About Hanwha Investment
Hanwha Investment is a venture capital firm founded in 2000. It is primarily based out of Seoul, South Korea. As of May 2016, Hanwha Investment has invested in 47 companies. It primarily invests in Series C round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from High Tech to Life Sciences and Gaming. Most recently it participated in the $***** Series C round of 1366 Technologies Overall, Hanwha Investment portfolio has seen 20 IPOs and 1 acquisition including key companies like Partron, Knix and Anapass.Key Metrics
Portfolio Count
Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Series C
Portfolio Acquisitions
Portfolio Soonicorns
Hanwha Investment's List of Top Investments
Hanwha Investment has a portfolio of 47 companies. Their most notable investmentis in 1366 TechnologiesTheir portfolio spans across South Korea and United States. They have invested in High Tech, Life Sciences, Gaming and 14 other sectors, across stages such as Series C stage. Here is the list of top investments by Hanwha Investment:
1. Partron
Internet-first brand offering smart electronic devices. The product catalog includes smartwatches, Bluetooth headsets, smart thermometers, wireless chargers & medical devices. The products offered have certain features like fingerprint sensor, waterproof, wireless charging module, etc.
Key facts about Partron
- Founded Year: 2003
- Location: Hwaseong (South Korea)
- Stage: Public
- Employee Count: 66 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Hanwha Investment and SBI Investment Korea
- Highlight: Public
Provider of kerfless wafer technology-based silicon wafers. Its products offer solar cell architecture and manufacturing processes that enable high efficiencies for multi-crystalline cell manufacturers. The company uses a direct wafer technology to manufacture Si which decreases Si and steel wastages instead of cutting out wafers from ingots.
Key facts about 1366 Technologies
- Founded Year: 2007
- Location: Bedford (United States)
- Stage: Series E
- Total Funding till date: $146M
- Employee Count: 58 as on Mar 31, 2026
- Investors: Hanwha Investment, VantagePoint Capital Partners and 11 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series E, Dec 18, 2019, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. Knix
Knix is a carrier-neutral internet infrastructure provider based in South Korea. Provides CDN solution using caching technique for web/mobile transmission, video streaming, game download, and cloud storage. Features include reduced latency, simultaneous logins, security, and real time monitoring. Other solutions include internet exchange, internet data center, cloud deployment, and DDoS security.
Key facts about Knix
- Founded Year: 2000
- Location: Seoul (South Korea)
- Stage: Public
- Employee Count: 100 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Herald Investment Management, Hanwha Investment and 3 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, 2007, $*****
- Highlight: Public
4. Anapass
AnaPass develops semiconductor system-on-chip (SoC) for the display panel market. The company has a proprietary technology in high-speed signal transmission, based on which they provide IC products for flat panel displays and mobile devices. Products include timing controller for LCD panel, and mobile serial link and display controller for mobile device solutions.
Key facts about Anapass
- Founded Year: 2002
- Location: Seoul (South Korea)
- Stage: Public
- Employee Count: 22 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Hanwha Investment, SGPE and 5 Others
- Highlight: Public
5. Lightron
Lightron (formerly known as Lightron Fiber-optic devices) provides fiber-optic network equipment to the telecom operators, carriers, and service providers in Korea and internationally. Its product portfolio includes passive optical network (PON), optical line terminal, transceivers, optical networking unit (ONU), sub-assemblies, pluggable optic components (SFP), and digital broadcasting (receivers, transmitters).
Key facts about Lightron
- Founded Year: 1998
- Location: Daejeon (South Korea)
- Stage: Public
- Employee Count: 4 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Hanwha Investment
- Latest Funding Round: Post IPO, Mar 19, 2018, $*****
- Highlight: Public
Hanwha Investment's Investments by Stage
Hanwha Investment has made 1 investment in Series C stage with an average round size of $10M.Hanwha Investment's Investments by Sector
Hanwha Investment has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Energy Tech, Environment Tech and Sustainability Tech. Notably, it has invested in 21 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 19 Tech companies, 11 Tech hardware companies and at least 9 companies focusing on Consumer (B2C).Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Energy Tech | 1 |
Environment Tech | 1 |
Sustainability Tech | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Hanwha Investment's Investments by Geography
Hanwha Investment has made most investments in United States (1).Hanwha Investment's recent investments
Hanwha Investment has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Hanwha Investment:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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May 11, 2016 | United States | Series C | 4605 | - |
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in Hanwha Investment's Portfolio
20 of Hanwha Investment's portfolio companies have become public. SuNam got listed on the Korea Exchange (KRX), in Feb 2020 at marketcap of $52.4M and EyeGene got listed on the Korea Exchange (KRX) at marketcap of $115M.Here are Hanwha Investment's portfolio companies that went public:
Company | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Feb 20, 2020 | - | - | 2343 | |
Nov 16, 2015 | - | - | 6567 | |
Sep 12, 2013 | - | - | 6604 | |
Jul 13, 2011 | - | - | 4932 | |
Feb 08, 2011 | - | - | 7289 |
Acquired companies in Hanwha Investment's Portfolio
1 company from Hanwha Investment's portfolio has been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Onnet in Aug 2015 by Webzen for $*****.Here are Hanwha Investment's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Aug 13, 2015 | - | - | 7688 |
Co-investors of Hanwha Investment
Over the past 10 years, 11 investors have co-invested in Hanwha Investment's portfolio companies. This includes only funds.
- Invested before Hanwha Investment: North Bridge Venture Partners, Polaris Partners and 7 others have invested in rounds before Hanwha Investment. There is 1 company where North Bridge Venture Partners has invested before Hanwha Investment and 1 company where Polaris Partners has invested before Hanwha Investment.
- Invested after Hanwha Investment: Wacker Chemie (1 company) and Breakthrough Energy (1 company) are the investors which have invested in Hanwha Investment's portfolio after their investments.
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