About Axiom Associates
Axiom Associates is a venture capital firm founded in 2018. It is primarily based out of Seoul, South Korea. As of Feb 2021, Axiom Associates has invested in 10 companies. It primarily invests in Post IPO round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Life Sciences to Enterprise Applications and High Tech. Most recently it participated in the $***** Post IPO round of Hyperfine Overall, Axiom Associates portfolio has seen 2 IPOs, namely ROKIT Healthcare and Hyperfine. A lot of funds co-invest with Axiom Associates, with names like Google Ventures sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Axiom Associates has team of 2 people including 2 partners.Key Metrics
Team Members
Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Post IPO & Series C
Portfolio IPOs
Portfolio Soonicorns
Axiom Associates' List of Top Investments
Axiom Associates has a portfolio of 10 companies. Their most notable investmentis in HyperfineTheir portfolio spans across United States, South Korea and France. They have invested in Life Sciences, Enterprise Applications, High Tech and 9 other sectors, across stages such as Post IPO, Series C stages. Here is the list of top investments by Axiom Associates:
1. Bioz
Developer of AI search engine for scientific experimentation. This platform provides researchers with scientific experimentation data, insights, and recommendations for products, equipment, and assays that help in drug discovery and finding cures for diseases.
Key facts about Bioz
- Founded Year: 2013
- Location: Los Altos (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $17.5M
- Employee Count: 54 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: StartX, 5AM Ventures and 13 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Grant (prize money), Apr 15, 2020, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
2. Ringle
Online platform providing English language learning solutions. The platform offers its solutions for both students as well as tutors. The platform enables students to learn English from tutors whereas tutors to register for teaching English.
Key facts about Ringle
- Founded Year: 2015
- Location: Seoul (South Korea)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $26.9M
- Employee Count: 896 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: Nextrans, Must Asset Management and 5 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Mar 21, 2022, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
ROKIT HEALTHCARE provides 4D bio-printer solutions for tissue regenerative. The company offers its propriety technology for organ regeneration and 3D bio-fabrication technologies for personalized therapy in the areas of skin, cartilage, retina and heart patch regeneration. The company flagship product INVIVO, is a sterilized printer equipped for developing the biomolecules, and polymers to create 3D structures.
Key facts about ROKIT Healthcare
- Founded Year: 2012
- Location: Seoul (South Korea)
- Stage: Public
- Total Funding till date: $30M
- Employee Count: 71 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Weiss Asset Management, AFW Partners and 16 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Post IPO, Mar 10, 2026, $*****
- Highlight: Public
4. Hyperfine
Manufacturer of portable MRI systems for doctors. It offer Swoop system a portable MR brain imaging system that combines safe, ultra-low-field magnetic resonance with proprietary artificial intelligence.
Key facts about Hyperfine
- Founded Year: 2014
- Location: New York City (United States)
- Stage: Public
- Employee Count: 122 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: Gates, 4Catalyzer and 12 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Grant (prize money), Nov 02, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Public
Provider of radiative cooling systems. It cools the water with no electricity and without evaporating water. The panel in which the optical properties of three materials are stacked and operate in unison, allows it to overcome the radiation and reduce its temperature.
Key facts about SkyCool Systems
- Founded Year: 2016
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $5M
- Employee Count: 19 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: D3 Jubilee Partners, ARPA-E and 12 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Grant (prize money), May 30, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Axiom Associates' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Its most recent first time investment was in Hyperfine.Axiom Associates' Investments by Stage
Axiom Associates has made 1 investment in Post IPO stage with an average round size of $90M and 1 investment in Series C stage with an average round size of $33.6M.Axiom Associates' Investments by Sector
Axiom Associates has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications and Life Sciences. Notably, it has invested in 10 Tech companies, 8 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 6 Software companies and at least 4 companies focusing on Tech hardware.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 2 |
Life Sciences | 2 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Axiom Associates' Investments by Geography
Axiom Associates has made most investments in United States (2).Axiom Associates' recent investments
Axiom Associates has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Axiom Associates:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Feb 03, 2021 | United States | Post IPO | 2216 | [+4] | |
Sep 14, 2020 | United States | Series C | 2707 |
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in Axiom Associates' Portfolio
2 of Axiom Associates' portfolio companies have become public. ROKIT Healthcare got listed on the Korea Exchange (KRX), in May 2025 at marketcap of $76.4M and Hyperfine got listed on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ).Here are Axiom Associates' portfolio companies that went public:
Company | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
May 12, 2025 | - | - | 8191 | |
Jan 27, 2021 | Feb 03, 2021 | Post IPO | 5666 |
Team profile of Axiom Associates
Axiom Associates has a team of 2 members including 2 Partners located in South Korea. Axiom Associates' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Co-investors of Axiom Associates
Over the past 6 years, 15 investors have co-invested in Axiom Associates's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Axiom Associates: DRADS Capital, The Cosine Group and 3 others have invested in rounds before Axiom Associates. There is 1 company where DRADS Capital has invested before Axiom Associates and 1 company where The Cosine Group has invested before Axiom Associates.
- Top Co-investors of Axiom Associates: 9 investors entered a company along with Axiom Associates. These include investors like Google Ventures (1 company).
- Invested after Axiom Associates: Gates (1 company) is the only investor which has invested in Axiom Associates's portfolio after their investments.
Recent News related to Axiom Associates
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Guilford's Hyperfine raises $90M for portable MRI rolloutHartford Business Journal•Feb 11, 2021•Altium Capital Management, Colle Capital, Amazfit, Axiom Associates and 7 others
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Hyperfine secures $90M to help roll out its portable MRI scannerFierce Biotech•Feb 11, 2021•Hyperfine, Google Ventures, Axiom Associates, Huami and 2 others
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AZTherapies Closes $33.6M Series C-1 FinancingFinSMEs•Oct 02, 2020•AZTherapies, Duopharma Biotech Berhad, Spinnaker Capital Group, ID FUND and 5 others
