A fundamental investment philosophy of ‘Building on principles’ guides us at Mirae Asset. Over the years, these principles have enabled us to become Asia’s premier financial group and created new trends in the Asian capital market.  Above all, we put our clients’ interests first, always adhering to high ethical standards. Because our success clearly comes from their success, we use fundamental investment principles to identify opportunities that generate value and lasting profits.  We are strong believers in teamwork and are determined to recruit the best and brightest people as we open new horizons in Asia and expand globally. Just as we strive to continually improve our own performance, Mirae Asset is committed to helping every community it joins.  On behalf of the entire Mirae Asset Financial Group, I would like to convey the sense of responsibility your trust in us merits and pledge to do all that we can to exceed your expectations.

Mirae Asset Venture Investment

Shinhan Capital is a credit-specialized company offering corporate finance services for its clients. It provides financial services, lease, corporate loans, investment financing, housing loans, installment financing, etc. Shinhan Capital was established in 1991. The company is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.

Shinhan Capital

Kakao Ventures Corp. is an independent subsidiary of Kakao Corp. & the most active, startup-friendly early stage VC of Korea.

Kakao Ventures

Nextrans is an early-stage Venture Capital firm, which invests in tech-enabled startups in 3 markets: Vietnam, Korea and the US. We invest in diverse sectors: E-commerce, Fintech, Edtech, Healthcare, EV,... Up to now, we have proudly backed and supported more than 100 companies in total 3 markets. Our mission is to create a global network of talented and passionate founders pursuing world-changing impact. We want to transform the lives of human race by leveraging state-of-the-art technology and empowering disruptive startups on timeless philosophy “Trust, Sharing and Passion” In the years ahead, we will maintain our primary focus on Korean and Vietnamese markets. We have a burning desire to build our portfolio into a robust startup ecosystem and cultivate the next generation of mighty founders.

Nextrans

Sopoong discovers startups aiming to solve social issues, mainly climate crisis through business. We accompanies our entrepreneurs on their challenging journey with Impact investment and active accelerating.

Sopoong Ventures

Bluepoint Partners is a partnership-driven startup accelerator and early stage VC fund that concentrates on bridging talented high tech entrepreneurs to launching progressive startups with real global solutions.  Our partners and accelerating experts work hand-in-hand with entrepreneurs enabling them to build, make key connections, launch, grow, and raise capital to continue their company’s vision and journey.      Our family of offices in Deajeon (Tech Valley) and Seoul (Gangnam) keeps us very close and committed to the multi faceted high tech communities.  We host workshops and private events designed to bring our entrepreneurs closer to our family of networks that includes strategic relationships to VCs, partnerships, talent, advisors, press, and key introductions for M&A.  We form deep relationships with our entrepreneurs so we can venerate their unique qualities and play to their strengths.  Together we make a Bluepoint Family.

Bluepoint Partners

The TIPS program is a technology start-up support system that selects start-up teams with technological items led by the private sector.

TIPS Program

Korea Techno-Venture Foundation is a non-profit foundation established to promote new technology startups.

Korea Techno-Venture Foundation

Xeno Holdings is an investment company that manages through investment in private equities, venture capital opportunities and real estate, with the goal of effectively growing wealth and creating new value.

Xeno Holdings

Dunamu & Partners is the professional investment arm of Dunamu, South Korea's leading fintech company which operates Upbit, Stockplus and Stockplus Unlisted.  Dunamu & Partners primarily invests in the fintech, blockchain and AI/data/contents sector. Its investments are agnostic to industry, geography and size.

Dunamu & Partners

IBK Capital is the venture capital arm of the Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK).

IBK Capital

Atomic Asset Management is an invsestment company.

Atomic Asset Management

Sui Generis Partners is a venture capital firm.

Sui Generis Partners

InfoBank develops and provides mobile messaging solutions and other related services. The company offers business messaging services such as SMS, LMS, and multimedia message services; interactive media services; smart car solutions; and integrated online and offline payment services. InfoBank was founded in 1995 and is based in Gyeongju, South Korea.

InfoBank

Shinhan Venture Investment operates as an investment company. Shinhan Venture Investment focuses on earlier-stage venture capital investments and later-stage control investments opportunities derived from the latest megatrends such as the aging population, disruptive technologies, IT convergence, alternative energy and etc.

