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Smilegate Investment — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm

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Seoul, South KoreaProfile updated November 2026Website

Smilegate Investment is a Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A venture capital firm based in Seoul, South Korea. The firm has 19 portfolio companies in our records.

Portfolio
19 companies on record
Partners
10 listed
AUM
$500M
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
HQ
Seoul, South Korea
Check size
Not in our records
How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A

AUM

$500M

Portfolio

19+ companies

Team

10 partners

Investment Thesis

Smilegate Investment backs gaming and entertainment technology companies, including creator tools used in game production pipelines. It is a relevant partner for software that improves the animation workflow for studios and game teams.

How Smilegate Investment invests

Smilegate Investment is a vc firm based in Seoul, South Korea. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.

Smilegate Investment manages approximately $500M in assets. Our records include 1 fund raised by the firm.

Smilegate Investment has backed 19 companies in our records, including crossfire, lostark, epicseven.

Partners & Team

ES

Eugene Song

Localization Manager

PW

Peter Wutzl

Director of Business Development

JK

Jason Kang

Director of Digital Publishing

YL

Younjae Lee

Vice President of Strategy

BM

Byungcheol Moon

Head of Product Design

N

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Investment Team

Gaming
Creator Tech
CJ

Coba Jung

Vice President

SH

Steve Han

Vice President

SS

Sanghyun Sohn

Vice President

HP

Hyuksu Park

Art Director

Funds

Smilegate Investment Fund

$200M2020
investing

Recent Activity

Raised Smilegate Investment Fund ($200M)

2020 · fund records

Portfolio Companies (19)

Other

CR

crossfire

LO

lostark

EP

epicseven

LO

lordnine

CH

chaoszeronightmare

EC

eclipse

카제

카제나

RI

Riibotics

FO

forest project

CO

control9

How to pitch Smilegate Investment
  • •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •warm intro preferred
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Eugene Song, Localization Manager.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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