decision-making. Its offering includes data collection tools, cloud storage, measurement tools, file management, modeling tools, 3D mapping, and comparison tools. It caters to construction industry. It is available on iOS platforms.

Key facts about Meissa

Founded Year: 2017
Location: Seoul (South Korea)
Stage: Series C
Total Funding till date: $17.8M
Employee Count: 53 as on Jul 31, 2026
Investors: Kingsley Ventures, Korean Development Bank and 8 Others
Latest Funding Round: Series C, Apr 02, 2026, $*****
Highlight: Editors' Pick

2. Oncocross

Oncross is an AI-based drug discovery platform. The platform helps in matching and reporting of drugs, the user put data of the and then through AI the software gives matching and reporting of the drug interaction.

Key facts about Oncocross

Founded Year: 2015
Location: Seoul (South Korea)
Stage: Public
Total Funding till date: $13.9M
Employee Count: 18 as on Jul 31, 2026
Investors: Magna, KB Securities and 11 Others
Latest Funding Round: Series B, Sep 10, 2020, $*****
Highlight: Public

3. Pet Friends

Pet Friends is a location-based mobile app for retailing of horizontal pet products. It sells pet foods, toys, etc for pets such as dogs, cats, etc. Items are delivered to designated local shop within an hour of placing the order. The services are available in the Gangnam and Seocho districts. As of Jun'17, the company is planning to expand to other districts in S. Korea.

Key facts about Pet Friends

Founded Year: 2015
Location: Seoul (South Korea)
Stage: Acquired
Employee Count: 60 as on May 31, 2026
Investors: ES Investor, Quantum Ventures Korea and 5 Others
Highlight: Acquired

4. ALLO

Cloud-based platform for virtual collaboration space. Some of its features are daily standup meetings, user research reports, project planning & scheduling, design reviewing, weekly team meetings, notes taking, etc. It is a tool available on the subscription-based pricing model.

Key facts about ALLO

Founded Year: 2014
Location: San Francisco (United States)
Stage: Seed
Total Funding till date: $6.23M
Employee Count: 20 as on Jul 31, 2026
Investors: Alchemist Accelerator, ES Investor and 10 Others
Latest Funding Round: Seed, Dec 09, 2021, $*****
Highlight: Editors' Pick

5. Schneetech

Provider of R Shiny package that enables building interactive web apps straight from R & Python.

Key facts about Schneetech

Founded Year: 2023
Location: Mokpo si (South Korea)
Stage: Seed
Total Funding till date: $144K
Investors: Kingsley Ventures and KAIST Youth Startup Investment Holdings
Latest Funding Round: Seed, Dec 19, 2024, $*****

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Kingsley Ventures has invested in 17 companies over the last 9 years, with an average of 1 new investment annually in the last 5 years. Its most recent first time investment was in Biobytes.

Here are Kingsley Ventures' Year-on-Year Investment Trends:

Year	No. of Investments
Year	1^st Round	Follow-on	Total
2026 (YTD)	0	0	0
2025	0	0	0
2024	3	0	3
2023	0	0	0
2022	0	0	0
2021	0	0	0
2020	1	0	1
2019	1	0	1
2018	0	0	0
2017	1	0	1

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Kingsley Ventures has made 6 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $276K.

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Kingsley Ventures has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, Vertical SaaS, Aerospace, Maritime and Defense Tech, Business Services and Financial Services. Notably, it has invested in 11 Tech companies, 9 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 6 Software companies and at least 4 companies focusing on Consumer (B2C).

Here are Kingsley Ventures' investments by sector:

Sector	No. of Investments
Enterprise Applications	3
Vertical SaaS	2
Aerospace, Maritime and Defense Tech	1
Business Services	1
Financial Services	1
Others	5

Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments

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Kingsley Ventures has made most investments in South Korea (5), followed by United States where it has made 1 investment.

Here are Kingsley Ventures' investments by geography:

Country	No. of Investments
South Korea	5
United States	1

Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments

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Kingsley Ventures has not made any investment in 2026 so far.

Here are the most recent investments by Kingsley Ventures:

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Date	Company	Location	Round Details	Round Amount	Co-Investors
Nov 14, 2024	Biobytes	South Korea	Seed	3637	sopoong [+2]
Apr 18, 2024	Lumiglu	South Korea	Seed	5242	-
Apr 16, 2024	Schneetech	South Korea	Seed	7726	-
Jul 02, 2020	ROCKET TO THE MOON	South Korea	Seed	3588	BluePoint Partners
Feb 2019	Meissa	South Korea	Seed	2413	-

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2 of Kingsley Ventures' portfolio companies have become public. Oncocross got listed on the Korea Exchange (KRX), in Dec 2024 at marketcap of $59.6M and T&R Biofab got listed on the Korea Exchange (KRX) at marketcap of $129M.

Here are Kingsley Ventures' portfolio companies that went public:

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Company	IPO Date	First Invested on	First Round of Investment	Round Size
Oncocross	Dec 18, 2024	-	-	8305
T&R Biofab	Nov 28, 2018	-	-	6011

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1 company from Kingsley Ventures' portfolio has been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Pet Friends in Jul 2021 by GS Retail for $*****.

Here are Kingsley Ventures' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:

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Company	Acquisition Date	First Invested on	First Round of Investment	Round Size
Pet Friends	Jul 07, 2021	-	-	6884

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Kingsley Ventures has a team of 7 members including 3 Partners and 1 Principal located in South Korea and Switzerland. Kingsley Ventures' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.

Here is a list of all team members in Kingsley Ventures:

Name	Designation	Location	Board Memberships	Contact Details
Lee Jeong-hoon	Partner	Seoul	-	-
Dong-Heon Yoo	Partner	Seoul	-	-
Kay Noh	Partner	Zurich	-	-
Chris Lee	Principal	South Korea	-	1 Email

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Over the past 9 years, 22 investors have co-invested in Kingsley Ventures's portfolio companies. This includes only funds.

Invested before Kingsley Ventures: Dreamplus has invested before Kingsley Ventures.
Top Co-investors of Kingsley Ventures: 5 investors entered a company along with Kingsley Ventures. These include investors like Hanwha (1 company).
Invested after Kingsley Ventures: A total of 16 investors have invested in Kingsley Ventures's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Korea Aerospace Industries (1 company) and A Ventures (1 company).