Shinhan Venture Investment

Business Canvas

Business Canvas is building Typed, the Art of Organization, empowering you to organize your resources the way you need, freeing up time for what really matters: creating something new.

Business Canvas is the Korean-based developer of the knowledge management platform Typed. It aims to reduce the time spent by writers and knowledge workers on research and file organization by aggregating knowledge from multiple sources into a single digital workspace allowing them to spend more time on content creation. To do this, it merges publicly available metadata with data gathered from user interaction with the documents. It also allows users to organize online sources, multitask in split-screen, and link multiple related documents through its backlink feature. The platform is expected to be monetized through a freemium model and its users include B2C (students, journalists, writers, lawyers, etc.) and B2B (startups, consulting and law firms, venture capital firms, and government institutions).

The tools that power remote work are define the next generation of enterprise software.

Remote Work Tools

SaaS startup Business Canvas attracts Series A2 additional investment from multiple investors

Business Canvas is the Korean-based developer of the knowledge management platform Typed. It aims to reduce the time spent by writers and knowledge workers on research and file organization by aggregating knowledge from multiple sources into a single digital workspace allowing them to spend more time on content creation. To do this, it merges publicly available metadata with data gathered from user interaction with the documents. It also allows users to organize online sources, multitask in split-screen, and link multiple related documents through its backlink feature. The platform is expected to be monetized through a freemium model and its users include B2C (students, journalists, writers, lawyers, etc.) and B2B (startups, consulting and law firms, venture capital firms, and government institutions).In September 2021, Business Canvas raised USD 2.5 million in a seed funding round led by Mirae Asset Venture Investment with participation from Kakao Ventures and Nextrans Inc. The round follows its pre-seed funding of USD 200,000 in July 2020. The funds are expected to be funneled into product development and the global launch of Typed’s open beta. Since the launch of its closed beta in February 2021, the platform witnessed a 350% month-on-month growth in active users, including a waitlist of 10,000 users. The company also opened an office in California in anticipation of its global expansion.

Hive is a productivity platform for project management and collaboration. The platform provides automated workflows, project planning layouts, and action templates to assign and keep track of project tasks. Hive focuses on improving task execution with instant feedback cycles for editing and approvals. Additional features include note taking (Hive Note), instant messaging, online meetings, and file sharing.Hive offers a variety of ways for teams to organize their projects, including Gantt charts, Kanban boards, tables, and calendars, with updates made in one view automatically reflected in all others. The platform allows team members to create action cards with files, sub-actions, dependencies, and comments to stay on top of their objectives, and have access to a personal to-do list that compiles all assigned tasks from all projects. Managers can use Hive to assign approvals, share proofs, provide feedback, and collect project forms from clients and customers. Hive also uses AI and machine learning to provide insights on team productivity and identify potential risks, and to optimize resource allocation and client billing.Key customers and partnershipsThe company’s customer base includes Google, Toyota, Comcast, and Starbucks. Hive offers integrations with over 1,000 SaaS platforms, including Asana, Trello, Basecamp, and Smartsheet, allowing users to import tasks from these platforms.Funding and financialsIn <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/5208">August 2021</a>, Hive raised USD 10 million in a funding round led by Rembrandt Venture Partners with participation from Zoom, and existing investors Tribeca Venture Partners and Angelpad. Hive is one of the first startups to receive an investment from Zoom’s “Zoom Apps Fund” (a USD 100 million global venture fund). The fresh funds were allocated toward platform development.&nbsp;

Hive

Grain’s software allows users to record, highlight, transcribe, and share online meeting content from tools such as Zoom in an effective manner. It automatically records and transcribes meetings, allowing users to create shareable video clips from highlighted transcript sections. Grain leverages AI to generate customizable meeting notes and answer questions about the transcript. It supports coaching and collaboration through comments and training content creation. The platform offers deal analytics and insights, tracking key account activities and integrating with tools like HubSpot, Salesforce, Zapier, and Slack. &nbsp;The company’s products focus on distributed teams, sales, product and user research, and hiring teams.In April 2022, the company acquired Ping Pong, a video messaging platform.Funding and financialsIn <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/9759">April 2022</a>, Grain raised USD 16 million in Series A funding led by Tiger Global Management. The funds were raised to expand operations and develop its ​​video meeting system of record for content, which allows employees to collaborate around insights, topics, relationships, or teams.

