Investments
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1About DEV Korea
The firm is an acceleration program that runs in tandem with DEV's recently launched Korea fund. The purpose of this program is to prepare participating start-ups for the global and/or Korean market. The official program lasts three months, with at least one month spent in New York.

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Latest DEV Korea News
Nov 14, 2014
Published On November 14, 2014 | Digital Entertainment Ventures (DEV) , an early stage venture capital firm, and its Seoul-based partner, DEV Korea, have selected four companies for investment through its DEV Korea Discovery Fund and accelerator program. The companies are: moonROK, a premier source of K-pop news and entertainment. Botem, which creates human recognition sensor devices that determine people’s movement direction with applications including building management, disaster prevention, and security systems. MtoV, which provides a driving image-sharing service called Link-V, which is a crowd-sourced dashcam application that gathers and shares images taken from user vehicles. Sogware, a game development company for both online PC and mobile games with expertise in server load testing tools and AI development. They add to the first group, which was announced last month, including: Contents First, a market creator in the online digital comics industry. Richslide, a media signage platform that connects users, hardware and advertisers. Mushroom, an art rental market. Soundmate, a music social networking service. PinStory, an online and mobile business review platform targeted at markets in Asia. Goonies, a developer of educational tablet devices for children. FinSMEs
DEV Korea Investments
5 Investments
DEV Korea has made 5 investments. Their latest investment was in Puzzles Co. as part of their Incubator/Accelerator on June 6, 2016.

DEV Korea Investments Activity

Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
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6/1/2016 | Incubator/Accelerator | Puzzles Co. | Yes | 1 | ||
11/14/2014 | Incubator/Accelerator | |||||
10/14/2014 | Incubator/Accelerator | |||||
10/14/2014 | Incubator/Accelerator | |||||
10/14/2014 | Incubator/Accelerator |
Date | 6/1/2016 | 11/14/2014 | 10/14/2014 | 10/14/2014 | 10/14/2014 |
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Round | Incubator/Accelerator | Incubator/Accelerator | Incubator/Accelerator | Incubator/Accelerator | Incubator/Accelerator |
Company | Puzzles Co. | ||||
Amount | |||||
New? | Yes | ||||
Co-Investors | |||||
Sources | 1 |
DEV Korea Fund History
1 Fund History
DEV Korea has 1 fund, including DEV Korea Discovery Fund.
Closing Date | Fund | Fund Type | Status | Amount | Sources |
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DEV Korea Discovery Fund | Early-Stage Venture Capital | Open | 1 |
Closing Date | |
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Fund | DEV Korea Discovery Fund |
Fund Type | Early-Stage Venture Capital |
Status | Open |
Amount | |
Sources | 1 |