When was 42Maru founded?

42Maru was founded in 2015 and raised its 1st funding round 2 years after it was founded.

Where is 42Maru located?

42Maru is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.

How many employees does 42Maru have?

As of Sep 30, 2026, the latest employee count at 42Maru is 34.

Is 42Maru a funded company?

42Maru is a funded company, having raised a total of $9.27M across 5 funding rounds to date. The company's 1st funding round was a $***** Seed round, raised on Sep 2017.

When was the latest funding round of 42Maru?

42Maru's latest funding was a $***** Series B round on May 08, 2024, with participation from 1 investor.

Where does 42Maru rank among its competitors?

42Maru ranks 25th amongst 1065 active competitors, of which 144 are funded. It stands 10th in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was Capacity, which secured $54M in Sep, 2026.

Who are the top competitors of 42Maru?

42Maru's top competitors include Forethought AI, Lucidworks and Chronosphere. Among them, Capacity secured the most recent funding round in September, 2026.

42Maru - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Funding & Competitors

Company Details

Developer of AI platform providing question answering and natural language processing. The platform offers cognitive search and conversational technologies for large enterprises. It facilitates knowledge management through cognitive search and AI-based chatbots. The platform supports question answer interactions with high accuracy for smart devices. It automatically searches and compares content within documents.

Website: www.42maru.ai/en/
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Email ID: *****@42maru.ai
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Key Metrics

Founded Year

2015

Location

Seoul, South Korea

Stage

Series B

Total Funding

$9.27M in 5 rounds

Latest Funding Round

Series B, May 08, 2024, $*****

Investors

Korean Development Bank & 7 more

Ranked

25^th among 1065 active competitors

Employee Count

34 as on Sep 30, 2026

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42Maru is associated with 1 legal entity given below:

Legal Entity Name	Date of Incorporation	Revenue	Latest Employee Count	Reports
42 Maru Co., Ltd. CIN: 562-88-00151 , South Korea, Active	Oct 21, 2015	-	-	-

42Maru has raised a total funding of $9.27M over 5 rounds. Its first funding round was on Sep 2017. Its latest funding round was a Series B round on May 08, 2024 for $*****. 1 investor participated in its latest round. 42Maru has 8 institutional investors.

Here is the list of recent funding rounds of 42Maru:

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Date of Funding	Funding Amount	Round Name	Post-Money Valuation	Revenue Multiple	Lead Investors	Other Investors
May 08, 2024	4540567	Series B	3006184	4952197	1475950	5628366
Jan 08, 2024	5474382	Series B	4004304	5512300	3765026	Hancom Secure & 2 more
2021	7984	Series A	4253	4494	Hana Financial Group & 1 more	7671

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The founders of 42Maru is Jerry Wootae Jeong.

Here are the details of 42Maru's key team members:

Jerry Wootae Jeong: Co-founder & Technical Director of 42Maru.

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42Maru's employee count trend

42Maru has 34 employees as of Sep 26. Here is 42Maru's employee count trend over the years:

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Top competitors of 42Maru include Forethought AI, Lucidworks and Chronosphere. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of 42Maru, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	Forethought AI 2017, San Francisco (United States), Acquired	Provider of an AI platform for customer support and service teams	$117M	New Enterprise Associates, Blue Cloud Ventures ... & 36 others	72/100
2nd	Lucidworks 2007, San Francisco (United States), Series F	Provider of AI-powered search and discovery platform for digital experiences	$218M	Granite Ventures, Walden International & 10 others	69/100
3rd	Chronosphere 2019, Issaquah (United States), Acquired	Provider of a cloud native data observability platform for enterprises	$369M	Greylock Partners, General Atlantic & 21 others	68/100
4th	Gradient Labs 2023, London (United Kingdom), Series A	AI agents to automate manual and repetitive tasks	$30M	Redpoint Ventures, Octopus Ventures & 17 others	68/100
5th	Capacity 2017, St. Louis (United States), Series E	AI based information and data integration management solution	$340M	kathy ireland, Rice Park Capital Management ... & 10 others	67/100
6th	Squirro 2012, Zurich (Switzerland), Series B	Developer of generative AI platforms for enterprise data management tasks	$15.5M	FormulaVC, Salesforce Ventures & 13 others	67/100
7th	Ada 2016, Toronto (Canada), Series C	AI platform for text based customer support	$200M	Spark Capital, Ramen Ventures & 22 others	64/100
8th	Guru 2013, Philadelphia (United States), Series C	AI platform for knowledge work, empowering teams with trusted information	$68M	FirstMark, Emergence Capital & 7 others	64/100
9th	eGain 1997, Sunnyvale (United States), Public	Provider of SaaS-based customer management software solutions for retail businesses	-	Oak Hill, Sunrise Ventures & 4 others	63/100
10th	Dust 2022, Paris (France), Series B	AI-based design and deployment platform for large language models	$61.5M	Sequoia Capital, GG1 & 23 others	61/100
25th	42Maru 2015, Seoul (South Korea), Series B	Developer of AI platform providing question answering and natural language processing	$9.27M	Hana Financial Group, Korean Development Bank ... & 6 others	55/100