Grain

Air is a creative operations platform designed for creative teams to streamline their workflows and collaborate more effectively. It offers a comprehensive solution that goes beyond basic cloud storage systems, catering specifically to the needs of the creative process. Air allows users to collect content, approve assets, share versions for feedback, and organize their work seamlessly, eliminating the need for additional organizational efforts.Air provides a centralized hub for content collaboration, approval, and versioning. Air's technology streamlines various aspects of the creative workflow, including content collection, asset approval, version control, and feedback sharing. Unlike traditional cloud storage solutions, Air's platform is tailored to the specific requirements of creative teams, enabling them to work more efficiently and effectively.Key customers and PartnershipsThe company’s customer base includes notable firms such as Native, Together, Spindrift, and Univision.&nbsp;Funding and financialsIn <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/8139">January 2022</a>, Air raised USD 10 million in an “Operator Round” led by Headline with participation from Tiger Global, Lere Hippeau, and 50+ strategic founders and marketing executives including Peter Rahal (Co-Founder, RXBAR), Kipp Bodnar (CMO, HubSpot), and Joe Thomas (CEO, Loom), valuing the company at USD 110 million. The funds were used to accelerate Air’s go-to-market activities and growth.

Acapela was co-founded by Roland Grenke, founder of Dubsmash, a video sharing social media app. Acapela facilitates online meetings without real-time interaction between participants; instead, members contribute to meetings over time.Acapela provides voice and video messages integrated with popular productivity tools such as Asana, Google Workspace, Notion, and Atlassian. Additionally, meetings will generate tasks and meeting summaries automatically. The company identified distributed tech teams as its initial target segment and plans to shift focus toward small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and larger enterprises eventually. The product is currently in invite-only beta.In October 2020, the company exited stealth mode with a USD 3 million seed funding round led by Visionaries Club. The round included Entrepreneur First and other notable individual investors, such as Christian Reber (founder of presentation software Pitch) and Taavet Hinrikus (founder of online money transfer service TransferWise).

Acapela

iObeya is a cloud-based enterprise visual management platform that enables organizations to digitize their Lean, Agile, and Industry 4.0 practices. The platform provides virtual "Oobeyas" (Japanese for "big room"), which are digital collaborative workspaces where teams can align, synchronize, and visualize their work using digital boards, sticky notes, and other visual tools. iObeya's platform allows teams to recreate the in-person experience of paper-based visual management practices with real-time collaboration, enhancing team efficiency, creativity, and problem-solving.iObeya's technology supports a wide range of enterprise use cases, including industrial product lifecycle management, manufacturing operational excellence, product development, and continuous improvement for business performance and agility. It integrates with various systems like ERP, MES, BI, and Application lifecycle Management (ALM) tools such as Atlassian Jira and Microsoft Azure DevOps Server.Key customers and partnershipsiObeya's customer base includes global enterprises such as Airbus, Thales, Volvo, Philips, Cartier, Axa, Eli Lilly and Company, Western Digital, General Electric, Kimberly-Clark, Danaher, and Sanofi.Funding and FinancialsIn July 2020, iObeya raised USD 17 million in a series A funding round led by Red River West with participation from Atlantic Bridge Capital and Fortino Capital Partners. The funds were allocated to develop its platform further and accelerate the company’s expansion in the US.

iObeya

Platforms that provide virtual workspaces using spatial technology to combine a variety of productivity and collaboration tools in a single space.

Platforms that provide standalone presentation software, prototyping and web development software, templates, and design workspaces.

Platforms that facilitate task delegation and tracking with board, timeline, and kanban style views.

Platforms that provide standalone video communication tools and complementary products such as interactive interfaces, presentation features, and transcription software.

Platforms that offer chat and email-based collaborative tools.

Solutions in this industry hub are predominantly offered under a B2B SaaS model

Some solutions in the virtual office and video conferencing segments are based on AR/VR

Facilitates hybrid workforces by offering tools for employees to collaborate regardless of location

Meeting transcription and note-taking apps, design, and project management tools use AI/ML for product development

Business Canvas

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